Tickets and Popcorn and Sodas....Oh My! Loew's Prices Are Much Too High!

I worked at a cinema and from a $9.95 ticket price the cinema made
between .50 cents and $1.00. There is no way that any cinema could
survive off of that, especially when movies are box office flops.
To make matters worse, cinemas rent the reels of film and that can
cost tens of thousands of dollars per reel. A film like Lord of The
Rings is 4 reels. Imagine that x the number of screens that it is on.

Yes, it is true a bag of popcorn costs less then $2.00 to make
(including the cost of the bag), and drinks are about the same if not
a little less. How much do you think it costs Orville Redenbacher to
produce their popcorn? I'm sure there is a hefty markup on that.

I guess what I am trying to say say is that you can risk smuggling in
food (at my cinema we confiscated any food that we found. We once held
a large pizza in a back room until the movie was done), but for any
food you smuggle in, means the cinema looses that much money.

If you want your cinema to stay afloat you are going to have to shell
out the big bucks. Or you could write to the distributors and tell
them that movies should cost less, but then that would require not
paying celebrities so much, and that won't go over well.

Most ticket revenue goes back to the movie studio. For the theater to
pay its employees (and it's not even a living wage - ask them sometime
about health benefits or retirement plans) and make a profit to stay
in business, the money must come from somewhere.

Do you honestly think the $1.10 you pay for a large soda at McDonald's
cost $1.10 in ingredients? The price of food at zoos, museums, theme
parks and sports stadiums is far above what you would expect to pay in
a grocery store. They have to pay for their building, variable costs
associated with it - such as electricity, water, maintenence - and
their payroll.

High concession prices don't bother me. It keeps ticket costs down.
High concesion prices are not exclusive to theaters either. Try going
to amusement parts and ballgames. Same thing. Its not about cheating
the consumer, its about the company making a profit to stay
alive...... Theater owners don't make a lot of money on ticket
prices. The movie studios suck the majority of that up....if you don't
like the concesion prices, eat before the movie. Soon have suggested
sneaking in food and drinks but just keep in mind, if you are caught,
many theaters will remove you from the building promptly (no refunds
either).

taken even a cup of coffee to movies before. I will usually get
popcorn because I can't resist, but the markup on the other stuff is
ridiculous.

Why don't you just sneak in a pop or something in a bag. We do that.
We go to the mall for the movie and buy a few things for shopping from
walmart. We have cold drinks. Just do that, also sneak in a snack,
and buy some other things also so it looks like you just went shopping
before going the theatre. Ofcourse if the movie is playing at a mall
instead of in the in a building by self it works better. Or take a
backpack so it looks like you just finished school and put the drinks
and shack in there.

$9.14 for popcorn and a large soda? You're getting a deal!

In my area, a medium popcorn and a medium soda almost hits $10.

If you went to a maintee showing, it is a little cheaper. I like to do
that a lot, also I will bring candy and soda sometimes in w/ me so I
don't have to pay their prices.

Cause, movie theaters barely make any money off the movie ticket. They
make their money off their snack bar.

By stating that you buy these items despite the high price, you are,
unwittingly, supporting rather than opposing their pricing decisions.

Rationally, they will lower prices only if doing so will improve their
profits. You (assuming you represent a large segment of customers)
suggest just the opposite.