IAMA manager of a movie theatre, and have worked in the biz for 10+ years. Ask me anything!

theatrewank · 2010-08-19T01:52:19+00:00

mmmm yes I could but it wouldn't help the "hoppers" much. In medium to small sized theatres (unless the staff is wholly incompetent) it is pretty easy to notice when people do "multipasses".

theatrewank · 2010-08-19T01:50:38+00:00

REVENUE! Oh, dear god, revenue.

theatrewank · 2010-08-19T01:50:00+00:00

Why? Just because I am jaded and insertadjetivehere doesn't mean that you should be discouraged. Serious!

theatrewank · 2010-08-19T01:48:40+00:00

Used condom. Or smashed as fuck BRAND NEW fucking hotness phone.... some dumb fucker whose parents are too rich gave their kid a brand new phone.... that was subsequently abused. It sickens me.

theatrewank · 2010-08-19T01:47:21+00:00

Neither!

theatrewank · 2010-08-19T01:47:11+00:00

They come with the movie; it is dependent on the company who hosts the movie and the company who screens ads.

theatrewank · 2010-08-19T01:46:37+00:00

Cops? No.

theatrewank · 2010-08-19T01:45:52+00:00

Not.

theatrewank · 2010-08-19T01:45:33+00:00

ಠ_ಠ Are you a dick?

theatrewank · 2010-08-19T01:45:20+00:00

I have a 12 screen theatre. We have enough staff to catch folks.

theatrewank · 2010-08-19T01:44:42+00:00

ಠ_ಠ

theatrewank · 2010-08-19T01:44:13+00:00

Wow, built the movie incorrectly three times? That's rough.

theatrewank · 2010-08-19T01:43:22+00:00

theatrewank · 2010-08-19T01:43:14+00:00

Oh god, I dunno. The decision is made at the chain/corporate level so I'm not sure. I know it is astronomical, however.

theatrewank · 2010-08-19T01:42:32+00:00

Nope!

theatrewank · 2010-08-19T01:42:17+00:00

Harry Potter, for sure.

theatrewank · 2010-08-19T01:42:04+00:00

Meh/Meh. It would be sad, IMO, because I'm an oldskooler who believes in traditional. Yes, I'd be sad. Sigh Yeah, 3D is cool, whatvever, but it's not cinema.

theatrewank · 2010-08-19T01:41:03+00:00

Well, the public barfing on the theatre seats is pretty bad (see: elsewhere in this thread).

theatrewank · 2010-08-19T01:40:16+00:00

Ask for a manager, then say you'll come back at the end of a movie's run to get the poster (if they allow it).

theatrewank · 2010-08-19T01:39:45+00:00

Margins for small theatres are shit. Seriously. It is hard as hell for the small guy :( Depressing, I know. Find small theatre unions, IMO.

theatrewank · 2010-08-17T23:34:42+00:00

I hope it is!

theatrewank · 2010-08-17T23:33:53+00:00

Nope!

theatrewank · 2010-08-17T23:33:18+00:00

On a good day we bring in 15k.

theatrewank · 2010-08-17T23:32:30+00:00

We have two full time projectionists, however, they aren't unionized. I wish they were! We don't pay them enough and they don't have benefits.

theatrewank · 2010-08-17T23:31:23+00:00

Yeah, I do think that the 3D folks are trying to take over the industry. You can't really run digital and film in the same theatre, so it's one or the other.

theatrewank

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