I never went to movie theatres until I retired late last year and moved to
Florida. The AMC multiplex is only ten miles away. Signed up for their A-List
and was seeing three movies a week for $24 a month or $2 for each movie until
they closed for the Coronavirus.
On Monday, March 23, 2020, 01:20:07 PM EDT, Adam Kennedy
<[email protected]> wrote:
Hi all,
I did a piece of ‘light research’ on UK movie attendance last year (link below)
and it appeared that even against the likes of Netflix, cinema / movie theatre
attendance had a place in modern society, with even a hint of modest growth.
https://artofthemovies.co.uk/blogs/original-movie-posters/uk-cinema-attendance-1935-2018
While the likes of the multiplex chains will probably weather the current
storm, the smaller independent single screen cinemas (we have a lovely restored
Art Deco one near us) are unlikely too and that is a real shame. They bring a
really special experience (a cheese board and a nice glass of Rioja with your
movie sir?).
I also think it is likely to lead to a long term behaviour shift, with even
fewer people visiting the movies once this is all over. (As they will have got
even more used to family movie nights at home.)
It hit home for me when this weekend I saw ‘The Invisible Man’ (the 2020
Elisabeth Moss version) for rent at £15.99 on Amazon Video. It was still
playing in UK cinemas a week or two back when the virus hit...
Keep safe everyone.
Adam.
On 23 Mar 2020, at 06:26, Tony Calvert <[email protected]> wrote:
I am 58 and rarely go to theaters (nothing I really want to see). I have been
dealing in new posters for 30+ years, I have had 1 source, and he is employed
in the the theater business. He has now lost his job due to the shut downs.
In the last couple of years it has been a struggle for theaters, as the studios
are wanting to go on demand or a short window for the release of the film and
then on demand. The theaters he worked for would not book a film if the on
demand was 30 days or less from the theatrical release. Disney of course is
pushing this concept, along with others.
Some consequences of the shut down, release dates have been pushed back for
months and sometimes nearly a year. The studios are losing a revenue stream,
so some productions are postponed, and I am sure many lesser films will just be
cancelled, or not ever released theatrically. I fell like this will be a good
opportunity to knock out theaters and get the full cut through streaming and on
demand.
I am sure they understand the business a lot better than I do, and in the age
when people will watch a movie on a phone, but I think it is short sided to not
get another avenue of revenue (theatrically), and just go for on demand, dvd,
etc.
I hope I am wrong. Any other thoughts on the issue. Tony
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