How Much Would You Pay For A Movie???
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Would you pay $35 to see a movie in a fancy schmancy theater?
Well, some biz investors think that some of you will!
A group that includes the Retirement Systems of Alabama pension fund are sinking $200 million to build 50 luxury movie theaters across the United States over the next five years.
The first two theaters will open up outside of Chicago and Seattle.
Each complex will sport theaters featuring 40 reclining armchair seats with footrests, digital projection and the capability to screen 2-D and 3-D movies, as well as a lounge and bar serving cocktails and appetizers, a concierge service and valet parking.
Is this all really worth $35, though?!
Theaters make their money on concessions so the high priced stuff they'll be peddling - fancy food like sushi- is what industry experts are assuming will make those investors bank. So you'd have to pay inflated food prices ON TOP of the $35 ticket!
Rip off!!
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I would pay $50 bucks a ticket if I didn't have to sit with the scum that goes to the movies. If I didn't have to listen to people on their nextels the whole time I am trying to watch a movie, I would gladly pay. High prices keep the riff raff out.
that's already happening in Mexico, they are called Cinepolis VIP, they have just about anything to eat, including sushi, 3 course meal and foreign beer( german and dutch) and the entrance is about 10 dlls, also, they have full reclinable leather seats and service,,something else, in Brno (Czech Republic) they also have that.
What a rip! Anyone willing to throw down $35 a head should just go out and buy a damn projector! Shiiiit.
what a hopeless business plan. everybody has 60 inch high def tvs and wicked sorround in their houses so who in the hell is gonna pay to go to any movie theatre? just wait for the bluray release. these idiots just blew 200 million. fackin morons. ( no need for any further posts)
What brianiac developer came up with this idea??? I hope those retirees really don't wanna retire, cause they wont have the funds with sucha ridiculous idea!
For crying out loud, I may sound like Mother Theresa here, but couldn't we use that money for something like… uhhh… I dunno know… feeding the homeless?
Thanks, but I'll just pop in a videocassette, crack open a beer and light candles…
I've been to one in Australia. I believe the price was around $35. It was worth it for me. They had a full dinner menu,cocktail list,leather recliners!!
Y is Paris Hiton sitting thier! shes not cute, sexy, or atractive. She needs to GO AWAY~!
we already have that kind of movie theaters in mexico and they charge $10… wednesdays the charge half price!
I think this is not a good idea.
Just mine opinion
yeah, it's called the directors hall at the bridge cinema de lux in la..they already have that! and they don't charge $35! they have everything you just said, concierge service, bar, cocktails and appetizers served during the movie, assigned seating…hello!!
Re: Sara –
Sara it's in Rosemont and it's been open for a while. Always busy and they also have sitter service for parents. It's not $35 either. IIRC $22 with sitter service - which is made up of registered nurses, licensed teachers, and educational major students. It's a great idea and a great service, IMO.
we have that already in philly! the only fun part is that students get a discount during the day!
35 dollars to see a movie? Haha! That's why so many idiots are filing for bankruptcy. The only time I go to the movies is in the summer time when something good is actually playing…can't wait for the Dark Knight!
well things are expensive anyways..i live in saskatoon and i pay 11.00 or something for one ticket..plus the crap you buy, it adds up anyways. whats wrong with selling more than popcorn and shit, most of it kinda sucks. having the option, anyway is at issue. i wish some stupid trust would do that here. i would go there a bit, well i think for like a dutch date, would suit it alot. a decent dinner and a movie prob for ok price then having no feet on your chair? lol perez is being extra mean today.
I would pay extra to go to a movie theater that does not serve food. I seriously can not stand it.
are they dumb? Don't they know why movies are bombing in the theaters? THE PRICES!!! And the fact that we can watch movies via the internet now…no need to pay $18+ for a damn theater.
parisbff.com/people/CheerJamez
vote for me!!!
