Comment on Netflix CEO Ted Sarandos Says Movie Theater Model Is ‘Outdated’: ‘Most of the Country’ Cannot ‘Walk to a Multiplex’

running_ragged@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

Accessibility is only a tiny portion of it. Most of the US can’t walk to pretty much anything useful.

Lets start looking at ticket prices, and concession prices.

Family of 4 to watch a movie starts at $70 CAD at my local theatre. $10 for a single large popcorn to share, and $5ea per water. Fountain drinks are somehow more expensive than bottled water. That’s $100 for the start of an evening. Take a look at the rest of the economy, and figure out why theatres aren’t seeing the traffic they used to.

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