Why do movie theaters prohibit outside food/drinks? Aren't the movie tickets enough profit?
2007-03-11 13:44:35 · 4 answers · asked by Scott G 1 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Movies
Everything is set up for making you waste your money everytime, everyone knows that you dont enter a movie salon without having something to eat while watching the movie... so they sack your money on tickets and they do it also in food... everything is a very well planned strategy..
2007-03-11 13:51:51 · answer #1 · answered by Abbey Road 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
No, movie tickets are not enough profit. A vast majority of the money made from ticket-sales goes back to the studios and distributors who made and released the film. During the first few weeks of release, the studio cut is quite large (Hell, in some rare cases, studios will demand as much as 90% of ticket sales from opening weekends), and it isn't until several weeks of release that theaters get to keep any significant portion of the profit. (And by that point, most movies have made the majority of their profit, so the theater isn't really making all that much money anyways.)
In most cases, about half the profit theaters make is from concessions. They need it to be successful. Hence, no outside food.
2015-10-05 15:08:32 · answer #2 · answered by Adam 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Evey dollar they make from the tickets, goes directly to the movie you paid to see. So the only way the theater makes money is buy there concessions, that's why every thing is so over priced
2007-03-11 13:54:10 · answer #3 · answered by mr.fahrenheit 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Do you think theaters, or any other company that overcharges for their services, would actually pass up the opportunity to make even more money?
2007-03-11 14:27:30 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