Marcus Ronnie's Cinema + IMAX Ticket Price Information (2024)

FAQs

How much of a movie ticket goes to the theater? ›

They pretty much boil down to either: the cinemas outright keep 50% of ticket sales (after subtracting the house nut) it works in a sliding scale that drops week-on-week (i.e 80% goes to distributor and 20% goes to cinema in week 1, 75% goes to the distributor and 25% goes to the cinema on week 2, etc).

Experience the re-imagination of the movie-going experience at the OMNIMAX Theater featuring IMAX® with Laser. This state-of-the-art theater provides the sharpest images, unmatched sound quality and 40% greater color range than traditional theaters.

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IMAX at AMC. Every element in a premium IMAX theatre is specially designed to create an intense experience, ensuring movie magic each time the lights go down.

The average movie ticket cost $11.75 in 2022, according to EntTelligence, a research firm. In New York, prices reach $28, depending on the format. A small popcorn at AMC Lincoln Square costs $10 with tax.

The average IMAX screen size is approximately 72' x 50' (22m x 16m), which is significantly larger than traditional movie screens of approximately 50' x 20' (16m x 6.1m). Is IMAX worth it? Yes, it is absolutely worth the price of admission. It's the biggest screen with the best quality.

IMAX is a proprietary system of high-resolution cameras, film formats, film projectors, and theaters known for having very large screens with a tall aspect ratio (approximately either 1.43:1 or 1.90:1) and steep stadium seating, with the 1.43:1 ratio format being available only in few selected locations.

IMAX uses 70mm film, which is about 10 times bigger than the standard 35mm film used for most movies. Some IMAX screens are designed for 70mm, but it's only a fraction. There's also the digital IMAX Laser and IMAX Xenon screens.

Some IMAX theaters do use traditional 3D with smaller glasses, so you'll want to contact your local IMAX theaters to see whether they use the larger glasses or not. For many people who wear glasses, bigger truly is better. Forget about those cheap plastic glasses the theater provides you.

Where is the best place to sit for IMAX? ›

Renowned director Christopher Nolan prefers to sit near the front, in the middle of the third row for cinemascope ratio, and slightly behind the center line for IMAX theaters. Experts suggest sitting in the center of the room, aligned with the screen, to centralize your field of vision and prevent strain.

Unlike traditional theatres, in IMAX, the films run horizontally, making the image width greater than the width of the film stock. This is used exclusively in purpose-built theatres with dome screens. This format was conceived and is owned by IMAX Corporation.

IMAX seems great, right? The catch is that an IMAX ticket is often a lot more expensive than a regular ticket. It also depends on where you live. It seems the bigger the city, the bigger the price.

Between 2022 and 2023, the average price of a movie ticket at AMC Theatres' cinemas worldwide slightly grew. Within the United States, the figure stood at 11.9 U.S. dollars in 2023, compared to 11.62 U.S. dollars recorded a year earlier.

Usually, a portion of theater ticket sales goes to theater owners, with the studio and distributor getting the remaining money. Traditionally, a larger chunk went to the studio during the opening weekend of a film. As the weeks went on, the theater operator's percentage rose.

How Are Movie Profits Split? Movie profits are split among producers, investors, directors, actors, and the distribution company. Typically, theaters retain around 50% of ticket sales, while the remaining earnings are allocated according to contracts and backend deals.

But theaters generate significantly more profitability from concessions than from ticket sales. About half the money from ticket sales goes to studios, while theaters keep all concessions margins, which typically amount to more than 80%, Wold said.

The United States & Hollywood

“Backend points” are a system we spoke about earlier that pays out a percentage of a film's profits. Some actors will also receive bonuses for their work if they are nominated for awards or achieve certain box office milestones.