People Loved MoviePass Nearly to Death

Re:People Loved MoviePass Nearly to Death by JumpCrisscross on Monday May 21, 2018 @03:15AM (#17116710)

> Do theaters pay studios per showing or per ticket sold?

Percentage of revenue, i.e. per ticket sold [1]. That said, the studios' take rates vary "as you move into the second and third weeks of release," when "the percentage starts to swing to" a greater take rate for the cinema. A movie pass which blacks out the first N weeks after release could thus be economical (if something the studios would fight tooth and nail).

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Re:People Loved MoviePass Nearly to Death by erik_seaberg on Monday May 21, 2018 @03:29AM (#17116751)

There are some super shady deals here. If you want to be able to show $BLOCKBUSTER, you might have to agree to pay for a minimum of N seats/day of showings of $UTTER_CRAP. If nobody shows up, the studio still gets paid, and of course the stars of $BLOCKBUSTER don't see a cent of that money.

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Re:People Loved MoviePass Nearly to Death by Retric on Monday May 21, 2018 @07:25AM (#17117544)

There is nothing long term about these contracts. Movie studios can change the deal at any time and theaters have almost zero leverage.

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