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- From: ray.rooney@satalink.com (Ray Rooney)
- Newsgroups: rec.arts.animation
- Subject: Re: Why no cartoons before movies???
- Message-ID: <3726.1008.uupcb@satalink.com>
- Date: 23 Nov 92 17:28:00 GMT
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- Organization: Datamax/Satalink Connection * Ivyland, PA (215) 443-9434
- Reply-To: ray.rooney@satalink.com (Ray Rooney)
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- TO: cmeadows@nyx.cs.du.edu (Chris Meadows)
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- CM>According to a news report I saw, the average theatre gets 75%
- CM>of its revenue from the concession counters (which is why they don't
- CM>let you take your own food in--of course, that's never stopped me...).
- CM>The report also featured a clip from a concessionaire training film,
- CM>where all the impressionable young concessionaire minds were being
- CM>taught to say things like, "Can I get you something to drink with
- CM>that?" and "Will that be a large?"
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- Quite true, although percentages vary, the concessions are usually the
- difference between making a profit or showing a loss, although this
- breaks down at the neighborhood/rep theatre level.
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- * SLMR 2.1a * Don't take life too seriously, it's not permanent.
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