Feb 1st, 2011 Movie Ticket Prices Go Up Again, Will It Affect Your Movie Going Habits? Ticket prices can go up $2.50 to $4.00 per person depending on where you live.
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Hollywood greed will never cease to amaze me. Stars are demanding higher salaries, studios want higher profit margins, and nobody cares about the average movie goers.
When ticket prices skyrocket beyond the hourly minimum wage, it's obvious that most people aren't going to be able to afford to go to the movies.
I can't understand WHY, when the economy is so bad, that studios seem to think that NOW is the time to put out that over priced blockbuster, in 3-D & 2-D and expect the film going public to pay for their excesses!!
Now theaters are hiking the prices to pay for more 3-D screens (even now that they're thinking too much 3-D is a bad thing again) and we're going to be suckered into paying for glasses EVERYTIME, as well as the higher ticket prices for regular movies to help pay for the special screeens and other upgrades for the 3-D films we probably won't be able to afford to see.
I'm pretty sure now that theaters are on their last legs. They can't take another price increase and frankly neither can the general public at this juncture. I think most people, like myself, will give up being a film/theater buff once and for all and be happy with the 42 inch version of the film at home with surround sound and our microwave popcorn.
The last time we took the family (four of us), it was $50 for the tickets and another $30 for refreshments. With the price increase, it will make less people going to the theaters, and so the refreshments will go up again, too.
So, what once was an $80 night out will fast become a $100 night out and WHO can afford that?
When ticket prices skyrocket beyond the hourly minimum wage, it's obvious that most people aren't going to be able to afford to go to the movies.
I can't understand WHY, when the economy is so bad, that studios seem to think that NOW is the time to put out that over priced blockbuster, in 3-D & 2-D and expect the film going public to pay for their excesses!!
Now theaters are hiking the prices to pay for more 3-D screens (even now that they're thinking too much 3-D is a bad thing again) and we're going to be suckered into paying for glasses EVERYTIME, as well as the higher ticket prices for regular movies to help pay for the special screeens and other upgrades for the 3-D films we probably won't be able to afford to see.
I'm pretty sure now that theaters are on their last legs. They can't take another price increase and frankly neither can the general public at this juncture. I think most people, like myself, will give up being a film/theater buff once and for all and be happy with the 42 inch version of the film at home with surround sound and our microwave popcorn.
The last time we took the family (four of us), it was $50 for the tickets and another $30 for refreshments. With the price increase, it will make less people going to the theaters, and so the refreshments will go up again, too.
So, what once was an $80 night out will fast become a $100 night out and WHO can afford that?
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Top Opinion
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Dandydon 2011/02/09 23:03:58
My living room is far far superior.
It was suggested that we sit farther back in the theater during a 3-D film, so when a friend asked me to go to one, their treat, I went....Farther back doesn't give you the headache, but, now they're talking about 3-D viewing is not good for the eyes/brain. We'll see. But, I REFUSE to pay the price so it doesn't matter to me and we'll never be investing in a 3-D TV either! What a waste.
I enjoyed Avatar, we'll see what happens...but, NOT on the big screen!
If I don't wanna wait for Netflix (there was a 3 week wait to see Burlesque!) we will do Red Box.
It's worth it for the times when there's a wait time for Netflix.
My only complaint with Net Flix is they only mail you out one movie at a time. I don't care for the streaming movies...they never seem to work right, all the way through and that is frustrating. So, it's DVD's, cheap theaters, or NOTHING!
But I agree. Two dollar theaters are the way to go.
They're a lot more affordable, and the Byrd has this guy come out and play a bunch of songs on an eighteenth century piano. It's really cool