@WallStreetMav Actually for me, it was Hollywood’s shtty movies.

@jaritacco So true.

@WallStreetMav Cell phones and assholes.

@catturd2 That also

@WallStreetMav The last time I took my grandkids to the movie it cost me $120. I was like never again. And plus it was Mario Kart.

@tab24759 OMG

@WallStreetMav For those prices it should come with hand relief at the very least

@GarbageHuman24 🔥🔥🔥

@WallStreetMav Netflix provided the option to stay home. The concession stand prices provided the reason.

@MaxSlashWang Well said.

@WallStreetMav And the conditions of those mega theaters don’t help either. They bit off way more than they could chew and now can’t remodel or maintain with minimal staff.

@CieloBonit Correct.

@WallStreetMav Yeah they tried to capitalize on the wrong parts of the overall experience. Rather than making something more enjoyable they made it less, and then charged more.

@MickeySteamboat Great comment, thanks.

@WallStreetMav No one said you had to buy those things, didn’t you learn how to smuggle in your own food/drinks when you were a kid? Streaming platforms absolutely drove down theater revenue. Same date or quicker releases, not leaving your home laziness

@GregJC17 Oh yes, we all did it.

@WallStreetMav My new 75 inches 4K Qled TV has killed my movie theater experience !

@SitgesFranck Nice.

@WallStreetMav @Treed111Tim The greed of the movie industry was a huge part The majority of movie theaters do not make any money on ticket sales, so they depend on the concessions, the arcade, and everything else The price of those objects went up to make their movie theater cooler, but most people

@WallStreetMav Who doesn't have a big flat panel TV and broadband Internet? The lure of the cinema faded as we replicated the experience at home for a fraction of the cost and inconvenience. And you can pause for bathroom breaks!

@WallStreetMav Shitty movies killed theaters I have no issue overpaying for popcorn if I’m going to see great movies But that 20 dollar popcorn burns when you walk out of the theater completely mind blown at how terrible the movie was!

@WallStreetMav -Insane ticket prices plus fees to buy tickets. -Insane snack prices. -Dirty theaters. -Rude audiences talking, arguing, using phones. -30 minutes of stupid trailers And most of all, CRAPPY movies checking the virtue signal boxes instead of entertaining. = Killed the movie

@WallStreetMav that's odd, for $25 you can get a large popcorn and 2 large drink. Plus a movie (if you have A lister subscription @$25/month for 4 movies)...so for for 2 people that have a lister subscription you are looking at $37 total per movie for tickets/popcorn/drinks.

@WallStreetMav It was the only way movie theatres make money, a lot of studios don’t even let the first two weeks of profits hit the theatre at all. They’re sort of forced to try and make it all back from concessions

@WallStreetMav I agree, a movie should cost $125.00 for a couple or small family. Movie night was suppose to be a fun date night that did not break your wallet. Now it cost as much as going to dinner. Add the WOKE BS crappy plots, countless remakes and over the top CGI to the price and

@WallStreetMav Private equity killed movie theatres

@WallStreetMav It’s a lot because movie theaters get almost nothing from ticket sales and are forced to jack up the concession stand because it’s the only way they make money. Not a viable business plan.

@WallStreetMav $20 popcorn’s the real villain—Netflix just held the door! 😂 Time to smuggle my own snacks to the theater?

@WallStreetMav and the sticky floors were the final nail 😂 but nothing beats that big screen experience!

@WallStreetMav And insufferably woke movies and reboots.

@WallStreetMav What really killed them was shifting the total cost of providing great movies from the price of the ticket to the price of food and drinks. This is exactly what is happening in the hospitality & live events industry. The ticket just gets you in. Then the exorbitant cost of

@WallStreetMav No, making movies that no one wants to see killed movie theaters. All one has to do is look to the TOP GUN 2 box office receipts to see that the consumers are out there, but they want nothing to do with being preached to by Hollywood wokism.

@WallStreetMav I would blame the internet... Why go to a theater when I can see the latest movie in my living room?

@WallStreetMav I think it’s a mix of a few things: 1. Atrocious price gouging. You hear it all the time—movie theaters rely heavily on concession sales over ticket revenue. But at what cost? When you’re spending more on popcorn and drinks than on the tickets themselves, that’s a problem worth

@WallStreetMav My wife and I went to see Truth and Treason. Well worth seeing. Matinee on Sunday: 2 tix, no snacks or drinks. $39 total.