‘Sith’ Destroys Single Day Record
After starting the day with $16,912,367 from midnight shows alone, Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith closed Thursday with $50,013,859.
…And the MPAA is trying to convince us that p2p (bittorrent) is destroying movie sales. They simply don’t understand. If anything, p2p downloads creates more hype for the movie.
The Motion Picture Association of America Inc., which represents Hollywood studios, denounced on Thursday the illegal release of the film, saying that “theft dims the magic of the movies for everyone.”
Eric Garland, spokesman for BigChampagne, a market research firm focused on the file-sharing industry writes:
I would suggest that the overwhelming majority of people who download ‘Star Wars’ illegally are serious fans and will pay for it in all of its forms. What’s really driving this is not to get something for free, but an insatiable appetite. They just can’t get enough of ‘Star Wars.’
I couldn’t agree more with Eric.