youtube.com — "Pay after you see the film at the box office. Yes. We experimentally released in two theaters a working cut of "Are You Lou?" and let audience pay after they see it...We made approx $5000 per screen and in LA, 5% more than if audience paid tickets up front."
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ahhellMar 13, 2007
I'd love to see this implemented for Uwe Boll pictures. Nothing like paying for a movie with a penny cut in half.
geokenMar 13, 2007
It's true. Try this on a Friday night at a large theater where at least half the seats are taken up by 13-17 year olds and see how well it does.
shanimalMar 13, 2007
And you're the type of jackass who thanks the hobo, then drives off, apparently.
nofelixMar 13, 2007
I'm interested if the people going to the film KNEW they would be paying afterwards before they got to the cinema. If they were expecting to pay, already had ten dollars in their wallet which they were ok with spending, then it's not too surprising if they gave that away after seeing a decent film.Unexpectedly finding that the fee for a film is optional is VERY different from openly offering people a free film if they want it. Also, the film-maker seemed to be at the cinema which probably added to people's empathy with him and possible guilt over not paying.
xinitMar 13, 2007
How I wish that I could have paid after watching suckfests like Armageddon... though I can't imagine that studio execs would take away the right message of "The movie sucks" and instead believe "Damned pirates."
toddbrew1Mar 13, 2007
There is no such thing as a fee lunch ....er.....movie. Mr Scepticism says that most people tend to see free as being crap. If it's worth seeing it's worth paying to see. Thats why you have to pay to use the parks, lakes, campgrounds etc. Weeds the riff raff out.
deadcow231Mar 13, 2007
This is a really good idea from a management standpoint. You get all the money, and even if people think they can get away with stealing a movie, they'll look like total jackasses if they do. That and there would be more witnesses. The only downside would be trying to enforce this. Imagine if they sealed all of the exits right after the movie to ensure that people pay, but if a fire started, the doors would have to be opened and the theater would likely lose considerable amounts of money. I have to wonder one thing in particular, though. What would happen if you walked out early?
crsternMar 14, 2007
@shanimal: You apparently have never lived anywhere with homeless window-washers. It's not a good thing for them to wash your windows. Up until like 1997 hobo window washers were responsible for a thick coating of grime on your windshield on most cars in New York.If you said no thank you, they'd start anyways. If you put on your windshield wipers to stop them you had a 50% chance of missing your wipers. I don't like having money squeezed out of me.
npsgMar 15, 2007
Sounds like a great movie.