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pan6467 · 08-26-2008, 08:31 PM

I worked at a cinema also in high school, great times, made it to assistant manager {General Cinemas here}.

I like the new stadium seatings and other than the cheap cinemas and the "dog house" rooms the screens I've seen are always well maintained. The film quality is much better today than it was 20+ years ago, when you'd have breaks or burn outs. The only thing I ever notice is the dot that tells them to switch projectors and now that most are computerized that really doesn't happen often.

I love seeing good movies on the big screen with sound systems that blow away anything I can ever afford in my home. LS and I have a decent system, but even with surround and a nice large flat screen it still misses that "feel" in some movies.

The popcorn is always a plus along with the artificial butter flavoring.

The only minuses for me are the prices, but having worked in the field and in management, I know the profit does not come from he movies but the concessions, hence the prices. Unless it has changed, most "blockbuster" movies the house gets a very very small percentage of the gate for the first 4 weeks, then it builds up. The longer a movie stays the more percentage you keep. So, they make it up in the concessions. That large soda costs them about 25 cents, the large popcorn about a dime, maybe more on the popcorn but not much more. 20 some years ago a large popcorn cost was about 3 cents and we sold it for 3 - 3.25.

I don't see the cinemas going out. If anything I see them becoming more profitable in the future. With technology improving to where they will be able to show live events, there will be a new boom in the industry.The Cinemarks around here are getting the "theatre release" only concerts and pay per views and holding business conferences there.

I can see a time when quite possibly, WWE, MMA and even so on may get exclusive contracts and start showing their pay per views there. And I'd probably be willing to go.

Hell, go see a Royal Rumble, Wrestlemania, a concert where the band is playing limited cities but will have a one off pay per view at the local cinema, the Browns play on a huge screen live.... I could handle that.

08-26-2008, 08:31 PM	#11 (permalink)
pan6467 Lennonite Priest Location: Mansfield, Ohio USA	I worked at a cinema also in high school, great times, made it to assistant manager {General Cinemas here}. I like the new stadium seatings and other than the cheap cinemas and the "dog house" rooms the screens I've seen are always well maintained. The film quality is much better today than it was 20+ years ago, when you'd have breaks or burn outs. The only thing I ever notice is the dot that tells them to switch projectors and now that most are computerized that really doesn't happen often. I love seeing good movies on the big screen with sound systems that blow away anything I can ever afford in my home. LS and I have a decent system, but even with surround and a nice large flat screen it still misses that "feel" in some movies. The popcorn is always a plus along with the artificial butter flavoring. The only minuses for me are the prices, but having worked in the field and in management, I know the profit does not come from he movies but the concessions, hence the prices. Unless it has changed, most "blockbuster" movies the house gets a very very small percentage of the gate for the first 4 weeks, then it builds up. The longer a movie stays the more percentage you keep. So, they make it up in the concessions. That large soda costs them about 25 cents, the large popcorn about a dime, maybe more on the popcorn but not much more. 20 some years ago a large popcorn cost was about 3 cents and we sold it for 3 - 3.25. I don't see the cinemas going out. If anything I see them becoming more profitable in the future. With technology improving to where they will be able to show live events, there will be a new boom in the industry.The Cinemarks around here are getting the "theatre release" only concerts and pay per views and holding business conferences there. I can see a time when quite possibly, WWE, MMA and even so on may get exclusive contracts and start showing their pay per views there. And I'd probably be willing to go. Hell, go see a Royal Rumble, Wrestlemania, a concert where the band is playing limited cities but will have a one off pay per view at the local cinema, the Browns play on a huge screen live.... I could handle that. __________________ I just love people who use the excuse "I use/do this because I LOVE the feeling/joy/happiness it brings me" and expect you to be ok with that as you watch them destroy their life blindly following. My response is, "I like to put forks in an eletrical socket, just LOVE that feeling, can't ever get enough of it, so will you let me put this copper fork in that electric socket?"