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Gunnar Johansson
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From: Gothenburg, Sweden
Registered: Mar 2003
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posted 07-02-2004 12:01 PM
Article from Reuters quote: Movie Ticket Prices Hit All-Time High LONDON (Reuters) - The cost of going to the movies hit an all-time high last year as the construction boom in plush multiplex cinemas continued to push up ticket prices, according to research on Wednesday. In its ninth annual worldwide survey on movie ticket prices, London-based media research group Screen Digest said average ticket prices rose in 40 of the 45 countries it tracks.
The global average ticket price in 2003 was $5.20, up 4.8 percent in local currency terms.
At 1,252 yen -- $10.80 in 2003 average currency terms -- Japanese ticket prices were the most dear. Rounding out the top five were Switzerland, Sweden, Norway and Denmark. Britain ranked tenth.
Screen Digest said a major culprit was construction of multiplexes, the state-of-the art cinema complexes that come equipped with air-conditioning, enhanced sound systems and sometimes shops and videogame arcades under a single roof.
Multiplex ticket prices tend to be higher than those charged at older, "arthouse" cinemas, the researchers note. For the past 15 years, multiplexes have been a common feature in more established cinema markets such as the U.S., UK and Germany. The construction boom has caught on over the past few years in other parts of Western and Eastern Europe, as well as in South America and Asia.
In the United States, the largest movie-going market, average ticket prices rose for a 10th straight year to $6.04, climbing 45 percent over the decade, Screen Digest said.
The economics of movie ticket prices is not easy to pinpoint. Screen Digest points out that in Germany a variety of factors from a poor economy to lackluster box office attendance forced movie ticket prices down 2.6 percent year-on-year.
Đ Reuters 2004. All Rights Reserved.
Apparently Sweden is second according to Swedish papers. Second to Japan and just ahead of Switzerland. The companies claim itīs the high quality of theatres. I wonder what that says about other countries theatres? I couldnīt find the report on Screen Digest webpage, but I didnīt look extremly hard...
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Thomas Dieter
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From: Yakima, WA
Registered: Jun 2004
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posted 07-06-2004 01:16 PM
I have to say that out of all the ticket prices that I have experienced, the theatre company that I am working for now in Chehalis Washington has the lowest prices that I have seen in a while.
Adult: $6.75 Senior: $5.00 Child: $5.00 Matinee: $5.00
Honestly you can't complain about that. But to make it just a little worse, the concessions are high. A 22 oz. drink is $3. but the 44 oz. drink is only $4. I guess bigger is better, and more affordable.
Yesterday, I heard the other person that was helping me in concessions talking to the customer that was complaining about the price of the concessions. His responce was "The price that you paid to get into the theatre for the movie, we only see about 25 to 50 cents of it." The customers face was funny to watch, and her comment was "No you don't, thats all profit isn't it?" His responce was, how do you think all the actors get paid when a movie grosses 75 million in one weekend?" The Customer didn't say a word after that.
Admitingly, that's not entirely the truth, but that is where alot of the money goes. It goes to the actors, producers, everyone else you see in the credits.
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