Showbiz Sandbox 607: AMC Sets Sights On Upending Movie Ticket Prices
February 14, 2023
AMC Theatres, the world’s largest cinema chain, announced plans to start charging moviegoers based on where they sit in an auditorium. Preferred seats will cost a few dollars more than standard seats and those in the first two rows will cost less. At a time when movie theaters are having trouble attracting patrons back into cinemas, is this new pricing scheme supposed to actually encourage moviegoing or streaming at home?
The good news for movie theater operators is that major studios are rethinking their distribution strategies. Disney is the latest to suggest they will be returning to a theatrical window. During a quarterly earnings call the company’s new old CEO, Bob Iger, also revealed they will be cutting 7,000 jobs.
Of course we also cover the week’s top entertainment headlines including how Beyoncé is in good company when it comes to being shut out of Grammys top prize, the movie “La La Land” is headed to Broadway and Kevin Costner is leaving the hit series ‘Yellowstone.”
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Super Bowl Inches Up With 113M Viewers
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CJ Analysis: AMC Sets Sights On Higher Movie Ticket Prices
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Eugene Lee, Set Designer for Broadway and ‘S.N.L.,’ Dies at 83
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Howard Bragman, Hollywood Public Relations Giant, Dies at 66
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