And I don't think folks will ever give up on the theater even with pimp home theaters---if you're dating a hot girl, you want to show her off.

TheVoid said:

At the multiplex? Really?

CarrieMpls said:

Of course.
Teenagers do it all the time here.

They show each other off.

By 'you' I'm not referring to me or the posters here.

If guys are showing the girlfriends off at the mall, what makes you think they won't do it at the cineplexes attached to the malls?

TheVoid said:

ahh.. I suppose.

I rest my case!!!

http://online.wsj.com/art...72876.html

Movie Tickets Reach the $20 Mark

By LAUREN A. E. SCHUKER

For the first time, a major Hollywood film will hit the $20 threshold at the box office, as movie-theater owners test the public's ability to absorb ever higher ticket prices.

Several theaters will charge $20 per adult ticket to IMAX showings of the animated 3-D family film "Shrek Forever After," the fourth "Shrek" installment from DreamWorks Animation. The theaters include the AMC theater in Manhattan's Kips Bay neighborhood, AMC Loews 34, AMC Loews Lincoln Square and AMC Empire 42nd Street.

The increases weren't officially announced, but were reflected in prices posted Wednesday on movie-ticketing Web sites such as Fandango.com and tracked by BTIG LLC media analyst Richard Greenfield.

"With the state of the economy remaining questionable, we worry pricing is simply moving up too quickly," cautioned Mr. Greenfield in a research blog post, adding that he was especially concerned about how quickly children's ticket prices are increasing. "The danger is scaring consumers away from the movie theaters."

This weekend's price increase come less than eight weeks after theater operators instituted some of the steepest hikes in a decade. Those increases in late March—in some cases of as much as 26%—varied theater to theater and focused on 3-D and IMAX showings of another DreamWorks Animation title, "How to Train Your Dragon." The same AMC theater in Manhattan charged $19.50 for an IMAX showing of "Dragon."

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This weekend's increases come less than eight weeks since the theater operators instituted some of the steepest hikes in a decade in late March. Above, "Shrek: Forever After" features the voices of comedian Eddie Murphy for Donkey and Mike Myers for Shrek.

The $20 ticket may prove to be a psychological barrier too steep for some moviegoers to overcome, but the industry appears ready to take the risk, especially in the wake of a string of 3-D blockbusters, from "Avatar" to "Alice in Wonderland." 3-D movies accounted for the vast majority of last year's 10% jump in domestic box-office sales. That figure is likely to climb even higher for 2010.

While box-office revenues are up about 6% this year compared to the same period last year, attendance is slightly down—a reversal from several months of rapid expansion at the box office and a record-breaking year in 2009, when attendance was up more than 5%

As a teen I brought hard liquor to the movies and twizzlers... now with my kids I just bring apples, crackers, sammiches, candy, chocolates and sometimes canned sodas.

Why? Because its the American thing to do. They are lucky I'm too boughie to buy the bootleg!

I have pizza delivered.

OMG, I hate concession food most of the time.

I used to work in a movie theatre's concession stand and if you saw what the 'butter' looked like before it was melted you'd vomit. It looks sort of like a large cylinder of earwax. And smells somewhat like unwashed balls.


Anyways, I don't always, but sometimes like if we're dining before the movie and the food takes forever to get to us--we'll sneak that into the theater.


It's a double edged sword. In 1991 (back when I worked a movie theater), it cost about 70 thousand dollars for one film purchase (like Batman). Movie theaters make very little or no money off of the films--they make their bucks off of the concession sales. That's why I get irritated when I see slow or lazy concession workers--because they're just hurting the theater owner's bottom line, especially if it's a indie theater.

But on the flip side, as a consumer, it's VERY expensive to watch a movie. You could easily be out a hundred or more bucks for a medium sized family to go see a movie--and that's kind of sad. I don't blame folks for sneaking food in.

paintedlady said:

damn, I was just about to say, bootleg, home cooked meal, and you will save on gas

We went to see Michael Jackson's "This is it" someone brought a complete chicken dinner (it smelled gooood)

Nah cuz I want that fountain pop and popcorn.

If I know all I'm finna eat is M&Ms then I might hook that up beforehand, drop it in the pocket.

But usually I'm messing with stuff like the chicken fingers or fries or the nachos... can't be sneakin that kinda food in anyway.

We went to see Michael Jackson's "This is it" someone brought a complete chicken dinner (it smelled gooood)