Well many if not most of the theater chains have some sort of customer loyalty program, so it might need to be changed but its required to do business. But A-List was the least of AMC problems. The CEO made some bad investments, some gold mines or something as I recall, seriously. Anyways they have a long way to go before they can been seen as recovered.
You're claim is she wasn't working, which is false. She has been working the Indie circuit, which most working actors do for most of their career. And I've seen her in a few movies, which were pretty good.
Of the chains around Florida, Regal and AMC are the only ones I know of that do subscriptions. Some others have loyalty programs but that’s not the same as $22 for 1-15 movies a month. That is inflating box office numbers for a range of titles from tentpoles on down, which the trades don’t want to acknowledge for good reason. If the only way to stay in business is to sell discounted tickets and hope for concession and meme-worthy popcorn bucket sales, that’s not sustainable. Especially if they can’t clone Gerwig and Nolan.
I don't see anything wrong with her career being like Portman's. Portman has had a good career and appears to be enjoying her life. Even her recent comments about being able to do more Indie type work because newer generations aren't into celebrity as previous generations comes across as positive.
Um, you do realize that theaters aren't in the movie business. They are in the concession business. They couldn't care less on selling tickets at a discounted price as that is not where they make their money. All they care about is someone buying popcorn, soda, and candy. The subscription program is a loss leader to get butts in seats so they can sell concessions.
I'm not here to defend AMC, but if their earnings are anything to go by they seem to have sold a bunch of popcorn and soda to Swiftie's.
Anyone wanting to be somewhat objective?
Plus I wonder how many Dune popcorn buckets AMC will sell
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Maybe just my opinion, but I don't see Ridley seeing her SW experience as bad or even regretting being in the franchise. She seems to have embraced her time in SW and obviously is open to coming back for more, which is different than Portman. I mean has Portman ever been to Celebration? Heck she never even met Hamill until this year. So really Ridley has accepted her place in SW far better than Portman ever did. So I don't think its as much as a crutch as you think it is.
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You do realize they split receipts with studios, right? That’s a chunk of revenue. That’s why AMC distributing Swift and Beyoncé was such a big deal. They pocketed most of the upcharged ticket price.
Yes they make a percentage on a sliding scale based on how long the movie is in theaters, but most of their operating money is made in concessions.
I can imagine a bad remake that treats the audience like they’re stupid…all of the sudden for some reason?
…the antidote is not making terrible movies that bomb
