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Wiibaron on 05 January 2016

Maybe people are finally seeing how stupid it is to give your money to millionaires so you can laugh/scream for 2 hours. Paying Tom Cruise 20 MORE million dollars to be in a movie is just ridiculous. Every week 5 100 million dollar movies release and {USA} spends about 100 million to watch them. That is 2.5 Billion spent on 2 hours of fun every month. They should tax these no-employee -having millionaires 75% and start paying down the debt...



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UshiotheOmega on 05 January 2016
JetSetter said:
This confuses me. Last time I checked every big name movie was passing up the billion dollar mark like it was always that way or something. I figured that people were going to the movies alot more nowadays.

The USA top 10 took 34.5% (http://www.boxofficemojo.com/news/?id=4138&p=.htm) of the $11 billion USA domestic gross.

That's the first time the top ten ever broke 30%.

The big films are bigger than ever but with 690 films in theatre's in 2015 it shows that the amount of box office bombs are also growing.

Remember that IMAX and 3D are also more expensive and people are paying those high prices for an ever smaller amount of films.



Augen on 05 January 2016

Few things I've seen change since the 80s.

1. Ticket prices increased significantly making going to the cinema an event as opposed to a whim.
2. Video prices fell dramatically while quality of video and television picture increased.
3. Price to rent fell and streaming services were introduced.

Simply put I can imagine people actually watch more films these days, it is how they watch them that has shifted away from the cinema.



Chazore on 05 January 2016
kitler53 said:
it's not just movies,.. people hate leaving their homes for anything these days. probably because everytime i leave the house someone tries to gun me down.

Sounds like GTA =P





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Insidb on 05 January 2016
Chris Hu said:
OdinHades said:
No shit sherlock. A ticket costs 12 € around here today - 15 € if it's 3D and they seem to show every goddamn movie in 3D these days. God, I hate 3D. But that's another story. On top of that, they want an additional 3 € if a movie has "overlength", meaning it is longer than 2 hours. So if you wanna watch a 3D movie with more than two hours, that will set you back a whopping 18 €. It's no cheaper for children either. So if you wanna watch a movie with your wife and two children, that would be 72 € for just one evening, not counting snacks and drinks. You know, the 9.99 € for Netflix a month seems like the better option.

When I was a Kid, a movie ticket cost 6 DM, which is roundabout 3 € (!). It just became too expensive.

Ticket prices are still pretty cheap in the US compared to Germany the average ticket price is currently $8.61 but there are a lot of places where you can get a ticket cheaper than that.  Plus when you go before 6 P.M. tickets are cheaper and on top of all that there are discount theaters that show movies that are close to the end of their theatrical run for about $2. 

Where do you live, you lucky bastard lol?! Here, in NY, it's a $12.50/15.00/20.00 breakdown for regular, IMAX, and 3D. That doesn't include any surcharges for processing, reserved seats, or specialy theaters.





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Metallox on 05 January 2016

Looks like cassettes finally killed theaters, lol.

Anyway, the causes of these drops have been stated by many already, but I'm genuinely surprised that tickets are that expensive in the United States. In Mexico (or at least here in the frontier) they can't cost more than 5 dollars.



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Pavolink on 05 January 2016
Metallox said:
Looks like cassettes finally killed theaters, lol.

Anyway, the causes of these drops have been stated by many already, but I'm genuinely surprised that tickets are that expensive in the United States. In Mexico (or at least here in the frontier) they can't cost more than 5 dollars.

También depende de la sala a la que vayas. VIP, IMAX, 3D. Recuerdo que ya están arriba de 100.00 pesos ese tipo de funciones.





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Insidb on 05 January 2016
Pavolink said:
Metallox said:
Looks like cassettes finally killed theaters, lol.

Anyway, the causes of these drops have been stated by many already, but I'm genuinely surprised that tickets are that expensive in the United States. In Mexico (or at least here in the frontier) they can't cost more than 5 dollars.

También depende de la sala a la que vayas. VIP, IMAX, 3D. Recuerdo que ya están arriba de 100.00 pesos ese tipo de funciones.

En Los Estados Unidos, pagamos para el cine con nuetros ninos.

Mi espanol no es muy bien...





Metallox on 05 January 2016
Pavolink said:

También depende de la sala a la que vayas. VIP, IMAX, 3D. Recuerdo que ya están arriba de 100.00 pesos ese tipo de funciones.

VIP, hombre xD Una entrada general en un Cinépolis promedio (y es que depende también del área) cuesta entre 60 y 70 pesos, 80 pesos a lo sumo, lo cual vendría siendo alrededor de 4-5 dólares, tres veces menos que los precios citados por aquí. Claro que si ponemos algunos indicadores en la mesa como el salario mínimo al final termina siendo relativamente lo mismo. 



My bet with The_Liquid_Laser: I think the Switch won't surpass the PS2 as the best selling system of all time. If it does, I'll play a game of a list that The_Liquid_Laser will provide, I will have to play it for 50 hours or complete it, whatever comes first. 

Azhraell on 05 January 2016
Insidb said:
Pavolink said:

También depende de la sala a la que vayas. VIP, IMAX, 3D. Recuerdo que ya están arriba de 100.00 pesos ese tipo de funciones.

En Los Estados Unidos, pagamos para el cine con nuetros ninos.

Mi espanol no es muy bien...

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