Here is your top five movies at the box office for the weekend February 21-23 1. The Lego Movie — $31.45 million 2. 3 Days to Kill — $12.3 million 3. Pompeii — $10 million 4. RoboCop — $9.4 million 5. The Monuments Men — $8.1 million This is the third week in a row that The Lego Movie has completely dominated […]
Starting in 2015, the same year Marty McFly and Doc Brown went to the future, Nike will be selling Marty’s self tying power laced high tops. These are the shoes that Marty McFly wore in Back to the Future Part II. Nike has been planning to release these shoes since 2010, when they filed for […]
Box Office Recap 2-7 to 2-9, and the new economic trend of movies and what to expect in the coming years Check out this episode
With award season in full swing, I thought what better to do than see how all of the nominees in each category, for the Oscars, did at the box office. It’s an amazing way o combine movie awards and Economics! So today we will look at the nominees for “Best Picture” box office success.It is […]
On this episode of the Nerdy Economist Show, I answer the buring question: Why movie tickets and conccession prices are high #StayNerdy Check out this episode
In part one of the true value of going to a movie theater, we explored the economical benefit and bargain that going to a movie theater offers, relative to other forms of entertainment. In part two of my series of the true value of a movie theater I will look at the intangibles that you can’t […]
Last week, The Wall Street Journal reported that the average movie ticket price crossed $8.00 for the first time in 2013. In 2012, the average movie ticket price was $7.93 and in 2013 it jumped up to $8.13. However, despite the higher movie price, you as a moviegoers shouldn’t stop going to movies. In this […]
On this episode of The Nerdy Economist Show I break down: Batman vs Superman being pushed back My thoughts Why it’s being pushed back Why the new date for Batman vs Superman is a bad choice Check out this episode
Production Weekly announced yesterday that Fantastic Four, Terminator 4, and Jurassic World would be filming this upcoming year in Louisiana. Naturally, people are curious as to why they aren’t filming in Hollywood or New York. The answer: Money Surprisingly a lot of movies are not made in L.A. or New York. This is because […]
There is a lot of uncertainty with which direction the new Star Wars trilogy and spin offs will go. It is rumored, however, that a Boba Fett movie may be in the works, but nothing has been legitimately confirmed at this point, and it has also been heavily rumored that the new trilogy will be […]
