What Movie Theaters Don’t Tell You….

Posted on April 13, 2012 at 3:28 pm

Did you know that all ticket receipts for the first two weeks go to the movie studio?  That’s why the food at movie theaters is so outrageously expensive.  And why they tell you the movie is starting earlier than it really does — so you’ll be there in time for the ads.  That’s how they make their money.  These and other secrets of movie theaters are revealed in a Reader’s Digest slideshow.

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