Box Office Mayhem: Theatre Tycoon

Box Office Mayhem is a deep and intricate business management game that dives into the world of movies, live stage performances, and musicals where you simulate running your own movie theatre or studio. Navigate through signing movie deals, managing day to day operations, and struggle as movie goers have unpredictable behavior. Play solo against AI competitors or take it online against friends!

Ever dreamt of running your own movie theatre? Here is what it entails:

• Hire, fire, and manage your employees. Maybe even give a raise to your seasoned employees... just kidding!

• Select which movies to screen and when with the goal of maximizing the amount of butts in seats.

• Adjust your ticket pricing to remain competitive while turning a profit.

• Sell popcorn at $10 a bucket and a bottle of water at $6 because movie goers love that, obviously.

Meticulous control over auditorium details are at your finger tips:

• Start small and scale up to massive auditoriums that seat hundreds of attendees

• Do you want to screen 2D, 3D, or 4D movies, maybe even all of them? The choice is yours.

• Screen movies in the highly sought after and hyped "APEX" projection.

We know you wish you could just illegally screen the movies, but no:

• Negotiate for rights to screen the new blockbuster superhero movie! It's only the 15th one of the year.

• Rise above your competitors by snagging an exclusivity deal giving only your theatre rights to screen a movie.

• Be careful of the big movie franchises with superstar directors as they want the majority of royalties on ticket sales.

Think this game isn't deep enough? Think again, we have mini story arcs... just like the movies: 

• Over 15 AI competitors with backstories, unique personalities, and traits are ready to outclass you.

• Each AI competitor has a branching storyline along with special events to keep things engaging and fresh.

• Not a fan of competition? Befriend the local competitors and cultivate a sense of community.

After getting crushed by AI competitors, you can chicken out and challenge your friends instead:

• Featuring online multiplayer for 2-4 players. View each other's stats in real time so you can trash talk.

• In-depth multiplayer simulation. All players are competing for the same market so sales affect other players.

• Trade with other players, and when they reject your outlandish offer... resort to sabotaging their operations. 

Why negotiate with movie studios when you can simply become the movie studio:

• Produce your own movies, choosing the genre, budget, cast, and how many unnecessary explosions to include.

• Hire writers, directors, actors, and crew, then keep production moving despite their many “creative differences.”

• Release films exclusively in your theatres, chase prestigious awards, and greenlight the sequel before the credits finish rolling.

Tired of watching actors on a screen? Put them on a stage where the mistakes happen live:

• Transform your auditoriums into venues for plays, concerts, comedy shows, and gloriously overdramatic musicals.

• Book performers, organize rehearsals, and schedule events around your movies without causing complete backstage chaos.

• Upgrade your lighting, sound, sets, and stage effects because apparently a spotlight and raw talent are no longer enough.

Why settle for dominating one neighborhood when there are entire cities left to annoy:

• Open new theatre locations in different markets, each with unique audiences, operating costs, and competitors.

• Tailor your movie lineup, pricing, and amenities to local tastes instead of assuming everyone loves superhero sequel number 47 (but they do so this is futile.)

• Grow your brand into a cinema empire, outmaneuver rival chains, and repeatedly insist that it is absolutely not a monopoly.