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Disstevefan1

Disstevefan1

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Over time, we went from going to the movies regularly to today going to a movie is a special event and we do go to the best theaters with the best seating, screens and audio these days.

This past December my kid wanted to see both Mufasa and Sonic in the 4D theater with the moving seats and we did both on the same day, same theater. I think the tickets were $20 pp and I kid you not, I spent $120 at the concession for the special pop corn buckets etc. ha, the only food we purchased was popcorn and soda, LOL.

Our theater going habits have indeed changed over time.
 
brideck

brideck

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Tony the Tigger said:
These are in South Florida. Ticket prices run $13-$15 on average, more for 3D (which we don’t do) or Prime (which we did once and noticed no difference.)

As for savings, my husband used to be off on Tuesdays, so that’s when we would tend to go, but he isn’t anymore. We are AMC Stubbs members, so we get occasional free tickets or concessions after spending X amount (and that keeps us going strictly to AMC.) I also have the Chase Disney Visa, so I can use my rewards points to pay for Disney movie tickets.

We haven’t seen $10 movie tickets in several years.
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At risk of being a shill (and no, I'm not a meme stockholder so I have no skin in the game), if you're already mostly going to AMC, I couldn't recommend A-List enough. At your prices, you'd only have to go to 2 movies a month to "break even," and you wouldn't have to be picky about format at all.

TP2000 said:
I just checked. I'm assuming you're talking about the Pineview Megaplex, which apparently has a showing on Thursday at 12:35pm of Shrek 2 (from 2004) for only $6 per seat?
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Right theater, but I was actually looking at a nighttime first-run screening of The Monkey. I'm now realizing that I was looking on a Tuesday, though, which is of course discounted all day. It looks like the normal price for a standard theater non-matinee ticket there is $11.
 
Phroobar

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brideck said:
At risk of being a shill (and no, I'm not a meme stockholder so I have no skin in the game), if you're already mostly going to AMC, I couldn't recommend A-List enough. At your prices, you'd only have to go to 2 movies a month to "break even," and you wouldn't have to be picky about format at all.



Right theater, but I was actually looking at a nighttime first-run screening of The Monkey. I'm now realizing that I was looking on a Tuesday, though, which is of course discounted all day. It looks like the normal price for a standard theater non-matinee ticket there is $11.
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I wish Harkins had a movie pass like that. AMC is too far away in Covina for me.
 
brideck

brideck

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Phroobar said:
I wish Harkins had a movie pass like that. AMC is too far away in Covina for me.
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Yeah, it only really makes sense if you have one (preferably more) nearby. We're lucky enough to have six within 30 mins of us (most of them much closer), so we have a ton of selection. It definitely seems like they coordinate among themselves a bit, too, so we actually get a lot of smaller art-house or international films come through because at least one of the six will carry it.
 
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DKampy

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brideck said:
At risk of being a shill (and no, I'm not a meme stockholder so I have no skin in the game), if you're already mostly going to AMC, I couldn't recommend A-List enough. At your prices, you'd only have to go to 2 movies a month to "break even," and you wouldn't have to be picky about format at all.
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Yes I have wished An AMC would open closer…that is a great deal…the closest one is about 50 minutes away

We have mostly Marcus theaters around here… they just started Marcus movie club… which costs 9.99 a month… they give you one movie credit a month… and any time of day a ticket is 9,00 as long as it’s a non premium screen… with 20% off concessions… it also includes movie tickets at that price for any family and friends seeing the movie with you at that price… trying to decide if it is worth as I can see Matinee’s close to that price
 
TP2000

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DKampy said:
Most movie theater chains have discount Tuesday prices… my local chain has $6.00 all day Tuesday no matter the time or theater of any first run movie
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Six bucks for a first run movie in 2025 seems incredibly cheap. But if you can get it, do it! That's always been my motto. ;)

DKampy said:
…you must have noticed the increased business on Tuesdays verse other weekdays in your box office analysis
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No, not really. I mean, it's fun for me to recap the weekends and marvel (no pun intended) at some of Disney's most horrific box office bombs in recent years while the Parks Division cheaps out left and right and offers very little that is new or fresh.

But tracking individual movies on Tuesdays and extrapolating what that must mean for matinee business at suburban discount theaters? Nope. That's way above my pay grade, or passing interest. Not to mention that Connie, our pre-show hostess in the polyester jump suit here in the TP2000 Global Command Center, has Tuesday/Wednesdays off anyway.

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On Tuesdays it's just me and Mr. Johnson and the plywood consoles with blinky lights. Tuesdays are usually slow.

Disney Irish said:
This is the problem when you have someone who only goes to a movie maybe once a year if that and when they do they only go to a premium luxury theater with waitresses and vip champagne service right to the seats and thinks everyone does that. I mean can you imagine someone in America’s heartland having that experience, they’d lose their mind.
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I'd imagine the same theater setup at the Del Mar Cinepolis is also available in suburban Chicago, or Cincinnati, or Charlotte. That theater experience may be a few bucks cheaper there, but then gas is a few bucks cheaper per gallon in the heartland than it is in California. But as I've travelled the country, things aren't that much different, just usually cheaper than California.

Disney Irish said:
This is the very definition of coastal elite out of touch thinking.
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Yes. The very definition.

