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Originally Posted by Cam
Very, very basic run down is this.
Selling movie tickets makes them sweet fuck all. Would barely pay the rent.
Having employees to sell you tickets and clean up after jackasses in the cinema, all down to candy bar takings.
The takings against tickets are low enough to almost bother not counting. It goes something like this:
Distributor has an amazing, shit-hot new film out. Distributor says to cinema "Here is our amazing film, you must run it in three day sessions and three night sessions, at least five days a week, but you must not run it against our other film we've got out at the moment too, also we're going to be taking 90% of ticket sales for the first five weeks, then to be fair to you after that point, we'll only take 89%, cheers. If you don't agree to this, you don't get any of our films, ever again."
Numbers pulled randomly from my ass, but they're somewhat accurate and that's essentially the cinema business in a nutshell. Some really huge movies, the distributor will take all ticket sales for a specified period before allowing the cinema chain to keep any. Without overpriced popcorn for jerk offs to throw at one another, cinemas would have an exceptionally hard time staying afloat. As it is there's no real money in the business of showing films anymore, not since DVD's got popular. Your local cinema is not selling you movies. It's selling you candy and a chair to sit in while somebody else lets you watch their movie for a nominal charge.
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thats pretty much spot on.
as for me:
How Often you would go to the movies/cinema?
maybe once or twice a year these days. it would have to be a movie i really wanted to see otherwise id just wait till it went to dvd or id forget it altogether
How many people? (example: Couple/Family/Single Ticket(either go by yourself or with friends)
usually myself and one other
What you would general buy? (Popcorn/Drinks/Lollies/Ice cream etc etc)
Usually just a drink
What you think of the value of these extras?
there is no value but as has been said that is where the cinemas manage to make money to stay afloat
Do you buy from Candy Bar or bring in from outside?
never bring in from outside
