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Old 08-16-2017, 11:20 PM   #26
JonInMiddleGA
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Originally Posted by dubb93 View Post
Disagree. MoviePass is obviously not making money on yjthe subscription(and time will tell if they make money on selling data), but there will be more butts in seats. They are going to capture more people than you are giving hen credit for. MoviePass is also paying the theatres full price. If MoviePass falters then the cards decline. End of story. Either way AMC certainly doesn't make any less money.

They do once the model flops, because you've then created an unrealistic expectation of pricing for x+1 number of movies in a month. It's a long range loser for the theaters even if they break even in the short term.
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