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by judge2020 2872 days ago
Based on a few[0] articles[1], theaters only receive a small portion of box office sales for the first few weeks. Studios would likely still ask for a regular ticket's cut if the theatre sold a ticket for less to moviepass.

0: https://www.nytimes.com/1987/01/28/movies/where-movie-ticket... 1: https://money.cnn.com/2002/03/08/smbusiness/q_movies/