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Film Admition - Reduced
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| E2EK1EL |
The drama that’s surrounded the movie industry since its inception is as exciting as any film plot. In the early days, it competed with radio, and gave away prizes like dishes to draw crowds.
Later, it added sound, colour and air conditioning.
When TV came along, it changed again, innovating big screen Cinemascope and surround sound.
But now movie fans have their own virtual studios with all the bells and whistles in their own homes. And theatres are being forced to find a new way to attract a dwindling audience. Their solution: cut prices.
Famous Players has announced it’s reducing the cost of tickets at its Ontario theatres from $13.95 to $9.95. That’s the lowest rate since 1998. Child and senior seats will stay steady at $8.50.
But the reduction comes with a price of its own. It means the end of cut rate Tuesdays, which will see prices increase from $9.25 to $9.95.
Why the change? The company is facing big competition from DVD sales, and knows it has to do something to get those people back.
“We’ve got to get an incentive for moviegoers to get out to the theatre,” explains Famous Players’ Rob Chase. “I think they’re going to want to go to the movies more often.”
But if they cheapen it, will you come? Combine the costs of parking, transportation, and snacks, and it still might be cheaper to put in the disc instead of pulling out the dollars.
“It’s cheaper to buy a movie on DVD if you’re willing to wait the four months before it comes out than to take your family to see it in the theatre,” calculates Todd Jahnke, as he browses titles at a local Blockbuster Video. “Renting is still a better option than going to a theatre.”
We’ll see who wins this latest epic battle, when the new price cut takes effect on Friday.
The vice-president of communications for Cineplex Galaxie LP - which operates both the Galaxie and Cineplex Odeon cinema brands – claims her company has already cut prices in several communities. And she says they’ve been cut to points that are significantly lower than those Famous Players announced Wednesday.
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If it seems like it’s costing you a lot more to go to the movies than it used to, you’re right.
Exhibitors have added big screens, big sound and even bigger size popcorn boxes. But they’ve also added big screen commercials and bigger ticket prices to pay for it all.
And the advent of multiple screens squeezed into one building means the only thing that’s shrunk is often the size of the theatre itself.
Unlike the famous line from “Sunset Blvd.”, it wasn’t the pictures that got smaller, it was the ticket prices that got larger.
Here’s a look at the average admission over the years and how it’s increased to today. The numbers are based on figures from the Motion Picture Association of America, averaged out for inflation and the differences in the U.S and Canadian dollars. Prices may have differed in some areas.
1948: 44 cents
1953: 50 cents
1958: 80 cents
1963: $1
1967: $1.50
1971: $2
1974: $2.30
1975: $2.50
1976: $2.60
1977: $2.75
1978: $2.90
1979: $3
1980: $3.30
1981: $3.40
1982: $3.60
1983: $3.80
1984: $4
1985: $4.30
1986: $4.50
1987: $4.80
1988: $5
1989: $5.25
1991: $5.50
1992: $5.75
1993: $6
1994: $6.25
1995: $6.50
1996: $7
1997: $7.50
1998: $8
1999: $8.50
2000: $9
2001: $9.50
2002: $10
2003: $12
2004: $13
2005: $13.95 (less with the temporary reductions)
January 26, 2005
http://www.pulse24.com/Business/Top...26-002/page.asp |
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| dEsidEL |
this was published in the STar today .. too bad nothing beats the $2 day time movies they used to hav at the PAramount with a student ID :D
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| E2EK1EL |
I'm glad they did this, movies were too expensive. With all the ty films these days, I couldn't afford to hit the theaters anymore, even when it's tuesday!
I remember, leaving the theaters so amny times, after watching some random films and thinking to myself how I just got ripped off. |
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| SurrJRS |
| quote: | Originally posted by E2EK1EL
I couldn't afford to hit the theaters anymore, even when it's tuesday!
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Do they still have cheap Tuesdays? A while back I was told they stopped doing it. |
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| Transmotion |
| intersection of King and Church street ,don't know the name of the theater tho but prices for new movies are 4.50 |
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| E2EK1EL |
| quote: | Originally posted by SurrJRS
Do they still have cheap Tuesdays? A while back I was told they stopped doing it. |
I think, it was a reduced cover ... but not 50%.
Cheap Tuesdays was the wrong term, ****** tuesdays is the term everyone grew up with and that was really bad. |
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| SurrJRS |
| quote: | Originally posted by Transmotion
intersection of King and Church street ,don't know the name of the theater tho but prices for new movies are 4.50 |
Do you mean the Rainbow Cinema? That's more on Front Street actually... |
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| dallastar |
| quote: | Originally posted by E2EK1EL
The drama that’s surrounded the movie industry since its inception is as exciting as any film plot. In the early days, it competed with radio, and gave away prizes like dishes to draw crowds.
