[BC] video & sagging box office

[Mike McCarthy]

My wife and me were talking about this last night.  We calculated that 
between dinner (nice date dinner) and a movie, that one night could 
approach $100. I recall not too long ago when I could take a 
girlfriend out to eat at a nice place and do a move for under $50.

If you add kids to the lunch aspect and do the cheap show during the 
day, you would do WELL if you could get all that in for less that $100.

My wife and me haven't paid for more than a couple movies in over 
three years.  We'll go to station events...but not pay out unless we 
REALLY want to see something.  Like Hitchikers Guide or Lord of the 
Rings.

In the house we're building, we will have a media center with a LARGE 
screen and surround.  If I really want to enjoy a movie, why drive and 
have kids coughing, phones ringing, and all those other distractions 
and have to pay when I can get them all at home...with a PAUSE button.

MM

> Willie:
> 
> I think you're right.  We have two theaters that charge $6.00 during 
the
> day.  So you go with the wife and two kids, that's $24 to get in.  
Then you
> add snacks....you're lucky to escape for under $50 for a family of 
4.  
> 
> Give me my recliner, access to my fridge, and the ability to back up 
the
> flick to hear a piece of dialogue I missed, and I'm a real happy 
camper.
> And I don't have to clean the bottom of my shoes when the flick is 
over!
> 
> Thomas R. Ray, III, CPBE
> KC2NTU
> Vice President
> Corporate Director of Engineering
> Buckley Broadcasting/WOR Radio
> Chairman, Society of Broadcast Engineers, Chapter 15
> New York City
> 212-642-4462  phax: 212-764-1573
> 
> 
> Ya know... I think I may have the problem of the "sagging box 
office" sales 
> figured out. My wife and I went to see the new Herbie movie this 
weekend.
> (We 
> loved it, BTW.) It was $9.75 each! (I was expecting $8.50! How silly 
of me!)
> 
> When we got to the auditorium, we were the *only* people there! In a 
theater
> 
> capable of seating at least 3-400, we were it. A few minutes into the
> "coming 
> attractions", a small family arrived. That was it. 5 people to watch 
the
> film at 
> 4pm on a Saturday afternoon, in a very nice multiplex. Wow.
> 
> When they're charging $9.75 a person, it's just not worth going 
anymore!
> Wait 
> for the DVD, buy it for $20 or $30, and you're able to watch it any 
time, 
> with as many family & friends as you want. As many times as you 
want... and
> you 
> can raid the icebox as often as you want, pause the flick, etc.
> 
> Someone in the Movie Industry needs to wake up. The cure for the 
lagging box
> 
> office sales is so simple: Lower the stinking price! Sheesh.
> 
> Rant mode: OFF
> 
> Willie...
> 
> 
> 
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