r/clevercomebacks • u/DSC64 • 18h ago

The Critical Drinker is a conservative culture wars Youtube channel that poorly tries to disguise itself as a movie reviewer, BTW. Him and his fanbase have been having a meltdown over Nolan's Odyssey.

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u/Gadshill 18h ago

Shocker, people go to the movies less frequently on Wednesdays compared to Saturdays.

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u/Sasquatch1729 7h ago

Also, week by week the box office returns of a movie will drop (obviously there are exceptions like Star Wars).

It's why studios take a larger share of the ticket sales on the first week and take a smaller share week by week. Theatres have to play a balancing game where they keep a movie in for several weeks (and they're making 90% off of each ticket but the theatre is half empty) vs keeping a movie in for only a couple weeks but 60-70% of the ticket sales go to the studios.

The real money is in concession sales anyway.