As an acoustic engineer who would tune movie theaters, 2/3 of the way back in the center of the room. If it is a Dolby certified theater there will be a chair with a small plaque that is where the measurements are taken and the room is tuned to that seat.

Middle Middle. The “True Neutral” of movie theater seat preferences I suppose.

OP is more like Neutral Evil.

You, sir, are a psychopath. I always sit about halfway up as close to the center as I can get.

Center seat, about a third of the way to the back. This is where we setup to calibrate the surround systems back in the 90s and I’m not aware of any change to this so I still sit there.

havent been to a theater since 2019, but i used to go for center of the rows. My main reason being that the sound is “centered” there, so it isnt behind you like in the front row, or in front of you in the back.

Right behind the crossing lane and the never-used handicapped section so I can put my feet up. It’s six rows from the front. Only downside is every yahoo with a tiny bladder that insists on parking on the far side of the theater from the exit has to parade back and forth constantly in the movie, breaking the emersion.

Bonus: a couple of airplane bottles to add to my coke and some raisinettes from the drug store where they cost 1/5 as much. Just carry them in my bag. No one working in the theater gives a crap if you bring in your own food.

Distance from screen: 1/2 to 3/4 back (2/3 back being ideal)

Horizontal position: as centered as possible

Very back row, dead center.

Unless it’s a huge movie on opening night, I usually have all the leg room my tall ass needs, have a perfect view of the entire screen so I can take the whole movie in, sound is usually the best there, and there’s just something about the back row and having all of that free space for activities. I can use set my bag down, get up and stretch without interfering with other viewers, and something about it is just very soothing for me. It’s like a comfort thing.

Same feeling I get when I go camping and have everything within arms reach in my tent, or in my car on a roadtrip. Something about that feeling just does things for me. Most comfortable feeling in the world lol.

Wherever is easiest to get up and out and go pee because I snuck in beer and I have a small bladder.

The entire theater is designed around the center seat. Anything else is objectively wrong.

Edge seat nearest the door. A lot of the movies I’m willing to spend money to see are over 2hrs and I typically have to piss somewhere in that time. A quick convenient exit lets me get in and out with no fuss. I wish movies still had intermissions.

Bonus: Bit-o-Honey, just stick a few in one of your pockets. The body heat warms it up so it’s not rock hard. No loud wrapper, not particularly messy.

Way in the back, on my couch at home.

I’ve been going to the same theater for the past 15 years, the largest/best equipped one in my city. I always sit about half way back from the screen (row 6 of 13), in the center of the room. Rows 5 and 7 work too, but 5 is slightly too close and 7 too far. My SO still thinks I’m weird for having a favorite row and seat, and I keep trying to explain why it’s important.

Will be seeing Oppenheimer in my favorite seat today!

Very back row and centered. Can’t stand getting my seat kicked (though with the re-designed rows and reclining chairs its not so much a problem anymore). I also just hate hearing people talk behind me. Would rather have a worse view with peace than a great view and hearing chattering in back/front of me.

Always in the back. I get a better view that way. I’ve tried sitting in the front before, but I always had to have my head tilted up. I’ve tried sitting in the middle before and my eyes had to zoom around the screen still to try and catch everything.

So, the back it is for me.