Movie Revenue Up - Hidden Opportunity?

I just saw a news report about movie box office receipts are way up to the surprise of industry experts. They suspect during these tough times people are selecting less expensive forms of entertainment, Aamovie vs expensive night on the town. I see opportunity for book sales if presented correctly.

A movie ticket, gas, popcorn will easily add up to or surpass the cost of a book and is over in a couple of hours. A book could be multiple times the entertainment value given the hours occupied method. In my area a movie ticket is $8.50, add popcorn for $3.00 and soda $3.00 gas at $1 even if the theatre is nearby. That total cost of $15.50 for a 2 hour movie is an entertainment cost of $7.75 per hour. My book Fools' heaven is $15.95 retail. If it is an 8 hour read, the pure cost is $1.99 per hour. If you add $.83 for a bag of popcorn or $3.83 for four bags and $.14 for a can of soda or 4 cans for $.56 for four cans, the entertainment cost is $2.49 per hour. Not gas is really required. If you buy two books online that cost over $25.00, most sites ship for free. Of course the value is even greater for ebooks due to the lower cost of the books.

Entertainment value per hour, I think this is a great way to promote our books. I think that I will get right on this.

Movies grew in popularity during the 1930s. Can there be something to be said for escapism?

Escapism is right. Now we just need to capitalize on it and get people to buy books instead of movie tickets!

Pulp magazines were big hits during the 1930s as well. As a pulp writer, I see no hint of that happening now.

I can't belive they put all those movie clips on YouTube. No matter which movie you search for, you can bet your bottom dollar you'll catch a free clip of its finest moments on that channel.

That almost makes you never wanna watch television or buy DVDs anymore