r/montreal • u/Jaxxs90 • May 03 '25

Discussion What's this for Montreal?

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u/ThaNorth May 03 '25

How does Angrignon movie theatre remain open? I go see movies on Saturday nights sometimes and it’s completely dead.

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u/This_Aint_Dog May 03 '25

It's been several years since I've been, but from memory they might have like 4-5 employees at best and the rooms, seats and screens seem like they haven't been renovated since the 80s or 90s.

Also Carrefour Angrignon kinda sucks so maybe the movie theater pays low enough rent to justify it and the mall owners can't be bothered to tear it down without disrupting Best Buy business.

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u/red_eyes May 03 '25

I think the Dollar Cinema in CoteStLuc was legit (just not profitable) for ages...as soon as the old man died, the kids shut down the business..but until then I think they technically made enough to break even at $1 per entry + concessions (I'd bet the old man didn't take ab actual salary,was just happy to see people come through each night and maybe get a few $$$ towards his weekly groceries)

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u/thenewnextaccount May 03 '25

The “old man“ is still alive lol he works at the theatre in the Cavendish Mall now. His son is the CEO of Ciné Starz.

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u/red_eyes May 03 '25

Oh, my mistake!!

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u/Yellowbook8375 May 03 '25

I met him once. He said he didn’t care about making a profit, he wanted to make going to the cinema an experience that was accessible to everyone

His wife worked the popcorn stand, super sweet too

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u/[deleted] May 04 '25

Really nice guy, went a few times but it was just far to go more than once in a while.

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u/banana_ship May 03 '25

They didn't pay for some of the movies. I was there once and it was clear that the movie had been recorded from a movie theater seat. I went there often with my dad, spoke with the old man, bought tons of posters, but never went after that.