Tony the Tigger said:
Our AMC locations vary and are evolving.

The one nearest us has the recliners and a full menu including alcohol, which they deliver to your seat.
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You must be one of those out of touch coastal elites I read so much about, going to movie theaters with reserved recliners and waitress service with overpriced beer and wine.

Are you ashamed of yourself? Do you sleep well at night, knowing that in Wellington, Kansas they only have non-reserved seats that don't recline and a lone snack bar with sticky counters and stale Raisinets and a Pepsi machine that needs a CO2 charge?
 
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Disney Irish

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TP2000 said:
Six bucks for a first run movie in 2025 seems incredibly cheap. But if you can get it, do it! That's always been my motto. ;)



No, not really. I mean, it's fun for me to recap the weekends and marvel (no pun intended) at some of Disney's most horrific box office bombs in recent years while the Parks Division cheaps out left and right and offers very little that is new or fresh.

But tracking individual movies on Tuesdays and extrapolating what that must mean for matinee business at suburban discount theaters? Nope. That's way above my pay grade, or passing interest. Not to mention that Connie, our pre-show hostess in the polyester jump suit here in the TP2000 Global Command Center, has Tuesday/Wednesdays off anyway.

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On Tuesdays it's just me and Mr. Johnson and the plywood consoles with blinky lights. Tuesdays are usually slow.



I'd imagine the same theater setup at the Del Mar Cinepolis is also available in suburban Chicago, or Cincinnati, or Charlotte. That theater experience may be a few bucks cheaper there, but then gas is a few bucks cheaper per gallon in the heartland than it is in California. But as I've travelled the country, things aren't that much different, just usually cheaper than California.



Yes. The very definition.



You must be one of those out of touch coastal elites I read so much about, going to movie theaters with reserved recliners and waitress service with overpriced beer and wine.

Are you ashamed of yourself? Do you sleep well at night, knowing that in Wellington, Kansas they only have non-reserved seats that don't recline and a lone snack bar with sticky counters and a Coke machine that needs a new CO2 charge?
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You didn't even know that matinee pricing at your own local theater in Utah was cheaper, you thought that everyone was paying the same price you paid for Barbie in summer of 2023. So yes that is the very definition of coastal elite out of touch thinking. Just because YOU paid over $20 the one time you went to a movie doesn't mean that is what everyone else is paying.

By the way, what was the price for your trip to see The Last Showgirl in Las Vegas when you went a couple weeks ago? I'm betting it wasn't over $20.
 
TP2000

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Disney Irish said:
You didn't even know that matinee pricing at your own local theater in Utah was cheaper, you thought that everyone was paying the same price you paid for Barbie in summer of 2023.
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I'm aware of what a matinee is, and how it's notably cheaper that a Saturday night ticket. I'm old, remember?

I know what a matinee is at a movie theater. I also know that you used to get great grilled cheese sandwiches at Woolworth's.

Disney Irish said:
So yes that is the very definition of coastal elite out of touch thinking. Just because YOU paid over $20 the one time you went to a movie doesn't mean that is what everyone else is paying.
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If I'm a coastal elite who doesn't know what a dozen eggs cost, that means you are one too. You live in the Bay Area and "work from home", remember? Seems swanky.

Disney Irish said:
By the way, what was the price for your trip to see The Last Showgirl in Las Vegas when you went a couple weeks ago? I'm betting it wasn't over $20.
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I have no idea actually. The Last Showgirl thing was the brainchild of a friend of mine, and he picked up the tab for that portion of the evening. I bought the pre-dinner drinks at Peter Luger's, however.

I try to pull my own weight, but I'd need to check my Amex bill for that Peter Luger bar tab. I don't really keep track at this stage.
 
Disney Irish

Disney Irish

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TP2000 said:
I'm aware of what a matinee is, and how it's notably cheaper that a Saturday night ticket. I'm old, remember?

I know what a matinee is at a movie theater. I also know that you used to get great grilled cheese sandwiches at Woolworth's.



If I'm a coastal elite who doesn't know what a dozen eggs cost, that means you are one too. You live in the Bay Area and "work from home", remember? Seems swanky.
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Once again as stated many times when you bring it up, my working conditions have no bearing on this or any other conversation on this site.

I know how to do research, I know that prices are different across the nation, I know that just because I may pay X for something in the Bay Area that doesn't mean that everyone else pays that same price for the same product. I know that ticket prices in Duluth is different than in Miami which is different from Chicago which is different from Kansas City which is different from San Francisco or LA. I know that there are even price fluctuations within the same city for the same theater chain just miles apart. I know that I can go see one movie for $17 at 7pm and see the exact same movie for $15 at 9pm just 2 hours later at the same very theater.

Average domestic ticket prices are an average of ALL movies across the entire North America market, which as pointed out also includes Canada which typically has lower ticket prices than the US. And I know all this because I do research and not rely on an 8 second search.

TP2000 said:
I have no idea actually. The Last Showgirl thing was the brainchild of a friend of mine, and he picked up the tab for that portion of the evening. I bought the pre-dinner drinks at Peter Luger's, however.

I try to pull my own weight, but I'd need to check my Amex bill for that Peter Luger bar tab. I don't really keep track at this stage.
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I'm sure your buddy didn't pay the same as you paid for Barbie.
 

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