European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - November 29, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                G Hollywood was holding a convention. The members of the association own 13.000 of the More than 20.000 movie Heaters in the country. Rather than creating a problem Lor filmmakers Fox Tefs said the video cassette recorder was helping them by. Creating a Market that assists them in raising Money Lorin in new pictures and it has rekindled interest for a lot of Are people in   although it May be True that some people May be opting to watch a movie at Home instead of going to a that a theater he said they la come . Murphy a film instructor at the University of is Southern California and a longtime student of the in Upa Industry for daily variety the Trade publication also attributed the Box office decline primarily to a shortage of hits rather than the video cassette recorder Ance Movle going. He added runs in cycles and since l and 1961, the number of tickets sold at american Heaters has hovered at about 1 billion. Even with the 15 say percent decline he expects this year the number of Jant in admissions should still be slightly More than 1 billion. Ten percent of the films generate about 45 percent Iten of the business he said them he said he believed that As soon As Hollywood go started releasing a few films that excite the marketplace admissions should Rise. In if anything he contended the sales of video w cassettes to the rental Market is add on business for Les film companies partly because it has helped reach the action Over-30 audience which collectively Seldom goes out to the movies