If the movie industry is suffering like the music industry, its for the same reason: they are pushing crap on us that we don't like or want. Not only that, but they keeping insisting to us that this is what we like and want.
And hey, am I the only one not duped by these "box office records" that seem to be broken every 5 minutes? They'll tell you, look, it made $400 million, when it cost $300 million to make! And on top of that, its with inflated ticket prices.
In reality, when adjusting for ticket prices, "Gone With The Wind" is the top grossing movie of all time, followed by "Star Wars". None of these new movies have come close in ticket sales since Titanic.