RE: Macrovision Shares Fall on RipGuard Review

["Henderson, Dennis K." <Dennis.Henderson () umb com>]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: funsec-bounces () linuxbox org 
> [mailto:funsec-bounces () linuxbox org] On Behalf Of 
> Blanchard_Michael () emc com
> Sent: Tuesday, November 29, 2005 1:42 PM
> To: dudevanwinkle () gmail com; Valdis.Kletnieks () vt edu
> Cc: funsec () linuxbox org
> Subject: RE: [funsec] Macrovision Shares Fall on RipGuard Review
>
>  yah, not my week I guess ;-)
>
>   I guess the movie studios should lower the rent of the 
> reels to the theaters, but then the theaters would just keep 
> ticket prices the same and enjoy the extra profit...


In my brief career as a projectionist for A_C theaters in KC in the
early 80's it was clear that almost all movie theater profit for a
period of time was attained from concessions. The contracts varied.
Return of the Jedi was a contract that stated Fox got 100% of box for 5
weeks or something like that. It could be considered rent, but based on
the admisssion price.

Not sure how it works now..

I do long to the return of the 35 cent hot tamales that cost A_C 9
cents....


Drive-in theaters represent a lower value to the customer as there is no
5 channel dolby digital coming out of that bombproof speaker box and the
smell of gravel and the sound of mosquitos reduce the movie experience
to the point of giving a drive-in a better contract on movie display.


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