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Are Cinemas_Theaters still Alive in your Area?
vad:
--- Quote from: Bud on July 20, 2023, 10:37:42 pm ---
--- Quote from: vad on July 20, 2023, 11:52:36 am ---Absolutely, and the cinemas are full. Yesterday, I tried to buy Friday night tickets for "Oppenheimer" at the nearest AMC theater, but without success - all seats were fully booked.
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Online booking does not have to do with reality. Last time I was booking, 70% seats appeared booked. When we came, the total audience was 10 people including 3 of us.
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Not my experience. We went last night, and the theater was fully packed.
EPAIII:
My area is Beaumont, Texas, a medium size city of around 110,000. We have two multi-screen cinemas in town and probably another one or two in the area which is called the Golden Triangle.
As to how well they are doing, I don't know. It has been a while since I have been to either one. I don't miss them nor their $5 - $10 popcorn.
VK3DRB:
--- Quote from: jonovid on July 21, 2023, 01:56:53 am --- the new movies. Zzzzzzzzzzz Simply not interested
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You mean to say you'd pass up the chance to see the Barbie movie? :-DD
Actually I might see the Oppenheimer movie not in a general cinema but in a Gold Class cinema. First movie in a cinema for me in years. In general cinema there is a high risk of jerks sitting nearby sipping slurpees, rustling bags of lollies, or gasbagging at 115200 bps non-stop, resulting in me turning into a potential serial killer. Gold Class is far less risk for all concerned :-+.
tom66:
--- Quote from: coppice on July 21, 2023, 11:40:59 am ---
--- Quote from: Zero999 on July 21, 2023, 11:38:40 am ---5 Euros is cheap, compared to the rip-off prices they charge here. I can't remember what it cost last time I went, which would have been about four years ago, but it was much more than that.
I don't have any streaming services, Blu-ray or DVDs at home either.
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5 years ago is was a lot more than that in the UK, but prices dropped a lot, and this wasn't a COVID issue. They started cheap days, then everything cheap, before COVID struck.
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You can still get tickets at the Vue for non peak time screenings (ie if the film has been out for a month or more) for around £5 each. If you have a certain special offer you can get a 2for1 offer on some days, good if you're going as a pair or with a friend. The Vue is about a 25 minute drive away and you do need £1 for parking in the evenings.
The local multiplex near me (Cineworld) however want near on £12 each and don't do a 2for1 offer. I don't go there, have never gone there, and apparently they're in financial distress.
coppice:
--- Quote from: tom66 on July 23, 2023, 01:00:51 pm ---
--- Quote from: coppice on July 21, 2023, 11:40:59 am ---
--- Quote from: Zero999 on July 21, 2023, 11:38:40 am ---5 Euros is cheap, compared to the rip-off prices they charge here. I can't remember what it cost last time I went, which would have been about four years ago, but it was much more than that.
I don't have any streaming services, Blu-ray or DVDs at home either.
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5 years ago is was a lot more than that in the UK, but prices dropped a lot, and this wasn't a COVID issue. They started cheap days, then everything cheap, before COVID struck.
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You can still get tickets at the Vue for non peak time screenings (ie if the film has been out for a month or more) for around £5 each. If you have a certain special offer you can get a 2for1 offer on some days, good if you're going as a pair or with a friend. The Vue is about a 25 minute drive away and you do need £1 for parking in the evenings.
The local multiplex near me (Cineworld) however want near on £12 each and don't do a 2for1 offer. I don't go there, have never gone there, and apparently they're in financial distress.
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I just checked. Our local Vue has put up its prices. Its 6.99 for any showing booked on line. 7.99 for the same showing bought at the venue. They don't seem to have special prices for particular showings right now. For a long time it was 4.99 for any movie showing. They had special prices for some live events. They have more expensive seats for what are supposed to be the choice seats in the theatre, but I've never seen them occupied. I guess they fill up as a last resort for a popular showing that fills the theatre.
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