Ot: The King is Dead, Long Live the King

[purplefaithful]

Really what I want in a movie these days? Good storylines please. Something that transcends the Marvel Universe and Tom Cruise.

IF the decision is experience? For me the movie theatre will almost always lose to my big screen at home.

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Domestic box-office sales for 2024 were $8.7 billion. 

According to Comscore, that’s a nearly 24% drop from five years ago. And 2025 isn’t off to a stellar start. Numbers are down 7% compared with the first three months of last year.

“What does that say? What is the consumer trying to tell us?” Netflix CEO Ted Sarandos said during the Time100 Summit last month. “That they’d like to watch movies at home, thank you.”

[JustInTime]

$8 soda
$10 popcorn 
$6 candy

Hard pass. I used to go every weekend. Now, I’ve seen 3 movies in the theater in the last 5 years.

[purplefaithful]

$8 soda
$10 popcorn 
$6 candy

Hard pass. I used to go every weekend. Now, I’ve seen 3 movies in the theater in the last 5 years.

And thats not helping either...Imagine bringing a family of 4 or (heaven forbid) 8-10 kids for a birthday party? Some good friends of ours own a # of theaters here in the 5 state (MN) area and they are hurting (and scrambling).

[JustInTime]

I’ve got a 65” 4K Sony in the living room. Surround sound, and cheap snacks and drinks. No one is talking over the dialogue. 

I’m not going back, ever.

[StickierBuns]

Make some good movies, lets start there. Also been hearing from some friends and online that going to the theater now is a shit show because all of these teens in the seats talk, yell and do goofy shit all movie long. I miss the experience but its gone the way it used to be and is never coming back. Rowdy behavior to make videos to post online is all some of these kids are interested in, I'd end up strangling somebody. My at home experience is so superior to it anyway.

[purplefaithful]

Yah, its a little akin to traveling on a plane...

I can imagine the # of phones lit-up in the dark theatre as people scroll through their TikTok drug (I mean feed).

[FLVike]

Make some good movies, lets start there. Also been hearing from some friends and online that going to the theater now is a shit show because all of these teens in the seats talk, yell and do goofy shit all movie long. I miss the experience but its gone the way it used to be and is never coming back. Rowdy behavior to make videos to post online is all some of these kids are interested in, I'd end up strangling somebody. My at home experience is so superior to it anyway.

I totally agree, make some good movies and stop trying to do remakes all the time.

[JustInTime]

Yah, its a little akin to traveling on a plane...

I just canceled my flight to Florida next weekend for my dad’s memorial service. I’ll drive the 10 hours instead. 

Son in law flew to St Louis for work this past week. 3 hour wait on the tarmac as there was a mechanical issue on the way out. 3 hour wait on the tarmac on the way back due to a mechanical issue. 30 minutes circling the airport. 

I’d be on national news. 

A man needs to know his limitations and brother, I know I wouldn’t survive either stay on the tarmac. Nope. Nope. Nope. No way. No how.

[MaroonBells]

Really what I want in a movie these days? Good storylines please. Something that transcends the Marvel Universe and Tom Cruise.

IF the decision is experience? For me the movie theatre will almost always lose to my big screen at home.

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Domestic box-office sales for 2024 were $8.7 billion. 

According to Comscore, that’s a nearly 24% drop from five years ago. And 2025 isn’t off to a stellar start. Numbers are down 7% compared with the first three months of last year.

“What does that say? What is the consumer trying to tell us?” Netflix CEO Ted Sarandos said during the Time100 Summit last month. “That they’d like to watch movies at home, thank you.”

Like all malls, clothing, department and big box stores, movie theaters will eventually go away. It's sad though, because I still love to see movies in the theater. Yes, it's expensive, and we don't go as much as we used to, but it's worth it to me, just for the experience. Every time I go, the smell of buttered popcorn takes me back to being a kid sneaking into John Wayne matinees with my friends. 

I think it's a lot like going to a baseball game. Who gives a shit about the game. The experience has value.  I do agree with the bold though. Storytelling seems to be a thing of the past.

[ArizonaViking]

I can find enough entertainment such as movies
streaming on my television...going to the movies is just too expensive these days...