We also have that in Mexico, for only $9 a seat
hahaha
Most of the Movies Hollywood puts out are not even worth the $3 rental! I think it is retarded!!! How much extra cash does the 1 percent of the population have? Our schools are falling apart.. people in the struggle.. struggle too much while the pampered are rubbing it in the faces of the MIDDLE Class.. that doesn't even exist anymore. I think it's obnoxious, and even if one can afford to throw money away.. throw it the way of the hungry.. poor. stop paying these brats something they are not worth. How STUPID do they think we are????
Haha - they better not try this in Austin, TX. We have the Alamo Drafthouse Cinemas - with a full menu and bar - just missing the reclining chairs.
The suburbs of Chicago already has a movie theater similiar to there concept. Its called Hollywood Blvd. There is a full service bar, full food menu, your own server that takes care of you throughout the movie.
Price to see a movie is $8.00
GO NETFLIX !!!!!!!! THIS SHIT IS L.O.L. FUNNY !! I COULD PROBABLY SEE A BROADWAY SHOW FOR THAT PRICE
Perez-
Hmmm… Comfy reclining armchair with footrest, no big crowd, easy parking, semi-private viewing…. This sounds like my HOUSE, except the cocktails and food are free.
we have this in Milwaukee already. It's $11-15 per ticket, and includes valet parking and popcorn. Big loveseat sized seats. A bar and restaurant, and you can bring your food and drinks into the theater. It's actually really cool.
P-Nasty, we already have that in Dubai, for roughly the same price. It's always sold out! You get the food served to you by a waiter — they have everything but sushi - but knowing this place, we'll probably have sushi as well in no time!
LOVE YOU, P!!!
Re: hb – and lots of tourists get killed there for money too! forgot that part.
They have a muvico in Rosemont, IL also! Doesnt cost that much and is the same thing.
I live in Seattle, and there is NO WAY I would pay that much to go to a movie. I dislike paying the regular $10 to go to a movie. Netflix is better anyway, and you don't have to worry about people talking through the movie then!
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we already have that in tampa. you have to be 21 to go (regardless of the movie) and you get access to a full bar and fancy recliners for seats.
but it doesn't cost $35…i think it's like $15. bc you have to pay for stuff once your in there.
Thats kuhrazy! It's already $9.50 admission and $4 for a bag of M&M's! If they were SMART, they'd make a cheaper version. We have an older theatre where I live that plays old movies but has a bar and snacks like pizza in the back and little tables by your chair to eat on….and it sure as hell isn't $35!
They already do this in New Zealand… It's called gold class and I remember it was something like $35-$50!!!
We already have that in Boca Raton, FL. It is the shit! Like flying first class, once you have done it you can't go back to regular.
yes! australia has this and it works very well. we love it. you can get meals/drinks (inc. alcohol) brought to you throughout the movie, you sit back in huge recliner seats and relax! so worth it.
Yeaaa…fuck that.
holy fuck paris hilton has huge feet
Re: Give Me Your Sick, your Tired, Your Shushi! –
Well said.
I too am so weary of the rich and ignorant looking for ways to make their lives "better," when there are people in the same fucking country who don't even have a ROOF over their heads, let alone an opportunity to sit with a bunch of greedy fucks and watch a $35 piece of crap.
We have vip theatres in Toronto, but they're like 5 bucks more than the regular and only at one location uptown.
I have been saying some one should do this for such a long time now. But i would only pay $20 at the most.
They already have lots of movie taverns. The leather chairs are pretty comfortable, they have a full bar and decent food, although no sushi and the tickets are like $5.00. That's good enough.
We've had this in Australia for years and it's amazing. But I don't think it will fly in the US - average people are just too cheap to want to spend money to enjoy a nice night out with amazing food and comfortable seating. My husband and I go every 2 months.
Great. So the place will be crawling with people who smell like seaweed and raw fish, and puking up behind the seats from slamming down too many mixed drinks…or hollering and talking too loud because they're drunk. Gimme me a break. And how much will the food cost? A BUNCH. I paid $8.59 for a small popcorn and a small Dasani bottled water last weekend, on top of the ticket. I can only imagine what they'll charge for sushi and mixed drinks. A tip for Hollywood…if studios make an industry wide commitment to churn out decent entertainment each and every time a movie is released, America will go to the movies. Turn out duds or half assed flicks and all the sushi in the world won't pack them in.
