Paul Dergarabedian Summer Quotations

I think it has more to do with product than any other factor because, look, last summer huge summer, ... There were DVDs. The ticket prices were high. The concession prices were high. But people were lining up for those movies more than they are this year because of the movies more than anything.

Every summer has its own unique pathology, trajectory, and this is not a summer we want to repeat. Next summer looks really good, it looks like a pretty darn good summer, ... If next year we're down, it will be 'Houston, we have a problem.'

The summer slump really put us into a shortfall, ... It's heartening that there were four up weekends in a row, and that we have some big films in the pipeline.

The summer slump really put us into a shortfall. It's heartening that there were four up weekends in a row, and that we have some big films in the pipeline.

What didn't go wrong? That's the question. This was a summer that really could be characterized as under a cloud from the beginning. Usually, the first weekend in May, you have a big film that kind of kicks off the summer. It didn't happen that way this time, and that was sort of an indicator of things to come.

Trying to take lessons from this summer is going to be like trying to capture lightning in a bottle, ... because it's all changing all the time. By next summer, who knows where audience habits and tastes will be?

The focus of this summer tended to be more negative than positive,

It was quite an underwhelming week, ... This is theoretically the first weekend of the summer and It doesn't feel like one.

It was a summer that will be remembered for the debate it caused because of the seemingly lackluster box office.

This was the worst weekend of the year at the box office and the slowest start to summer we've seen in years.

It's becoming more challenging to get people in the theater. When word out of mouth on a movie is not strong, that hurts. But the summer of 2006 is looking good. Hopefully Hollywood will be back on track.