Bad Movie Logo
"A website to the detriment of good film"
Custom Search
HOMEB-MOVIE REVIEWSREADER REVIEWSFORUMINTERVIEWSUPDATESABOUT
Welcome, Guest. Please login or register.
Did you miss your activation email?
March 28, 2024, 05:29:39 AM
713324 Posts in 53055 Topics by 7725 Members
Latest Member: wibwao
Badmovies.org Forum  |  Other Topics  |  Entertainment  |  Movie Ticket Question « previous next »
Pages: [1]
Author Topic: Movie Ticket Question  (Read 3564 times)
ER
B-Movie Kraken
*****

Karma: 1754
Posts: 13425


The sleep of reasoner breeds monsters. (sic)


« on: December 16, 2008, 10:20:40 PM »

What would be the problem with pricing movie tickets on a scale? If you're seeing a would-be summer blockbuster with a $300,000,000.00 budget, okay, you might expect to pay full price, even above full price. But if you're going to see an art film shot for 5% of the budget of a superstar-filled blockbuster, mightn't it be logical and fair to pay less? Would there be a flaw in charging different prices for different films? Say $8.00-$12.00 depending on the genre and other factors?
Logged

What does not kill me makes me stranger.
Torgo
Frightening Fanatic of Horrible Cinema
****

Karma: 537
Posts: 5278



« Reply #1 on: December 16, 2008, 10:35:21 PM »

At least around where I live the art house type theaters actually do charge less for films than the major chains.
Logged

"There is no way out of here. It'll be dark soon. There is no way out of here."
schmendrik
Bad Movie Lover
***

Karma: 59
Posts: 713



« Reply #2 on: December 17, 2008, 11:31:30 AM »

Well, I'd hate to cut down the income of the art-movie producers. Anybody know how that ticket dollar is sliced? How much to the theater, how much to the distributor, how much to the production company?

I've heard that theaters make big profits on concessions, so I suppose if you want to reward the art houses at least, you could buy popcorn there and boycott it at the 50-screen Giganto-plex.

I'm going to assume Ash's post was a joke.
Logged
Rev. Powell
Global Moderator
B-Movie Kraken
****

Karma: 3100
Posts: 26769


Click on that globe for 366 Weird Movies


WWW
« Reply #3 on: December 17, 2008, 07:27:56 PM »

What would be the problem with pricing movie tickets on a scale? If you're seeing a would-be summer blockbuster with a $300,000,000.00 budget, okay, you might expect to pay full price, even above full price. But if you're going to see an art film shot for 5% of the budget of a superstar-filled blockbuster, mightn't it be logical and fair to pay less? Would there be a flaw in charging different prices for different films? Say $8.00-$12.00 depending on the genre and other factors?

Are you serious?!
You're a girl.  Where I come from, the guy usually pays.  So why do you care?

(unless you have trouble getting dates)



So she can sort the big spenders from the cheapskates based on which movie they offer to take her to.  Sheesh.

Actually, it's an interesting question.  True, some theaters charge less than others, and most charge less for matinees, but they all charge the same for films shown during "prime time", regardless of the popularity of the movie.  Charging less for smaller budget, niche pictures would probably make the producers more money through increased ticket sales.

Anyone have any insight into the economics of running a movie theater?  Pilgermann, you there?
Logged

I'll take you places the hand of man has not yet set foot...
Raffine
Frightening Fanatic of Horrible Cinema
****

Karma: 812
Posts: 4466



« Reply #4 on: January 01, 2009, 03:09:19 PM »

Sort of off-topic, but I really miss those 'bargin theaters' where you could catch second-run films for a dollar. It was a great way to see stuff like HALLOWEEN III: SEASON OF THE WITCH and MARY SHELLY'S FRANKENSTEIN in a theater setting without paying the full ticket price.

