Economy down, movies consumption up?

Conventional wisdom is that when times are tough, Americans go to the movies according to Betsy Schiffman's article: Best Movies to Watch When the Economy Is Going to Hell. Favorite rentals in Silicon Valley neighborhood, according to Netflix, include Outsourced, a movie about a laid off call center employee sent to India to train his replacement, And King of Kong. Wall Street, Office Space, Ferris Bueller's Day Off, The Big Lebowski and more are viewers' favorites on the list.