Later, it added sound, colour and air conditioning.
When TV came along, it changed again, innovating big screen Cinemascope and surround sound.
But now movie fans have their own virtual studios with all the bells and whistles in their own homes. And theatres are being forced to find a new way to attract a dwindling audience. Their solution: cut prices.
Famous Players has announced it’s reducing the cost of tickets at its Ontario theatres from $13.95 to $9.95. That’s the lowest rate since 1998. Child and senior seats will stay steady at $8.50.
But the reduction comes with a price of its own. It means the end of cut rate Tuesdays, which will see prices increase from $9.25 to $9.95.
Why the change? The company is facing big competition from DVD sales, and knows it has to do something to get those people back.
“We’ve got to get an incentive for moviegoers to get out to the theatre,” explains Famous Players’ Rob Chase. “I think they’re going to want to go to the movies more often.”
But if they cheapen it, will you come? Combine the costs of parking, transportation, and snacks, and it still might be cheaper to put in the disc instead of pulling out the dollars.
“It’s cheaper to buy a movie on DVD if you’re willing to wait the four months before it comes out than to take your family to see it in the theatre,” calculates Todd Jahnke, as he browses titles at a local Blockbuster Video. “Renting is still a better option than going to a theatre.”
We’ll see who wins this latest epic battle, when the new price cut takes effect on Friday.
The vice-president of communications for Cineplex Galaxie LP - which operates both the Galaxie and Cineplex Odeon cinema brands – claims her company has already cut prices in several communities. And she says they’ve been cut to points that are significantly lower than those Famous Players announced Wednesday.
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If it seems like it’s costing you a lot more to go to the movies than it used to, you’re right.
Exhibitors have added big screens, big sound and even bigger size popcorn boxes. But they’ve also added big screen commercials and bigger ticket prices to pay for it all.
And the advent of multiple screens squeezed into one building means the only thing that’s shrunk is often the size of the theatre itself.
Unlike the famous line from “Sunset Blvd.”, it wasn’t the pictures that got smaller, it was the ticket prices that got larger.
Here’s a look at the average admission over the years and how it’s increased to today. The numbers are based on figures from the Motion Picture Association of America, averaged out for inflation and the differences in the U.S and Canadian dollars. Prices may have differed in some areas.
1948: 44 cents
1953: 50 cents
1958: 80 cents
1963: $1
1967: $1.50
1971: $2
1974: $2.30
1975: $2.50
1976: $2.60
1977: $2.75
1978: $2.90
1979: $3
1980: $3.30
1981: $3.40
1982: $3.60
1983: $3.80
1984: $4
1985: $4.30
1986: $4.50
1987: $4.80
1988: $5
1989: $5.25
1991: $5.50
1992: $5.75
1993: $6
1994: $6.25
1995: $6.50
1996: $7
1997: $7.50
1998: $8
1999: $8.50
2000: $9
2001: $9.50
2002: $10
2003: $12
2004: $13
2005: $13.95 (less with the temporary reductions)
January 26, 2005
http://www.pulse24.com/Business/Top...26-002/page.asp |
Holy Fudgesicles!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :eyespop: :eyespop: :eyespop: those stats & number's are fukked up!@
they keep going, and going, and going and goin!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!:wtf: |
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| Transmotion |
| quote: | Originally posted by SurrJRS
Do you mean the Rainbow Cinema? That's more on Front Street actually... |
i dunno :rolleyes: i always get out on king station :P |
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| E2EK1EL |
| Rainbow Cinemas are rammed on tuesdays and the kids from the projects and ruff neck areas are attending these theaters. |
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| WillyWonka |
| quote: | Originally posted by E2EK1EL
Rainbow Cinemas are rammed on tuesdays and the kids from the projects and ruff neck areas are attending these theaters. |
You're definitely right there. There's way too much heckling going on in the theatre while the movie's playing. Most people won't be able to hear the dialogue because all the gangsters in the house are always talking and making jokes during the film.
Besides that, most of the screens are small and have terrible sound to begin with. Certainly not THX certified auditoriums.
If you want a good movie theatre to see a film, you surely have to pay more. There's no way around it!!! |
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| bARTovsky |
Anyone tried the double feature in one night....? Go on "cheap" tuesdays, get in and watch a movie from say 7 to 10, then walk right into another theatre for a 10pm show of another movie....
"cheap" tuesdays just got cheaper.... ;)
good times. :D |
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