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I see merit in this model. I also see a problem: I think people want to be sure that they can get into the showing they want. Under the classic box office mode

I see merit in this model. I also see a problem: I think people want to be sure that they can get into the showing they want. Under the classic box office model once you have your timed ticket purchased you're guaranteed a seat in the theater. Under this subscription model if there are 200 seats in the theater but 250 subscribers show up for the 5:30 showing then you're going to get some frustrated customers. How the heck early would I as a subscriber need to arrive for a big box office premier? For art-house/indie theaters I think this model might skirt that problem, though.

jbigelow76 14y ago
They could do online time reservation, similar to online seat selection for air travel. If you don't remember to login and claim a time when the schedule for a given movie is released then you are forced to pick a less than desired time. It doesn't have to be any different than buying a ticket on Fandango without showing up to the box office.
TheCondor 14y ago
Seems like you could flip it in to a kind of feature. What if it was like season tickets and you were guaranteed a seat at one of the first n showings? Maybe I'm too far out of my 20s but its not that big a deal for me to be there at midnight to see the opening, if you could make sure my whole family got seated comfortably at 4pm on a Saturday or Sunday though, I might pay even more and just schedule that time every month as move time There are theater that do family night were people can bring infants and such, treat it like that and in the right sized community you could almost have private screenings; that is a premium service. The other logical thing, let subscribers vote on up coming movies to bring, if you pick the movie maybe you could get tickets to see it sooner.