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Topic: City Cinemas (NYC) sues Regal, Loews
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Paul Linfesty
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Posts: 1383
From: Bakersfield, CA, USA
Registered: Nov 1999
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posted 04-01-2003 10:20 PM
This allocation system is by no means universal. I see no evidence of this happening in Los Angeles. I doubt it happens in NYC, either. It certainly wasn't happening in NYC in the 80's. Paramount product ALWAYS played at Loew's, for example. For years theatres in certain markets were accused by the studios of meeting secretly and diivvying up the releases. This was by no means going on in every market, either. In other instances, competitive bids are sent out. I dont quite know why allocations exist in your market, Bobby. This might be a smaller market thing. But in showcase markets, films will be booked in what the distributer will think will serve his film the best, IF the theatre agrees. Of course, in this era of the megaplex, things have changed quite a bit, since every plex seems to get almost all movies (provided they're not too close together, and even THEN they still might be sharing).
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