re: AMC changing ticket pricing

I miss the old mall theaters, 4 screen cinemas, and the like. Getting your feet stuck to the floor was part of the experience.

Those were a thing of the past once the 16 screen megaplexes went up. Alamo Drafthouse is a nice compromise. Fewer screens, less of a crowd, comfy seats, and people serving food and drink.

It's AMAZING how some industries continue to shoot themselves in the foot.

Strugglig to get customers into the movie theater? Let's make it more expensive and more complicated to do so!

Pacer was a good car.

Seated five as I recall.

Looked like a fish tank from outside.

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It's AMAZING how some industries continue to shoot themselves in the foot. Strugglig to get customers into the movie theater? Let's make it more expensive and more complicated to do so

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Exactly. However, I would pay a little extra to bring real nachos back. Not the ones where the cheese comes in a cup.

There was a movie theater in the Canal Place center with the Saks down on Canal St.

Each theater had like 20 seats. Full reclining like could almost lay back. Luxurious velvet. Had a big swiveling tray.

You would press a button at your seat and a waiter would come slinking over. You could order from like a full menu of great food and full bar options.

Could literally sit there and eat a steak and crush a bottle of wine and watch a movie.

Honestly the best cinematic experience I’ve ever had.

A ticket was fairly expensive but well worth it.

I would gladly do it again.

It’s rare a movie comes out that I feel compelled to go to the movies to watch. They just don’t make many good movies now.

Sounds like they're trying the airline approach. I don't know enough about the movie business to guess whether it will work or not, but I'd suggest they take more of the airline pricing structure if they want to do it right. Seat preference is just a small part of the model. You can find all kinds of ways to generate additional revenue (or simply fill the seats) with a dynamic pricing structure. Airlines, hotels, and multi family apartments have been doing it for years.

We are lucky that we don’t have riff raft in our town.

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It’s rare a movie comes out that I feel compelled to go to the movies to watch. They just don’t make many good movies now

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Other than kids movies. Top Gun is the only movie that I saw in the theater since 2019.

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Will now be based on seat location. Sounds like a reason for more people to just stay home and stream.

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I think AMC is trying to find niche model to stay in business. They even started a movie ticket subscription plan for certain movies to try to go after the pay one price of entertainment instead of purchasing individual daily tickets. The movie to premium viewing seating is to make sure the individuals that are paying more get the better seats, but if the recent experience of someone that I know that went to the movies recently, there certainly is still no demand for tickets where pricing this way would make sense. There were only 3 people in a theater for 200 people.