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Why Has Hollywood Box Office Plunged This Summer? Maybe Because…

MEDIA Posted: July 11, 2014 8:00 am

“Familiarity also breeds contempt. Contempt breeds indifference. And when audiences feel like they’ve seen something, or someone, once too often, they start consulting their iPhones to check the weather and put off the movies for another week.”

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MEDIA Published: 07.10.14

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