Going to have to figure out what brokerage I used to see if it is still listed
in my account.
From: Bill Prince
Sent: Tuesday, June 28, 2022 10:32 AM
To: af@af.afmug.com
Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Movie Review
Chuck said: I wonder where my stock went...
It's hiding in the same dumpster as your bitcoin.
bp
<part15sbs{at}gmail{dot}com>On 6/28/2022 9:27 AM, Chuck McCown via AF wrote:
Ouch, I didn’t think their bite was that bad! Do they guarantee any minimums?
I sometimes attend a theater that has a way to order food with your phone
during the movie.
When your order is ready a number lights up on a keno like board. You have
to get up and go get it.
I still have my movie pass app on my phone. I wonder where my stock went...
From: Darin Steffl
Sent: Tuesday, June 28, 2022 10:17 AM
To: AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group
Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Movie Review
Chuck,
For big movies like top gun, batman, Disney movies, minions, the studio takes
at least 62.5% from us on ticket sales. So examples below of our net profit on
ticket sales is listed and it isn't nearly enough to pay the bills. This is why
concessions cost so much at theaters because we couldn't stay open on ticket
sales alone.
Regular $9 ticket with tax included
Sales tax = $0.62 to the state
$8.38 pre-tax
Studio takes 62.5% = $5.24
Theater keeps = $3.14 net profit
Child/senior $6 ticket
Sales tax = $0.41 to the state
$5.59 pre-tax
Studio takes 62.5% = $3.49
Theater keeps = $2.10 net profit
As a single screen theater, these small net profits per ticket barely cover
property taxes, utilities, and payroll. Let alone the equipment and maintenance
costs of needing to spend about $70,000 per auditorium every 8-10 years to
replace the projector and server. Add that we're replacing our roof this week
at $65k, new siding to cover the cracking stucco at $70k, New marquee and EFIS
on the front which will be around $100k, heated recliners at $100k for the
building, new concession stand and flooring $30k.
It's easy to see how I may never pay off the investments I'm putting into
this theater unless we increase attendance. My hope is this hobby will
eventually pay back my investments in 10 years so I don't have buyers remorse.
I bought this as it was going to close during covid lost likely and the
previous owners did not have the money or energy to keep it going much longer.
It's my childhood theater where I grew up and I love it so I'm trying to save
it, restore it, and make it the best place to see a movie compared to the
multiplex theaters that are dirty and have riff raff people causing trouble.
On Tue, Jun 28, 2022, 10:30 AM Steven Kenney via AF <af@af.afmug.com> wrote:
Small town local theatres are something I would support. But I at this
point don't want to give a single penny to Hollywood, Disney or any of those
other studios that have lost touch with reality.
On Mon, Jun 27, 2022 at 9:32 PM Darin Steffl <darin.ste...@mnwifi.com>
wrote:
I'm biased because I bought a single screen theater in my hometown right
before lockdowns in March 2020.
I offered half the listing price because of covid coming and the sellers
accepted. We've been open since Godzilla in March 2021 and things have been
doing better.
I can say with certainty that my $50k projector and sound system blows
any of your home theaters out of the water haha!
That said, I prefer to watch new releases alone on days we're closed or
after the public shows because people are generally annoying. Getting up to use
the bathroom, dropping things on the wood floor, talking, etc. All the things
you all hate, I hate too. But we keep a clean theater, have the best popcorn
I've ever tasted, we're friendly, and I'm renovating things slowly over 2-3
years to repair and upgrade this 1937 theater.
We just added a small 2nd screen upstairs so we can show more than one
movie at a time. 4k laser projector is coming next year with heated recliners
too.
The movie industry is not dead and continues to be resilient coming out
of covid. The downside to this industry is we rely on good movies being
released. If the studios release a bunch of duds, theaters don't do well. So
we're at the mercy of the product that shows on our screens.
Top Gun Maverick is one of my favorite movies now! I've seen it 3 times
and we're bringing it back for a week again starting July 1 because it did so
well for us in the first 2 weeks we had it. I'll watch it a 4th time.
On Mon, Jun 27, 2022, 7:22 PM Bill Prince <part15...@gmail.com> wrote:
Not quite everything for me. For live events that have CC, the CC is
about 10-15 seconds behind the actual dialog, so I turn it off because it
becomes distracting.
Sometimes when they have CC, there is silence after the person has said
something that appears to me to be a complete sentence, yet the CC adds some
pithy little thing that (I think) they didn't actually say.
bp
<part15sbs{at}gmail{dot}com>On 6/27/2022 4:37 PM, Chuck McCown via AF wrote:
I have CC on everything anymore.
From: Nate Burke
Sent: Monday, June 27, 2022 5:23 PM
To: AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group
Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Movie Review
Closed Captions, so you can understand what is being said, and Being
able to pause for snack breaks (or rebooting the laundry) far outweigh the draw
of the big screen for us.
Although, When I stream, is it truly using my 9.2 surround?
On 6/27/2022 6:15 PM, Bill Prince wrote:
. And rolling jawbreakers down the isle.
Now that's funny
bp
<part15sbs{at}gmail{dot}com>On 6/27/2022 2:17 PM, Steve Jones wrote:
I detest the movie theater. theres always fools with phones on,
smacking their lips, talking. God only know what communicable diseases youre
catching off the seats. they dont even use real butter anymore.
I remember seeing movies like Airplane and whatnot in the
theaters and watching people get up and leave at the credits and missing the
funny stuff in them. And rolling jawbreakers down the isle.
On Mon, Jun 27, 2022 at 12:08 PM Bill Prince
<part15...@gmail.com> wrote:
I've found for the last 10 years or so that "going to the
movies" adds zero to the quality of my life.
Am I an outlier?
bp
<part15sbs{at}gmail{dot}com>On 6/27/2022 9:53 AM, Steven Kenney via AF wrote:
Go see Maverick. Everything else out there from Hollywood is
garbage.
On Sun, Jun 26, 2022 at 12:05 AM Chuck McCown via AF
<af@af.afmug.com> wrote:
Elvis
Meh
Wait for streaming.
Didn’t like how they did the first half.
I really thought Elvis ditched Col. Tom Parker before he
died, guess not.
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