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Eh, the problem is that seeing a movie in a theater has become an expensive proposition. It's a luxury now, not something you can make a hobby or (for many people) even a monthly family outing.
Since the only way to make it work as a business is to either fuck over every employee even worse, or jack prices even higher, it's a damn difficult thing to run.
We could subsidize theaters as integral to the art of film, but that's just enriching some corporate assholes; it won't go to the people doing the work, and it sure as fuck won't result in lower prices to put more butts in seats.
I would just say good riddance, but some movies are just better in a group with a giant screen and the audio at scale. It's an experience that's wholly different from home theater, no matter how good your setup is.
A 45 day window isn't going to fix anything.
Part of the issue is that studios have been actively trying to screw over the theaters, for the same reason. Everyone feels entitled to all of the profits, and does everything in their power to hoard it from everyone else.
Last I checked, the studio basically gets 100% of the ticket price. This can happen directly, or indirectly (theater buys the film for a set price, based on expected sales). This typically means the entire theater operations have to survive on concession sales alone.
That's the cost of rent, marketing, administration, cleaning, maintenance, and more. All of this from your $10 popcorn and $8 coke, for 2 hours. That means a lot of corners have to be cut, making it harder to justify the cost of going in the first place.
It also means that Disney is happy to sell you the same movie on streaming, but only if they can get the same $15 apiece.
Only thing that allowed me to go multiple times a month was a subscription that allowed me to see any film for £15 a month. But my local got bullied out by their landlord. Gunna have to wait for it to be replaced towards the end of the year. Thankfully they have a subscription too but it'll have gone up to £19