AMC Southpoint 17
Phone: (919) 313-6627
Located conveniently at The Streets at Southpoint, AMC Southpoint 17 Movie Theater is a great place to see a movie on the big screen with your kids. Wrap up a day of shopping with a film, or catch the latest flick your kids have been talking about before eating dinner at one of Southpoint’s awesome restaurants.
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The entrance is on the inside of the building, which was touch to find. Inside the theatre, they were understaffed and cooked snacks took a long time. Not worth it to be potentially late to the movie. Once inside the theatre itself, it was nice to see the rows labeled on the floor so we knew where to go. Pretty standard reclining seats, but they were comfortable and it wasn't freezing. I'd go back but would make better meal decisions next time.
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I recently moved to the Triangle area for the first time and have an AMC A-List membership so I tried to visit all the AMCs here and see how they are. Overall, I enjoy this theatre! It's not without its issues, and I would like to see AMC fix them, but by and large, I can recommend this theatre to everyone, and it's my favorite one in the Triangle.
Starting off with the cons:
-This is not exclusive to this AMC, so far no Triangle AMC has laser projection in standard auditoriums, but laser is becoming more common in many parts of the U.S. so it would be great for these theatres to get them too! I think this will change soon as AMC is planning on installing laser in all locations in the U.S. but just wanted to highlight this for any other new residents to the Triangle.
-This is not the theatre's fault, but it is good to be aware going in that a lot of the audiences at this location tend to use their phone during the film. I know this is a problem to a certain extent, and I saw this at other movie theatres in other places I lived in too unfortunately, but this especially seems to be an issue here.
The pros:
+The Dolby Cinema is exquisite. The screen is large, the sound system works well and is fantastic, and the projection quality is impeccable. They have taken really good care of the projection system. It's a 1.85:1 Dolby Cinema, so it's especially a good choice if you're watching something presented in that aspect ratio.
+While the IMAX may not be a GT IMAX, it does have laser projection, and it's on the larger side for a non-GT IMAX. Overall, I think it's a really good IMAX. If you want a GT IMAX-sized screen, you will need to go to the Marbles IMAX, but that one does not have laser projection nor film, so I would recommend people go here instead (unless Marbles gets 70mm IMAX and/or dual laser projection).
+The employees and staff here are so friendly! I've had a lot of great conversations with the staff, and they are very welcoming.
+The recliners in the Dolby and standard auditoriums are well maintained, comfortable, and work very well! At recliners at other parts of the U.S. I've been to, they can sometimes run into issues being broken frequently, but this location has done a great job making sure they're all working. -
Why is it always so warm in the theatres? Why are there portable a/c units in the lobby? Is the company too cheap to make improvements or are they getting close to a renovation? I really hope it’s the latter?
Maybe they are lazy because they’re one of the few “shows” in town.
I don’t know - but, these items have been issues for way too long.
Theatre this evening for Disclosure Day was at least 75 degrees or warmer. Literally sweating along with our family we brought with us.
And, the digital IMAX promo/intro where it does the countdown is crystal clear - very impressive. The movie itself’s quality - not so much, always blurry.
Stop trying to convince us theatres aren’t making money!!!
Not claiming to know anything about running a theatre, but do know how p&l and margin work: There were at least 400 people there tonight for 4:00 movies (conservative). Have to imagine there were more for the 7:00, maybe 600 - that’s a 1000 for 2 showings. Multiply that by 2 (Fri and Sat) and cut to 1/3 for other nights - all conservative (not even considering daytime or late night shows, and special events. That’s 182,000 people a year: ticket and another $15 avg for goodies. That’s $5,460,000 gross revenue. Expenses = I admit not knowing what an employee makes, but i’ll assume most are hourly at $20/hr for 20 hours a week + 5 managers at $70,000 that’s $2,430,000. Let’s not even worry about cost of popcorn, soda, and candy (highest margin items ever!!!). There’s movie equipment, licensing, marketing, infrastructure, technology, etc - maybe $20,000 / week = $1,040,000. Difference = +~$2,000,000.
Please announce an upcoming renovation or make some improvements. Movies are on the upswing, people want good entertainment, and comfortable theatres are not prevalent in the triangle area. Help us AMC - help us be raving fans. Help us want to come to the movies. Help us want to give you our money!
REINVEST!
BTW, CEO made $15m last year. -
The staff was very friendly and helpful during our visit here, but the actual facilities were lacking. In the women's bathroom, a few stalls wouldn't lock, and most of them were pretty gross (toilets not flushed, clearly not clean, etc). There ended up being only one or two stalls that were usable. The trays they had attached to each of the theater seats looked gross and unclean as well, and since they can't be removed from the seat we just had to avoid them altogether. We watched a Dolby Cinema movie, which was pretty much the same as a regular movie theater in my opinion.
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Pre-ordered Project Hail Mary tickets for IMAX showing last night. The theater had the heater blasting so high you could barely breathe and the volume in the theater was so loud we had to cover our ears. On top of these issues, the popcorn was stale and employees seemed not to care when I told them of my concerns. Complete waste of $80.
We will not go back.
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