[HPFGU-OTChatter] Digest Number 3302

[juli17 at aol.com]

I am starting to ponder why WB is doing this. An auror needs to know. 
Here are some possibilites:

1. there is another WB movie at the same time and they don't want to 
take away $$ from that.

2. something is amiss in the pipeline for the merchandise associated 
with the movie. Maybe they are slowed down in China because of the 
Olympic games?? Otherwise WB is shooting itself in the foot, because 
when there is a movie at the Holidays people buy the stuff to give for 
the Holidays and they don't do that as much in the summer.

3. there is just some fool in charge of this whole thing.

Any other ideas???

Tonks_op


Julie:

4. Warner Bros is making a great profit this year, especially with its megamegahit, Dark Knight,
and the guaranteed blockbuster bucks from Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince would just be
extra icing. So why not hold over Harry Potter until next year, a more uncertain year in terms of
profit (partly though not completely because of the writer's strike), and be assured of a strong
moneymaker for the all-important 2009 summer season? Why not indeed. It is all about money,
and every studio?needs a great profit *every* year to satisfy their stockholders. If they can manage
it by rescheduling sure hits, they certainly aren't going to hesitate to do so. And they didn't hesitate.
(They also know they aren't going to lose their built-in audience, no matter how irritated that audience
may be by an?eight month delay.)

Julie 


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