> 5. Competition from other forms of delivery.
This is by far the biggest reason.
All of my peers own Netflix streaming accounts and watch most of their movies this way.
This is by far the biggest reason.
All of my peers own Netflix streaming accounts and watch most of their movies this way.
Flat screens measured in feet and thinner than a ream of paper and surround sound (all digital) are now within reach of a large segment of the population. The higher quality of picture and sound at a theater, relative to a home setup, no longer outweighs the negatives, many of which have gotten worse in the last ten years (price, distractions, miscellaneous theater rigmarole).
IMAX is pretty much the only theater experience I still leave the house for. The screen size and sound are still novel enough to draw me in, and I find that the audiences tend to be more focused on the movie-going experience as opposed to being obnoxious.