Disney stock is about an 18% loss over the last year. I don't think that trend will attract investors. Then again, some may want to buy low, and gamble on Disney firing most of the top management.
Were I the owner of a multiplex theater I might try something different. Like say dedicate one screen to retro movies on Fri night/all day Saturday. Then run say Stagecoach, Rio Lobo, High Noon, etc. Change up the venues every week. Target date night and grand parents day with the kids. Place might make a profit.
The % of flops from the studios is getting pretty high these days.
local theater here plays one screen during the day after school with bugs bunny cartoons and the lights on. gets kids used to coming to the theater and what is expected of them when they do go.
run different movies every night of the week, see what draws crowds. westerns these days might not do well as a regular diet, but as a special "75 years ago this week" sort of thing it might go. play japanese movies for the teen-to-20's crowd.
I've heard said elsewhere that a half price ticket to a classic movie makes more money than an unsold ticket to a modern disney movie. the question is, is it enough to keep the lights on?
20 years ago I occasionally went to a cheap theater near Baltimore that specialized in second run movies; at the time most movies were $6ish and they were $2.50. Jonathan
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Disney stock is about an 18% loss over the last year. I don't think that trend will attract investors. Then again, some may want to buy low, and gamble on Disney firing most of the top management.
Were I the owner of a multiplex theater I might try something different. Like say dedicate one screen to retro movies on Fri night/all day Saturday. Then run say Stagecoach, Rio Lobo, High Noon, etc. Change up the venues every week. Target date night and grand parents day with the kids. Place might make a profit.
The % of flops from the studios is getting pretty high these days.
local theater here plays one screen during the day after school with bugs bunny cartoons and the lights on. gets kids used to coming to the theater and what is expected of them when they do go.
run different movies every night of the week, see what draws crowds. westerns these days might not do well as a regular diet, but as a special "75 years ago this week" sort of thing it might go. play japanese movies for the teen-to-20's crowd.
I've heard said elsewhere that a half price ticket to a classic movie makes more money than an unsold ticket to a modern disney movie. the question is, is it enough to keep the lights on?
Nice. And hopefully Zegler has a fallback career in the food service industry.
Agreed!!!
20 years ago I occasionally went to a cheap theater near Baltimore that specialized in second run movies; at the time most movies were $6ish and they were $2.50.
Jonathan
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