B.C. by Mastroianni and Hart for December 02, 2009

..or, better yet, Blue-Ray.

And here I thought the concession stand prices are so high because the theater has a captive audience with high demand and low supply. If the theater really wanted to pay for operating expenses, the logical way would be to do so via the ticket prices.

1/2 pricw coupon and 90% ice .They are still making money

Wow. Ten bucks for a soda without the discount. Even at $5, I’d stay home and watch a DVD.

And how much do people pay for a cup of hot water that charred seeds have been soaked in? Without even the excuse of seeing a movie with it.

Soda is 100% empty calories! Drink water!

lphelia sure that only goes for $7 with the discount and you only get 12 ozs!

I wonder what the large-size drink is to an ant. The look of it, not the price.

Iphelia Soda may be empty calaries, but not lacking in flavor - unlike water, unless you’re drinking that stuff from the old SNL commercial. What was it? Swill?.

Depending on the movie, anywhere from 40% to 70% of the ticket price goes back to the film distribution companies. On top of that, there is usually an entertainment tax buried in the ticket price. So, no matter how high they make the ticket price, the bulk of the income goes to the distribution companies and the tax collector.

To keep in business the theatre must have additional income and the only possible place is the concession stand!

Even at the very high prices, it takes a lot of popcorn to pay the power company - let alone the staff salaries, property taxes …

hendelca Thanks for the insight. I won’t be buying shares in these Cinimas any time soon - if ever.

The popcorn in my town is 4.75 for a good size bag, yet the ticket prices are 8.50 at night (6$ during the day)

…..

I consider myself lucky.

Additionally, a theater’s percentage of the ticket receipts rises the longer a particular movie stays on the screen. They might keep only 10% of the admissions for the first weekend, but 75% if the movie has been in release for a month or more. So finding a movie that has “legs” is a REAL boon to the exhibitors (I had originally written ‘exhibitionists’), while the studios make out best with a rapid turnover of Big Openings, even if they end up being One-Week Wonders.

Do we really need to knw that?