Took Out A $1 Million Loan To Buy A Drive In Theater

Had a conversation with a guy that owned 3 in the area asked why the majority of drive ins closed his reply was liability insurance and crazy cost to get movies to show, they also had to share a % of their nightly earnings with the movie suppliers
the only money they got to keep were the concessions

It’s like $30 a car load now a car load is considered 4 ppl
 
RussfromNH said:
Had a conversation with a guy that owned 3 in the area asked why the majority of drive ins closed his reply was liability insurance and crazy cost to get movies to show, they also had to share a % of their nightly earnings with the movie suppliers
the only money they got to keep were the concessions

It’s like $30 a car load now a car load is considered 4 ppl
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That’s not tooooo bad all things considered. You go to a Friday night show at AMC and you’re paying 20$ a head. $7.50 and a cool experience sounds pretty good

Also the split with the studios sounds pretty much the same as a normal theater. It’s why popcorn costs 15$ lol
 
NotForgetGayJesus said:
That’s not tooooo bad all things considered. You go to a Friday night show at AMC and you’re paying 20$ a head. $7.50 and a cool experience sounds pretty good

Also the split with the studios sounds pretty much the same as a normal theater. It’s why popcorn costs 15$ lol
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At least at the drive in you can stuff ppl in the trunk load up with beer then turn it into a party just to feel like you get your money worth
 
Wiggy said:
WHEW...I was about to prepare for an even worse or crazier small-business owning thread from OP.
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Jim Carrey Reaction GIF
 
I've told it before but I was in a piss stall surrounded by a couple of rantulas. Then, driving away I saw a bunch of them crossing the dirt paths. At least rattlers warn you. These fuckers are silent killers.
 
Cornhole Champ said:
I wish them well, I have great memories from the 70's from the drive in, saw meatballs there. We used to go once a month.


View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xpyfl65wk88
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Grew up through the ‘60s and ‘70s where it was our summer weekend staple. I think prior to being able to drive myself to one I had seen maybe 4 movies in an indoor theater. Everything else was drive-in fare. We’d be at a Disney or Elvis movie and they’d show a preview for some gnarly grindhouse shit and I’d be like “Why can’t we ever come see something like that?”
 
There were a couple in the area when I was a kid, we went alot. 1 had the newest movies. We never went to that one. The other one showed movies a couple months after they came out, plus all the movies from last summer. 6 or 8 screens (can't remember) in a circle , projectors and concessions in the center.
It was like 4-5 bucks a carload.

As a kid it was awesome because back then parents didn't pay attention at all.
Next to the concessions stand was a huge playground with all kinds of sketchy 70s rides and unsupervised kids running wild. This was where all the action was.

In high-school they changed to per person, or maybe they just did that to teenagers, i dunno, so we'd send two people in with all the beer and lawn chairs and shit and the rest of us would sneak in under the fence. Fun fun times.

I remember when they went to low power fm for each screen instead of the box on a cord.
So many dead batteries by the end of the 3rd movie.
 
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