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Stagflation Is Reshaping the Movie Theater Industry
Movie theaters are quietly becoming a bellwether for stagflation. With inflation running at its lowest in years but growth slowing to 1.5 percent, box office attendance is caught between sticky ticket prices and squeezed discretionary spending. Lucas and Luna dig into the numbers: average ticket prices up nearly 6 percent year-over-year, popcorn margins defying gravity, and the rise of 'premium large format' screens as a hedge. They compare today's audience behavior to the 1970s, when going to the movies was a cheap escape from a miserable economy. The episode asks whether…
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