well Thats good news and driveins made a come back...but with gov ordred
stay at home...they will havea slow year this year
On 2020-03-23 13:32, Roland Lataille wrote:
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
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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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