Box Office Numbers, Why Care?

[Marine Mike]

A question has been bothering me for the past week that I just can't seem to figure out. Its been brought up on several threads here on Blu-Ray.com, but it hasn't been directly addressed from what I noticed.

How does box office numbers affect the consumer, you and I?

I mean, there are numerous threads about people speculating as to how much a movie will make opening weekend. I've gathered that some think that if the movie is a good movie that it'll do well at the box office. Others think that it doesn't matter how good a movie is as long as the hype is high then it'll do well.

Though one thing that hasn't been answered to me is, Why should I care if a movie does well at the box office? Sure some people on here may be apart of the film and be financially invested and will make monetary gains if it succeeds, but I highly doubt it. Will the movie be better when it goes on sale with more special features? More of a chance with a sequel featuring more of the original actors if not more successfully?

So far I've gathered on my own research and opinion that movie ticket sales do not correlate as to how good the movie is as its all subjective.

Me personally I'm looking for a good response so I can care more about these figures a lot of people seem so invested in and seem to take personally if a movie doesn't do well at the box office.

Please don't get me wrong as I'm not trying to attack people that care about how well a movie does at a box office, but so much as learn as to why as I can understand this better.