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I live in New York, and the other day I was queuing at an AMC when I overheard a young lady talking to her friend in amazement: "Wait, you DON'T have a MoviePas

I live in New York, and the other day I was queuing at an AMC when I overheard a young lady talking to her friend in amazement: "Wait, you DON'T have a MoviePass??!!" And indeed it seems that two thirds of the customers in front of me used one to buy their ticket. Granted this is a very skewed sample - the theatre has reserved seating and those paying out of pocket probably bought online in advance. But still, in a market where a matinee ticket costs $15 - $17, if you watch movies it'd be silly NOT to get MoviePass. Surely, MoviePass has transformed how people go to the movies here. I know the company will probably fold sooner or later, but I surely will miss it when it happens, and sincerely hope that the subscription model can live on.

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lykr0n 8y ago
It will be interesting to see an statics on how much it has changed movie viewership. I'm sure there are a couple of Data Scientists or Business Intelligence people at Regal tracking attendance of Moviepass-ers, and I bet they have a plan to introduce a subscription service the minute Moviepass folds. If I had to bet, MoviePass is the reason my Regal Points expire now.
- johnpowell 8y ago
  I worked for Regal for three years. Starting as a lowly usher and quickly becoming the projector tech for Oregon and Washington. It is the worst run company I have ever worked for. For example when "Something About Mary" came out we put it in theater 5. 150 seats. It was selling out every show. I was the projectionist at the time and said we should put it in #3 which had 534 seats. The box office was turning away hundreds of people every few hours. I do not care about company profits. But I do care about my friends working concessions and door and usher. If we had the movie in the right theater we could have used more workers. But lazy managers kept the print in #5 for weeks. Since it was a pain to swap prints in the computers. It wasn't.. It took two minutes. That is just one example of many. It got even worse when I had to contact Nashville everyday to get basic supplies. It is never fun explaining why you need a new oscilloscope to a person that doesn't know what one is.

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lykr0n 8y ago

It will be interesting to see an statics on how much it has changed movie viewership. I'm sure there are a couple of Data Scientists or Business Intelligence people at Regal tracking attendance of Moviepass-ers, and I bet they have a plan to introduce a subscription service the minute Moviepass folds. If I had to bet, MoviePass is the reason my Regal Points expire now.

johnpowell 8y ago
I worked for Regal for three years. Starting as a lowly usher and quickly becoming the projector tech for Oregon and Washington. It is the worst run company I have ever worked for. For example when "Something About Mary" came out we put it in theater 5. 150 seats. It was selling out every show. I was the projectionist at the time and said we should put it in #3 which had 534 seats. The box office was turning away hundreds of people every few hours. I do not care about company profits. But I do care about my friends working concessions and door and usher. If we had the movie in the right theater we could have used more workers. But lazy managers kept the print in #5 for weeks. Since it was a pain to swap prints in the computers. It wasn't.. It took two minutes. That is just one example of many. It got even worse when I had to contact Nashville everyday to get basic supplies. It is never fun explaining why you need a new oscilloscope to a person that doesn't know what one is.