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A woman brought her own snacks to Despicable Me 4. Then the police arrived
(www.theguardian.com)
this post was submitted on 01 Aug 2024
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Unfortunately they're trapped. If they lowered the price of food and raised the price of admission to compensate people wouldn't notice. In fact, they wouldn't even make it to the food to see, they'd just know that one cinema has $10 admission and the other has $20.
They could advertise that they have lower concession cost to attract people, but there would be enough people thinking "I'll just go to the cheap one and bring my own food/not buy food." that momentum wouldn't move into their favor.
That sounds like the invisible hand of the market weeding out failing competitors.
I don't really know anywhere that's just a cinema these days anyway. I know of arcades, mini golf places, restaurants, soft play areas, etc that also have a cinema
Standalone cinemas are still the norm in NZ.
The odd one is part of a larger entertainment complex.
It's like this in Australia, too. Sometimes cinemas here have a couple of arcade machines off to the side in the foyer, but that's about it.