Run screenings, ticket sales, concessions and film bookings from one record.
A cinema earns from tickets, concessions and screen advertising, and these rarely share a record. Movie theatre software holds the screen schedule, seat sales, concession stock, film bookings and distributor settlements together. Box office, kiosk and online sales feed one count for each show. Managers read attendance, takings and stock without adding sheets by hand.
A cinema sells the same seat many times a week, and each showing has its own count, its own price band and its own film terms. Tickets sell at the box office, at a kiosk and online. Concession sales run on separate tills.
Movie theatre software joins these into one record per showing. Screens, shows, seats, tickets, snack stock and film rental settlements are linked, so the manager sees the day as a single account. Nothing is rebuilt from till rolls at night.
The programme is set a week ahead. Each film is booked from a distributor on agreed terms, either a share of the box office or a flat rental, with a minimum run of days. Screens are scheduled with cleaning gaps and advert reels between shows. Seats are often held for private hire or a press show.
On the day, the box office, kiosks and website sell against one seat map, with adult, child and concession price bands. The snack counter keeps its own stock of popcorn, drinks and packaging. At close, the manager reconciles tickets sold against admissions scanned and prepares the distributor return. Projectors and sound systems are serviced on a cycle.
What goes wrong for movie theatres without a proper system.
What we would build for movie theatres.
Named the way your team already talks about the work. We start with whichever part the audit shows is costing you most.
A requirements checklist for movie theatres.
What to cover, which reports to ask for and what to put to every vendor, ready to print or save as a PDF.
A product already built for movie theatres.
It is adapted to how your business works before it goes live, and anything your trade needs that it lacks is added then.
Movie Theatre Management Software
Show schedules, seat maps, ticketing, concession stock, film bookings, distributor settlements, private hire and staff shifts for cinemas and movie theatres.
The business modules movie theatres use most.
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The audit, by call
A screen-share and a look at the sheets, Tally reports and WhatsApp groups your team uses. No travel needed.
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A written proposal
Scope, what we build first and the cost, agreed in writing before anything starts.
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Build in short rounds
Working screens shared every few weeks. Your team tests them from your own office.
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Go-live, in person when it helps
For data migration and training we can come to your city. Travel is agreed in advance.
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Support online
Fixes, changes and hosting handled remotely by the same team that built it.
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Can the box office, kiosks and website sell against the same seat map?
Yes. All three use one seat map for each show. A seat sold at one point is gone from the others at once, so a double sale does not happen.
Can it prepare the return that a film distributor asks for?
Yes. Net takings for each show, the days run and the agreed share are drawn from the ticket record. The layout each distributor requires is confirmed during implementation.
Does a single-screen cinema need it?
Not always. One screen with a weekly programme can run on a ticket book and a simple sheet. Several screens, a kiosk and a busy snack counter make a different job.
Can the snack counter run on it as well?
Yes. The counter sells from its own stock list, and combos draw down the items they contain. Reorder levels are set item by item.
What happens in the free technology audit?
We look at the software, spreadsheets and WhatsApp groups your business runs on today and write down what works, what slows your team down and what is missing. A demo login, a screen-share or a few screenshots are enough to start. You get a report ordered by priority, and there is no obligation to hire us afterwards.
How much will the software cost?
We don’t publish a price, because it depends on what the system has to do. The audit settles the scope, and the cost goes into a written proposal before any work starts.
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