https://www.bloomberg.com/news/arti...-pay-10-a-month-go-to-the-movies-all-you-want You pay $9.95/month and you can go to a new 2d movie every day if you want. I don't do a movie every month, but this would have saved me a lot this July, for example (saw 5 movies in July), and during the holidays for sure. Interesting concept
yeah website has been down the couple times i tried. i imagine they've gotten a surge this afternoon. it says theire in 3K+ theaters, anyone know where you can check to see if your local theaters are signed up?
my understanding is that the theaters don't even need to "sign up." The company just pays them directly for the full price of the ticket
I don't see how this is a sustainable business model at $10 a month unless they are counting on a bunch of people signing up and just never using it.
I would think the % of non users would have to be extremely high. The theater back in my home town is over $10 just to see one 2D movie. Use it once and the company has already lost money on you for that month.
The article I read said that their main source of money from this will be selling the users' movie going info to production and marketing companies.
https://www.moviepass.com/register/map?zip=12345 Just change the "12345" in the URL to your zip code to see if your theater does it, though the link keeps fucking up probably because of an excess of traffic.
I've been a member for years. I see about 5-10 movies a month. Definitely been worth it for me obviously.
I understand the concept at the most base level. The service is there to offset the revenue loss of films playing to small audiences in off hours, or people who are dissuaded by full theaters for big time releases. With that said, $10 still seems incredibly low. I don't see casual movie viewers buying this service. It seems like those who would be interested are those who go to see films 2-3 times a month. I mean, at least in my experience, walking out the door, it's probably around $20 to see a new release after the ticket and any concessions. Give me the opportunity to see any film I want at $10 a month in movie theater quality with my own snacks? Sorry, but any theater is about to lose money in that exchange.
They originally were set up like a gym where they hoped enough people wouldn't go so that they'd make money. That was at $30-50 a month. At $10 a month they will 100% lose money, but they're counting on targeted ads. My guess is that they can't stay solvent long enough for the ad revenue to get them to a sustainable level. It's a really cool idea though and I hope it works. I'd sign up for sure.
Just like any startup in the modern age, it's designed to survive on equity infusions for several years until consumers become dependent on it
Yes I was a member for 2 years or so before they changed the program. Not sure if they changed it back but after it being a movie a day (only can see a movie once) it went to a certain number of tickets available in an area and would sell out before I could ever go see a movie so I called them (horrrrrible customer service, its seemingly 2-3 guys in an office somewhere) and canceled. I'll have to see how its being run now but $10 is a good deal. The app is easy to use. You pick a movie, it loads the money onto a credit card they send you and then it will work for the ticket. Then you have to wait 24 hours from that moment to buy another one.
The big catch is you can't buy online in advance. you have to be at the theater and I believe you can only use the app for a movie once so no repeat viewings under the program. But with as frequently as I go to the movies and how expensive it is now ($9 and change for matinee) this seems more than worth it
You can select any movie in the app and still choose another at checkout. For a few months they required you to take a picture of the stub but I noticed a couple weeks ago it wasn't requiring that anymore again. Also, works out well with the building up points on whatever rewards your theater offers.
You can buy online in advance if the movie is the same day, you can also reserve seats at those theaters that have it
Wtf do they care if they're getting the money from MoviePass for each ticket plus sales from overpriced drinks and snacks?
Fuck AMC anyway. Can't remember the last time I went to one. In fact the one closest to me shut down. Good riddance.
When I was looking into it earlier today I did see that they are no longer doing the 24 hour rule, but a 1 a day... I don't think I'd go to to 2 movies in a day but I could see myself going to a Friday night and then a Saturday day time feature
Doesn't make sense. If I signed up for this in the summer, which is about the only time this would be worth my while, I'd actually go see a movie much more frequently. That's just more money for them. But what do I know?
Not working for me because their website is still apparently struggling with the traffic but hopefully that gets corrected before long.
"AMC believes that holding out to consumers that first run movies can be watched in theatres at great quantities for a monthly price of $9.95 isn’t doing moviegoers any favors." Reading the press release, they are worried about the long-term consequences. If MoviePass fails, then movie goers will be disappointed they can't see movies so cheaply anymore and may be more reluctant to go back to paying the high prices of yesterday. If MoviePass succeeds, then AMC is worried that other theaters participating in the program will be of lower quality and discourage movie goes in the longer term and they are worried that it would undermine profits for studios. Also AMC does not want to offer discounts to MoviePass in the future, which is their speculated long-term plan. Right now MoviePass will buy the ticket for you, essentially. Reading between the lines, either AMC stands against the discount, which likely leads to MoviePass pulling AMC support, due to them not being profitable to MoviePass, to which the PR spin will be against AMC and will be a boon to competing theaters, or AMC caves and their profits do go down in regards to ticket sales.
As someone who hasn't been to the theaters at all this year, I have no interest. However, if they threw in unlimited popcorn I could be persuaded.
Supported at basically every theater within 100 miles of me that I have heard of. Perhaps I will go see a movie more than once in a blue moon now.
I did, but I had to verify my mailing address by visiting lemonparty.org and entering in my information.
I decided to get back in. I'm usually done with work around 2 so this would allow me to go in the afternoon.
This seems destined to fail spectacularly. How much can your movie going data possible be worth per month?
can I reserve my seat ahead of time and then sit in a leather recliner? if not, I'd rather pay what I do now.
This is what I was thinking as well. FB data is incredibly valuable for obvious reasons. I don't care if these guys get a million users... how is it valuable for advertisers to know that Maria went to see Madea's Halloween in October?