dump months dump months term film community periods year lowered commercial critical expectations new releases audiences periods smaller rest year movies released january february usually commonly described way august september included releases times primarily include films released times year better test screenings films prominent stars genre films particularly horror movies easily marketed films intended teenage audience fewer entertainment options outside home factors combine create dump months circumstances particular united_states canada primary market major hollywood releases periods immediately follow times year distributors concentrate films expect biggest critical commercial successes periods increased spending entertainment generally means income economics explain dump months weather competition forms mass entertainment especially professional sports play winter dump months affected academy_awards eligibility rules dump months evolved course 20th century studio era major releases followed annual patterns similar today classics like kid shadow doubt treasure released january decline studios memorable films dump months rare exceptions notable silence reviewed box office smash released late january went win year years fatal attraction hits following releases august september respectively films released dump months cinematic like cult classics starting 21st century dump months releases managed exceed million box office receipts similar success low budget horror films like devil inside mama early 2010s prompted studios release films genre times year halloween dump months etymology term dump months comes belief studios use time periods question dumping ground movies release believe limited commercial prospects best months year known dump months hollywood wrote critic early period characterized movies studios dislike want release little fanfare likewise dismisses september worthless months box office earliest use term turn google search article british newspaper guardian january dump month movies critic wrote films studios believe care suddenly sole choice available regular hungry fresh fare use term common early 2010s causes dump month periods immediately follow periods greater movie attendance event movies expected critical commercial successes released periods greater consumer spending generally reasons specific periods movie attendance limit expected box office returns extent movies strong potential scheduled times year january february main release highly anticipated high quality films january february calendar major film awards overlap months winter weather adds uncertainty estimates potential box office holidays time provide slight relief offset distraction super bowl weekend spending movies combined gross january releases averaged million february million comparison december holiday releases averages billion spending low begin consumers cutting debts incurred preceding holiday season having free time asked explain good films january notes returning work school routines month ain cool news adds savings accounts weren tapped christmas afford movies regularly attributes early year success taken sequels market recent films older market website publishes reports film divides movie year seasons defines winter season lasting day new year week weekend ends thursday friday march site data year winter season lowest box office weakest winter entity million led way total million domestic movies released season end strongest winter billion topped safe house took million awards calendar end year comes holiday movie season studios release movies latest installments popular franchises expected highly successful oscar bait movies seen likely earn critical praise importantly nominations major awards golden industry prestigious nominations promote film nominations announced december awards given early january academy award nominations announced golden actual awards given late february leaving months year oscar season period received oscar nominations promote film audiences studios lobby academy members vote nominees eligible award consideration requires film shown theater california seven consecutive days advertised print media studios hoping position film nominations usually satisfy minimum requirement ease wide release nominations awards ceremony flexibility marketing strategy requires means screens available studios limit releases new films time end critic explained article new releases month year studios know attention new films shown publicly time january ineligible following year time likely forgotten critics audiences voters silence winner rare exception film post studio era released months year win oscar calls grand exception january movies rule finds classic late 20th century january release theaters running holiday season hits nominated awards reducing screens available new movies editor says types january december releases screens months adult audiences told atlantic spend month films critics lists best year gotten general seeing event films december winter weather january february winter storms likely december affect entire northeast midwest particularly prone neighboring areas canada includes major metropolitan areas movie markets countries winter storms hit bringing combinations precipitation making driving difficult dangerous prefer stay home non essential travel officially discouraged severe weather non emergency driving banned areas situation improves anticipation february easter struck month weekend large chains closed theaters northeast industry analysts feared storm seriously impact box office prospects films opening weekend seen having potential better winter movies appeared films seriously affected better expected winning weekend despite generally poor reviews word mouth million receipts overall box office weekend previous year effects finished distant quarter sign storm effect according drop earnings wide release oscar nominations holiday weekends super bowl holiday weekends generally increase film audiences attract major releases year occur months january presidents day february offer modest prospect improvement lucrative movie weekend million weekend wide release previous best opening weekend ride previous year taking million million entire day holiday weekend counted presidents day benefits proximity valentine day february weekday offers studios chance usually romantic comedies chick marketed women date movies years straight weeks holiday says shades grey adaptation erotic novel took million opening weekend largest president day weekend broke record year later valentine day romantic comedy large ensemble cast million opening weekends took million best performance previously released film president day weekend million week release boost movie holidays offset typically comes super bowl annual championship game national_football_league recent years played sunday january february accompanied heavy media attention frequent gatherings country watch game television accompanied food purchased money spent movie tickets super bowl affect ticket sales asks answer course yes fact decent chance spends advertising sunday america theaters successful film open super bowl weekend concert film cyrus best took million half total earn released limited weekend following week close second dear john grossing million strongest super bowl weekend opening conventional release films strong appeal female audience receptive weekend dominated sporting event action film taken noted success appealing older audience took million opening weekend way total receipts million making distant august september enter dog days summer summer movie season wrote popmatters editor anticipating august year dump period summer fall lend clearly winter dump months past usually considered include august september years years major summer movies open second