Die Kinobesucherzahlen in der Schweiz sinken auf den tiefsten Stand seit einem halben Jahrhundert
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Von Haunting-Prior-NaN
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Is it good or bad?
Honestly for the price and film quality I’m not that surprised. The last time I went to the Cinema was probably 5 years ago
Thanks to a loyality card, I save 5.- per ticket. That’s the only way I go to the cinema. That makes a ticket and popcorn below 20.- which is in my „I can spare it for fun“ budget.
Watched Civil War with the GF when it came out. Had the entire cinema for ourselves which was awesome, but I felt kinda sad at the same time.
But I get it. Tickets are expensive, the drinks/food are overpriced and there simply aren’t that many great movies worth watching.
The Movies are all shit
There are no movies worth watching anymore 😟
Everything is low quality forgettable garbage since covid.
When the law of supply and demand isn’t applied
I speak for myself but lately there are very few movies I am interested in watching.
I used to and still enjoy going to the cinema, I don’t even mind going by myself but I just don’t find a reason to go. If they played some older movies, even better in their original language, I would go often and I am sure my friends would come as well.
Oh no, people don’t go to the cinemas in times of financial crisis and absolutely horrendous prices. I’m not gonna pay 30 CHF for a ticket and a drink to watch a movie that I can watch in peace at home. I dont have children, but I imagine paying 100+ CHF for a family of 4 is also just crazy money, considering you get the 4K movie streamed for <30CHF.
They need to go with the times and change something. It has to either be more than „just watch the movie for an enormous price“ or it has to be cheaper. You cant just sit on your ass, raise prices and hope people will continue to throw you their money, especially when everyone but you has moved on.
Don’t get me wrong btw, I hope cinemas stay a part of the entertainment bizz, but the way they do it right now is simply not it. I also don’t want to have to sign up on your site, fill in all the details, get a subscription, all just to save 5 CHF. Oh and for the more rural cinemas: Go with the god damn times and expand your lineup with some special movies instead of just running the same 4 titles every weekend.
For me personally is the quality of the movies that doesn’t push me to go to the cinema.
In general I like to enjoy an evening with friends at the cinema but I don’t find the latest movies worth watching
Tickets are really expensive 🙁 And much easier to watch at home
I just watch iMax in Pathe and that’s it usually
Movies come out in streaming so fast now, there is no advantage going to the movies anymore. I’m much more comfortable at home.
Everyone keeps saying that there aren’t any good movies anymore. This couldn’t be further from the truth. If you’re used to seeing Hollywood drivel, you just outgrew it. But independent and world cinema is flourishing.
Sirat is a masterpiece.
A Useful Ghost is a stunning freshman effort.
When Evil Lurks is amazingly unsettling.
The latest Sizu is much more fun than it has any right to be.
Even Hollywood pumps out some winners. One Battle After Another. Life of Chuck. Eddington. All interesting films.
River, from the troupe behind Beyond the Infinite Two Minutes ,is very sweet.
No Other Choice, while not Park Chan-wook’s strongest, is still worthy of a watch.
I could go on all day.
It’s what you’re watching, not the state of film.
I love going to the movies. It’s something that you can do spontaneously on a weekend with friends, without having to deal with the crowds of people in most other popular locations. If you compare ticket prices from 20 years ago to what they are now, they are mostly in line with inflation.
As everyone said, it is the price. I am in Madrid rn, and the price of the ticket is between 7 and 8.5 euros in a regular independent cinema. In a Pathe-like cinema, it is 10 euros max. So, yeah, paying twice the price at Pathe is out of order.
Oh no so I am supposed to sponsor lavish lives of movie stars and multi million margins on movie productions. Lol no , gtfo
Oh no. Maybe try paying people a living wage so they can afford cinema ?
I used to go a lot but after COVID I think I’ve been a single time in Swiss cinemas ans maybe a couple times abroad. Movies just tend to be shit and it’s much nicer in peace at home. Prices are just too high for what you get.
I hate how every cinema is self service now. If I’m not supporting any jobs I might as well do that from the comforts of my home.
It’s almost twice the price than 2 years ago (paid like 23 CHF for avatar while I paid 11 CHF 2 years ago, ofc it is not the same options but please, TWICE) and no movie really is good enough to be worth watching for that price.
Discussed this today, it randomly came up. The business model does not work. There aren’t many movies worth watching and my time is more valuable to me. If there is a movie worth seeing, I’d rather watch it on my own schedule, in peace and quiet, at a fraction of the cost.
I have been thinking about this as i have really gotten into film over the last year:
Cinemas appeal in 2026 is no longer the availability of movies before a regular digital (or physical) release. Studios can just release on whatever platform and increase revenues that way. Netflix is the obvious culprit of this but everyone is doing it.
Meanwhile cinemas have not adjusted. The quality of the movie has been adapted for digital release so the cinema which used to be the best way technically to watch a movie isn’t necessarily that anymore (at least the gap has closed).
The other part of cinemas appeal is community. Watching a movie with a group of people in the room is a different experience than alone in your bed. You will be more focussed and you will feel the reaction and emotion of other viewers in real time.
Both quality and community are things people seem to care less and less about add to that a high price and cinemas, as an idea, begin to unravel.
What cinemas could do is double down on both. Quality can often be improved which would require some investment. Especially when there seems to be more movies shot on imax it would be nice to have the opportunity to watch it for a reasonable price in a reasonable location.
Second is double down on community: I see a few arthouse cinemas do this: Invite the director, have someone interview them, have someone from the cinema introduce the film, Special events (horror friday), engage people on social media, polls etc etc.
Its especially shocking on social media where no one even knows whats on right now i see because cinemas don’t engage with their audience. comments that say there isn’t anything good on but just have a look at this years oscar nominees and you’ll see a lot of quality.
Also a bonus: Movies coming out in a staggered release by country may have been smart in 1980 but this needs to go.
It probably also doesn’t help that fewer and fewer people have the capacity to sit down and watch a full movie without interruption (well, you do get one break).
Pay 20 or more to watch a shitty movie after 15 min of ads. Sound sometimes too loud. Not im my house, so no possibility to chill afterwards with my own drinks.
Etc..
Cinema is great, but they have to make it attractive or just close them down. They clearly are no longer serving the demand.
I rather go to ballet or opera 😁
RiffRaff/Houdini really keeps me entertained all year. They even show old movies regularly.
For these prices? I don’t care. There are soooo many movies on my watchlist that I can skip cinema for many years. And then there are the movies I missed in the mean time.
well no surprise here:
– awful selection of movies
– stupidly high prices (thanks to the quasi-Pathe(tic) monopoly, at least in Lausanne)
I haven’t been to the cinema for several years now. It just stopped to be appealing: the tickets are too expensive, there are always annoying people on their phones or talking, it’s often too crammed and hot, and lately there’s hardly any content that’s worth putting up with all of this.
an initiative called „the ones we love“ reignited my love for cinemas, it’s a programm where people can vote on what movie will be shown in a given cinema