Showtime Scout
An app that pairs today’s trending films with the cheapest nearby showtimes across every chain, including matinee and discount-day pricing.
Bargain-hunting moviegoers and parents planning a weekend outing around showtime prices
- Multi-chain price comparison in one tap, including AMC, Regal, Cinemark and indie theaters
- Discount-day filter (Cheap Tuesdays, early-bird, loyalty pricing)
- Group planner that picks a showtime that works for everyone’s calendars
- Wait-for-streaming swap: alerts you when a film hits your streaming services
A trending Nolan release drives heavy ticket-intent traffic; price-comparison across chains is the friction point between hype and purchase.
Online movie ticketing market is large ($12.25B in 2024, 8.7% CAGR to 2033) and Fandango alone serves 30M monthly moviegoers, but the specific cross-chain price-comparison use case isn't a measured stand-alone demand segment and triggers are cyclical around tentpole releases.Online Movie Ticketing Platform Market Size, Trends, Competitive Growth ↗Fandango Affiliate Program ↗
Fandango already aggregates showtimes across AMC, Regal, Cinemark, Marcus, Harkins and most independents; Atom Tickets, IMDb, CinemaClock, and MovieTickets.com cover adjacent ground. A 'cheapest nearby showtime' filter across chains is not a dedicated incumbent, but Fandango could ship it trivially from existing data.Fandango - Buy Movie Tickets - Apps on Google Play ↗Best Apps for Tracking Theater Deals and Showtimes ↗
Standard affiliate/commission model exists (Fandango affiliate program, $1–2 per ticket typical), but the target users are explicitly bargain hunters and parents optimizing for the lowest price, making premium subscriptions unrealistic and unit economics thin against Fandango's network.Fandango Affiliate Program Commissions & Payments - UpPromote ↗Fandango Partner Program 2026 - Partner.io Directory ↗
Spikes with major releases; demand drops between blockbusters
Fandango/Fabric Origin APIs and chain RSS feeds make a basic showtime + price aggregator technically straightforward for an MVP, but licensing deeper pricing/matinee data, building a critical mass of locations, and competing against Fandango's install base are the real bottlenecks.Fandango API Docs | Origin Nexus ↗CinemaClock | Movie Times Near Me ↗