TV Commercials in movie theatres

[TrueDave]

I have run theatres for 10 years and let me tell you everyone who works at the theatre hates them, but we run a very low profit business, as we make little money from tickets and have to make any money we can. Obviously, this is why we charge so much for concession. The ads are an unfortunate way of making money. At my theatre, we start them before the scheduled time of the movie. If we have 2 minutes of ads, we start them 2 minutes before the scheduled time of the movie. There is one studio that does not allow ads before their movies and I love them for it. It's Disney. Though, I have heard some places still put commercials on theirs.

Word.
Worked for theatres for a decade or more.

I asked how they justified it and at the time they said technically the commercials play BEFORE the film so youre not paying to see them.

I too worry about the day when they interupt the movie for a " break" and show Wal Mart commerciasl and the sort.

This is why I prefer VHS to DVD sometimes you can skip things .

You are under your own power.

[johnmiic]

I think the dam burst when Tom Cruise was in Top Gun in 1985. Pepsi had a feeling it would be big and they had a commercial with the pilot pouring a soda like in the film. After that they popped up everywhere.

[Bill]

I don't mind the ads, I just can't time the snack buyin' with the ad runnin' quite yet. Want to eat the popcorn with the movie, not prior to it.