Why do they count movie sales in money made and not tickets sold?
The movie industry is not about people viewing primarily, that's a consequence. The movie industry is about people making money. It's like a factory that turns out entertainment units.
The Short Answer
The movie industry is not about people viewing primarily, that's a consequence. The movie industry is about people making money. It's like a factory that turns out entertainment units. Those units cost and the return on investment is really what the investors care about. So what about the people involved? Well yes they *may* have differing metrics. They may want to be doing more of what they want (directors, technicians, actors, writers etc) or they may just want more of a return (like a any job). So when it comes to sales it's about return in terms profit, not in terms of how many people. Think about it. Would you rather 10 customers paid 500$ or 100 customers paid 50$ if you were looking to measure the success of your operation. In the first case you only need to add one more customer for 500$ more money while in the second case you'd need 10 more to get the same?
Analysis
Key Concepts: People, return, want
This explanation focuses on people, return, want and spans 154 words across 11 sentences. At 114% above the average Society explanation (72 words), this is one of the more thorough answers in this category, reflecting the complexity of the underlying question.
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The explanation opens with: “The movie industry is not about people viewing primarily, that's a consequence.” It then elaboratesultimately building toward a complete picture across 11 connected points.
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Ranked #30 of 500 Society questions by answer depth (top 7%). This places it in the comprehensive tier — the top quarter of most thoroughly answered questions. Questions at this depth typically involve multi-faceted topics requiring nuanced explanation.
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