Dublin Ireland my local cinema charges $25 for a standard seat. I'd happily pay $10 for space and smaller crowds alone.
they have these kind of theaters in Australia called "gold star". it is pricey but it truly was the most amazing experience, particularly if you are a movie fan. you order your food, drinks, candy, etc. before the movie and you let them know when you want each thing delivered. most people save the experience for special occasions.
they started these in mexico and sold the franchise to costa rica and other central american countries. it is worth 10 usd.
they are quite fancy and the food is pretty expensive.. maybe the $35 will include food? have no idea.
anyway.. nothing new to my world.. just think its quite expensive
fuggetaboutit, the movies these days arent worth the $10 that we pay now. Most "regular" people think that $10 is outrageous as it is.
RIDICULOUS! I won't even pay the $10 to go to the regualr movies- ordering a pizza and watching Netflix on my couch is so much better!
In Costa Rica, we have "VIP" theaters with just this - reserved seating (you pick where you'd like to sit), leather recliners, a special lounge, and full-service concierge service. They'll bring everything from caramel corn to made-to-order sushi. The tickets cost $8 and the food between $2 and $8.
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You can get tickets to the New York Philharmonic for less than $35. I hate how marketers constantly find new ways to make everything damn thing into a "luxury experience" to squeeze more money out of the people that have it and make things less & less accessible for people who don't.
Maybe if they start making better movies I'd consider going for $20, but I have a hard time even parting with the $12 they're charging in NYC these days for most of the junk that's getting made. I don't care if I'm sitting in a fancy chair–crap is crap.
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Hell YES I would go. Beats the hell out of screaming kids and cramped seating and greasy popcorn. I sure wouldn't go every week.. but for as often as we go to movies… this would be PREMIUM!! I LOVE THE CONCEPT!!
In Pensacola, FL they had the big cushy seats, diner type food, had beer, let you smoke and of course a big screen movie (might be a couple months old) for——————— an effing dollar.
Now that's a deal.
Um, they've already HAD this for TEN YEARS "outside of Chicago" in tony Lombard, Ill. It's nothing new! Try to keep up with the rest of us, LA and NYC!
Illinois: Mile after Magnificent Mile!
Re: Robert – Only trouble is, anyone who can afford that ticket price is probably a pretty self-centered person who feels entitled. In my experience, those are some of the loudest folks around. I bet it would be noisier than the average flick.
here in boca, our muvico theatre has a 'premier' section. you see the movie in the same theater as those with regular priced tickets, except you're sitting up high in a loft-area with loveseats and free popcorn and drinks. oh, and there's also a full-service bar and restaurant right outside the loft doors. TOTALLY worth the thirty bucks, especially if you're seeing the right movie!
they already have those. It's called Alamo Draft House and they're no better than regular theaters. boo yah.
There's already a place called Muvico in Chicago that does all that, and it sure as hell doesn't cost $35!
The Chicago-area MUVICO has been open awhile now, is Rosemont near O'Hare Airport. Personally, drinking while watching a movie is a bad idea. One drink will make me tired and too many will make me not pay attention to the movie!
we have them here in OZ, they are called "gold class cinemas" and are fab, you use them when you want to see something reeeallly good and it's $50 here, thats just for the ticket, they bring food and drinks while you watch.
All the surroundings are better than the normal theatre.
If it'll weed out all the low lifes who come to the movies with their babies in strollers and let the older kids run up and down the ailes… and talk as if they were in the street calling out to each other, then sure, I'd gladly pay. Rude low life folk make the movie going experience awful for a lot of people…we hardly ever go anymore because of that.
sorry to say, but I would TOTALLY pay $35 to see a movie… I currently don't go to theaters because it is such bad experience with rowdy people, little kids running around…
Hollywood has to "Hollywoodify" everything. Now the simple pleasures different types of people being brought together through film is going to be lost in luxury movie theaters. On a related note, I wonder if they're going to start charging more money for good films now and 2 dollars for Paris' nightmare.
they already do this in portland, OR - but you get a waiter, dinner, wine, etc. and people love it. haven't been myself though.
