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It would be interesting to know what fraction of seating is going empty in movie theaters these days. I would guess it is around 70%, maybe higher. Only opening weekend for some blockbusters fill them up. I would guess if they survive they will have two tiers, with a much more expensive one for opening weekend tickets. If they get people to go on off times, the theaters will be loving it.

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A few years ago I had a subscription card for a cinema chain in the UK, it worked out to be the cost of around 1.5 tickets a month, but I ended up going around once a week.

Anyway, at the time there was no way to book tickets online, you just had to show up and if there was space you’d get a ticket. As such I’d usually go on Saturday early afternoon when it was usually pretty quiet.

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