Gen Z Ditches Scrolling for 3D Glasses, Pays $30 To Stare at Screens Again
KEY POINTS
- •A December 2025 Cinema United report revealed Gen Z movie attendance increased 25%, rising from 4.9 to 6.1 visits annually per person.
- •The AMC A-List subscription, costing $20 to $30 monthly, offers up to four movies weekly, encouraging young adults' frequent theater visits.
- •Driven by a craving for phone-free social spaces and experiences, Gen Z embraces analog fun despite rising NYC entertainment costs.
According to a December 2025 Cinema United report, Gen Z's movie theater attendance jumped 25%, from 4.9 visits in 2024 to 6.1 in 2025 — apparently proving that staring at a giant screen beats endlessly scrolling TikTok. Fueled by AMC A-List subscriptions costing $20 to $30 monthly for up to four movies a week, these young patrons crave 'phone-free third spaces' and desperately want nostalgia served with butter-soaked popcorn. Our source proudly admitted to seeing 34 films in 2025, including gems like 'Sinners,' 'One Battle After Another,' and the regrettably underwhelming 'Jurassic World Rebirth.' As theaters pump $16B into Dolby sound and overpriced concessions, Gen Z embraces analogue joys just shy of buying a popcorn pass that cuts large popcorn prices in half—a true salt and butter victory for their wallets and souls in NYC's brutal entertainment inflation jungle.
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Gen Z proving they’re terrible drivers of their own lives by fleeing screens to pay $30 monthly fees for mostly guessing which popcorn tastes best in silence.
It’s almost poetic that the generation glued to phones is now fighting over the rare phone-free zones in overpriced cinemas.
Nothing screams ‘urban survival’ like choosing a $30 movie ticket over a meal in NYC, while pretending it’s a lifestyle upgrade.
Source: Businessinsider | Published: 12/25/2025 | Author: Juliana Kaplan
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