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<p>[China?s</a> Wanda to Buy AMC Cinema Chain for $2.6 Billion - Businessweek](<a href=“Bloomberg - Are you a robot?”>Bloomberg - Are you a robot?)</p>
<p>So who is in favor of having people from a communist country determining what movies play in your local neighborhood theater?</p>
<p>Oh good grief, we still live in a capitalist society, so if I don’t like the selection of movies at Movie Theater A, I’ll just go to Movie Theater B. Talk about over-the-top drama, razorsharp.</p>
<p>Perhaps razorsharp is concerned that from now on, AMC is simply going to play documentaries on Chairman Mao, with “The East is Red” on the soundtrack, in every theater, all the time. Instead of the big hits, like “Atlas Shrugged,” that razorsharp wants to see.</p>
<p>Look at it this way. With the Chinese capital infusion, thousands of workers at these theaters will continue to have a job. Past and current employees will have a more secure pension as it would be funded as expected. This bodes well for the US economy.</p>
<p>My local neighborhood theatres are owned locally. :)</p>
<p>I’d be quite shocked if anything changed with regard to the menu of the entertainment at AMC theaters. The investors bought the company to MAKE MONEY. Besides every megaplex within a 20 mile radius displays the same 3 movies, so in my mind this rates a big ho-hum as a news story.</p>
<p>If anything changes, which I highly doubt it will, I’ll go to another theater. They’re not dumb. They’re not going to do anything that will diminish profits. </p>
<p>In fact, AMC charges the MOST outrageous prices around here anyway so I rarely go unless I am absolutely out of options. Tickets are $10 a person, food can easily run over $20. Nothing around here even comes close to that. Plus, they’re the only theater in the area that doesn’t offer a military discount so we don’t frequent there as we often go with our friends in the military.</p>
<p>Romani… do you mean the AMC by where we live or by your school? I go regularly and tickets are only 6-8 dollars… I refuse to go to the Emagine because THAT one is $10 a ticket and the concessions are more expensive, too. o.O I won’t set foot in the place, I always either do AMC or the Goodrich you know where. lol. If AMC gets crappy I will be in trouble, the goodrich is so small and tends not to get a lot of the new releases…</p>
<p>Ema, yes I mean the one back home. I went two weekends ago and it was $10. $20 for the food. I couldn’t believe that the prices went up AGAIN. I usually do Goodrich, but they didn’t have Avengers yet :(. </p>
<p>But yeah, I couldn’t believe when they told me $10. But it was $10. Oy</p>
<p>ETA: Whoa… that’s strange. I checked the website and it says it should only be $7.50… maybe it was because we went opening weekend?</p>
<p>That’s interesting… did you do 3D or imax? I’ve never seen the prices that expensive there. I know I am spoiled by the days of $3 tix at the Goodrich, but I just won’t pay $10+ for movie tickets no matter how much they cost for the rest of the world. lol</p>
<p>We are sneaky now and will make our own popcorn in the whirlypop and sneak gallon size bags of it in my oversized purse… I figure it’s that or they wouldn’t get any of my money at all because we wouldn’t even be going. With my food allergies I shouldn’t be eating theirs anyway.</p>
<p>I’ll be interested to see if anything changes, though. AMC is definitely my favorite theater of what we have available here… though the Goodrich would be a contender if it were bigger.</p>
<p>If the Chinese were driven by profit, they would not be coming to America. Growth in America is flat. Here is an opinion from The Atlantic.</p>
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<p>[Why</a> a Chinese Company Wants to Own Your Local Movie Theater - Jordan Weissmann - Business - The Atlantic](<a href=“Why a Chinese Company Wants to Own Your Local Movie Theater - The Atlantic”>Why a Chinese Company Wants to Own Your Local Movie Theater - The Atlantic)</p>
<p>Not so fast on disregarding Chinese influence on movie productions.
The new owners of AMC, the Wanda Group, are now the largest movie theater owners. This doesn’t mean they would start driving business away by only showing Chinese communist propaganda films. But it may mean the owners will not run films critical of the government. Or that there may be suggestions that scenes be tweaked. Or that producers may be concerned and self-censor.</p>
<p>Just checked our pile of free tickets - they are Regal not AMC.
Where H works, they can’t pay him more re union contract, so he is given all sorts of" perks". Credit at the company store, free movie tickets. We can get Lowes or Nordstrom gift cards at the company store, but I give the Regal tickets away to the hobos outside the post office. I figure they can use some entertainment, and I am not likely to use them.</p>
<p>There are just two AMC theatres in Seattle & I don’t frequent either one, but I am concerned about large corporations dictating (even more) what to publish/produce/promote. ( & I have to admit, Hanban makes my hair stand up )</p>
<p>I do go to chains- The Sundance chain just bought a local theatre, but I can’t stand a house which runs infomercials before the movie. :p</p>
<p>Could they be buying the chain to get the expertise to expand in Asia? That’s where a lot of growth could be, if you can get the people weaned off of pirated movies.</p>
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<p>China may certainly be considered a totalitarian state, but it is communist in name only. If they really were communist there is no way they’d be rich enough to buy western movie theaters much less loan us many billions of dollars. </p>
<p>True communist countries are economic basket cases - North Korea and Cuba being two prime examples. No, China has one of the most vigorous capitalist economic systems around these days. Now whether we are in favor of our movie theaters being owned by a country with perhaps the most aggressive capitalistic economies today is another question.</p>
<p>Also, the sky is falling.</p>
<p>I expect it’s probably Barack Obama’s fault.</p>
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<p>If they want to really make money, Hispanics go to the most movies.
[Hispanics</a> at the Movies: Hollywood Misses una Oportunidad | The Wrap Movies](<a href=“http://www.thewrap.com/movies/article/overlooked-audiences-latinos-underserved-24855]Hispanics”>http://www.thewrap.com/movies/article/overlooked-audiences-latinos-underserved-24855)</p>
<p>Doesn’t bother me as much as the fact that two of the really well-liked movie houses in DC became CVS drug stores. Like the world really needed another CVS.</p>