People still like to go to the theatre as dinner and a movie has been a staple date in our culture forever. Also even with a big TV and home theatre system you can't replicate the movie theatre experience. That said I don't think theatres have done themselves any favours by gouging customers for food and beverage as it's become quite expensive to take the family out to see a movie. I doubt movie theatres will ever go away and I think streaming and theatres can co-exist. There are so many substandard movies released annually that straight to home releases like Cloverfield Paradox is a positive trend seeing theatres would be largely empty after the first week of release for such a movie anyway. Maybe the trend will be theatres with less screens but bigger and better experiences for the big budget and theatre worthy films?
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