Paul Dergarabedian Quotes on Business & Commerce (6 Quotes)

What Maya is doing here is a good idea, ... If Mr. Esparza can pack them in, bring in the audience, it's good for the industry. I think it's these visionaries that are ultimately going to help the industry and save the day by taking the risks and spending the money, and I think audiences will respond.

No one had any idea it would do this kind of business.

This fall season has been in a word, spectacular. We'd been so fixated on the box-office slump, and here we are in a fall boom. This is terrific for the industry and bodes well for a very strong holiday season.

This was not a weekend destined to be a blockbuster weekend. Really, really slow. Audiences seemed somewhat indifferent again. That's the scary part for the industry. It really takes a lot to get them out there to see a movie. It seems like any competition, like baseball, really cuts in big-time.

This should be a wakeup call. It's fair warning with plenty of time to fix things. If ignored, it's at the peril of the entire industry.

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.