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    Image of Hello Mister Walrus Hello Mister Walrus
    07/01/09

    In reply to Interactive 3D Game Coming to Movie Theaters This Summer
    Is it just me, or is that Earthworm Jim?
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    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    07/01/09

    In reply to Interactive 3D Game Coming to Movie Theaters This Summer
    So basically, be sure to bring my iPod to ride out the first 15 minutes of the pre-flick shenanigans? Way ahead of you.
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    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    07/01/09

    @Kaiser-Machead: Silly me, I paid no attention that this is just in the UK (for now). God save the Cinema.
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    Image of Geisrud Geisrud
    07/01/09

    @Kaiser-Machead: Or go to one of them new schmancy high-falutin' theaters that serve alcohol. That could make this bearable.
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    Image of Jesse in Japan Jesse in Japan
    03/13/09

    In reply to Movie Theater Popcorn, It Really Is That Expensive
    Movie theater popcorn has the fat equivalent of about two days' worth of meals, so that's actually a bargain if you think about it in a tangential, bizarre way.
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    Image of Quilt Quilt
    03/13/09

    In reply to Movie Theater Popcorn, It Really Is That Expensive
    I would sneak in candy, but I really like eating popcorn during the movie. It's a mindless little activity to do that helps you concentrate on the film. There's always too much salt though, so I can never finish a whole bag (even a small). I always feel a little ripped off, but whatcha ya going to do?
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    Image of dtm dtm
    03/13/09

    In reply to Movie Theater Popcorn, It Really Is That Expensive
    One of my jobs in high school(1980-82) was as an usher at the local multiplex. At that time the numbers looked like this...

    a fifty pound bag of unpopped popcorn cost the theater $5 us

    from that fifty pound bag the theater would make approx. $600 us in sales

    When I asked my manager how we could justify our prices and why anyone would pay that much for popcorn and candy he told me something that I still remember to this day..."If there's a seat, there's an ass to sit in it."
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    Image of EBone EBone
    03/13/09

    @dtm: Remember that time you had the crush on the chick at the photo store across the way in the mall and you spent like 50 bucks on film and you didn't even have a camera?
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    Image of EBone EBone
    03/13/09

    In reply to Movie Theater Popcorn, It Really Is That Expensive
    I stopped going to the movies when ticket prices went over $12 and movies were released on DVD three months after the theater premier.
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    Image of fuchikoma fuchikoma
    03/13/09

    In reply to Movie Theater Popcorn, It Really Is That Expensive
    Yep, and don't forget 15 minutes solid worth of ads for everything from new movies to Mazda and Skittles. Taking up more of your time, and making more cash for the theatres.


    Now I'll go to a movie or two per year, but most of them I'd download because I'm not going to pay as much as I would for a DVD just to see a movie once and go home.

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    Image of Jrsy Devil's Advocate® Jrsy Devil's Advocate®
    03/13/09

    In reply to Movie Theater Popcorn, It Really Is That Expensive
    The worst part is that it's not even made fresh anymore. They just take already popped kernels and warm them under a heat lamp...
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    Image of Justin Paulson Justin Paulson
    03/13/09

    @Jrsy Devil's Food Cake®: wow what crappy theatre do you go to? Any theatre I've worked at has completely new corn every day
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    Image of Jrsy Devil's Advocate® Jrsy Devil's Advocate®
    03/13/09

    @Justin Paulson: AMC Theaters. Perhaps you've heard of them..
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    Image of Monty Monty
    03/13/09

    In reply to Movie Theater Popcorn, It Really Is That Expensive
    If you want theaters to survive (which is an open debate given our personal home theaters), you almost have to buy a bag of popcorn to give them some sort of profit - ignoring the small mortgage you have to take out to afford your night out. Personally, I think the box office needs to raise their price on the ticket so they can make a larger profit and charge a more reasonable price on the refreshments (although I recognize that the agreement they have with the MPAA makes that nearly impossible to do without giving more money to the studio). Then again, I wouldn't think a higher ticket price made sense if my wife did not demand the jumbo popcorn and pop every time we were watching a new flick. Damn those nights out are expensive.
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    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    03/13/09

    In reply to Movie Theater Popcorn, It Really Is That Expensive
    I generally go to the Regal Battery Park 11 theater since it's so close to my office. They don't care what I bring in there. Me and some other people once went to a late showing with Chinese takeout. Nuts to theaters with their concession rules. I already paid $12.50+ to see their movie, I'm not buying their high-priced vittles. WHAT A BUNCH OF.......
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    Image of Hello Mister Walrus Hello Mister Walrus
    03/13/09

    @Kaiser-Machead: Ah, I see your reference to a defunct commenter.
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    Image of It's not my baby, baby! It's not my baby, baby!
    03/13/09

    In reply to Movie Theater Popcorn, It Really Is That Expensive
    Those prices are low! I live in central Missouri for Wozniak's sake and tickets are 30% more than that!
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    Image of nutbastard nutbastard
    03/13/09

    @bmocbarker:


    Speaking of movies and Woz, I once got talked into seeing this horrible chick flick with him and his girlfriend (Now Fiance) last year.


