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I actually saw something on this about a year or so ago, where a movie gave a DVD or Digital Download of the movie you were seeing as part of the ticket, and sold the tickets at a slight premium over normal. From what I recall, it worked very well, and ended up making the movie theater much better profits than Theater and expected DVD/Digital sales of similar movies.

The whole point is that it was quickly shot down because it still wasn't "enough" money. They want Piracy. They need it to justify screwing their existing customers.

Maybe it was shot down in America only?

https://store.cineplex.com/superticket

I still won't buy it because it's DRM'ed (with that stinking mess that is UltraViolet, no less), but I guess technically it's 'available'...

Exactly. I still only have a 30 inch tube TV, but still enjoy watching movies at home way more than going to the theatre. I'll go 3 or 4 times a year at most. It's just really not worth the cost of going. When I do go, I make sure I pay a couple bucks extra for AVX, primarily because you can reserve specific seats, but also because everybody is paying a little bit extra, so you tend to keep out the people who are going to ruin the experience anyway. That may sound a little "classist" but places that charge a little more tend to have less people who are just there because they have nothing else to do, and not because they really want to see the movie.

I just emailed cineplex to ask them if they would be showing it.
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This type of movie only get's shown if there is a demand for it.

... most of the screens at our local Galaxy Cinemas actually don't sound as good as my home theatre receiver + speakers. I don't have anything special, but I've tuned it properly, its a small room and its well balanced comparatively.

There are 2 big screens in town that are actually big enough and sound good enough (THX certified, etc.) to be worth paying for, but you have to show up for the biggest movie that week to see it on those screens.

Perhaps this is news for the UK, but I recall seeing Star Wars: Attack of the clones more than two years ago, in a South Western Ontario theatre (Galaxy cinema at Conestoga Mall for the locals) that has DLP digital technology.

I am not sure how the movie was delivered to the movie, but I vividly remember that I was close to the screen (crowded theatre), and seeing the pixels on some scenes, like on a low res monitor. Another guy told me that he too saw the pixels.

Perhaps for the UK, it makes sense to truck the movie on hard disk, since distances are not that great. For US and Canada, this may not be practical.

Stelios Haji-Ioannou opened a cinema (aka movie theater) in Milton Keynes, England which offered movies at very low prices by forcing customers to book in advance online.
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The movie industry saw this and, noticing what Stelios had done to the airline industry with his previous company EasyJet, refused to supply the EasyCinema with the latest releases to prevent them from creating a precedent forcing a decrease in prices at other cinemas.

In Canada, Guzzo did something similar. He opened theaters that had (gasp!) comfortable seats, and put videogame machines in the lobbies to help pacify impatient kids. Basically, his theaters were much more pleasant to go to than the big chains (sorry, can't find anything for United Theatres)were.

As it could be expected, some other movie chains leaned on distributors to prevent Guzzo from having new releases, and this went to court, where Guzzo won against distributors.

Some 6-7 years later, the big chains opened new theaters with better seats and food selections.