That depends a lot on how much they have to pay the studios to show the movies. My understanding is that most of ticket money from soon after the movie's releas

That depends a lot on how much they have to pay the studios to show the movies. My understanding is that most of ticket money from soon after the movie's release goes to the studios with a larger share of later ticket sales going to the theaters. That might mean that the theaters would be willing to sell tickets for $6 later in a movie's run to fill up a theater, but early on they could easily be losing money at that price.