 sirwoogieBlahPremium
join:2002-01-02
Carleton, MI | reply to NefCanuck
Re: I know this sounds crazy That means theaters would also have to adapt. Personally, I think that theaters have really let themselves slide the past decade. They're all about turnaround and soaking you for amenities at the location. People go to a theater for the experience as well as the movie. Most people have setups in their homes that are perfectly adequate to have a high resolution and great sounding viewing experience (and the ability to pause, cheap food, etc).
Make it a reason to go to the theater again. Don't charge me $10 for a ticket, $4 for a drink and $5 for a popcorn to sit in a cheap seat viewing where the floor is sticky, some of the seats have holes in them, and the screen is so dim that you have to squint. |
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| said by sirwoogie:Make it a reason to go to the theater again. Don't charge me $10 for a ticket, $4 for a drink and $5 for a popcorn to sit in a cheap seat viewing where the floor is sticky, some of the seats have holes in them, and the screen is so dim that you have to squint. Not sure if this is true, but from what I have heard, the main reason why popcorn/food/drinks are overpriced at the movie theaters is because the studios are keeping most if not all of the proceeds of box office sales. Very little if any of that $10 that you pay for a movie ticket goes back to the theater, so they are kinda forced to rape you on everything else.
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| said by Pirate515:said by sirwoogie:Make it a reason to go to the theater again. Don't charge me $10 for a ticket, $4 for a drink and $5 for a popcorn to sit in a cheap seat viewing where the floor is sticky, some of the seats have holes in them, and the screen is so dim that you have to squint. Not sure if this is true, but from what I have heard, the main reason why popcorn/food/drinks are overpriced at the movie theaters is because the studios are keeping most if not all of the proceeds of box office sales. Very little if any of that $10 that you pay for a movie ticket goes back to the theater, so they are kinda forced to rape you on everything else. The thing is, that's a fight between the studios and the theatre chains, not the consumer. That battle should be fought some other way instead of overcharging the customer.
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said by Pirate515:Not sure if this is true, but from what I have heard, the main reason why popcorn/food/drinks are overpriced at the movie theaters is because the studios are keeping most if not all of the proceeds of box office sales. Very little if any of that $10 that you pay for a movie ticket goes back to the theater, so they are kinda forced to rape you on everything else. That is true. ALL of the money from the tickets go back to the studios and to the people that book the movies at the theater. The entire operating budget for the theater locations comes from that concession stand. |
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 danclan
join:2005-11-01
Midlothian, VA | reply to Pirate515
MMM no its a sliding scale on seat receipts.
Example:
The first 2 weeks the bulk goes to studio say 90/10 split then it begins to swap as time goes on. |
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— THE $9 TICKET BREAKDOWN —
Theater receives: $4.05
Helps pay for everything from maintaining the popcorn machines to air conditioning to ticket takers' salaries
Studio receives: $4.95
This amount is broken down into sub-categories:
* ADVERTISING and MARKETING: $1.90
Nearly 75% of Public Enemies' estimated $100 million marketing budget goes to TV, radio, magazine, Internet, newspaper, and billboard ads. The rest covers expenses like market research and preview trailers.
* PRODUCTION: $1.54
Includes the cost of sets, costumes, equipment rentals, filming permits, insurance, and such.
* DISTRIBUTION: $0.90
Ten percent of every ticket goes directly to Universal Studios to cover costs such as sending movie reels to theaters.
* ACTORS: $0.61
A-list star Johnny Depp's upfront pay for Public Enemies was an estimated $20 million; co-star Christian Bale probably got more than $10 million. |
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geez, so the movie makers (and cronnies) are raping not only the consumer, but the movie theaters also? damn....
when it comes to these big time movies, i just don't feel pity for the movie makers and such when their budget is covered in days (or maybe weeks for some) from releasing the movie and then they still charge a crap load of money when it comes out on dvd. don't they have enough money already? in general, i don't have any pity for the entertainment industry(movies, music, sports, tv shows) when they complain about something and despise any anti-consumer action they do. |
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said by AlexNYC:— THE $9 TICKET BREAKDOWN — Theater receives: $4.05 Helps pay for everything from maintaining the popcorn machines to air conditioning to ticket takers' salaries Studio receives: $4.95 This amount is broken down into sub-categories: * ADVERTISING and MARKETING: $1.90 Nearly 75% of Public Enemies' estimated $100 million marketing budget goes to TV, radio, magazine, Internet, newspaper, and billboard ads. The rest covers expenses like market research and preview trailers. * PRODUCTION: $1.54 Includes the cost of sets, costumes, equipment rentals, filming permits, insurance, and such. * DISTRIBUTION: $0.90 Ten percent of every ticket goes directly to Universal Studios to cover costs such as sending movie reels to theaters. * ACTORS: $0.61 A-list star Johnny Depp's upfront pay for Public Enemies was an estimated $20 million; co-star Christian Bale probably got more than $10 million. That counts for a $9 ticket. Then there are $15 tickets and I'm not talking IMAX (Anyone who's been to the 3rd Street Promenade in Los Angeles or any other Pacific Theaters knows what I mean). |
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