1 Larg popcarn + 2 large drinks = $20?!

[JEDI]

my free movie tix comes w/popcorn + drink.

haven't been to a movie theater concession stand in years.
while standing in line, saw the prices.
holy WTF?!

large sida is $6?!
which makes the popcorn $8!

and of course the 'value meal' price is no discount to buying them separate.

Spoiler

FU spelling Nazis!

and Merry Xmas

 

[Raizinman]

If you don't like the prices don't buy it.

or

Do like everyone else does, and sneak a can or bottle of soda and snacks in.

 

[Ruptga]

 

[balloonshark]

You do realize they are only making $19 profit on that sale right? Why do you hate free market economies?

 

[Sonikku]

Just put a small bottle of soda and/or candy in your purse. I'll save my small soda bottles and refill them with part of a 2 litter that I buy for a buck on sale and keep in the fridge. If you want to see 3D but hate the 3D price, Keep the pair of 3D glasses you get from your first 3D feature then on subsequent visits buy a ticket for the 2D version of the movie and after you're past the ticket taker walk into the room running the 3D version. If you're really burned on the cinema prices, see your feature around lunch time on Tuesdays. Don't even bother to buy a ticket, simply walk into the movie of your choice.

 

[DisturbedRamm]

That's how they make the big bucks, rape u on food and beverage

 

[OverVolt]

Popcarn!?

Pupcurn!?

 

[JEDI]

see your feature around lunch time on Tuesdays. Don't even bother to buy a ticket, simply walk into the movie of your choice.

Tues? huh?

 

[Rakehellion]

Stay home and watch it on Netflix, you broke motherfucker.

 

[Rakehellion]

Do like everyone else does, and sneak a can or bottle of soda and snacks in.

And sneak into the movie while you're at it. Or better yet, kidnap all the actors and make them perform a private show in your living room. On top of all that, you can download a car too.

 

[Aikouka]

I get around it by just not buying drinks or things to eat at the movies. I used to be all about that stuff, but then it dawned on me...

1) If you drink during a movie, you may have to get up and go to the bathroom. So, you just paid for something that's making you miss part of the thing that you're actually there to see, which you also paid for.

2) I found that if I was engrossed enough in a movie, I didn't eat the stuff that I had. I almost had to force myself to eat it rather than watch the movie. So, in other words, if the movie is good, I don't really need a snack.

Of course, none of this really applies to home, because I can simply pause the movie.

 

[Capt Caveman]

Tues? huh?

Not only cheap but stupid

 

[Ichinisan]

Wait. Movie theaters charge a lot of money for snacks and drinks? Since when?!

 

[Imp]

Gotta make money somehow... Seriously, they apparently don't make that much off the tickets.

 

[Red Squirrel]

Theatres don't really make much, if any money off the movies, so they need to charge those ridiculous prices.

 

[Charmonium]

Gotta make money somehow... Seriously, they apparently don't make that much off the tickets.

Theatres don't really make much, if any money off the movies, so they need to charge those ridiculous prices.

I had heard that too but didn't really believe it. It seems that there is a sliding scale for how much of the ticket price the theater keeps and it goes up the longer they play the movie. So opening week they might only get 10% but by the 4th or 5th week that could be up to 80% - except no one is watching anymore at that point.

Also, the theater I mainly go to doesn't put much effort into their concessions. They have about 6 cash register to serve people and it's rare that more than 2 are open, even when there are huge lines. Plus they have 2 satellite concession stands that I've NEVER seen open.

I think the real money is with dine-in theaters, esp. if they serve alcohol. I have one like this near me and I love it. Sure, I'll drop about $30 bucks but I'll have a decent buzz by the middle of the movie and then still be straight enough to drive safely by the time it's over. It's reserved seating which I like too and the seats are amazing. Big leather seats that just sort of swallow you up - and they recline. :awe:

Here are a couple of good articles I found that support most of what I've said. The second one is pretty old but probably still applies.

http://www.businessinsider.com/movie-concessions-drive-amc-earnings-2015-2

http://themovieblog.com/2007/econom...e-the-money-goes-and-why-it-costs-us-so-much/

 

[LegendKiller]

I had heard that too but didn't really believe it. It seems that there is a sliding scale for how much of the ticket price the theater keeps and it goes up the longer they play the movie. So opening week they might only get 10% but by the 4th or 5th week that could be up to 80% - except no one is watching anymore at that point.

Also, the theater I mainly go to doesn't put much effort into their concessions. They have about 6 cash register to serve people and it's rare that more than 2 are open, even when there are huge lines. Plus they have 2 satellite concession stands that I've NEVER seen open.

I think the real money is with dine-in theaters, esp. if they serve alcohol. I have one like this near me and I love it. Sure, I'll drop about $30 bucks but I'll have a decent buzz by the middle of the movie and then still be straight enough to drive safely by the time it's over. It's reserved seating which I like too and the seats are amazing. Big leather seats that just sort of swallow you up - and they recline. :awe:

Here are a couple of good articles I found that support most of what I've said. The second one is pretty old but probably still applies.

http://www.businessinsider.com/movie-concessions-drive-amc-earnings-2015-2

http://themovieblog.com/2007/econom...e-the-money-goes-and-why-it-costs-us-so-much/

You only need to look as far as a chain like Carmike. They aren't making a shit-ton of money.

 

[Imp]

I had heard that too but didn't really believe it. It seems that there is a sliding scale for how much of the ticket price the theater keeps and it goes up the longer they play the movie. So opening week they might only get 10% but by the 4th or 5th week that could be up to 80% - except no one is watching anymore at that point.

Also, the theater I mainly go to doesn't put much effort into their concessions. They have about 6 cash register to serve people and it's rare that more than 2 are open, even when there are huge lines. Plus they have 2 satellite concession stands that I've NEVER seen open.

I'm guessing the sliding scale is to compensate for the drop. Theatres might start asking why the hell they're showing a 5 week old movie if all they get are concession sales.

Cash... regi....ster?

I stopped going to movies in 2010 and only used the automatic/self-serve kiosks. Seeing a line at the AMC was shocking when there were like 10 barely used self-serve machines to the left and right.

P.S. Theatres hate me. I only ever got the free popcorns. And 90% of the shows I went to were matinées with 5 other people in the theatre.

 

[OutHouse]

That's how they make the big bucks, rape u on food and beverage

no thats how the movie house keeps the lights on and its employees paid.

 

[who?]

Some theaters are trying an app that lets you preorder the refreshments so you don't have to wait for them to fill your order.

 

[sportage]

Get the nacho's. Better choice.

 

[Schmide]

Just get a blue icie so your poop turns blue.

 

[Imdmn04]

They don't make anything on the movie tickets. The only way for a theater to be profitable is to have high margin concession sales.

In mature businesses, you don't price your product based on cost, you price it on people's willingness to pay.

 

[Carson Dyle]

I'm not quite sure how I manage to do it... It's just about the most difficult thing I've ever done in my life, but I actually manage to go anywhere from 90 minutes to as much a three hours without eating or drinking anything while enjoying a movie.

I know. Nobody believes me. But it's true.

 

[tortillasoup]

I'd eat in the theatre if they didn't charge so much. It's like they raised prices because not enough people are eating in the theatre anymore.