I remember being told by someone who had looked into the question
that the contracts between theaters and the film distributors often
include restrictions on how the theaters can run the food
concession--I assume maximum prices, but I don't really remember.
That suggests that the distributors
the theatre owners see it.)
Michael Giesbrecht
IT Operations Software Engineering
Lucasfilm Ltd.
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From: david friedman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
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Subject: Re[4]: Movie popcorn prices
I remember being told
On Fri, 24 Nov 2000 15:40:02 -0500 Amanda Phillips Amanda Phillips
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As for workers at the concession stands, you'll often notice theatre
managers helping out during the rush periods. And at large theatres (10-16
screens) movie times are staggered so that there's
I have been using the book The Armchair Economist for a few years in my classes.
A student who worked in a movie theater suggested that popcorn(and candy, drinks, etc.) cost more at the movies because the theater has to have many workers around to handle the rush right before a movie starts.
