Teens Chime in On Why They Go to Movies

Published: August 27, 2007, 11:33 am

Tags: 1987, cinematical, film, movies, teen choice, teen movies, teenchoice, teenmovies

Filed under: Awards, Fandom, Newsstand, ListsThe world might be changing, but I have hope for our future that teens aren't. (So maybe we're not doomed!) According to The Hollywood Reporter, consumer research film OTX and the teen networking site eCrush conducted a nationwide survey of 750 13 to 17-year-olds to see how they find out about the latest movies. They found that most teens hear about about films from TV ads and in-theater trailers (just like we did back in the good ol' days), they see a flick within the first two weeks of its release (no surprise there -- I could barely wait a day or two when I was a kid to see a movie I was excited about) and that they usually rent or buy the DVDs of the films they missed. It pretty much sounds like a study that could've taken place 15-20 years ago.The Teen Topix study also found that under 20% of kids find out about flicks online, and only 1-5% see movies through downloading. Is that an accurate statistic, or are they kids too chicken to

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