MOVIES ARE SO BACK

I can’t stand the kids on their phones the entire movie, we need to have lockers where we all lock away our phones at theaters and concerts

Sadly, great movies failed to attract the crowd such as Digger and Wildwood. I just can get past the fact that the vast majority of the people seems to be only interested in movies related to characters or worlds they already know about without never ever trying new things…

it’s not just blockbusters either, cuz a24’s having by far their best financial year by several miles. even backrooms aside, the drama crossed $100 million, and lance oppenheim’s films are doing great numbers too

and of course, a 26 year old turn an original screenplay and a million dollars into half a billion with one of my favorite movies ever. we’re eating good this year lol

Only if you don’t factor in rises in tickets prices and general inflation. The number of actual tickets sold and therefore people going to the movies is still on a downward trend.

Cinema is life

They just had really good movies this year. They’ve had some dud movie years in the 2020s and this year was great

I hope more amazing movies like digger will get more recognition in future years

I went to more movies this year than I have in decades(18.) I go to the old man early bird showings. Around ten bucks. I sit in the wheelchair aisle, sometimes my wife comes, but it depends on what I'm seeing. It's been such a nice experience. Concerts got too expensive, but I still wanted a couple hours of escape from the world.

Amc a list id such a good deal if you ues it my wife and I go every tue been doing it for 18months only miss 2 times

"Odyssey is gonna flop"

And not just the big ones, medium and small movies had their chance, thats6a healthy ecosystem

I’m not sure what other people are paying but my local theatre (reclining seats, dine-in) is about $11 a ticket (in TX)

I’m a manager at a movie theater and they’re currently cutting our hours even though we’re doing so “great”

We're all broke noone can afford:
Concerts: yet big bands are selling like crazy
Vacations: my country is in the heart of Europe, school ends and all the radios keep reporting is the wait time at the borders because of traffic jams, and airports are full too.
Movies: biggest box office than it's been in years and that before Dune and avengers whatever is coming out

The cost of movie theaters are not that bad, it’s the quality of movies that have been coming out, back around 08-12 range i recall there being like 2 maybe 3 big movies every month, right now checking my local theaters page there’s 3 movies that I even saw advertising for on there, and two of them I heard weren’t that good

Box office is up by more than actual attendance is though. People aren't necessarily going back in droves, but premium screens and higher prices are driving a lot of this revenue. Now would actually be a great time for theaters to drop ticket prices. More people would show up and overall ticket sales would increase .. but of course they'd never do that.

AMC A-List. I will keep singing their praise, $30 a month, for 4 free movie per WEEK! For the last 4 years i have seen in average 54 movies in theaters.

Avatar Backrooms Obsession did well

Are you adjusting for inflation? Money went a little further in 2019...

I have slowed down because it’s expensive

You can also factor is movies Obsession, Backrooms and I’d potentially say Godzilla Minus Zero

Hollywood didn't just have multiple hits, they finally had *product*. The pipeline was so dry for so long due to the pandemic shutdowns followed by the strikes. You need a healthy supply of different types of movies to attract different types of audiences week after week. That is what keeps moviegoing alive and movie theaters financially afloat. And yes, a few billion dollar hits don't hurt. :)

The last 2 times i went to the movies i fell asleep

People don't realize that if they just buy snacks at 7-11 or cvs or wherever they can save like 20 dollars

It's me I'm going. But it will be harder once I have a family.

Well what happened in 2019- on yeah… that makes sense

More expensive = inflated earnings even with less participation

You can't say this year's movie revenue is super high right after acknowledging that the cost of going to see a movie in a theatre has ballooned. You do see the obvious gaslight in that, right? More importantly, it's not just the Cinema corporation's fault, it's the whole price-of-everything's as well. As you can see in the comments, there still are a handful of theatres that charge way cheaper, and if you look online you'll find there actually are enough of those theatres to affect the reported average price, which in turn creates a disingenuous picture of how bad it is right now. Where I live (Vancouver), if I want to see a movie by myself and I pick the least fancy screen, after factoring in all inside and outside costs it becomes a $50-70 experience. 20 years ago it was $20ish.

I've seen a bunch and still have more to see. If you're considering seeing Wildwood, do it, it's the most impressive, wildly imaginative stop-motion animation ever conceived. And it's a nice story! Based on a book by one of my favorite musicians, Colin Meloy

To be frank its not the movies that brought me back, it was moving to a town that offers movies tickets for $4-$5 a pop 😅 Once thats gone, im gone and back to streaming and the library lol

I also think it’s the experience. I think some movies who don’t have an IMAX or Dolby showing is less likely to do well (in some cases) because people want to get a better quality experience then the regular Laser showing.

I was at the movies. Hardly anyone was there. Inflation accounts for those numbers.

Tuesday movie days are planned events every other week for me.

I've definitely seen more movies in 2026 than I have in the previous 6 years combined.

Got an AMC A List sub recently and it has been incredible

I’ve been thinking about this for some time. If money is the problem, then how are movies still making money? I mean ngl my family can barely afford anything. But we’re still going.

I think pundit should be obligated to mention that 2019 was not a normal box office year in any context. It was a hyper constructed unicorn

There's lot of people going to the cinema that aren't spending time on YouTube.

Going to the movies was always great
But post pandemic many movies were bad and we were all adjusting to a post-pandemic world. Not surprised ppl is going back and SOME movies arw worth it.

Yeah some people can say they're too expensive but still go. And there are some people saying that but they're not the same people who go to the cinema and are okay with those pieces.

I didn't stop going bc of the money. I stopped going bc of rude, obnoxious, and sometimes violent ppl in the theater that ruined the experience. Some dude bro tried to fight me 20 min into Superman last year. That was the last straw.

I'm raw dogging the movies with just a bottle of water and it's not that expensive where I live

$8 for a movie and $11 if you want the comfy adjustable seats. It's central Europe though

Having osteomyelitis of the spine valley fever and scoliosis has made it uncomfortable to sit for hours in a movie theater i can't do it anymore now I just wait for movies to stream when their theater run ends

Other than those who have a passion for big screen theatrical cinema such as myself, everyone has at least one film they are really interested to see & experience on the big screen every year

ive only seen spiderman

Revenue may be up but overall ticket sales still pale in comparison to a decade ago.

i saw so many tuesday matinees when I didn’t have a FT job. couldn’t afford to actually go to a full priced movie but the deals are there

Movies are sh*t. Lower expectations are back.

Movie clubs, matinees and cheap Tuesday made going to the movies one of the least expensive things to do.

Guys please watch Ramayana, its the best movie this year