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It's not all about the popcorn, however it helps as does other snacks. Cost to produce (purchase of machines, maintenance agreement, staffing, electricity) is negligible while sales are far from.
"1,275%
Movie theater popcorn: 1,275% markup
Theaters know that viewers will pay more for movie snacks, so they hike the prices up: A bag of popcorn that costs 37 cents to make can easily sell for $5."
@indepthwins
I agree it is a stock with a level of risk many might be better to avoid.
Let's be honest there has been zero (well maybe exception of facemask producers, hand sanitizer etc) growth businesses in the last few months.
Nobody should make investment decisions on the basis of an unknown person online or in the street.
We should all do our own homework on our investment choices and on balance I viewed cine as worth the risk in investment.
Did I or do I expect it to be a smooth ride, hell no.
ShorterGuy making up stuff again, where is your evidence about popcorn and profitability? Having actually spoken to staff at cinemas, popcorn is massively profitable and there is very little overheads to make it. It can also be stored for a very long time once popped without going to waste so no constant production costs.
There is without doubt risk in this stock (and all stocks) especially during these unpredictable times.
Equally there is potential upside with this or any other stock.
Problem is too many on both sides have a blinkered viewpoint and will not be fully honest there is potential for movement both ways.
Then you agree with me that popcorn machines were not made to only be profitable at 100% capacity 100% of operating hours!?
That's some talent you have knowing others more than they do themselves.
Shorter, again a lot of I'll informed tripe. The cinema popcorn machine will NEVER have been designed to make profit at only full capacity as the cinema for decades if ever has never been run at full capacity. The percentage that is made on popcorn and other snacks is widely reported to be callosal.
Full cinema screens only happen on the massive blockbusters and in say first week of screening of them.
Otherwise majority of time screens have a very small attendance percentage and this already makes the chain profitable.
Hosai, or they share - bring their own and try and eat/sip with face masks on.
Brilliant.
Just remind me Tiddliwink.. at what capacity in attendance does Cine make profit???
Go and find out and report back..
Don't see how it can hurt if the friend buys popcorn and a drink, plus watches trailers to other films while there.
Precisely shorterguy.
This is why I asked those to look at the operating costs, to seem stable and resume trading means absolutely nothing.
Costs will have increased and footfall will be reduced.
Add incentivised promoting such like odeon do, I.e bring a friend for free does not help it hinders
Hiya.
That list is mainly people who just keep repeating themselves over and over again with no new material.
90% of the posts are just their opinions.
Its the repetitiveness and lack of source material that annoys people, not the content.
Lol "the smallest bit of good news" I.e the trend of falling cases and deaths in the US meaning all cinemas can likely open in a few weeks, just small good news.
This famous filter list as below which is essentially a list of people who ahve had anything negative to say about CINE is starting to get larger to alot larger than the fe people of here who perceive CINE as a strong buy.
It really not hard to see why people who havent put money in yet see the clear problems facing the company, other are not desperate for even the small bit of good news as the are at a loss or massive loss.
It getting the the point now where these sad people are excluding the majority of sentiment expressed.
To me this is perfectly captured by a previous comment on here stating the the choice to invest was made correctly therefore it didnt matter if Cineworld goes bankrupt.