asianxcore

They are also one of the Distributors of American Animals (2018) under MoviePass Ventures.

RoboDad

From what I understand, they are going on the assumption that the early adopters of the service are people who attend more movies - the people who create more negative cash flow. As the user base grows, there will be a higher percentage of members who don't attend as often. Combine that with discounts from theater chains, and they could potentially see some positive cash flow. Add in the (as yet unrealized) revenue from data mining, and the model could work.

Of course, that is all based on a lot of "ifs".

DJariya

I was being sarcastic that they can afford to spend like this when they are almost broke.

They’re sponsoring Gotti like it’s a big Hollywood event when it’s just a low budget Indie movie they happened to acquire.

dex14

Fake it til you make it.

DaveNinja

maybe its the jet Travolta already owns

Abob Teff

https://seekingalpha.com/amp/news/33...bscribers-mark

Abob Teff

Yes, a lot of “ifs”. One of the biggest criticisms of their leadership isn’t necessarily the “ifs” — it’s that they keep adding more and more without solving or mastering a previous strategy.

TomOpus

5M subscribers by the end of 2018? Gee, I just hope they are still around by then.

fujishig

To theaters, the press: we are selling so many tickets, look at the huge percentage of the box office we are! When we want to push a movie, it gets pushed.

To investors: All these new subscribers won't be seeing any movies, in fact most people will only see a handful of movies and keep their subscription. We're not bleeding money like crazy, it's sustainable. You'll see.

Why So Blu?

I'm confused as to the hate MP is getting. Instead of hating most of you should just get a membership and go nuts watching as many movies as you can. Stop being passive aggressive.

Dan

Stupid app... So I checked in to a movie and bought my ticket. Went to my seat and was going to take a picture of the ticket and... Now the option is gone. What the heck?

dex14

I mentioned earlier that has happened to me a few times. I was able to use it again without taking a photo. A saved the stubs incase it becomes an issue.

asianxcore

This happened to a friend of mine not too long ago.

If I remember right, he just closed the App, re-opened it, checked into the Movie Time again and it gave him the option to take a photo.

tanman

Oh I wasn't mocking you. Just commenting on the bizarreness of that sentence. John Travolta promoting an indie movie on instagram financed by a (nearly) failed venture.

tanman

Oh I think most of us are. And I think most of us don't hate MP. We hate their shady practices and questionable decisions, but I think most of us want MP to succeed for selfish reasons.

Has anyone else's movie watching habits actually decreased this summer? I guess with summer blockbuster season with few new releases and removing the ability to watch a movie more than once has really curtailed my movie going.

Cardsfan111

Maybe MP is thinking of hiking up the price after the one year that many signed up for initially. That time is coming in the not-too-distant future. There's some income to be gained perhaps from many who won't notice initially the rate increase. Just thinking out loud about the long term plans they may have.

jpcamb

Interesting they hit 3 million subscribers but they are at 34 cents stock wise.

It also seems they may be offering a family plan soon as well..

https://gizmodo.com/moviepass-is-loo...mon-1826839544

could they possibly be thinking of a family plan for 9.99 where I can bring my wife and kids to multiple movies a month? That is insane...

fujishig

The wording is weird but when they say same cost they must mean same cost per person, meaning you could buy four subscriptions for 9.99 each, maybe with a slight discount, not your whole family could go for the same price as a single sub.

Hokeyboy

My wife has a Samsung Galaxy 8 or 10 or whatever. I forget. It's the latest model. She had the latest version of the app. We both went to see Hereditary last night, using Movie Pass. Every time she went to Check In, the app threw up a JavaScript error saying no theater in range (we were literally outside the lobby).

She rebooted the phone twice, double checked GPS and location and permission settings, the works. No dice.

She opened up a chat window and waited for 10 minutes for someone to respond. Meanwhile I Googled their phone support number and called, only to be told by a recording that their call volume was WAAAAAAAY too high and to use the app chat window.



She ended up buying a ticket and we went to the movie anyhow (GREAT flick btw). As we were walking out of the theare, a support rep FINALLY responded to her chat window request.

Long story short, they are reimbursing her for the cost of a ticket as a "one time courtesy".

Motherfuckers. Like they're doing us a favor.

tonyc3742

Yes - I read another article about that and the implication that it would (sub price) x (number of family members) was clearer.

They used to be pretty quick with the photo reimbursement thing, but recently they have said they'll only do it if you open a support ticket with them before buying the movie ticket.

story

Used it for Deadpool 2 on Wednesday night at the nearest AMC, still have yet to be asked to take a photo of the stub at all. Not a complaint, just an observation.

Dan

Unfortunately, that did not work for me, as at that point it said I had already seen the movie and I couldn't select it again. Oh well... I haven't had to use my MoviePass since then, but I kept the stub for that one just in case it comes up when I do my next check-in...

Dan

Used mine again yesterday, and had no problem checking in. Uploading my ticket stub took forever, but it still worked.
Just a friendly tip: If your ticket stub has personal info on it (name / rewards ID / etc.) cover that shit up when you take a pic. Considering basically anyone can sign up for the Amazon service that validates ticket stubs, you probably don't want your personal info on display.

fujishig

Rumor is that AMC will announce their own plan next Tuesday. Note that this is only a rumor:

https://www.reddit.com/r/MoviePassCl...h8&sh=93b2d665

Wolf359

If that's true that's a great deal and I'll ditch Movie Pass. $20 a month for 3 movies a week, INCLUDING premium format?! Sign me up.