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Offline Kosh

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Piracy is killing us but we're somehow making ****loads of money anyway
Can anyone say "price gouging"?


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The price is right ... but probably not for much longer.

At least so far, theater owners have gotten away with the biggest year-to-year increases in ticket prices ever -- with average admission costs spiraling upward more than 40 cents in 2010, or over 5 percent. Meanwhile, attendance has stayed largely flat, dropping less than 1 percent, according to the National Association of Theater Owners.

But with domestic theatrical revenue on pace to shatter 2009’s record $10.6 billion haul, it's becoming increasingly evident that exhibitors are close to maxing out consumer patience.
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Offline Snail

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Re: Piracy is killing us but we're somehow making ****loads of money anyway
I don't even see movies in the theater anymore, so as far as I'm concerned they can go ahead and raise the price, it'll only dissuade people like me from going.

(I don't pirate, I wait for them to show up on the TV or watch them a year later on the airplane)

 

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$5.25 for a soda

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pretty soon its gonna be cheaper to buy a dvd than to go see the movie in the theater. i dont like dvds, i really only watch a movie once. i kinda like going to the movies, you get a screen bigger than your house and a badass audio setup, you get to watch in film grain resolution and the only way they could improve things was to get rid of the audience and give me a pause button so i can let out some of my drink in the middle of the movie. add beer to the concessions stand and i may even consider shelling out 12 bucks to see a movie. there arent many movies that i have to see anyway. im luckey if 3 catch my intrest a year. i would have seen predators while i was in juneau had they not swapped it out for a chick flick a day before i got there. i frown on box office successes, as anything thats popular cant be worth a damn, il pirate those to show my disgust, i enjoyed watching a poorly done rip of avatar (well not really the plot was horrific). i wish they would bring back b movies and exploitation flicks, those were always more interesting to me as well as independent films and crime dramas from the 70s. if they played those in movie theaters id go more often. i like seeing what a good director can do with crappy actors and a low budget and a bad script, i dont think every movie needs the special effects and polish that pretty much every film that reaches the big screen has.
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wait srs? :wtf:

More or less. There's a reason I see maybe two or three movies a year in the theater.
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Offline Klaustrophobia

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Re: Piracy is killing us but we're somehow making ****loads of money anyway
we've luckily got an old-style theater right by campus here.  tickets are $5.75.  they serve beer, drinks are expensive but you can get refills, and the popcorn is MASSIVE for the same price as the tiny **** at big theaters.
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Offline Scotty

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Re: Piracy is killing us but we're somehow making ****loads of money anyway
Legends at Village West, $5 tickets Mo-Thurs.  Heck yes.

 

Offline FUBAR-BDHR

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Re: Piracy is killing us but we're somehow making ****loads of money anyway
Last movie I saw in a theater was Star Trek IV.  Yea when it was first released. 
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Offline General Battuta

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If attendance hasn't changed, then basic economics suggests there's room for the price to grow further. Demand still remains.

 

Offline Dilmah G

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Re: Piracy is killing us but we're somehow making ****loads of money anyway
I still think that you can't match the 'cinema experience' by parking your ass in front of your new 50" television and watching some pirated load of ****. I see in excess of 20-30 movies a year with my mates, and I doubt another $0.50 on tickets is going to affect me.

And also, **** cinema food guys. I always head to the movies with a backpack (and baggy trackpants with an ocker accent :P ) and the lot of us stash McDonalds food in there and save ourselves another $20 on popcorn. We've done it so often all I have to do is turn to one side and the zips on my bag will be opened and closed within thirty seconds. :P

 

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Last movie I saw in a theater was Star Trek IV.  Yea when it was first released. 

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Re: Piracy is killing us but we're somehow making ****loads of money anyway
I don't even see movies in the theater anymore, so as far as I'm concerned they can go ahead and raise the price, it'll only dissuade people like me from going.

(I don't pirate, I wait for them to show up on the TV or watch them a year later on the airplane)

I don't even watch films anymore. The latest film I watched was James Cameron's Avatar.
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Re: Piracy is killing us but we're somehow making ****loads of money anyway
I don't even watch films anymore. The latest film I watched was James Cameron's Avatar.

That was released in December. Your argument is invalid.
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Offline Liberator

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I'll do you one better, I'm old enough to have gone to "The Last Starfighter" in a theatre.
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Offline Snail

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Re: Piracy is killing us but we're somehow making ****loads of money anyway
Okay I'm going to be dreadfully honest.

I went to see Inception today precisely because this thread reminded me I still hadn't seen it. Yeah, I am a massive hypocrite. :nervous:

 

Offline Dilmah G

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Re: Piracy is killing us but we're somehow making ****loads of money anyway
Why and how haven't you seen Inception yet?!

 

Offline Snail

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Re: Piracy is killing us but we're somehow making ****loads of money anyway
For many of the reasons listed in this thread. :P

Also it's probably my last chance to see it before I return to the UK, where the price would probably be prohibitive instead of just an expense here.


I also didn't have any popcorn or drinks while watching.

 

Offline Nemesis6

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Re: Piracy is killing us but we're somehow making ****loads of money anyway
I don't watch movies in the cinema - Too many stupid people, screaming kids, and all-around annoying people, without exception. I'd rather help the terrorists win by pirating an R5 of it in the comfort of my own home than give money for a ****ty experience like what I've found out is the norm in theatres here, visual and audio setup notwithstanding.

By the way, didn't the MPAA or RIAA introduce a tax on CD-RW's to mitigate them being used for pirating movies or something?