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Podmore · 05-23-2003, 07:55 PM

The answer is simple: like most things in the movie industry, it comes down to dollars. Movies with explicit sex get an NC-17 rating, which many theaters won't show and which can't be advertised in many papers and such. Studios won't make NC-17 movies that they think might have a wide audience appeal. The movies that have the potential to be big have to be R rated or less. So the NC-17 movies that get made are either small, independent films or ones that are really cheap and the studios think might hit some nitch market enough to make money.

Actually, <i>Matrix Reloaded</> is a really good thing for us. The studios stopped making big budget R rated movies for a while because it cuts out young teens, who are the big movie goers. It doing well will probably mean more big R rated movies.

05-23-2003, 07:55 PM	#40 (permalink)
Podmore Crazy Location: SoCal	The answer is simple: like most things in the movie industry, it comes down to dollars. Movies with explicit sex get an NC-17 rating, which many theaters won't show and which can't be advertised in many papers and such. Studios won't make NC-17 movies that they think might have a wide audience appeal. The movies that have the potential to be big have to be R rated or less. So the NC-17 movies that get made are either small, independent films or ones that are really cheap and the studios think might hit some nitch market enough to make money. Actually, <i>Matrix Reloaded</> is a really good thing for us. The studios stopped making big budget R rated movies for a while because it cuts out young teens, who are the big movie goers. It doing well will probably mean more big R rated movies.