Movie Theater Tuning

When I own a movie theater, here are some things I’ll do that the monster chains don’t.

Make sure the movie times are available. Since no one seems to publish the movies/times on an LED panel on their main roadside signage, you’d think they at least make the info visible from the car when you drive in front of the box office. They could broadcast an audio loop of the schedule using low power FM so I could tune into the FM channel while in their parking lot.

Why don’t they combine the concession purchasing with ticketing? Why is there this box office line, plus waiting to get into the theater, then wait for food? Bottlenecks reduce the movie experience. Combine all the functions, increase the number of stations, and get everybody to where they’re going as quickly as possible.

Bail the rows of seats. Like office space planning, the design is simply trying to jam as many people as possible into the space. Seperate the chairs and either group them by twos or make them mobile. Create larger terraced steps so people could arrange the chairs to fit their group.

Audio feeds in the bathrooms so you can at least hear what you’re missing if not going all the way by slapping LCDs over the urinals. BTW, what happened to intermissions? Seems like that could sell more concessions, make smokers happy, get the business guy off the phone during the movie, and let someone change that baby.

Cut!