Well, my experience is that people start eating when the lights go out but are nearly finished with the popcorn when the ads and trailers end and the movie starts.
replyMost people. There's always that one person near you who eats for most of the movie.
replyAnyways, the point is that with the advent of big home TVs, streaming, I've virtually stopped going to movie theaters. The experience is always subpar every time I go due to eating noise and talking.