“Why Is It Absolute Hell to Buy a Movie Ticket Now?”

Gah, I’m traveling, and wasn’t on top of this, and now the 70mm IMAX theater in SF is sold out (or only really terrible seats available) as far as tickets are available, into January. I bought some seats to an advanced screening at Alamo Drafthouse, which will have to do, I suppose.

It does suck that I’m lucky to live close enough to that theater, but it’s crazy hard to get a ticket. I still haven’t been able to get one at that theater to The Odyssey, despite trying. It’s sold out into mid-September.

Why Is It Absolute Hell to Buy a Movie Ticket Now?

Overwhelmed theater apps and a scarcity mindset around exclusive big-screen formats for blockbusters like “Dune: Part Three” and “The Odyssey” have led to the “concertification” of movies.

www.wired.com