Originally posted by Mitchell Dvoskin
Not every big national company does franchise setups. Take In-N-Out Burger. The company is 100% privately held and 100% of their locations are all company owned. There are ZERO outside partners. If I was running a major movie studio it would be tempting to set up company-owned theaters where you get to call the shots 100% of the time. Adding in a wild card, given the current legal setup, there is nothing stopping outfits like Amazon, Apple, Google/YouTube, etc from opening their own theaters just to showcase their own in-house developed content. That wrinkle in the fabric could make it more critical for studios like Disney and Warner Bros to maintain direct operational control and ownership of their own theaters.
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