Who decides which trailers will play?
Feb. 3rd, 2005 10:11 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
blue_lotus13I've been wondering this for a while, so I just thought I'd ask. Who decides which trailers will play before a movie?
I understand that 1. It has to be a movie "bought" or "owned" by the theatre chain
2. It has to be an upcoming movie.
Other than that, it makes no sense to me. When I went to see "Fahrenheit 9/11", there was a preview for "Harold and Kumar go to White Castle." Are the audiences the same? I wonder. I saw both in the theatre, but that was mainly because I felt that I should try to support a movie with two Asian leads.
However, when I went to see "Sideways", there was a preview for "The Boogeyman." Now, I don't like scary movies and that trailer scared me so much that I wanted to leave the theatre. In my opinion, the audience who would go see "Sideways" and the audience who would go see "The Boogeyman" are not the same. The only way they could be the same is if the pictures were both rated R, which they may be.
Does anyone else have any other insights?
I understand that 1. It has to be a movie "bought" or "owned" by the theatre chain
2. It has to be an upcoming movie.
Other than that, it makes no sense to me. When I went to see "Fahrenheit 9/11", there was a preview for "Harold and Kumar go to White Castle." Are the audiences the same? I wonder. I saw both in the theatre, but that was mainly because I felt that I should try to support a movie with two Asian leads.
However, when I went to see "Sideways", there was a preview for "The Boogeyman." Now, I don't like scary movies and that trailer scared me so much that I wanted to leave the theatre. In my opinion, the audience who would go see "Sideways" and the audience who would go see "The Boogeyman" are not the same. The only way they could be the same is if the pictures were both rated R, which they may be.
Does anyone else have any other insights?
