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Originally Posted by Butter
AMC just said they were going to look into the possibility of blocking Moviepass from its theaters.
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I didn't understand the business plan until I read these articles about AMC. Moviepass doesn't have deals with the theaters, they literally just buy the tickets full price from the theaters. So they're losing money on users who go twice in a month (and who just go once a month in some expensive parts of the country), and they're losing a LOT of money on users who go see everything they can. I know they sell customer data but I wouldn't think that could make up the difference.
I'll give it a shot while it lasts. It's the perfect time and place for me - Regal theaters within 1 mile of work and 2 miles of home, I live with girlfriend but have no kids, and for whatever reason, I haven't seen any of the bad movie behavior I hear about happening in other places. I never see people turn on their phones, and only rarely see people talking during a movie - and usually when that happens its older people at the artsy theater. (Though I wonder how much moviepass will increase theater attendance and thus increase the number of people acting like turds in theaters).