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    From RichA@21:1/5 to All on Mon Jan 16 10:24:41 2023
    Friend went to a large theatre on Sunday night to see Avatar. Said there was five people in the room. Does not bode well. Though some movies have made decent money (Top Gun, for example) mega-movies that cost hundreds of millions may now be a
    crapshoot.

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  • From T987654321@21:1/5 to RichA on Mon Jan 16 11:52:55 2023
    On Monday, January 16, 2023 at 10:24:43 AM UTC-8, RichA wrote:
    Friend went to a large theatre on Sunday night to see Avatar. Said there was five people in the room. Does not bode well. Though some movies have made decent money (Top Gun, for example) mega-movies that cost hundreds of millions may now be a crapshoot.


    It's the few movies like Avatar and the MCU & DCU that are keeping theaters afloat. What seems to be mostly gone are midbudget rom-coms and genera flicks. Individually they weren't much but there were a lot of them that sold enough popcorn and candy to
    keep things going.

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  • From moviePig@21:1/5 to RichA on Mon Jan 16 15:31:42 2023
    On 1/16/2023 1:24 PM, RichA wrote:
    Friend went to a large theatre on Sunday night to see Avatar. Said there was five people in the room. Does not bode well. Though some movies have made decent money (Top Gun, for example) mega-movies that cost hundreds of millions may now be a
    crapshoot.

    Otoh, there's a reason Jan. and Feb. are called "dump months".

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  • From trotsky@21:1/5 to moviePig on Wed Jan 18 05:21:33 2023
    On 1/16/23 2:31 PM, moviePig wrote:
    On 1/16/2023 1:24 PM, RichA wrote:
    Friend went to a large theatre on Sunday night to see Avatar.  Said
    there was five people in the room.  Does not bode well.  Though some
    movies have made decent money (Top Gun, for example) mega-movies that
    cost hundreds of millions may now be a crapshoot.

    Otoh, there's a reason Jan. and Feb. are called "dump months".


    At "Rich's" house every month is a dump month.

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  • From Irish Mike@21:1/5 to pwal...@moviepig.com on Thu Jan 26 12:21:21 2023
    On Monday, January 16, 2023 at 3:31:46 PM UTC-5, pwal...@moviepig.com wrote:
    On 1/16/2023 1:24 PM, RichA wrote:
    Friend went to a large theatre on Sunday night to see Avatar. Said there was five people in the room. Does not bode well. Though some movies have made decent money (Top Gun, for example) mega-movies that cost hundreds of millions may now be a
    crapshoot.
    Otoh, there's a reason Jan. and Feb. are called "dump months".

    Well, I can't remember the last time I went to a movie theater - I'd really rather wait a bit
    and just watch it at home. Stop, pause and rewind without sitting with a bunch of strangers
    or worrying about Covid. But for a lot of people I think it's about the money. Example; a friend
    and his wife were taking a group of six kids (not all theirs) to see some animated kids show.
    The kid's tickets were $10 each and the adult tickets were $16 each. So you've got $92 in tickets.
    Then figure at least $10 a kid for a drink and a snack from the concession stand, so that's another $60.
    That's $152 for the trip. Not to mention the gas, parking and the general hassle. So, they checked
    and found they could stream the same movie for $20 and the rental was good for two days.
    And the drinks and snacks are a lot cheaper at home. No brainer for them - they streamed it.

    Irish Mike

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