Why does Hollywood tell us how much money their movies make? No one else does that. You go to the ball game and they tell you how many people showed up. Television has ratings. Newspaper and Magazines have a circulation. Oh wait, I know why: if Hollywood actually told us how many people actually went to their movies we would be underwhelm by how few people actually see a movie in the theater. Fact: a bad television show is seen by more people during its one airing then 99% of movies in an entire weekend.