My point is that any suggestion that an R rated movie that actually gives the audience what they want would be better of as a PG-13 has been disproved over and over. When a film is delivering, it is probably better left as is. When it fails, funny how good statistics look. Nothing strange about the industry knowing that open admission movies have more potential than R movies. The marketplace is simply bigger.
Good movies have their own values.
Crappy movies need to be manipulated to maximize income. I didn t see anything there to change my mind. I will say that if this survey was supposed to prove to Congress that kids aren t sneaking into R rated movies, I guess it s helpful. Of course, everyone in the industry knows that the main way of getting around the R is not theaters letting kids buy R tickets, but selling them PG or PG-13 tickets and them sneaking into the movies. The manipulation is taking these stats and saying that there is money being lost.