$10 for a movie ticket!

[Doggiedog]

They are supposed to raise ticket prices here in NYC to $10!

For that much, I'd rather spend $5-$10 more and wait for the DVD.

 

[Boonesmi]

thats why i go to the afternoon show's

 

[bigrash]

i'm from ny too, and it sucks that they're raising that high!!!!
i love going to movies but for ten dollars now, i think it's crazy. that's way too much.
and i usualy like to catch late movies so it's not like i can get a matinee price.

it sucks

 

[bigbootydaddy]

hmm wonder if its to reduce overcrowding...

which would make no sense.

 

[Mister T]

capitalism my wall street friend

 

[pidge]

I am scared to ask what the going price for popcorn is in that area. I thought it was pretty bad here at $8.50. That's why I generally wait for a movie to come out on DVD if it's just an o.k. movie.

 

[Doggiedog]

That's easy for you to say T. You guys in Boston are so spoiled. How much is the T nowadays anyway? When I went to school there it was $0.50.

Figures that with all these movie theatres going out of business they think they are saving themselves by raising prices when they should really be lowering prices to fill up the seats.

 

[SpongeBob]

There's a place right by my work that if you go to the first show(usually around 11:15A.M.) it's only $0.50!!!!

 

[vi edit]

That's why I don't go to movies

For the price of what it would cost for 4 of us to go to the movies, get stale popcorn andflat pop, I can rent a new DVD release, order 2 pizzas, and pick up a case of beer.

We then can sit in comfort, dont' have to worry about some prick sitting right in front of us, and pause it when someone has to hit the can.

DOWN WITH THEATRES!!!

 

[piku]

I don't get it. Did every theater get together in NYC and decide to all raise the price at once, or is the price regulated, or what?

 

[Doggiedog]

vi_edit, that's why I've been spending money upgrading my home theatre. Nothing beats my new 36" FD XBR400 Wega!

Now if I can only get Crouching Tiger on DVD I'd be happy.

 

[konichiwa]

DoggieDog

getvcds.com

 

[GoldenTiger]

/me is lucky.

I pay $5 for a matinee showing before 6 PM in Connecticut .

 

[SpongeBob]

It's only $5 all the time for students at the huge AMC by my house

 

[Doggiedog]

Hmm...is this a real DVD or is it some camcorder movie?

I'm kind of hesitant to give someone in HK my CC #. I've heard horror stories about CC # frauds.

 

[GoldenTiger]

Heh, I'd just sneak soda and candy into the theatre rather than pay $5.50 for a small soda (buy 4 of them), $6.75 for a large popcorn (I'd have to buy 2 of them), and $2.50 each for 4-5 candy packs that are minute. I don't go to the theatre often, but when I do, I just take a can of soda ($0.25), and a small pack of crunchy M&M's ($0.50), then buy a ticket, and wooosh! Total cost: $5.75... not too bad .

 

[wyvrn]

I take my own snacks in usually and go to the local $1 theater, which is new, has dolby surround and even thx, 16 different slightly old movies, and nice comfortable seats. I can see 7 movies for the price of one movie ticket anywhere else, and the theater is just as nice. Never will go to an expensive theatre again!

Besides, waiting for the movie to show up there (usually a two month wait) prevents me from seeing a crappy movie (friends and reviews).

 

[Bignate603]

There's a cinema near me that runs second run movies for $3. Yeah, you wait for a while and it's not brand new but it's still months before it hits video. The theatre is nice and it isn't crowded at all.

 

[syzygy]

only loews raised their ticket prices to 10.00, starting this friday.
amc will not follow, but they have only one megaplex in the city.
the remaining competition are likely to follow loew's example soon.
ticket prices were raised because of oversupply - too many theatres
concentrated in one tight island. their rents must be exhorbitant,
and they only generate real revenue off of their concession sales.

theatres must fork over to the studios 80% of the first week's
box office take on all newly released films. that percentage goes
down with each subsequent week but doesn't break 50% until about
the fifth or sixth week, when the film may have died and box office
receipts sputtered to nothing.

so they turn to us poor slobs to bridge their budget gaps. the worse
part is the public backlash. the higher the ticket price, the more
discriminating the consumer becomes. that translates to smaller box
office returns, which in turn will cause ticket prices to be raised
again. poorly performing theatres will need to be closed to prop the
lucky few if we are going to see any long term stability in ticket
prices, especially here in manhattan.

 

[Mister T]

Dog,

The Subway is 1.00 and the Bus is .75
They just raised them a few months ago from .85/.60

36" XBR400 - Nice... Did you get a nice deal on it?
I am dying to get one as soon as I set up my new crib this
summer.

 

[Pyxis]

Damn $10 for a movie ticket. There's an AMC by my house that sells tickets for $5 to students.

 

[eakers]

here at silver city its a whooping $13!!!!!
cheap night is 7.00
AMC is like $9

thats why i if i go to a normal theatre i go to ICU cambridge center for midnight shows 5.50

i actually prefer independent cinemas/films
but thats just me

*kat. <-- likes the princess and book shelf cinemas

 

[kduncan5]

Our Cinemark Movies 8 sells tickets for $1.00 everyday before 6:00 and $1.50 after 6:00.Tuesday all day $1.00.You do have to wait a little while for all the good movies to get there but it is definately worth the wait and their theaters are great!

 

[kami]

eakers, The Princess is awesome... i saw Requiem for a Dream there. I see all my movies at a local theatre downtown.. regular price is $6.50, matinees and tuesdays are $4.25. that's Canadian $$ too. This theater used to be $4 regular/$2 tuesday! but they jacked up the price. They are DTS equipped now too.

Silver City is $13 now?? JESUS! Last time I was there it was $9.50

 

[eakers]

i saw requiem at the bookshelf in waterloo.
did you happen to catch way down town? *giggles* i love canadian films.

*kat. <-- loves canadian films