Movie theaters are considering discount pricing and investing in Imax and 4DX to attract audiences, but the 2025 box office is in a slump.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/27420780

Movie theaters are considering discount pricing and investing in Imax and 4DX to attract audiences, but the 2025 box office is in a slump.

  • jordanlund@lemmy.worldEnglish
    4·
    5 days ago

    Even in the cities it gets expensive. If we’re talking Imax or something like that you can easily get close to $25 a ticket and that’s before popcorn.

    • hydrashokEnglish
      2·
      5 days ago

      Holy crap. My theater is $15 per ticket for the giant screen and I still think it’s a rip-off. It used to be — and not like 20 years ago, two years ago — that same ticket was $8-10, depending on the film. They’ve also added surcharges for evening showings, so that $15 ticket after 6pm is now an $18 ticket. My pricing has gone up 30-120% depending on when the showtime is. And this is a rural theater. I don’t even want to know what the establishments closer into the city are charging.

      I’m never spending $100 just on tickets; that money could go a much longer distance at home with AppleTV+ or Max or whatever.