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Am I the first one to point out that movie exhibition is a lousy business? This place has wait service, which is kind of a desperate way to avoid the aforement
by AlbertCory 3y ago
Am I the first one to point out that movie exhibition is a lousy business?
This place has wait service, which is kind of a desperate way to avoid the aforementioned problem. Movie theaters everywhere are closing because the economics suck; people prefer to watch movies at home, now that viewing quality is excellent and the movies all come to streaming after a couple months, and the audience ruins the experience for everyone else anyway.
A better example would be a regular sit-down restaurant, which is sometimes a decent business (although most of them fail anyway). It's also easier to analyze profit & loss.
- Tangurena2 3y agoAdditionally, for the first few weeks that a movie is being shown at the theatre, 100% of the ticket sales goes to the studios. The entire source of income for movie theatres is the concession sales. I rarely watch movies in theatres because far too many are just remakes of something else. One of the 3 movies I saw in theatres this year (Landscape with Invisible Hand) was shown in one theatre in my state on Sunday morning. The tiny theatre release was just so that they could qualify for awards. I do not subscribe to any streaming services.
- AlbertCory 3y agoThanks, yeah, in the South Bay (SF area) we've lost almost all our independent movie houses. That place where this guy worked will be gone in three years, or else trying some other gimmick.