ReplyAt least sneak in a can of pop, they rip you a new one for soda.
Get the tremendous size of popcorn, free refills...............
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Went to the movies with my family today and thought I would save some money by bringing my own snacks. So I asked one of the guys that works there if I could use his microwave to make my own pop corn lol. It didn't work out like I planed. So I threw my comb in the mens toilet bowl lol. just kidding but I thought about it. Tried
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At least sneak in a can of pop, they rip you a new one for soda.
Get the tremendous size of popcorn, free refills...............
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My wife and I snuck in burritos once. We really felt as if we were getting away with the perfect crime too.
Just never try and sneak in hot coffee like Cosmo Kramer did.
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I don't mind the high prices for the food at the movies. Movie theaters only charge cost for the movie, no markup, no profit. The movie is just to get you in the door so they can sell food.
Movie theaters are in the food business, not the movie business.
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A borrito hmmm ... rumor has it you spent the whole movie searching for a taco ...Originally Posted by mattm
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Our local movie theater now has a take-out window.
My wife thinks it's just great.
When she takes the dog for a walk, she can buy hot popcorn on her way by the theater for a snack when she gets home.
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If you believe that...oh my...
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Yeah...kind of hard to swallow that the flicks are a loss leader...If you believe that...oh my...
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Buy the big tub with the free refill and sell it to someone on the way out, "$2'.
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WTF, in this trade, we are paid enough to go to movies, and buy popcorn. cheap facker
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Years ago when I was a kid, my dad had an account with the local theatre. One day, he and the manager were talking, and he told my dad that their local theatre's source of income was the snacks, not the movies. When you hear about the gross income from movie releases over the entire US, and from the world, yes, Hollywood is making more money than the government. But when you zero down to one particular theatre, they don't make much net profit off ticket sales, just the snacks.
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Just got a call from the movie theater. A backed up toilet in mens room looks like the comb worked!
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The last house I bought, I bought from a movie theater chain owner. In one of our lengthy discussions he told me the same thing, that the cost of the movie ticket pays for the movie and overhead and that the only profit made in movies is the concessions.If you believe that...oh my...
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Seriously? ha
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I read this thread and then spent a half hour researching movie distribution. It's very interesting actually. Check this link out.
http://entertainment.howstuffworks.c...stribution.htm
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thats what i was thinking when you go to a restaurant do you bring your own steakWTF, in this trade, we are paid enough to go to movies, and buy popcorn. cheap facker
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And from that link, here is what we are discussing;The movie itself is considered a loss leader by the theater owner: It is meant to get people into the theater. The theater makes its money selling refreshments to the movie audience. That's why concessions are so expensive -- without the profits generated by things like popcorn and soda, most theaters could not afford to stay in business.
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Next time I'm going to the Drive-In theaters. Ones in Warwick NY.
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We have a drive-in about 20 miles away. Only open in summer though.
Can bring your own refreshments there!
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Drive ins make their money from video taping what goes on in the vehicles and then selling those tapes on the Internet or blackmailing more prominent citizens.
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