162 Quotes by Paul Dergarabedian

Harry Potter is showing that people still want to go to the movies, but still they need a good reason to go.

It's a tug-of-war now, ... battling for audiences that are tougher and tougher to get.

It's a battle of the holiday blockbusters. It was very close for the No. 1 position.

Harry Potter' is clearly dominating the business. It's the movie that everybody hoped it would be. The box-office performance is living up to, and maybe at this point, exceeding expectations.

This was a good kickoff to what I think will be a pretty good run leading up to summer.

It was quite an underwhelming week, ... This is theoretically the first weekend of the summer and It doesn't feel like one.

It was sort of one of these traditional romantic comedies. Even the reviewers said it seemed like such a pat formula, but they kind of liked it, ... And Reese Witherspoon is always a draw.

I think it has more to do with product than any other factor because, look, last summer huge summer, ... There were DVDs. The ticket prices were high. The concession prices were high. But people were lining up for those movies more than they are this year because of the movies more than anything.

I think we're being blinded by the blockbusters. Sports movies have been pretty consistent. It's not a hotbed of $100 million films, but it's a solid performing genre.