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I mean this is why things like MoviePass are starting to come about and will probably gain popularity in the coming years, subscription-based services to go to the movie theater, which is the closest thing to an answer to Netflix that theater chains will have. 30$ a month to go to the theater without paying for a ticket will pay itself back in 2 visits, and if they start to add family/couples packages so you can pay for several people, then that will only make it more useful for people. Cinema isn't going to die, it's going to adapt. The general population is not going to stop seeing movies at the theater, regardless of price or payment method, at least not in the U.S (I can't speak about international cinema). It won't happen. It's ingrained in American culture. People go to the movies. They go on dates, they go as families, they go as friends, it's one of the most popular forms of social interaction in the U.S, and that won't change any time soon.
Maybe you don't like the direction cinema has gone, or how loud and annoying your local theater's patrons are, or how it's not like the good old days when tickets were cheap for a laundry list of reasons why tickets were cheaper, or whatever your gripe is, but let's not kid ourselves, cinema is as alive as it has ever been, because it's still making money (a sh*t ton of it at that) and people still love going to the movies, generally speaking. There are at least 3 or 4 theaters within a 15 minute drive of my house, and all of them by my observations seem to be doing just fine and people love going to them.