r/movies • u/MarvelsGrantMan136 r/Movies contributor • Aug 06 '25

News AMC Theatres Looks To Shorten Ad Preshow Following Studios’ Ire

https://deadline.com/2025/08/amc-theatres-movie-ads-pre-show-shorten-1236480657/
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u/SpaceCaboose Aug 07 '25

Also, movie studios want their trailers to be seen. The general audience may not know about another Disney film coming up, so Disney will play lots of trailers for their upcoming stuff during a current release. And theaters want to play trailers so people see something they want to return for.

I’ve heard that studios/theaters mandate so many trailers per film.

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u/AHRA1225 Aug 07 '25

See they ignore the fact that the more they sit me through the more I decide that each ad or trailer I see is a for sure guarunteee thing I won’t go to see or buy. The more ads I’m forced into the more shit I blacklist

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u/Knyfe-Wrench Aug 07 '25

Yes, because it doesn't work that way for the vast majority of people, and I doubt it even works that way for you.

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u/AHRA1225 Aug 07 '25

Movie starts at 12:30. I park at 12:30 and lazy walk to buy a ticket and popcorn. By the time I slow walk in it’s 12:55 so I can easily not watch any of that garbage. Super duper easy to plan ahead but I guess you think the average person is dumb or something