Today, I just witnessed a group who had brought out 35 seats to one of our showings of Andrea Bocelli 30: The Celebration. I did not know this was possible for a Fathom Event. Has this ever happened at your theater?

I am unsure if this is considered inappropriate for this sort of sub, but I am sort of an major need for a new job (my last job laid me off without telling me and im half living off my mother and unemployment checks. i would like to someday become more independent with a job). I heard there were more jobs of this type willing to accept applications during the holiday season (Halloween/Christmas time).

Also, I live in Philly, which explains the title. Many thanks appreciated!

Now that sonic and mufasa are almost here I think thease 2 movies will attract 2 demographics mufasa will most likely have a bunch familes with youngsters in them sonic will attract boys ages 7-11 most likely so yeah

The Senator Who Tried To Ban Popcorn In Movie Theaters - YouTube

Crazy video about a lawmaker who tried to ban Popcorn, it cracked me up so I thought I'd share

Not an employee myself, but I had a discussion with my girlfriend last night about a theory she has. We were waiting for Heretic to start and noticed that they weee playing an inordinate amount of trailers. 35 minutes past showtime, group of 10 or so teenagers walk in and get seated, then suddenly the trailers end and the movie starts. My girlfriend theorized that theaters actually play more ads in order to allow more time for people who are late to arrive if it’s a large quantity. Is this true?

I'm still friends with the manager of my hometown theater. The current set up they have in town is they have just two theaters (one is a 16 screen, the other a 4 screen) and the other two older theaters they had in town (both single screens) have closed with one being demolished.

We were texting about films the other day and he mentioned to me that they are able to book every single screen with a different film, no problem. He even went on to tell me that they still have people coming in asking for a few films that are not playing locally (Memoirs of a Snail, Christmas Eve in Miller’s Point, The Best Christmas Pageant Ever, and My Name Is Alfred Hitchcock) and he could not give a definitive answer for if/when he'd get those films.

Despite podcasts, articles, tweets and Reddit posts that movie theaters are dying, he's still not able to fulfill the need of his customers.

I know he's just one theater, but in these times where a lot of theaters have gone away, there still seems to be a desire to see movies on a big screen and more than enough films to fill all 20 screens in town (and he's not even playing foreign films or niche programming).

He's also dreading Thanksgiving Day - and he almost quit before the holidays (Dec 20-Jan 1) because the crowds were insane, they ran out of concessions, and just the general craziness of people in general. He did say, however, they made so much money in that time frame that they could have shut down for two weeks after New Year's and they still would have been in great shape.

Just wanted to post this amidst the talk that Hollywood isn't giving us anything.

OK, so basically I have called out the day before maybe like twice out of my almost 2 years of working at my theater, but I always got someone to cover my shift so no one would ever short a person, but I have two people two CLs who have done it before where they left someone to close by themselves who wasn’t even supposed to be closing because they had an emergency and they didn’t get in trouble for that as expected

but I have an emergency. It is now 1 AM. I am on my way to deal with the situation with my dad so I have to stay in Miami for a little bit just for like two days to watch him a manager knows about my dad and sometimes i’ll rarely request two days off because my dad and she knows the whole situation so I don’t know how she would feel about that. Technically they really wouldn’t be missing someone because there’s already two people closing concessions so they have this in the bag, but I don’t know I feel bad

As a child, my brother and I went to see a kids movie called “Magic in the Water”. First show of the day. Well, they must have had a different movie playing in that auditorium the previous night, because the movie that started playing (after a series of violent trailers) was the horror movie “CLIVE BARKER’S LORD OF ILLUSIONS”. Hahaha. The moms in that theater ran SO FAST into the lobby when that title card hit, telling them to stop the movie. It certainly explained why they had several violent and sexually suggestive trailers playing before a kids movie.

They shut the movie off about 3 minutes in and then we had to sit through a whole new set of trailers for the real movie.

Has this ever happened at any of your theaters?

I have : 1- The movie about Voldemort taking control of the vatican 2- The movie about the crybaby and his soon to be dead girlfriend 3- The movie about a robot who will become a squirrel or something

I just got my butt handed to me because our combo options are super confusing. A couple, man and woman, walks up to my register, presents their tickets and proceed to order concessions. Behind me is our menu board, specifically the section showing our option for a pizza combo. On the menu board, it only shows a pizza and a large/medium drink as being our “Pizza Combo”, although on our registers, we have the option of making it what my location calls the “full combo” including the pizza, drink, popcorn and their choice of a candy. Because this same confusion has occurred more than once, I ask the couple if they would like the “full combo” explaining what all is included, to which they respond with “No, just the pizza and drink,” as it’s presented on the menu board. I ring up their items, make the foods, hand over the receipt and finish the transaction.

The man of the couple comes back with his receipt and asks me exactly how just a pizza and a drink is a combo and how he’s supposed to save any money. I respond with the only way of technically “saving money” is by getting the full combo, which helps you save $3. He proceeds to ask again how he’s supposed to be saving any money with just the pizza and drink. I explain to him that usually combos are meant to make placing an order easier, not typically save money. He asks again “how does that make any sense? How is a combo just easy to order”. After realizing nothing I say to this guy will make sense, I tell him I’m not sure and that there’s really nothing I can do about how the pricing is done or how the combo is displayed. He tells me he’s not looking for me to do anything about the pricing but is looking for an explanation. He then looks for my name on my name tag and leaves.

