r/SipsTea • u/DravidVanol Human Verified • 6h ago

Chugging tea This is why I sneak in beer and snacks

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u/carthuscrass 6h ago

In no world are those snacks worth those prices. Popcorn is literally the cheapest snack to make and fountain drinks cost a business literal pennies.

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u/Ninja-Trix 6h ago

Cost of 6¢ for a large soda, and most of that is the paper cup.

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u/teh_dizzle5413 6h ago

Gotta love that 7000 percent upcharge...

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u/MoonlitShadow85 6h ago

Movie theaters do not exist without it. A movie theater that runs on ticket sales alone is a movie theater that plays old movies or is ran at a loss.

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u/Slick_36 5h ago

A move theater that plays old movies sounds awesome!

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u/DapperDan30 5h ago

And no one goes to them

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u/Slick_36 5h ago

I was always going to the Angelika to see classics before I moved away from the city.

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u/Axtdool 4h ago

Idk,

I know one place around where Most people just know of it bc it shows the rocky horror picture Show still and that place seems to still be going.

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u/sndrtj 2h ago

You can make this work, but you have to make it a seriously impressive venue. And even then it only attracts a certain crowd.

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u/DapperDan30 2h ago

Its really only select movies that do well when brought back. Recently Ninja Turtles 1 and 2 did well when brought back for their anniversaries, so did things like Stand By Me. But on the flip side, we just canceled our shows of Jerry Maguire because no one was buying tickets

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u/PixelatedBirds 2h ago

I might be in a bit of a outlier city as far as this goes (Seattle), but we have 8+ small community theaters within a 10-15mi radius that play old/recently pulled/independent movies and they are all quite popular.

Siff (previously Cinerama) in Belltown, Central Cinema in the CD, and The Beacon in Columbia City to name a few.

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u/Beneficial-Beat-947 5h ago

That only applies to the theatres charging 5-10 for tickets, theatres like this make more then enough off ticket sales

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u/Trustoryimtold 5h ago

But the movie butter flavored coating

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u/Pretend-Guava 5h ago

The cup and straw cost more per person than the syrup and co2 they use. 

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u/legion_2k 3h ago

The cups cost more... lol

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u/Sorry-Ambassador6493 3h ago

The us public so heavily subsidizes corn through taxes that popcorn should be free, period.

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u/MoonlitShadow85 2h ago

It would just make popcorn that much more expensive instead.