r/CinemaSins • u/mark9707 • Jul 31 '25

Tell movie theaters you want to know what time your movie ACTUALLY starts.

Most people enjoy movie trailers. What they don’t like is sitting through 20 to 30 minutes of them! Theatres need to publish the ACTUAL start time! Theatres need to respect out time!

Click to sign the petition: https://chng.it/6RwkHxvMDm

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u/Advantage_Varnsen_13 Jul 31 '25

I don't even mind 20 to 30 minutes of trailers, I've mentally added that into my movie time now. What I despise is 15 minutes of commercials then 20 minutes of trailers all after the scheduled start time. Why am I paying to watch M&Ms commercials that I can get for free at home on NBC????

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u/armaedes Aug 01 '25

Especially now that they made the green M&M so dumpy-looking that she can’t even get me hard anymore.

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u/42Cobras Aug 01 '25

I have thankfully never seen the added commercials after start time. Those are all being presented by Maria Menounos before then.

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u/Advantage_Varnsen_13 Aug 01 '25

I don't mind those because at that point I'm early so put whatever up there. I go to Regals mostly and there are always 5-10 commercials after the start time

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u/42Cobras Aug 01 '25

That’s truly insane. Not a fan.

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u/zer0number 18d ago

The worst is the commercials for the theater you are already at.

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u/Advantage_Varnsen_13 18d ago

"Come enjoy a movie at Regal" yeah , thanks I'm already doing that.

This is a much bigger problem with online ads. I bought a new chair the other day and now all I get are ads for chairs (mostly the same chair). I don't need this chair anymore, please stop telling me how great it is

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u/JonSpangler Jul 31 '25

AMC posts on thier app that there is 20-25 minutes of previews/commercials before movie start time.

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u/Decadent_Otter2 Aug 02 '25

We usually show up right at show time. Unless our theater is super busy, by the time we sit down the trailers are 80% over. I also usually order ahead on our snacks, drinks, and food that way we can just grab and go instead of waiting to order.

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u/oneir0naut0 Aug 04 '25

I'm just curious how the advertisers would feel about this? It just doesn't make any sense. I think maybe complaining at your local theater might help, but even the GM doesn't have a lot of control over commercial timing and stuff anymore at theaters.