I got an idea for a cinema chain

Problem is % of box office (90% first week of big movies) goes to studio. Theyd ban their flix from your theater unless you paid them per butt in seat.

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How do you think this would work out: How about for $200-$400 (still debating the price), you can receive a membership to a theater and see any movie without paying for the rest of the year? The exception will be midnight showings, where you got to pay and reserve upfront for that. It would make a hell of a Christmas gift for people, and I'd say most people see about 10 films in the theater. Do you think it could be profitable?

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Not a chance. You know how many movies people would see with that? People who only go see a handful of movies a year would have no interest in it.

I like the idea, it's just not going to happen anytime soon. I believe there are some monthly pass plans out there but they are few and far between and outside of the biggest markets and the few chains that take them, they are useless.

Now if I were a smaller movie studio that released say 3-6 movies a year, I would try something like a season pass that tied into certain movie chains. If you buy tickets for all of the movies we offer at once, you save money on the price of each ticket. Like say if Studio X was releasing 5 films in 2013. If you are interested in those films, rather than paying $12 a ticket for them, you can pay $50 upfront and receive a printable pass for each movie. If you aren't interested in one of the movies, you could always sell or even exchange your movie pass.

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OMLandshark

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Email me at Magildachunks@gmail.com for my idea. I don't want to share it on an open forum.


But You may be interested.

How about you just run a small 3 screen theater that makes profit by buying the reels from movies that've been in theaters a while and playing them on your screens and charging $2 a showing.

They had a theater like this when I was growing up and they made bank.

You could also have a retro night, where you play an old movie, and you could bid for reels of limited release movies, so you could get indie movies!

People in Baton Rouge would love you. And by people I mean 2-5 posters on the M/TV Board who hate driving to Canal Place Cinema.

FWIW Cinemark at Perkins Rowe is doing a good job of getting these films.

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I got an idea for a cinema chain

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me too.

you use your phone at all or so much as even whisper during the movie, you will be executed immediately

I think it would be a success

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How do you think this would work out: How about for $200-$400 (still debating the price), you can receive a membership to a theater and see any movie without paying for the rest of the year? The exception will be midnight showings, where you got to pay and reserve upfront for that. It would make a hell of a Christmas gift for people, and I'd say most people see about 10 films in the theater. Do you think it could be profitable?

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Are you living in China or something?

I really don't go to movies now but I'd go at least every other week if someone gave it to me.