Ticket Prices - Gorram Rip!
POSTED BY: Sundance
UPDATED: Wednesday, October 12, 2005 17:30
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Baldur's Gate II, great RPG with hours of great dialogue that doesn't detract from the game. Rather, it is a huge part of making the game as good as it is :)
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Can't really talk about that side of the pond, but here in the States ticket prices have appeared to be static for the last few years. Nearly every theater I go to is $5.50 for a matinee and $7.50 for an evening show, and it's been that way for a long time (There is a theater near my hometown that has been open for over a decade and has only increased the matinee $0.50 in that time). Larger cities and the extremely good theaters tend to have slightly higher prices, while small towns might have lower (but also might not get new movies).
Part of the ticket cost is because of how expensive movies are to produce, market, and distribute.
And yes, ticket prices are high. Throw in snacks or a guest and you might as well just wait for the DVD, so there IS a problem... but I rather enjoy the experience, so I don't mind. I do try to go to matinees when I can, though.
I don't know why they are going up so much over in the UK. Perhaps they are just balancing out with their American counterparts? Inflation? Rising oil prices? (One sure way to cause inflation on everything you buy is to watch oil prices go up...)
Now, I can't talk about concessions because I rarely buy them.
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hmm - how unfair - how comes we are one of the smallest countries but we pay the most for everything? Good thing i am planning to emigrate.
I just did a currency conversion (not in my head, because i don't really get on with the numbers), turns out the equivalent for ya'll in the US of A to the price i paid here is the best part of 11 dollars - how does that strike ya?
Still when all's said, was sooo worth it, and going again this week so more fool me you movie tycoons! Will just have to sell a kidney or some such to make it thro' the winter.......
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Another motorised rock?"
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Planescape Torment. Now that was a game. All talking and fantastic.
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hmm - how unfair - how comes we are one of the smallest countries but we pay the most for everything? Good thing i am planning to emigrate.
I just did a currency conversion (not in my head, because i don't really get on with the numbers), turns out the equivalent for ya'll in the US of A to the price i paid here is the best part of 11 dollars - how does that strike ya?
Still when all's said, was sooo worth it, and going again this week so more fool me you movie tycoons! Will just have to sell a kidney or some such to make it thro' the winter.......
Socialism.
You have higher taxes because you get more government services. For example, if you remove taxes from US and UK gas prices they are very close to the same (Last I saw, the UK average was actually slightly cheaper). But, even if a certain item (such as, say, a movie ticket)is not taxed more than its U.S. counterparts, increased transport costs will increase cost of said item.
I'm not going to discuss whether or not the services you receive make up for the higher prices, but that's my explanation for the higher price.
"Strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government."
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Try going to the cinema in the West End - yes, I appreciate it's a tourist trap so of course prices are inflated but top price tickets at the Odeon Leicester Square are now £18.00. Most other cinemas you're looking to pay at least £9.00 evenings & weekends. Consider the recent preview screenings - Dublin, Birmingham & Edinburgh were, what, around £7.50, if not less? London was £11.00 - and we saw it on the tiniest screen available.
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£6 at Nottingham UGC Cineworld... £3.90 with a student card... free with an unlimited card 
How I love my £11 unlimited card. 2.5 viewings of Serenity and I've already made my £11 back.
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Hey Fray101, i'm going to not take your advice and not try going to the West End - jeez i thought i had it bad! What rrrubbish - and they wonder why people make pirate copies (booo to those pirates, except Pirate Steve of course!)
Socialism - smocialism people!
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hey y'all! in the states we've got typical prices in my area around $8.25.
doesn't seem as bad as y'all's but the simple answer is that a lot of theatres here are going digital meaning that the price of getting the film is going up to pressure cinemas to make the switch. that plus folk deciding to see it on digital raises prices at typical theatre because they're not making enough $$$.
but then again that's just here . . . 
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Around here (Massachusetts) I've been paying around $7 for matinees and $9-10 for evening showings.
One reason for ticket inflation is that every theater has had to spend big bucks for surround sound equipment, automated projection systems, and other modern cinema technology. Ironically, they did this to save money on personnel (i.e projectionists).
What makes it all so annoying is that even at the high prices, the theater experience is not always what it should be. I started a thread a few days back about the problems I had at various theaters -- bad sound, bad print of the BDM (on the first weekend!), etc.
At this rate moviegoing will be history in a few years. Movies will come out on DVD.
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