P go back to f%$#g Costa Rica… u cheap F$@#kS!!! i bet you are the type that complains about expensive things, yet you go and have $5.00 coffee at Starbucks…
Talk about being late to jump on the bandwagon! We have theatres like that already here in Toronto, and they're great. $16 for VIP theatres that have leather recliners, pre-selected seating, waiters that come to you at your seat, unique menus that serve things like mushroom caps, sushi, nacho platters, chicken, etc. Annnndddd it's liquor-licensed, so you can have margaritas, beer, wine etc. as well. As if that's not good enough, it even has an age minimum! 19+ only (legal age), so you don't have any annoying kids or punks in there disturbing your movie.
This already exists in Mexico and it is a hit!
No I would not pay that much!!! That's insane!
YES!! We already have that in New Zealand. Gold Class they call it, and I much prefer it. Only 24 large seats in a big room, fully reclining, A full fancy menu served to your chair …. and free drinks!
Go for it
AMERICA HAS THE SHITTIEST ECONOMY RIGHT NOW.
NO ONE IS GOING TO SPEND THAT MUCH ON A MOVIE THAT THEY CAN DOWNLOAD EASILY OFF THE INTERNET.
I'd go. Maybe the price will keep dumbasses from bringing toddlers to R-rated movies.
yea defo, they has those kinda of theatres in Dublin already…ppl love them!
This still doesen't solve the problem that every movie being made right now is utter shit. They just sell us package shit. Movies SUCK nowadays. People already don't want to spend the 10 bucks. Who the hell will spend $35 to see National Treasure 2 ??!!??!!
Sadly they are wasting thier money.
If you live anywhere near the border of the US and mexico, you can cross south and check out Cinepolis movie houses. Go to the VIP one. It will cost you a whopping 7$ for the movie. You can then sit at the full liquor bar, have Sushi, get candy and sodas, grab a coffee and or a crepes' and then stroll into the movie with your food and drink to sit in an over stuffed recliner that leans way back. The only thing missing is the foot rest.
HAH! And they think they're so innovative?
Movie theaters in Thailand have offered this for years.
Imagine a whole theater with 50 or so lazy boy chairs in it, cocktails and snacks brought to you DURING the movie whenever you specify. Feel like tempura a half hour into a movie? Done! Like a whiskey sours with your opening sequence? Voila. And the best part, they offer it for about the same cost as a regular movie theater ticket here - of course every sheep who walks through American theater doors is immediately sheared with the CRAZY high prices for stale popcorn and flat soft drinks.
And I think their projections are right. Americans will pay $35 for that because they've been conditioned to expect so much less. Hey, can't blame those businessmen from milking the cow a little harder.
We have those in Mexico at $9usd per ticket in Cancun
Sushi, sandwiches, bar, leather seats, waiters, etc.
Cinepolis VIP.
Whoever has their money in that retirement fund better get it out ASAP. They've been doing this in Europe for years and it's only 12 bucks.
p has a point. they also have those theaters in mexico. i live very close to the border and for $10 you get all those services, well minus the parking.
We already have them here in New Zealand. Its kind of sweet being able to eat yummy snacks and sip on wine. Besides, 35 bucks is way cheaper than the shitty prices they charge in this country.
They already have it in Milwaukee, its called iPic Theatres. Bowling alley, movie ticket is $15 for popcorn, valet parking, and a movie with reclining seats and dining in food and drinks.
