Michigan man files lawsuit over high price of movie popcorn
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Erm, how much do you pay for popcorn in america? Since in order to buy a reasonably sized popcorn, with a soda at the cinema, we have to pay atleast 20-25 bucks... On top of the 20 dollar ticket (30 if its 3D, another 5 for the glasses if you dont have them).
I bring bags of Chocolate in my pockets :v:
[QUOTE=fantafuzz;35018311]Erm, how much do you pay for popcorn in america? Since in order to buy a reasonably sized popcorn, with a soda at the cinema, we have to pay atleast 20-25 bucks... On top of the 20 dollar ticket (30 if its 3D, another 5 for the glasses if you dont have them).[/QUOTE]
Same price as you, although our ticket price is $9.75 at most places. A popcorn, drink and candy combo runs for about $20.
It costs 100 dollars here to have a full movie experience. This includes a ticket, popcorn, candy, soda, and a refill of soda and popcorn.
I'm gonna have to get the kiddy size next time.
I always bring sandwhiches i made home with me to the cinema. Everythings expensive at the cinema shop
I can understand this. Some friends of mine went to the cinema once and had to resort to autocannibalism.
I don't even bring popcorn to theaters anymore, I prefer grapes and cherry tomatoes now.
All the movie theatres around me, one small bag of popcorn and a small drink costs more than a fucking meal. I'm not goddamn kidding. It's like $8 to $10 for that shit. And there's this Japanese grill place in the mall that, for $6, will give your ass a giant plate filled with lo mein, teriyaki chicken, and sautéed vegetables and a bigass drink
[QUOTE=Zezibesh;35018789]I don't even bring popcorn to theaters anymore, I prefer grapes and cherry tomatoes now.[/QUOTE]
I love packing grapes and stashing a few cans of Dr Pepper with an old theater cup.
I also stash a tray they gave me back in 2010, so I just put all the Popcorn, Grapes, and the cup of Dr. Pepper in there and act as if I bought all that.
When I go to the front, I just ask for ice since I'm not a soda fan, which isn't true, but hell the ice is free and my soda will go flat without it.
[QUOTE=Rocko's;35018849]I love packing grapes and stashing a few cans of Dr Pepper with an old theater cup.
I also stash a tray they gave me back in 2010, so I just put all the Popcorn, Grapes, and the cup of Dr. Pepper in there and act as if I bought all that.
When I go to the front, I just ask for ice since I'm not a soda fan, which isn't true, but hell the ice is free and my soda will go flat without it.[/QUOTE]
Luckily here they won't stop you bringing your own food (yet). They'll give you stern looks at most.
[QUOTE=kenshin6;35016879]Price gouging eh? I think they should look at the gas companies...was it last year they had record profits?[/QUOTE]
Gas price isnt the companies fault. It's things like OPEC that tax the oil alot, then gas needs to make a profit.
[QUOTE=Rocko's;35018849]I love packing grapes and stashing a few cans of Dr Pepper with an old theater cup.
I also stash a tray they gave me back in 2010, so I just put all the Popcorn, Grapes, and the cup of Dr. Pepper in there and act as if I bought all that.
When I go to the front, I just ask for ice since I'm not a soda fan, which isn't true, but hell the ice is free and my soda will go flat without it.[/QUOTE]
I have to wonder how you get that passed the ticket booth?
So what if they tell you you can't bring your own shit in? I do it anyways. I just stuff it under my coat. It's not like they can search you.
It's about $15 for a large popcorn and a large pop at my movie theater. $5 for a candy-bar and $6 for ice cream. Definitely over priced.
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[QUOTE=hehe;35020118]As someone who works at a cinema and sees people complain about prices, firstly, I don't make the prices, i'm not buying it, it's not my problem. Secondly, you [u] don't [/u] have to buy it if you don't want to, nobody has a gun to your head, just go to the supermarket and buy some chips and a soft drink instead.[/QUOTE]
So you didn't read the OP
is it not possible to view a film without ritualistically shovelling high sugar foods down your throat
jeez no wonder there's an obesity problem
I always buy my food in grocery stores before the movie starts. Twice as cheap here.
