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>it’s sustainable Is it? 3 movies/week for $20/month is about $1.67/ movie. I think it is just around until movie pass kicks the bucket (at least at that pric

>it’s sustainable Is it? 3 movies/week for $20/month is about $1.67/ movie. I think it is just around until movie pass kicks the bucket (at least at that price)

scarface74 8y ago
AMC doesn’t show 12 different movies in a month. At most, they probably have a turnover of 5-6 movies per month. As I said earlier, the price they pay for the studio for each movie a subscriber sees is around $4-$6. They still make a lot of money on high priced concessions.
- uxp100 8y ago
  I looked at an AMC I've been to. They have 20 movies listed as available to see today. Many only have 2 showings or something, but they have 20 screens, they seem to turnover more than 5 or 6 movies in a month.
  - scarface74 8y ago
    I didn’t say they only have 5 or 6 movies showings at once. By turnover, I meant after you catch up on all of the movies they have now, you won’t find 20 new movies next month. Over the course of the year, they won’t have 156 movies in the theatre (52 x 3)
    - dayofthedaleks 8y ago
      191 films were released by the top 10 US studios in 2015. I bet most 24-plexes screened them all, plus more.
      - scarface74 8y ago
        https://stephenfollows.com/how-many-films-are-released-each-year/ https://stephenfollows.com/how-many-films-are-released-each-... The best I could come up with - 93 wide release movies in 2016. AMC does restrict the subscription service so it doesn’t cover the Fathom Events movies.
    - dwighttk 8y ago
      Do they limit you to one viewing per movie?
- djrogers 8y ago
  > AMC doesn’t show 12 different movies in a month At my local AMC, they currently have 18 movies showing, and pre-sales already running for 10 new movies opening between now and Aug 15th. I think you're either vastly underestimating the number of movies out there, or you haven't been to a theater in a while.
  - mawburn 8y ago
    Yeah, but of those how many of those would your average subscription holder want to see? I suspect not that many. But, I am definitely debating on getting the AMC subscription now that I know it's a thing. $20/mo sounds like it's very worth it.
superfrank 8y ago
I would be absolutely shocked if the average movie goer went to the movies 3 times per week, even with the AMC pass. Anecdotally, I know about 15 people who have MoviePass. One couple I know goes probably in that 2-3 times per week range. Another guy I know, tries to go once on each weekend day (but skips every once in a while). Pretty much everyone else falls into the 0-3 times per month.

>it’s sustainable Is it? 3 movies/week for $20/month is about $1.67/ movie. I think it is just around until movie pass kicks the bucket (at least at that price)

scarface74 8y ago

AMC doesn’t show 12 different movies in a month. At most, they probably have a turnover of 5-6 movies per month. As I said earlier, the price they pay for the studio for each movie a subscriber sees is around $4-$6. They still make a lot of money on high priced concessions.

uxp100 8y ago
I looked at an AMC I've been to. They have 20 movies listed as available to see today. Many only have 2 showings or something, but they have 20 screens, they seem to turnover more than 5 or 6 movies in a month.
- scarface74 8y ago
  I didn’t say they only have 5 or 6 movies showings at once. By turnover, I meant after you catch up on all of the movies they have now, you won’t find 20 new movies next month. Over the course of the year, they won’t have 156 movies in the theatre (52 x 3)
  - dayofthedaleks 8y ago
    191 films were released by the top 10 US studios in 2015. I bet most 24-plexes screened them all, plus more.
    - scarface74 8y ago
      https://stephenfollows.com/how-many-films-are-released-each-year/ https://stephenfollows.com/how-many-films-are-released-each-... The best I could come up with - 93 wide release movies in 2016. AMC does restrict the subscription service so it doesn’t cover the Fathom Events movies.
  - dwighttk 8y ago
    Do they limit you to one viewing per movie?
djrogers 8y ago
> AMC doesn’t show 12 different movies in a month At my local AMC, they currently have 18 movies showing, and pre-sales already running for 10 new movies opening between now and Aug 15th. I think you're either vastly underestimating the number of movies out there, or you haven't been to a theater in a while.
- mawburn 8y ago
  Yeah, but of those how many of those would your average subscription holder want to see? I suspect not that many. But, I am definitely debating on getting the AMC subscription now that I know it's a thing. $20/mo sounds like it's very worth it.

superfrank 8y ago

I would be absolutely shocked if the average movie goer went to the movies 3 times per week, even with the AMC pass. Anecdotally, I know about 15 people who have MoviePass. One couple I know goes probably in that 2-3 times per week range. Another guy I know, tries to go once on each weekend day (but skips every once in a while). Pretty much everyone else falls into the 0-3 times per month.