It’s the price. It is no longer a cheap babysitter, teenage hangout (mall theaters) or a cheap family night.
Prices have been discussed above, and it adds to the lack of interest for the non blockbusters. If it sucks and you burn $30 who cares, if cost $100? Why take the chance and just wait for home.
The luxury experience is great, but isn’t breeding a young generation of theater lovers.
With increased overhead and the physical footprint required it may be impossible to go back anywhere near the past relevance. Luxury experience and Blockbusters are all they have left to sell.
Wemby not withstanding, Amen and Green, Alpi all have higher ceilings than Fox. Multiple Rockets have higher ceilings than Castle.
No one close to Wemby though.
Makes sense.
Wild theory - I wonder if they are trying to kill Outtie Gemma and replace her with her innie.
*Forgot about the Severance Birth resort earlier. Gemma seems like the expansion pack.
My guess is they want to market severance as a way to avoid any pain or trauma for the general population.
Fear of flying, fear of the dentist etc. Flip a switch and the processing/procedure is over and you have no memory of the experience.