That depends. There have been times when I missed some jokes in movies because the audience was laughing too hard at the previous lines. One example I can think of was National Lampoon's Animal House. I saw that three times at the cinema in order to hear all the ubiquitous humor.
On the other...
The early matinees are also cheaper.
I think the qualitative increase in home video options contributes to that. Unless it's a big tentpole release, I'm inclined to wait until it's on disc or streaming.
Back in the day, when I was a kid, dinner would tend to be around 5:30 or so, after my father got home from work, and before the evening news. As an adult, when I lived alone, I ate whenever I'd a mind to, and didn't have a regular meal schedule. Part of it was that for most of my "professional"...