Thread: A business model for movie theaters

I’d like to have a film festival for my friends.

So I’ll give you a list of 20 movies, Mr Movie Theater Owner, and one night every other week, you’ll play one of them, and I’ll guarantee a certain number of tickets sold. Above that, we’ll split the revenue.

That way we get to watch old movies in a theater setting, with popcorn and restrooms, and then we can all go out to dinner after and talk about the movies and why we like them so much. Maybe we could even get one of the actors or the director to join us. Movie theaters should be hubs for social activity. Watching a movie at home or on a laptop or a tablet isn’t the same as watching it in a theater. And most of the great movies aren’t showing in theaters now.

I wouldn’t want to be the one guaranteeing a certain number of tickets but I’d participate. Actually going to the show has always been a huge part of my existence. It’s an activity, something to look forward to. It was even semi-exciting to go to the video store to rent movies back when that was a thing.

Older movies on the big screen, double plus good: Tron, Dirty Dancing, Empire Strikes Back just to name a few. Classic Movie Mondays is showing American Graffiti tonight for a buck.

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