Your investment in Marketplace helps us remain paywall-free and ensures everyone has access to trustworthy, unbiased news and information, regardless of their ability to pay. Sometimes couples go to a movie theater for the additional reason that it provides the possibility of intimacy, where the dark provides some privacy (with additional privacy in the back-row). “[Studios] decided … ‘Since we get more of the box office receipts earlier in the run of the movie than later, we’re going to try and front-load it,’ ” he says. The “Harry Potter” movies hit a sweet spot, Lieberman says. Moving forward, NATO expects to see some conflicts arise surrounding the number of programs in which businesses can participate. Patrons are typically angered by cellphone use, talking, and other disturbances during the viewing. “Taking care of the employees is equally important, and a key concern because we want them to stick with us,” Fithian said. “We are confident we are taking the necessary steps on a broad array of fronts,” Adam Aron, AMC’s chief executive, said. Cinemark said it would begin reopening theaters in the United States on June 19, with the goal of having every location popping popcorn again by July 10. In 1905, John P. Harris and Harry Davis opened a five-cents-admission movie theater in a Pittsburgh storefront, naming it the Nickelodeon and setting the style for the first common type of movie theater. More than 100 theaters across the country will open next week… According to the Buffalo News (Wednesday, November 2, 1932), "There were seats for about 90 persons [actually 72] and the admission was three cents. [26] It was the second-deadliest shooting in Colorado, and had the largest number of casualties of any U.S. mass shooting until the Orlando nightclub shooting. Donate today — in any amount — to become a Marketplace Investor. Initially, home video contributed to an industry wide slump in the late 1980s (see disruptive technology), not to mention the decline of the 'Dollar Cinema' (where first-run films are pulled from circulation to play at reduced rates for the remainder of their run). The enthusiasm compounded over eight movies, and the series had some of the biggest midnight openings ever. Some cinemas may designate arrival times for ticket buyers to reduce last-minute crowding at concession counters. He suggested that by June 1, “a lot of great things will be happening.”. All rights reserved. “We believe that was a bad decision, but one movie does not change a model. New York University professor Al Lieberman, a former film and television marketer. According to a report by Time magazine, "Theaters, it's been said, are really in the popcorn and candy business. Arm rests pose a hindrance to intimacy for some people.