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Article #4Re: NEWS: US edges towards movie theater popcorn antitrust case
From: SMS
Date: Fri, 24 Jul 2009 14:32
Date: Fri, 24 Jul 2009 14:32
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George wrote: > According to my theater owning friend it also has to do with gambling if > a movie will be a flop or not. He said he needs to pay so much per week > plus the lions share of the ticket sales. He also has to make the > decision on booking the movie way before the movie is even marketed to > the public. I guess it's better just to wait for the DVD to be available. I bought Bill Maher's movie, Religulous, from one of those machines is a supermarket. For some reason, both the new and used price of some DVDs, even ones that aren't all that popular, are really high. The RedBox machine sold me Religulous (used, not in the original box) for $7, while Rasputin wanted $20.
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