Re: Macrovision Shares Fall on RipGuard Review

[Scott Fendley <sfendley () isc sans org>]

And yet, We still have a drive-in on the outskirts of town that 
charges very reasonable costs for concessions ($1-$1.50 for a decent 
sized coke, nachos or hotdog) and only $8 for a car load (and you get 
2 movies for that).  Yeah, the drive-in has been around forever, so 
they do not have to pay rent or mortgage...so I am sure that helps 
out.  I am also sure that  it helps that they do not do movies the 
week they are released.  Usually they have a movie after a couple of 
weeks at the box office.

Only really bad thing about it.  They don't run during the 
winter.  But hey, cheap dates for all of us college types.  :-)


At 12:46 PM 11/29/2005, you wrote:


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> On Tue, 29 Nov 2005 13:18:37 EST, Blanchard_Michael () emc com said:
> > somewhere to bring their sweetheart on a date :-)  They could increase
> > theater sales if they lowered the price a bit and lowered the price a *lot*
> > on popcorn/soda-pop/candy.
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> Actually, they usually can't lower the price of the ticket all that much, as
> most theaters are barely breaking even on the ticket sales.  They *rent* the
> prints from the studio, often at rates of $20,000 or higher *per 
> week*. Yes, this
> means they need to sell 3,000 tickets at $7 a pop before they can even *think*
> of making money.  Remember they probably have either rent or 
> mortgage costs for
> the theater and so on too...
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