8 Dollars?
8 Dollars for a movie ticket?
We pay 15 fucking dollars for a [I]regular[/I] ticket, and over 20 dollars for a 3D one. Concessions start at 5 dollars [I]each[/I] for small sizes.
Sorry, I can't live without my Cinema Tortillas.
Price of a movie ticket near me is $10 a person then the popcorn is $5 for a small bag and drinks are $5 for small too, No free refills either unless you get the large soda which is $8. I just go the the mid day showings and get $6 tickets and sneak food in.
I like how people complain that the prices are so high yet they buy it anyways.
If the price is too high, don't buy it.
Not really hard to sneak food in here, especially in the city or just outside of the city. There are tons of students and people that have been shopping, you can just put all of your stuff in a backpack or shopping bag with other stuff before you go inside.
I dont think I'm going to be buying theatre popcorn anymore, here it costs the equivalent of $11 for a large popcorn and soda and $23 for two adult tickets.
I normally dont have THAT much of a problem buying it since its just a special occasion kinda thing, but what really annoyed me is that the past two times I have been to the cinema (Two different ones in different parts of the country), they must have reduced the sugar in the sweet popcorn and now it literally just tastes like it is plain most of the time, I'd rather just buy a few backs of butterkist popcorn for quarter of the price when its 10x tastier.
[QUOTE=Shadaez;35016470]I hear this a lot but have never seen proof, is there any?[/QUOTE]
[URL="http://www.investor.amctheatres.com/secfiling.cfm?filingID=1047469-11-5643"]Can you read a financial statement? [/URL] Not trying to be condescending, I'm just asking.
AMC says in 2011, admissions earned them $1,697,858 and concessions earned $664,108. In thousands of dollars, mind, but I don't want to re-scale the numbers and what matters here is proportions. Anyway, what it cost in individual expenses to make those admissions revenues was $887,758 in film exhibition costs and concession costs of $83,187. That gives you $580,921 for concessions and $810,100 for movies. Just talking raw proportions, that's a raw deal. "Film exhibition costs are accrued based on the applicable admissions revenues and estimates of the final settlement pursuant to our film licenses", and this year, they alone absorbed 52% of AMC's film income, and generally always cut off that much (the year before it was 54%, each of the three years before that, 53%). That's just bullshit money, before even getting into what the movies actually cost to provide.
There's rent of $475,810, but that doesn't wholly apply to concessions- a popcorn machine and room full of supplies doesn't take up that much real estate compared to the hordes of dudes in chairs. There's general operating expenses of $713,846, which anyone who works at a theater can tell you isn't paying for his minimum wage drink pouring skills. There's depreciation and amortization expenses of $212,413- that's your "shit is getting old and we need to pay off loans" expense, and you can bet it's the loan-bought fancy digital projection systems that are costing them that, not the candy cases. Suddenly, heyo, actually showing movies is costing the theater money, more than they brought in this year. Even on profit-making years, films can lose money. They do not always pay for themselves, and when they do, only barely.
Showing you a film is basically an expense to bringing in concession revenue for a theater.
[QUOTE=Shadaez;35016470]Plus I'm sure if they sold a higher volume at a lower price they'd not only be looked at more favourably by consumers, but surely at least make nearly the same amount of money.[/QUOTE]
[QUOTE=Worldwaker;35016583]If general trends and basic marketing shows anything, it's that lower prices mean more sales, not less.[/QUOTE]
Nope.
One, dropping prices does not necessarily increase sales. There is an equilibrium demand past which increasing supply does nothing for you. Two, concessions do not suddenly get to ignore marginal cost curves and turn a profit, increasing your quantity of something past a point starts to increase the cost of providing it to a degree the added volume doesn't compensate for.
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