As I always say, social media is changing the way we live our lives, so why would one of the highest grossing industries be left out, the Movie Industry. As so many promotions go into getting hype up about movies there are a lot of ways that people are promoting movies nowadays that are really getting creative. Crowdsourcing is also becoming very popular, it entails fans having to vote on whether or not movies will make I it into a certain town. If enough people vote on the movie from a certain town, it will be shown in their city. This has been happening again and again, however if too many movies use it, it may become worn out and overused. People will be less likely to go vote for movies if every movie is crowdsourcing. 
Paranormal Activity is a popular movie that crowdsourced for it’s premiere, it ended up having over 1,000,000 requests to play in different places. Once it came out it became so popular, it was shown in 52 countries and grossed $193 million on a $15 thousand budget. Catfish is a movie that was crowdsourced until it’s release in September. This movie was widely promoted online and on facebook, but is also about a facebook romance. It ended up grossing up to $1.7 million. By making these films not come to every theater, it makes people want to see these movies evenmore. Even the Academy Award winning film Precious was not shown in all theaters. It helped to make the movie a lot more popular. Fans requesting online for films to be shown in their towns are a great way to create excitement about films about also making the fans feel involved. Facebook is changing the way promotions and public relations is heading, even in the movie industry.
Paranormal Activity is a popular movie that crowdsourced for it’s premiere, it ended up having over 1,000,000 requests to play in different places. Once it came out it became so popular, it was shown in 52 countries and grossed $193 million on a $15 thousand budget. Catfish is a movie that was crowdsourced until it’s release in September. This movie was widely promoted online and on facebook, but is also about a facebook romance. It ended up grossing up to $1.7 million. By making these films not come to every theater, it makes people want to see these movies evenmore. Even the Academy Award winning film Precious was not shown in all theaters. It helped to make the movie a lot more popular. Fans requesting online for films to be shown in their towns are a great way to create excitement about films about also making the fans feel involved. Facebook is changing the way promotions and public relations is heading, even in the movie industry.
