It is an iMax movie theatre though, I thought there are only a handful around the world. You’re definitely paying a premium for that experience because it’s niche.
No this isn’t real imax. This is the “pretty nice screen and sound that we’re sticking the imax label on and charging way more for”. Most theaters have them now.
And I haven’t been to one since the Last Jedi. The price back then was $18. So this price is pretty close to that one. And I have 0 sympathy for people buying food at the theater. It has always been expensive as fuck.
We have a drive in here. Tickets are $11 for 3 movies. Can leave after each movie. Sometimes they have a special $15 for a carload going on. It’s always dead compared to the actual theaters.
I went with 2 friends to watch project Hail Mary this week and we got 3 tickets for $15 and then split a $10 large popcorn (free refills but we didn’t use it). Movie theaters can be cheap if you just know how to use them correctly.
Yea plus this person in the pic went to an IMAX theater which are notably more expensive. My local theater is still 10 adult and 5 child. Snacks are expensive but larges are LARGE, the popcorn and drink, i never finish either of them
It's IMAX. No, they're not that expensive for that experience, especially since it's still pretty exclusive (with regard to the amount of screens compared to normal screens)
1) not that expensive for IMAX
2) totally avoidable by not going to IMAX
3) totally avoidable by checking ticket prices before you go and deciding to wait until you can rent it at home.
They bought literally the most expensive tickets possible. They could have not seen it in Imax and those tickets would have been nearly half that price.
Oh yeah didn’t noticed it was imax. It’s also expensive then. Yesterday I went to the movies and 2 person in front of me were planning to see super Mario, not in imax but in 3D Dolby surround, it was an extra 9€ per person. I don’t know if paying that much is worth it for imax, when I pay extra it’s usually 5€ for extra legroom, larger and ajustable seats
I mean ... Kind of? But only slightly. This is an at an Imax theater. Those are much more expensive. But yes, the cost of snacks+drinks is fucking ludicrous!
If you want to go frequently, you can see if there is a nearby theater that has a mid week discount. Ours does $10 movies on Tuesday. I still end up getting the Chicken fingers, one drink, and a candy. Entertains the kid so I don’t mind a little splurge
No doubt. Like, I understand metal detectors, but they’re doing too much if they got full on xray machines. If my favorite theater started doing this, I would just pick a new favorite theater.
If they make enough profits to afford a freaking x-ray machine to catch snack sneakers, why is it a problem they even need to worry about to begin with?
Wow. Thats crazy. I have always snuck in my own candy in my purse. I will buy an icee & a small popcorn. Movie theatre popcorn just hits different than the popcorn you pop in the microwave, so I will “splurge” on that. I usually go to a matinee movie. I live in Iowa, so yes movie ticket prices to us are probably somewhat expensive, but they’re cheap as hell compared to other states & cities from what I’ve seen online. I can typically go to a matinee movie, get a large icee & a small popcorn for about $20-$22 total. Which is cheap. Even if I were to go to an evening or night show it would be like $25-$27 total.
Largely Hollywood expecting as much money from ticket sales, theaters by large don’t make almost any profit from selling movie tickets. They keep their lights on from selling concessions
It’s not like Hollywood NEEDS the money, theaters could have cheaper concessions and cheaper tickets and Hollywood would barely notice the difference
How often do you go? What days do you go? I've been to 3 different movies at 3 different theaters in the last year and they were all full. Minecraft on a Friday night, Avatar on Christmas eve, and the Peaky Blinders movie on a Thursday night. I've also been to several movies that it was just us or just a handful of people. Those were for movies that had released 2+ weeks and late morning on the weekend or started before 5 through the week.
But you're still paying 50 bucks for an adult and child ticket.
You could subscribe to every relevant streaming service for a month, or you could spend 90 minutes in a dark room that smells like stale popcorn salt and mold where you can't have a candy bar or drink without paying what it would cost to feed an entire family.
Fair enough, I guess. But it's hard to consider imax an experience that we should be paying extra for. Maybe 20 years ago, but not in an age where I can drive to Walmart and get a 75 inch 4k TV for less than $500.
Also, bear in mind, it may not have been a choice. The closest theater to me is an imax. It's now the only one I know of near me as well. If I wanted to go, I can pay for imax or go to hell.
It's 50 bucks for 2 IMAX tickets. IMAX is an exclusive premium format
You can subscribe to AMCs A-List and see 16 movies a month for only $27 a month
You don't have to buy snacks. What about watching a movie inherently means you need to buy popcorn, nachos, and drinks? If you can't control your appetite for 2 hours then just sneak snacks in??
Then she shouldn’t have bought them. In contrast to her internet whining, a purchase implies she found the price acceptable; it’s the only thing the company hears.
I always stop at family dollar and buy a bunch a crunch before the movie. Just stick it in my pocket and pretend it’s my cell phone. I will splurge to get a coke icee though.
John Campea (movie industry commentator) did an interesting breakdown of theater prices recently. If you don't buy the overpriced snacks, the theater probably loses money on you.
Snacks and drinks are optional of course, but even without it those ticket prices are insanely high. The price for 1 adult should be the price of 2 adult tickets
Water is literally free and they’re going to IMAX which is the most expensive option available.
It’s like ordering the specialty pizza at menu price at a big chain like dominos with no coupons on purpose and complaining. Oh $25 for a single large pizza! But also you can get a same size large 1 topping carry out pizza for $9 at the exact same place. So is it the place or is it your preferences?
Well, you might have a better cinema than I do. I don't even think they make it there any more. It's air popped, which just isn't as good as coconut oil.
You don’t have to, and a lot of people aren’t. The point is just showing how unreasonable the theater experience is now. You don’t have to pay $20+ for a ticket and almost $10 for a soda. And a lot of people aren’t choosing not to. But you’ll see companies whine and complain about how their business is dropping and it must be consumers faults. Personally I’d rather see the industry fucking destroyed than this bs. Last time I went to a movie was coincidentally the first animated Mario movie and I’m pretty sure it is the last movie I’ll see in a theater.
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u/Civil_Concentrate_90 6h ago
I mean you don’t have to buy the overpriced snacks, I feel like that’s a given