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Klaralven

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13. There's demand for entertainment

Sat Dec 12, 2020, 07:42 PM

Dec 2020

Where you don't have to organize an occasion, drive to a theater, find parking, walk in, hang about a lobby buying overpriced refreshments, use a public restroom, go through ticket taking, find a seat (depending on whether assigned or not), and sit through 20 minutes of coming attractions and PSAs.

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AMC Theatres May Fully Deplete Cash by January [View all] RandySF Dec 2020 OP

Hate to break it to AMC, but you better start looking for new jobs. Theaters aren't coming back. PSPS Dec 2020 #1

+1000 alwaysinasnit Dec 2020 #2

It's still a shame RandySF Dec 2020 #5

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Pause button, fast forward, instant replay, volume control, subcaptions... Towlie Dec 2020 #9

Eh BannonsLiver Dec 2020 #24

Yep, it's been coming on for some time, writings been on the wall! Many people have been RKP5637 Dec 2020 #12

They will. This pandemic won't last forever. Initech Dec 2020 #19

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Nah. They'll be back. BannonsLiver Dec 2020 #22

There's something nice about the communal experience of moviegoing StarfishSaver Dec 2020 #54

That makes me sad. Dinner and a movie were always things hubs and I enjoyed on date night. Demsrule86 Dec 2020 #26

That is simply not true. Box office sales were 5.3 billion in 1995 and 12 billion in 2018. Doodley Dec 2020 #47

This is true Meowmee Dec 2020 #55

They're still around? Hmmmm... SWBTATTReg Dec 2020 #3

What does that mean? Nt USALiberal Dec 2020 #7

People on internet discussion boards like to show they are above the unwashed masses former9thward Dec 2020 #16

It could also be that the poster MissB Dec 2020 #17

More likely they are far, far beyond their teenage, 20s years. former9thward Dec 2020 #20

There are great deals out there...well before the pandemic. Hubs and I paid around Demsrule86 Dec 2020 #27

If that were true, the poster would probably say something like Mariana Dec 2020 #31

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I do too. The issue is in the winter...don't know that those few months are enough of course Demsrule86 Dec 2020 #28

They may turn into churches for a while. SleeplessinSoCal Dec 2020 #6

There's demand for entertainment Klaralven Dec 2020 #13

They need to change their business concept. Maybe add in some stores JI7 Dec 2020 #8

The US already has about four times the retail square footage per person of other developed countrys Klaralven Dec 2020 #14

That's why they need to sell the experience similar to apple store JI7 Dec 2020 #39

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I'm talking about how retail can survive. We saw how Sears and Kmart started looking like JI7 Dec 2020 #48

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Retail shopping is in terrible shape. Demsrule86 Dec 2020 #29

Most of the ticket money goes to the studios TexasBushwhacker Dec 2020 #45

That's why my idea to sell overpriced crap is a good idea JI7 Dec 2020 #50

We have the Alamo Drafthouse in Texas and there are TexasBushwhacker Dec 2020 #53

Well, cinema had a pretty nice run frazzled Dec 2020 #10

It is sad. Dagstead Bumwood Dec 2020 #15

There's nothing like seeing a movie on the big screen MustLoveBeagles Dec 2020 #18

Yup. Big screen in a darkened theater with a great sound system TexasBushwhacker Dec 2020 #49

I love going to movies...that is how I feel. I have not rented on of these to the TV Screen Demsrule86 Dec 2020 #30

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What happens to the movie theatres in that case? Lancero Dec 2020 #43

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The experience sure isn't what it used to be. Mariana Dec 2020 #35

Why Would Anyone Invest 100s of Millions in a Business Model Being Decimated By Several Factors Indykatie Dec 2020 #11

2019 saw $11.5B box office exboyfil Dec 2020 #21

Avengers: Endgame + Rise of Skywalker RandySF Dec 2020 #25

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Well said BannonsLiver Dec 2020 #33

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I'll be going back after I'm vaccinated BannonsLiver Dec 2020 #23

I look forward to going back. Demsrule86 Dec 2020 #32

This is sad! Florida Bull Dec 2020 #34

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Another good point in favor of theaters. Dagstead Bumwood Dec 2020 #58

The last time I went to a movie theater was about a year ago. They had the volume turned up as loud doc03 Dec 2020 #44

I haven't been to a theater in quite some time due to COVID dsc Dec 2020 #56

I still love going to theaters Beaverhausen Dec 2020 #57

Covid or not I doubt I will ever go back to a movie theater Raine Dec 2020 #59

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