AMC Theaters CEO Adam Aron remains as fiercely optimistic as ever that brighter days are ahead for his theater chain and the box office.

AMC Theaters CEO Adam Aron remains as fiercely optimistic as ever that brighter days are ahead for his theater chain and the box office.

  • @LeeksEnglish
    6•16 hours ago

    The AMC theater experience in my area is so poor that I strictly avoid it. Between no assigned seats, the old style fold down seats, sticking to floor as you walk, other patrons talking/being on their phone/using their phone flashlight during the movie, and the 30 minutes of pre-show ads, it just doesn’t make sense to spend money on it.

    If I do want to see a movie in theaters, I drive to the non-AMC theater that is 45 minutes away since it is just a much better experience and higher quality at a lower price.

    • @[email protected]English
      2•15 hours ago

      I’m surprised there’s still any AMC theaters that don’t have assigned seating. You might have a better experience in a premium format, as overpriced as a single ticket is, but it makes more sense with A listers if you see more than 2 movies a month. That being said your entire theater complex might just be shitty in general in which case sounds like avoiding altogether is a good choice. Idk just my 2 cents

  • southsamuraiEnglish
    17•21 hours ago

    Eh, the problem is that seeing a movie in a theater has become an expensive proposition. It’s a luxury now, not something you can make a hobby or (for many people) even a monthly family outing.

    Since the only way to make it work as a business is to either fuck over every employee even worse, or jack prices even higher, it’s a damn difficult thing to run.

    We could subsidize theaters as integral to the art of film, but that’s just enriching some corporate assholes; it won’t go to the people doing the work, and it sure as fuck won’t result in lower prices to put more butts in seats.

    I would just say good riddance, but some movies are just better in a group with a giant screen and the audio at scale. It’s an experience that’s wholly different from home theater, no matter how good your setup is.

    A 45 day window isn’t going to fix anything.

    • @[email protected]English
      4•9 hours ago

      Part of the issue is that studios have been actively trying to screw over the theaters, for the same reason. Everyone feels entitled to all of the profits, and does everything in their power to hoard it from everyone else.

      Last I checked, the studio basically gets 100% of the ticket price. This can happen directly, or indirectly (theater buys the film for a set price, based on expected sales). This typically means the entire theater operations have to survive on concession sales alone.

      That’s the cost of rent, marketing, administration, cleaning, maintenance, and more. All of this from your $10 popcorn and $8 coke, for 2 hours. That means a lot of corners have to be cut, making it harder to justify the cost of going in the first place.

      It also means that Disney is happy to sell you the same movie on streaming, but only if they can get the same $15 apiece.

    • MrScottyTayEnglish
      7•21 hours ago

      Only thing that allowed me to go multiple times a month was a subscription that allowed me to see any film for £15 a month. But my local got bullied out by their landlord. Gunna have to wait for it to be replaced towards the end of the year. Thankfully they have a subscription too but it’ll have gone up to £19

  • @acosmichippoEnglish
    7•23 hours ago

    is this open industry collusion? run your own business and let other people run theirs.

  • @jordanlundEnglish
    3•21 hours ago

    There are two movies I’d love to see in the theater right now, but my wife and I have been too sick to go. :( a) we don’t want to infect other people and 2) nobody wants to hear us coughing up lungs.

    Cap and Love Hurts will have to wait.