$3 movies in theaters nationwide on Sept 3 for "National Cinema Day."

[JudyM]

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The Cinema Foundation, a non-profit arm of the National Association of Theater Owners, on Sunday announced that Sept. 3 will be a nationwide discount day in more than 3,000 theaters and on more than 30,000 screens. Major chains, including AMC and Regal Cinemas, are participating, as are all major film studios. In participating theaters, tickets will be no more than $3 for every showing, in every format.
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But, if successful, National Cinema Day could flood theaters with moviegoers and potentially prompt them to return in the fall. Before each showing, ticket buyers will be shown a sizzle reel of upcoming films from A24, Amazon Studios, Disney, Focus Features, Lionsgate, Neon, Paramount, Sony Pictures Classics, Sony, United Artists Releasing, Universal, and Warner Bros.
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After more than two years of pandemic, movie theaters rebounded significantly over the summer, seeing business return to nearly pre-pandemic levels. Films like “Top Gun: Maverick,”“Minions: Rise of Gru,”“Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness” and “Jurassic World Dominion” pushed the domestic summer box office to $3.3 billion in ticket sales as of Aug. 21, according to data firm Comscore. That trails 2019 totals by about 20% but exhibitors have had about 30% fewer wide releases this year.

Organizers of National Cinema Day described the event as a trial that could become an annual fixture. While some other countries have experimented with a similar day of cheap movie tickets, the initiative is the first of its kind on such a large scale in the U.S.

https://apnews.com/article/national-cinema-day-tickets-d97d156acb6f8189d2c423bd2bb9ec23

Nice gesture for folks who aren’t concerned about Covid. Oddly, nothing was mentioned about upgraded air filtration/UV being installed in the theaters.
Any takers among us here?

[Farmer-Rick]

1. I know, I was thinking that it was something fun to do

Then I realized I would have to be in a closed off theater, with no idea of what kind of filtration system they have, with people who don't believe in vaccines.

Think I'll visit a park instead.

[Torchlight]

2. I think we're going.

Long weekend for both of us (been three years since those stars aligned) and we're spending Saturday in downtown Dallas and making a day of it, so the afternoon or evening will probably have a movie squeezed in before turning back home.

We both want to see See How They Run, a period whodunit. We'll both wear our masks, and take all due diligence.

[mitch96]

3. I read/heard that AMC theaters will also have $5 popcorn and a soda with the movie...

Now I did not catch if it was $5 EACH or a combo...
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