I live in the Chicago burbs and go to a premium movie theatre regularly, it costs us $17 a ticket and it's often packed on Friday/Saturday nights. We sit in leather sets and they serve food and drinks (including alcohol) all throughout the film. Or you can show up early and have a meal or a drink. The ticket comes with free popcorn, also refills on drinks like soda if you buy one are free. I love it, and it's nice being in a 21 and over crowd, and most of the staff mix a good drink. I also like that our seats are reserved so we can show up right before the movie instead of getting there early for good seats and then sitting there with nothing to do.
I personally wouldn't pay $35 but I live like 2 minutes from the theatre. But a lot of people come out here from the city and suburbs that are closer to the city, and maybe they would pay the extra $18 to avoid dealing with the drive. That's a pretty steep jump though….
We already pay the much in London
Alamo Drafthouse in Texas (austin, woo) already does that. A student ticket is under 7 bucks and a regular ticket is 8. They have a huge menu and bar.
We have them at home in Australia. It works and you pay it without hesitation, you don't hear the plebs munching on their popcorn, there are no lines, you can have a little privacy and can grab a cheese plate and bottle of red wine. With downloads on the web though, why would you want to leave home when everything that is playing in the theater is just a click away anyway..?
OLD - already been in australia foryears - gold class cinemas!
You order your food and drink to be served at the begining, middle or end of the movie and they serve alcohol and have recliners etc.
They are fantastic and worth the extra money!
We have Gold Class in Australia and it's amazing. We pay $36 and inflated food prices. Yes you don't go to it all the time, but it's nice for a special occasion. I took my fiancee to it for Valentine's day as he'd never been, and now he wants to go back all the time!
We already have this in Greece - if they handle it the same way it's worth every penny. A supremely enjoyable experience.
I think thats a SICK idea. I would DEFINITLY go on a date to pay that much, its barely pocket change!!!!
and you get valet? sushi????? your gaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaayest
Definitely already had these for years in Australia. Costs about $35 and not something you would do for every movie, but great for a fun night out. Have wondered why the USA doesn't already have them. They are always sold out, really hard to get tickets for, so I have no doubt they will do well here in the States. This is my favourite way to see movies, I just wish I could afford to do it more often!
Sundance Theater in San Francisco already has that with the exception of the footrest and their tickets are about $10.50! For $35 I want some atmospheric changes. When there is a storm on screen the wind should blow inside the theater. When there is a car wreck your seats should shake!! Damn $35 for a foot rest, I don't think so.
I think that's a great idea. The price is a bit steep, but there truly is a market for it. Maybe include a nice restaurant in the theater as well. Here in Wine Country folks would be jumping all over it. Hmmm. More the older crowd looking for a nice evening out minus the screaming babies and thugs kicking the chair in back of you while your trying to enjoy a movie with a date.
we also have that in mexico, i'm not sure about the 2D and 3D, but we have reclining leather sofas, and catering, for about $8 dlls, regular price is $5
I think people who hate going to the movies and dealing with crazy loud teenagers will go
there already have one's like this
That's all the Chicago suburbs need! More overpriced crap!
kay.. i hate paying more than $10 to see a movie.. i'll get drunk with my $35. thanks.
Do investors seriously think this is an original idea??? Muvico in Florida has been doing this for years.
https://www.muvico.com/premier.asp
There is one by me, has been for a few years now and it's the ONLY way I go see a movie. The ticket price is only $19 though, not $35. It's a completely separate theater, you have to call and make reservations (your party is always seated together!). No one under 21 allowed (which rocks) and you show up an hour early for dinner in the restaurant. The food is awesome and reasonably priced and they have a full bar.
Once the theater is ready, you take your gigantic leather assigned seats, bring your food with you if you didn't finish and you have a wait staff that waits on you the entire movie. All the free popcorn you can eat
The last time I went it was about $100 with drinks (an tip) - it ROCKED!!!
I would TOTALLY pay $35 …bar service?!!!
If the $35 ticket price will keep out all the riff-raff, loud talkers, trouble makers, and the "lower" class, I'll gladly pay the extra $$$.
people drinking in a movie theatre? save that for home! i know how chatty i can be after a few glasses of wine.
and how good could the food possibly be??