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.

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

Horizontal position: as centered as possible

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.

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.

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.

I prefer to sit on the chair.

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.

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.

Regular theater: in the center, about 1/3 back from the screen.

IMAX: in the center, very back row against the wall.

Way at the back, for 2 reasons. First, it’s easier on my neck. Looking up when sitting in a lower section is hell for me. Second, I really dislike people sitting behind me.

Usually about halfway between the back and the front.

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

All the way to the back since i had had bad experiences with people kicking my seat in the back even after you ask them multiple times to stop. In more than 2 movies btw. So i rather avoid it and go all the way to the back. Its kindda annoying since every time some ashole takes their digiclock or phone out i get my face blasted with their brightness. But it has been becoming better as time passes, since when cinemas where reopened just after the pandemic, people where real jerks by talking loudly, having their phones out constantly be it for recording parts and posting them or whatever else, having their hellspawn (children) playing with their phone/tablet all movie long with the sound on, and some asholes even goin as far as taking selfies of their own fugly faces with multiflash on. But as i said its been getting better ever since, theres still some asholes but way less now.

More or less in the middle.