movie ticket prices go up AND we now have to sit through advertisements?!

[impostal22]

i dunno about you but it really pisses me off that i have to pay a good 3 dollars more to go see a movie, and then i have to sit through 10 minutes of commercial advertising. advertisements mean the theatre is getting paid, and increased movie ticket prices mean the theatre is getting paid even more. what's the deal!? if we have to pay so much to go see a movie, why should we have to sit through 10+ minutes of crappy commercials!?

[PyRo]

Crappy commercials? Most are previews for other movies, and I don't mind watching them. What do you pay for a ticket?

[paintbattler]

How much was it to get in?

[impostal22]

pyro- i love previews. but theatres have started putting commercials on before the previews for a good 10 minutes. like coke commercials, cell phone commercials, even PERFUME.

paint- $5.75 for matinee, $8.75 for evenings

[PyRo]

Thats cheap, I pay $9.50-$10.00, lowest I ever paid was about 10 years ago $8.50

[painTech]

go somewhere else.

[Emily]

Going to the movies is turning into a mini vacation.

$10 at the snack bar and $5 and up for a ticket. That times 4 (me and 3 kids) is nuts.

When I was in high school, me and my date would go to dinner and then a movie, at these prices today, i'd be lucky to get a hamburger for dinner.

[breg]

Yeah, movies here at the off base theaters for first runs are 7.75 to 9.75.

[mcveighr]

Do you huys get those god damn commercials about the Pirating? I mean if you're showing a 2 minute commercial about how you shouldn't download movies to an audience that just paid 9 dollars to get into a movie, then you're preaching to the wrong crowd.

[fire1811]

yeah preach to me since i copy every new release on tuesdays :p

[1stdeadeye]

Just remember those commercials are there to help keep the Theatres in business. The movie distributors take 1/2 of the ticket price. Some independent theatres have to do it to survive. Heck anyone remember the old 2nd run theatres that charged $1.00. Even they are $5.00 now!

[PyRo]

Originally posted by fire1811
yeah preach to me since i copy every new release on tuesdays :p

What? I think we need to talk :)

[fire1811]

hit me up
fire1811@mchsi.com

[impostal22]

Originally posted by 1stdeadeye
Just remember those commercials are there to help keep the Theatres in business. The movie distributors take 1/2 of the ticket price. Some independent theatres have to do it to survive. Heck anyone remember the old 2nd run theatres that charged $1.00. Even they are $5.00 now!

i get pretty upset paying 3 bucks more so i can sit through crappy commercials that i could watch on TV for free.

[Kai]

Yeah...

This has been going on for a while now. It is really irritating. Luckily, it is still insanely cheap for me to see a movie. (5 bucks, any time.) I guess I can't really complain.

[impostal22]

Originally posted by Kai
Yeah...

This has been going on for a while now. It is really irritating. Luckily, it is still insanely cheap for me to see a movie. (5 bucks, any time.) I guess I can't really complain.

ya..when i'm at school i get to pay 5 bucks no matter what time too (student discount)...but when i'm back home...BAH! the rates really piss me off, even if i don't have to worry about them while in bing.

[logamus]

Originally posted by 1stdeadeye
Just remember those commercials are there to help keep the Theatres in business. The movie distributors take 1/2 of the ticket price. Some independent theatres have to do it to survive. Heck anyone remember the old 2nd run theatres that charged $1.00. Even they are $5.00 now!
my brother, a former manager for cinemark, told me that for the first 6 weeks a movie is released 90% of the tickets go back to the distributor. after the first 6 weeks the percentage drops to 45%. theaters make almost all of their cash in concessions. he has been in a new job now for about a year so my numbers are a tad dated and they may have only applied to cinemark theaters.

i cant remember the last time i went to a movie, i usually just wait for the dvd to come out.