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As a live theatre industry professional, movie theaters will go the way of theatre, once it stopped being the main form of entertainment, it didn't die, it just
by Grakel 6y ago
As a live theatre industry professional, movie theaters will go the way of theatre, once it stopped being the main form of entertainment, it didn't die, it just became an occasional, expensive treat for lovers of specific genres.
Hollywood may die, but you'll go to a movie theatre just like you may go to see a Broadway tour or a regional Shakespeare once in a while.
Films might actually get better when the demand to crank out the most popular drek for box office bang fades away.
- spullara 6y agoAt some point theaters and movie studios need to have variable pricing for movies. All first run movies being the same price is silly and leaves a ton of money on the table. May be one way it gets to be more like theater.
- lumost 6y agoI’d be really curious what the margins on the in theater experience break down as. I wouldn’t be surprised if big crowd pleasers take a bigger cut then small time films
- colinmhayes 6y agoI think the vast majority of ticket price goes to the studio. The theater makes money off concession sales.
- maxerickson 6y agoI expect it's not so simple. People aren't rational about pricing. I expect a lot of people would be outraged if you tried to charge more for a movie expected to have a popular open. They already do a lot of price variation in the release process, by the time it gets to cable their marginal revenue is something like a few cents.
- spullara 6y agoFolks already pay different prices for different movies on the streaming services. I don't think it is a big stretch to think that they would pay more for better movies.
- johnchristopher 6y ago> Films might actually get better when the demand to crank out the most popular drek for box office bang fades away. I think we have been at this step for decades already. Look at what is featured and promoted at the Sundance festival and what Annapurna produces and what others do: we already have such movies without the marketing and production budgets of Marvel or Disney or big budget producers.
- wott 6y ago> As a live theatre industry professional, movie theaters will go the way of theatre, They've already gone that way, in part, particularly during the 60s, 70s and 80s when a large share of cinemas closed. Then it sort of stabilised, at least in terms of screens: while cinemas kept on closing, some others got bigger. But those bigger ones rely on the business of blockbusters. Maybe it will start dropping again and turn the way you foresee, I don't know.