Movie Theater Concessions

When going into a movie theater they already have concessions but do you bring in your own food? Most people from the past years have been booting out the concession food and bringing their own but what do you think? People should be allowed to bring in their own food in a movie theater because food is expensive and unhealthy.

It is argued, that people should not be able to bring food into a movie theater because movie theaters can go out of business. Movies theaters make their money by concessions and if you don’t buy anything from the movie theater sooner than later there will be none. My evidence to support that is, “Without the profits from concessions, both Regal and AMC would be losing hundreds of millions of dollars each year”(Video). This quote shows that movies need the concession money if they stay in business. This is why you should buy …show more content…
Food at a movie theater can be very expensive to what you can buy at a regular store. My evidence to support that is, “During the fourth quarter, AMC reported concessions revenue rose 8.8% over the prior year to $215.3 million as average spending per customer rose 13.5% to $4.46.” (Udland). (Text 3). This quote shows that food is really expensive when it comes to movie theater food. This is why you should be allowed to bring in your own food in a movie theater.

Also, people should be allowed to bring in your own food into a movie theater because the food is unhealthy. If you are on a diet, you need to eat something healthy and nothing at a movie theater is healthy. My evidence is, “For example, a small popcorn, without butter, from AMC weighs in at 225 calories and 11 grams of fat.” (Myers). (Text 1). This evidence is significant because a popcorn is so unhealthy and what if you just want to bring in some healthy snacks? This is why you should be able to bring in your own food in a movie