weekend august avoid competing movies guardians galaxy august release took million weekend month successful august opening weekend year grossing films end summer seasonal jobs end winter dump months younger begin return school tuition payments retailers school sales cut movie prevailing wisdom people don movies august family summer camp factors vulture complained potentially month august release open successfully film earlier summer doesn ability run weeks scramble june july head told fort worth star telegram type films interest younger audiences early summer labor day month weekends universally seen beginning late summer dump months forgettable films likely released occasional exceptions like went million domestically release late august spawn sequels franchise end august annual american celebration labor day holiday weekend period year holiday weekends reliably weakest terms movie box office weekend directed halloween million sixth sense fourth week close second pulling million distant second opening weekends horror film possession million september begins younger preoccupied starting school year likely movies winter months football impact box office nfl teams college high school teams resume play weekends left series movies competing box office month hollywood assumes goes movies says yahoo critic september movies critically commercially opened wide release september succeeded box office staying theaters june year garnering academy_award nominations including years later similarly successful american beauty limited release september going wide october won award september counterpart held end month film community attention focused canadian city critics gather potential oscar contenders independent films program studio executives look line distribution deals prize mind best released week ending september dump period past years october anticipated horror films reached screens capitalize approach halloween end month began change 2000s way franchises saw paranormal activity films dominated period prompting distributors horror films consider releasing winter dump months instead paramount enjoyed huge success devil inside released right new year day despite strongly negative critical audience reaction year mama received enthusiastically critics came day weekend rescheduled previous october avoid going sinister paranormal activity major horror film adaptation released october local spirit halloween sadly dead wrote complex horror big business major studios care october statistical analyses dump months obstacles reflected box office totals particularly success movies opening months january strongest domestic opening weekend million took went wide release weekend best opening weekend movie seeing screens time january million pulled ride year lowest best opening weekend gross month close september best million hotel took following release august february fourth fifth respectively guardians galaxy million million respectively time champion december reflecting star wars force awakens massive million opening weekend january metacritic editor undertook statistical analysis films released month perceived inferior compared site aggregate scores based critical audience consensus films released january february march january averaged fewest releases lowest average scores films released month year decade earned average site scale lowest winter months accounting increase releases spring closer relationship critical praise audience enthusiasm january films best rated disney animated musical teacher pet commercial failure pledge entry success ridden good reviews modest box office year conversely successful january releases meet critical acclaim taken highly successful end month despite reviews ranged spectrum weeks film release universally panned comedy mall cop opened strong way total million contemplating offerings january vulture undertook ranking quarter century based scores rotten tomatoes review aggregator averaged ratings films released particular january best worst scores noted method best worst earliest years site kept scores result fact far fewer movies released took sway average noted best january average led acclaimed best rated january film survey period month lowest rated new release managed rating better average years end january achieved awarded average january films joined scale recognized time contemporary essay new_york_times month concluded noted january ended looks like record books 21st century best led way worst led pack average score brought rear looking ahead movies february slate argued february movies worst month evidence average ratings movies month february averaged points lower january september august february worst month entire sample period releases month coming tied best february comparable analysis films released late summer dump months end july vulture greeted coming month posts drop movie quality historically associated month theories explain history previous movies released month rated halfway decent concluded time movies halfway decent ones movies august want eyes time period question halfway decent movies movies discarded exceptions consecutive years regarded worst august halfway decent movies releases got groove halloween considered august halfway decent films sixth sense thomas crown affair iron giant dick history according earliest days studio system major releases largely followed calendar modern audiences recognize spring summer end year holidays january mix observes silent era hits like kid circus melodrama flesh devil command came month year best decade january movies writes 1940s began suggests best january cinema history girl friday shop corner considered classics released january later decade classic films reach screens january sullivan travels shadow doubt treasure months treasure release handed decision united_states paramount_pictures inc holding violation law studios theater chains historically seen beginning end studio system found movies having guaranteed box office adequate theatrical run longer guaranteed release patterns began formally big weekends warmer weather national holidays mid-1970s studios discovered summer blockbuster success jaws star wars following decade rise independent producers dedicated quality october december year highlight concentrations left post holiday winter late summer lows followed highs 2010s said august death january suicide similarly noted time past decades american movie schedule january february studios dump movies low hopes want early 1980s producer altered states moved month christmas season studio objections complained interview time fewer people attending movies offer pictures want divide larger audience desirable films industry shown instinct convinced people movies primarily christmas time release big pictures end decade critics taken notice january month vulture years later find movies worst january new_york_times critic idea movie hell said included having watch january releases known january films character let distinctive leads film distributors regard january right resting place black sheep wild cards allowed recent years allowed good films attention note months year january major releases january man thriller characterized titled despite worst month offer dubious honor went despite critical commercial success silence qualified exception proved rule released end january second gone wide release weeks later strategy typical january writes studio way teeth president nato criticized dump months studio practices annual gathering film hosted nato theaters come quarter receipts quarter studios diverse offerings compared quarter year connected dump months phenomenon month produce million movie said speech distributors spread movies calendar record year responding later panel discussion hosted universal_studios chairman agreed principle saying reasons historical