These theaters were also usually a bit sleezy and run down, and the prints a bit battered, which added a lot to the atmosphere. I recall it taking well over two hours to get through the 90 minutes of John Waters' HAIRSPRAY because the film kept breaking and nobody in the projection booth was paying attention. The four of us sitting in the theater took turns going to the lobby to let them them know the film broke... again.  Smile
Logged

If you're an Andy Milligan fan there's no hope for you.
BeyondTheGrave
Frightening Fanatic of Horrible Cinema
****

Karma: 70
Posts: 1386


Punks not Ded sez Rich


« Reply #5 on: January 02, 2009, 01:21:44 AM »

At least around where I live the art house type theaters actually do charge less for films than the major chains.

Thats funny because thats the exact oppsite here. Theres a major chain theater that a couple of blocks from me that has the most awesome and reasonable mantinees. All day tuesdays is only $6.25 and on other days from opening to 3:00pm its $6.75 than from 3:00pm to 6:00pm its $7.50. Its has very confortable seats and all that jazz not a cheap theater.

Theres other theater near me that has $5.00 Wednesdays but it is cheap and hard as hell seats.

Neither of these have any type of independent movies every.There is a reason for this though. Manhattan has almost a monopoly on art house theaters. They can charge anything they can because were are you going to see it? Plus Its expensive place, Its NYC Manhattan so you get the drift.
Logged

Most of all I hate dancing then work,exercise,people,stupidpeople

ghouck
Frightening Fanatic of Horrible Cinema
****

Karma: 585
Posts: 3749


Afro-Mullets RULE!


WWW
« Reply #6 on: January 08, 2009, 12:45:35 AM »

If you're going to do THAT, just charge the sheep that go see the regular schlock DOUBLE, , and the rest of them show for free. Chances are the sheeple won't go to the free shows since if it isn't big budget, it CAN'T be any good. .
Logged

Raw bacon is GREAT! It's like regular bacon, only faster, and it doesn't burn the roof of your mouth!

Happiness is green text in the "Stuff To Watch For" section.

James James: The man so nice, they named him twice.

"Aw man, this thong is chafing my balls" -Lloyd Kaufman in Poultrygeist.

"There's always time for lubricant" -Orlando Jones in Evolution
CheezeFlixz
Frightening Fanatic of Horrible Cinema
****

Karma: 496
Posts: 3747


Pathetic Earthlings


WWW
« Reply #7 on: January 08, 2009, 04:17:36 PM »

Say $8.00-$12.00 depending on the genre and other factors?

$8.00 - $12.00 what do you think I am Rockefeller?

Ticket around here are $5.00 evening, $3.00 matinée. I go to the matinée.
Logged

Pages: [1]
Badmovies.org Forum  |  Other Topics  |  Entertainment  |  Movie Ticket Question « previous next »
    Jump to:  


    RSS Feed Subscribe Subscribe by RSS
    Email Subscribe Subscribe by Email


    Popular Articles
    How To Find A Bad Movie

    The Champions of Justice

    Plan 9 from Outer Space

    Manos, The Hands of Fate

    Podcast: Todd the Convenience Store Clerk

    Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill!

    Dragonball: The Magic Begins

    Cool As Ice

    The Educational Archives: Driver's Ed

    Godzilla vs. Monster Zero

    Do you have a zombie plan?

    FROM THE BADMOVIES.ORG ARCHIVES
    ImageThe Giant Claw - Slime drop

    Earth is visited by a GIANT ANTIMATTER SPACE BUZZARD! Gawk at the amazingly bad bird puppet, or chuckle over the silly dialog. This is one of the greatest b-movies ever made.

    Lesson Learned:
    • Osmosis: os·mo·sis (oz-mo'sis, os-) n., 1. When a bird eats something.

    Subscribe to Badmovies.org and get updates by email:

    HOME B-Movie Reviews Reader Reviews Forum Interviews TV Shows Advertising Information Sideshows Links Contact

    Badmovies.org is owned and operated by Andrew Borntreger. All original content is © 1998 - 2014 by its respective author(s). Image, video, and audio files are used in accordance with the Fair Use Law, and are property of the film copyright holders. You may freely link to any page (.html or .php) on this website, but reproduction in any other form must be authorized by the copyright holder.