After the ordeal, I took some time to reflect and think about what I had said and if i was being truthful because to be quite honest, our combos ARE confusing and I don’t blame him for being upset about the lack of money saving on an item that says “combo”. I remembered mentioning that combos are usually meant to make things easier to order as typically at fast food places that’s the case (if i’m not mistaken). I rang up what their full combo would have been and saw that i was truthful in that they could have saved $3, but in that case they’re still paying about $40 for a pizza, popcorn, drink and candy rather than the $25 they paid for the drink and pizza. So technically, yes. They could have saved money with a combo, just not the combo that was originally presented to them.

Movie theater prices are absurd so I never get upset or question anything when a customer complains about our prices. I already struggle with how to explain to customers why our things are priced the way they are. Has anyone else had this issue or am I the problem? lol. How do I explain that even I don’t know what Regal is doing? I’m curious on how the combos are approached at other Regals.

I've been working at AMC for 2 years and now I finally got a chance to do box office. I'm a little nervous about printing tickets alone, so is there any tips on what to do while I'm handing out tickets?

What is your response to this whenever someone walks out of a theater and says that the movie was bad?

I usually respond with "I'm so sorry to hear that"

We've been pretty slow the last few weeks, which is the usual, and then BAM this showed up and we got absolutely slammed with every showing either selling out or close to selling out. We were guessing the crowds would hold out for Moana or Wicked

I’ve been trying to get into a movie theater job because I like movies, and pretty much go more to the theater than your average person, During the past 3 years I’ve been checking positions and applying to all of them, but ended up getting stuck in the queue, if youre an employee or was employed in any AMC or Regal, what was your hiring experience?

ermmmmm second day of learning concession (on a weekend.. while venom just came out) and i accidentally spilled a drink

i have adhd and dyscalculia so i struggle with a lot of things when it comes to memorising etc. i need oddly specific instructions so things that are considered ‘simple instructions’ are also hard for me to follow. as such, during a rush (especially because it was only me and my trainer) i tend to keep asking her for help or mess something up. i kept apologising and that i knew i was a hassle, she said it was fine. could tell she was losing her patience

at the end of the day, my dumbass forgot today’s date so i had to ask her while i was doing cash summary. was also struggling with counting the coins. she was twitching and was like “okay, go.” in a fed up way once i was done counting my sales. handed it to my manager, and was ready to burst into tears when he looked at me smiling and asked “confident to do it by yourself now?” which i hope was a joke because not only was it my second day, my voice was shaking and i had tears in my eyes as i spoke to him. i know i’m hopeless and need more patience to be dealt with especially at concession, but i just feel like a burden being trained

anyway i kinda. want to die in a hole right now

Is anyone else like extremely scared for Wicked when it comes out… I was fighting for my life when Wonka and Inside Out came out so i’m really nervous for such a big movie to come out so soon especially with the small amount of staff at the theater I work at. I STILL HAVENT RECOVERED FROM THE TRUMA THAT IS THE MESSES LEFT BY KIDS IN INSIDE OUT… (PS : i’ve been working for a theater for a few years and i’ve never been actually scared for such a big movie before😭)

This is the first Viva film we’ve ever gotten, and I think it’s been doing poor from the crowds I’ve seen on our ticketing app. One screening on a Saturday had 5 people, and one on a Friday only had 2 people.

I was recently suspended from my job over something silly, and was wondering if that will prevent me from using my card for discounts, does anyone know if I can still use my employee card for a discount

So maybe I'm just stupid, or I didn't get the memo or something, but I was trying to buy tickets to go see a movie, and firstly the app updated, but also it got rid of my movie theater employee pass. It logged me out, so I tried to get the email confirmation to reset my password, but it wasn't working at all, I'm gonna try to see if it'll still work if go in person to buy them. I was just wondering if anyone else noticed this, or if I'm just being dumb.

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So last night I received a 2nd DW for being short $14 on my POS. 3 months ago I got a DW for the same thing but for a different amount which puts me at 2 DWs in the span of 90 days :( My manager who issued me the DW asked me if I remembered receiving any popcorn or drink vouchers to which I replied yes and said that I had 2 transactions where guests used those vouchers. He said that he suspects that might be the reason why my POS came up short and that he would “investigate” but he wouldn’t make any promises. That kinda irks me a bit too because why would you write me up if you suspect the vouchers could be the cause of the shortage??

Idk how I ended up short because 1. I didn’t receive many cash transactions last night and 2. I always make sure to quadruple count everything carefully to make sure I’m giving the correct amount. Also a side note that same manager used my POS while I was still logged into my account because he told me to make a hot foods order for a guest. Not that I’m trying to place the blame on anybody and hey it could very well be my fault but again I honestly have no idea how I could’ve ended up short and idk if maybe he received a cash transaction and gave the incorrect amount or something..

So needless to say rn I’m feeling pretty frustrated and anxious. Last nights shift was rough and the DW certainly didn’t help. I was told by my coworkers that write ups go away after 3 months but apparently that’s not true and it’s gonna stay on my record according to my managers. Plus my GM is pretty notorious for handing out DWs left and right which explains why so many people have left our theatre as of late :/

I’m just wondering if I should quit and find another job at this point. I mean it sucks that might be a possibility since I’ve only been working here for 3 months but I don’t want to get fired or placed on a PIP especially so close to the 3 big winter releases :( but between the DWs, the lack of training and other issues I feel like I’m walking on eggshells here. I like my job but it’s super stressful because of these factors and I just don’t know what to do. Plus the last thing I’d want is to be fired…