Raising a big eyebrow at the prospect of mega-corporate consolidation of movie theater venues collapsing in the face of mega-corporate consolidation of movie production companies.

I think it should say something that you can stream a thousand different movies at home for $20/mo, but you can't license a movie for public viewing at less than $300/day. The real big blockbusters can demand north of $2000/day, then demand 50% of the ticket price on top of the licensing fee. If you're wondering why you can't get into a theater for less than $20/ticket or why the old 3-5 screen cinemas all died out a decade ago, this is why.

It almost makes me wonder at the prospect of fully off-book unlicensed movie houses. How gangster to set up shop in an abandoned mall and host one-night screenings of pirated films on high end portable projectors? Maybe this already exists and I just don't know about it.