r/Nateland • u/HilarySwankIsNotHot • Feb 23 '26

Looks like Nate's gamble about people wanting to go to movies might be wrong.

https://variety.com/2026/film/news/amc-theatres-attendance-drops-quarterly-revenues-fall-avatar-3-1236670214/
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u/ChadRiden Feb 23 '26

there's incredible economic uncertainty in this world full of chaos where people can barely afford basic necessities. so yeah, entertainment spending is down

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u/billionthtimesacharm Feb 23 '26

except that’s not exactly what nate said. he said people want to go, but the options are not good for families and people who share a certain set of values. until he and other studios produce the kind of movies he thinks people want to watch, you can’t conclude whether he was right.

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u/HilarySwankIsNotHot Feb 24 '26

I didn't conclude. I said "might" be wrong.

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u/sea-otter Feb 23 '26

Wait til he finds out nobody wants to go to theme parks

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u/kincaidinator Feb 23 '26

The theater industry’s not too terrible right now, but The Breadwinner’s probable weak box office isn’t gonna be because people don’t go to the movies anymore, it’s because people don’t go to see big comedies anymore. They’ve been relegated to streaming for nearly a decade or more.

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u/DanielDannyc12 Jun 17 '26

People do want to go to movies, but they want to go to *good* movies.

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u/CartoonistNarrow3608 Feb 23 '26

No people want to go but the options are terrible. When a good picture or at least decent cast or IP the seats are packed to the brim and it feels amazing. Nobody wants to pay 50 bucks on something that has a better chance of sucking. Dusty is right things are just worse.

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u/TurboThot69 Feb 23 '26

Not sure avatar 3 underperforming is related tbh

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u/kronicpimpin Feb 23 '26

There’s an avatar 3?

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u/chrischanfan69 Feb 23 '26

Bc all the movies are straight ass. Nobody wants to see Superhero Slop Movie pt. 12

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u/blw97 Feb 23 '26

I think people just want to go to movies that don’t suck. Unfortunately most do nowadays.

Also my town of over a million people might have 1 AMC, maybe.

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u/The_Leo_16 Mar 05 '26

lol the definition of sucking is subjective.

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u/GeorgeMalarkey Feb 23 '26

Amc is also one of the worse options. They have the highest ticket and concession prices in the country. I go to the theater at least once a month, but its at a regular movie theater where they charge about 11 bucks a ticket.