behavior film work weekend said pointed success weekend january having opened time similar low budget horror films called belief theaters slump rated films saved january criticism repeated simplistic problem movies question ratings insisted hit regardless month opened happens movies said people tend forget minimize complicated releasing strategies critics movie fans observed studios distributors particular types movies particular genres dump months overlap mediocre comedies atlantic puts referring films like bride wars hotel dogs critical better times year 2010s films better mall cop identity thief past unimpressed critics gross million consecutive years time grossing january release mediocre action movies points book underworld evolution films like comic counterparts succeeded commercially january release adds green january originally intended release previous summer proved lucrative decision decade earlier piece general complaints august slate editor included action movies dominating movie screens month low cost recounts disney test core audience format experiment wound highest grossing september release followed beauty beast released following january audiences star wars prequel trilogy releasing enhanced special edition original trilogy winter dump months recalled low budgets generally taken stars respectively considered open major movie strength names writes work lower salaries helps budgets low film profitable smaller potential audience amid minimal competition teen oriented movies teenagers demographic excess idle time january interested movies touted potential oscar winners adults reasons studios effort release films targeted romantic films like save dance walk remember successfully opened january low budget parody films meet teen market dump months despite strongly negative reception critics audiences films released dump months originally intended period movies failed live studios hopes competitive summer release come winter seven pointed beginning upcoming witch hunters film good wrote coming june fared poorly better abroad suspected upcoming release starred january release adverse reactions test audiences correctly anticipated failure ensemble comedy movie reason points season witch million horror film starring failed kind big budget bust buried dump months marketing plan film like formal wake stop film generic product demand dvd streaming markets says piece originally intended dump months shifted bad studios figure market aren sure succeed critic ain cool news scripted successful horror film sinister points chronicle surprisingly strong opening super bowl weekend earlier year example similarly points types movies difficult market large audiences winter little movies niche audiences writes pointing directorial debut quartet received limited release january struck lightning released time movies blend genres zombie human romeo juliet retelling limited release comedy glimpse inside mind ideal dump months release time frame august guardians galaxy successful august opening weekend grossing film domestically accomplishments led industry observers reconsider dismissive august trend building year noted fort worth star telegram recent seen number critical commercial successes franchise movies films appealed adult audiences help biopic million opening weekend guardians met expectations summer movie season expanding traditional boundaries asked month began noted big budget movies released late spring early summer recent years like earth white_house struggled box office similar competition believed point reached movies released early summer audiences proving line time year watch save day believes adapting film like guardians galaxy comes time summer feels like event regardless month sees similar happened schedule broadcast cable networks begun airing new scripted shows summer relegated small audiences horror films genre regularly mentioned connection dump months horror staple periods frequently limited recent successes dump months actually led studios scheduling limitation release horror movies times year time year october said end february attributes winter cold dark landscape critically praised commercially successful horror films best january opening weekend years ride january champion mama dump months horror movies succeeded face critical condemnation starting result new release usually horror movie year weekend says reviewing forest slate took note release time year access calendar knows forest bad wrote point tradition vein playing movie japanese setting likened supposed ancient custom country elderly people longer care purposely abandoned devil inside low budget found footage horror film following steps opened weekend new year day critics screened reviewed harshly audiences reacted angrily film abrupt ending directed website information notes success proof low potential weekend audience throw money terrible movie looks like good film opening weekend million ranks january devil inside went million domestically abroad break million total receipts success films outside october usually month studios released quality horror films capitalize halloween approach actually led studios approach release horror films times year 2000s october weekend halloween come dominated saw paranormal activity franchises come killed recalls producer reason mama rescheduled october following january october paramount decided delay release paranormal activity marked ones weekend halloween march replaced horror offering comedy leaving month highly anticipated horror film adaptation says studios finding holidays horror associations year like friday 13th regardless season chapter actually opened weekend september weekend actually played bigger movie weekend halloween year told usa_today july amidst summer movies lot people moving horror movies said mama producer audience critical responses movie critics called studios change release schedules improve quality new films dump months calls studios start releasing better films saving win statues box office fill dead month worth seeing suggested january new movies released january instead studios previous year second chance gave cabin woods chronicle january release examples films failing happening wrote home media catch older films critics tried look worthwhile overlooked films amid dump months releases exist assures readers january compiled list overlooked dump months films includes cult classics like horror film office space following year released late february recommend january release starring legendary gimmick film producer pledge january film starring best film director depiction faith devotion monstrous critic said january started look january anticipation argues month bad movies bad way unlike failed summer way money riding mediocre boring january movies spectacular failure studios expect throw good money bad asks cut losses let thing suck neglect suggests led devil inside intensely stupid brilliant entirely entertaining likened january movies bad movies june like controlled asserted begun reversing trend forgettable january movies recent years impressed grey mama easy complain stretch movies wrote began twist studios catering niche audiences month viewers chance catch major awards contenders released december studios seen films benefit creative risk taking filmmakers points succeeded smaller film distributors advantage dump months bring little seen highly praised films like kill list wider audiences home media releases forbes said january critics large markets reason complain dump months rest claimed january fact high quality movies owing combination awards contenders reaching mass market time possibility unusual successes new releases overlooked films previous year reaching home markets category highly recommended august release short term
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