02-04-2009, 03:32 AM
<!--quoteo(post=295799:date=Feb 3 2009, 04:32 PM:name=Deadguy71)<div class=\'quotetop\'>QUOTE(Deadguy71 @ Feb 3 2009, 04:32 PM) <a href=\"index.php?act=findpost&pid=295799\"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div><div class=\'quotemain\'><!--quotecI don't get it.. doesn't including the ticket end up harming the ticket sales numbers?Only a real fan is gonna' buy the documentary, and of those that are interested in buying one, around 95% is likely to be willing to purchase a film ticket.<!--QuoteEnd</div><!--QuoteEEndI agree, Deadguy71. I like to think I have a basic understanding of microeconomics, but this makes no sense to me. Movie tickets in my neck of the woods are $10. My free ticket is worth $10. I will not have to pay a dime for this movie now and I was planning on buying the DVD anyways (infact I would've paid up to $20 for it).The only thing I can think of is the fact that having a DVD on the shelf of all DVD retailers would create a specific shelfspace for Friday the 13th - which would thus be free advertising to filmgoers and DVD buyers?Perhaps the producers also realize that most Friday fans won't go to the film by themselves, so they'd be willing to sacrifice one $10 ticket in order to rake in four more $10 tickets.That's all the sense I can make of it....