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Re: What's the REAL cost?? Let's not forget the movie industry is about as bad as the music industry. Movie theaters hardly get any money from the movies they show. They have to make a living off of inflated concession prices. I have seen the figures on the movies they are complaining about being traded online. They have made hefty profits from these films. I'm not talking a little profit. I am talking more money than most movies ever make. And that's just ticket sales. We are not even factoring DVD sales, rentals, cable, television premiers and merchandising.
This is another "cry me a river" sympathy ploy if you ask me.
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 BellBoySteven Paul Jobs 1955-2011Premium
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Let's not forget the movie industry is about as bad as the music industry. Movie theaters hardly get any money from the movies they show. They have to make a living off of inflated concession prices. I have seen the figures on the movies they are complaining about being traded online. They have made hefty profits from these films. I'm not talking a little profit. I am talking more money than most movies ever make. And that's just ticket sales. We are not even factoring DVD sales, rentals, cable, television premiers and merchandising.
This is another "cry me a river" sympathy ploy if you ask me.
I hope you don't misunderstand me...
I'm certainly not on the studio's or Valenti's side. I agree with you, the studios are the first to run to the media with box office scores and the last to run to court to prove that their accounting numbers are wrong. Anyone remember the "Coming To America" lawsuit that Art Buchwald brought against Paramount, et al.?
As far as the theater owners go, they're digging their own graves. $3.50 for a little bag of candy? Give me a break! Whenever I can, I head to a local store and buy whatever I want to eat. The only exception is that I'll buy popcorn--mostly out of guilt.
Plus, building a 1,000-plex is not really good for business. Hell, the majority of the screens have the latest film that sucks anyway so any film I actually want to see is banished to the early or the late show. F*** THAT!
If the studios and the theater owners had a brain between them, they'd take a hint from the art houses and sprinkle some older classics or avant guard films into the mix to bring in a different audience--along with the brainiacs that can't wait to see the latest David Spade fiasco.
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| My intent was to only add to your comment so don't worry, I didn't misunderstand you. 
However regarding the price of snacks at the theaters they really don't have much choice. I don't know how little they actually get, but I do know the theaters depend on those elevated prices just to keep the theaters open. Over here in Austin there is a theater called Alamo Draft House that does show some classics as well as new movies. They also show some oddball movies that have cult followings. Plus they serve real food too. It's a shame your common theaters don't go back to the classics. There is a possibility they can't due to licensing. Another issue to take up with the movie industry.
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