    I can't even remember the title, but good lord, it was awkward.

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    Image of Gordon McAlpin Gordon McAlpin
    03/13/09

    In reply to Movie Theater Popcorn, It Really Is That Expensive
    Guys, that's average movie ticket price, factoring in all the matinees and cheapie theaters in existence. In the sticks, movies are less expensive, too.


    [www.natoonline.org]

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    Gordon McAlpin was starred Gordon McAlpin was unstarred
    Image of Mark Wilson Mark Wilson
    03/13/09

    @Gordon McAlpin: Thanks Gordon, we appreciate people who read the article before commenting.
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    Image of Thanassi Karageorgiou Thanassi Karageorgiou
    03/13/09

    In reply to Movie Theater Popcorn, It Really Is That Expensive
    Why is it that you giz guys have been photoshopping everything with the apple/itunes store styling/advertising lately? (i.e. the white background and planar reflection below subject) This post has absolutely nothing to do with apple or anything related to it. Do you just think its cool? Its getting a little redundant and annoying.
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    Image of Hello Mister Walrus Hello Mister Walrus
    03/13/09

    @Thanassi Karageorgiou: You're getting a little redundant and annoying.
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    Image of d_r_e d_r_e
    03/13/09

    @Thanassi Karageorgiou:


    You do realize that many other companies have used that same background for years? Probably not. Either way, go suck a tailpipe from an SUV you damned troll.

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    Image of Jrsy Devil's Advocate® Jrsy Devil's Advocate®
    03/13/09

    @Thanassi Karageorgiou: Maybe your hatred of Apple products has you seeing them where none exist, like figments of your imagination...
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    Image of nutbastard nutbastard
    03/13/09

    In reply to Movie Theater Popcorn, It Really Is That Expensive
    The theater around here is really, really cool.


    You can bring in ANYTHING from outside. When I saw Watchmen the other day, I brought in a Red Robin Cheeseburger meal, and a 12 pack of PBR, no hassle, no problem (OK we put the beer in a backpack, as it isn't legal to BYOB to a business without paying for 'corkage')

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    Image of KronikFpLiOnYkD KronikFpLiOnYkD
    03/13/09

    @nutbastard (Everyone come to snowmodo!!!): Same with ours, it's great.
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    Image of nutbastard nutbastard
    03/13/09

    @KronikFpLiOnYkD:


    Where you at?

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    Image of Jrsy Devil's Advocate® Jrsy Devil's Advocate®
    03/13/09

    @nutbastard (Everyone come to snowmodo!!!): And you probably spent more on the ticket then you did on the PBR...lol
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    Jrsy Devil's Advocate® was starred Jrsy Devil's Advocate® was unstarred
    Image of nutbastard nutbastard
    03/13/09

    @Jrsy Devil's Food Cake®:


    about twice as much, yes.

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    Image of Richard Buyak Jr Richard Buyak Jr
    03/13/09

    In reply to Movie Theater Popcorn, It Really Is That Expensive
    What people need to remember about concession prices is that theaters make on average $1.08 per movie ticket. This won't even cover most theater rent costs. Concession is the only way to make a theater profitable.
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    Image of Jrsy Devil's Advocate® Jrsy Devil's Advocate®
    03/13/09

    @Richard Buyak Jr: "What people need to remember about concession prices is that theaters make on average $1.08 per movie ticket"


    Yeah but when it's a 15 screen multiplex with show times running throughout three quarters of the day that ain't exactly chump change either..

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    Image of Dragonis Dragonis
    03/13/09

    @Jrsy Devil's Food Cake®:

    The bigger the theater, the larger the upkeep.
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    Image of Justin Paulson Justin Paulson
    03/13/09

    @Jrsy Devil's Food Cake®: Actually it is chump change. Most theatres are running bulbs that are 2000-5000 watt xenon bulbs. Just the bulbs alone are pumping out 2-5 killowatt hours every hour. It takes a LOT of money for a theatre to stay profitable.
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    Justin Paulson was starred Justin Paulson was unstarred
    Image of Jrsy Devil's Advocate® Jrsy Devil's Advocate®
    03/13/09

    @Dragonis: In some of the theaters around here 'upkeep' is purely optional..
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    Jrsy Devil's Advocate® was starred Jrsy Devil's Advocate® was unstarred
    Image of Jrsy Devil's Advocate® Jrsy Devil's Advocate®
    03/13/09

    @Justin Paulson: Please supply actual dollar figures before declaring it chump change.
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