My local theatres went through a phase of sloppy management in the early 2000's, but got their act together and tightened up the technical side now to the point where a minor glitch is a very rare exception.

To hear you guys talk, I guess I must be living in Movie Heaven!

(I do count my blessings - - frequently and with gratitude.)




I'm with you 100% on this point!

The official NATO numbers for 2010 are here:

Average Movie Ticket Price for 2010 Was $7.89

The average cost jumped to $8.01 in the fourth quarter due to the premium price of 3D tickets.
The average movie ticket price for 2010 ended up being $7.89, after the average cost jumped to $8.01 in the fourth quarter.

It was the first time that the cost of admission ever jumped the $8 mark.

The National Assn. of Theater Owners calculates the yearly ticket price based on the quarter averages. The average cost in the first quarter of 2010 was $7.95, but dipped to $7.88 in the second, and $7.71 in the third.

The average ticket price in 2009 was $7.50. Year-over-year, the 2010 average price of $7.89 represented a 5.2% increase.

Helping to drive the higher cost were 3D films, which charge a premium.

Over the past five years, ticket prices have consistently been up 4% to 5% year-over-year.

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/a ... Stories%29

Year Price
2010 $7.89
2009 $7.50
2008 7.18
2007 6.88
2006 6.55
2005 6.41
2004 6.21
2003 6.03
2002 5.80
2001 5.65
2000 5.39
1999 5.06
1998 4.69
1997 4.59
1996 4.42
1995 4.35
1994 4.08
1993 4.14
1992 4.15
1991 4.21
1990 4.22
1989* 3.99
1988 4.11
1987 3.91
1986 3.71
1985 3.55
1984 3.36
1983 3.15
1982 2.94
1981 2.78
1980 2.69
1979 2.47
1978 2.34
1977 2.23
1976 2.13
1975 2.03
1974 1.89
1971 1.65
1967 1.22
1963 .86
1958 .68
1954 .49
1948 .36

Movie Ticket Prices Fall to $7.86 Average in First Quarter

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/m ... 786-184580

Prices at my local AMC theater:
Adult: $10.50 - After 4:00 pm
Child: $7.50 - Age 2 - 12
Matinee: $8.50 - Before 3:55 pm
Senior: $9.50 - Age 60+
A.M.Cinema (shows before noon): $6.00 Everyday

RealD 3D Experience: add $4
IMAX Experience: add$5
IMAX 3D Experience: add $6

FUCKING RIDICULOUS!

Are you serious? No wonder people are becoming more selective. No way I'd pay those premiums for most films.

I only go to this one and I'm always surprised how many people have the same idea...

I don't have that morning option in my area, so I pretty much skipped the whole spring.
My movie season started yesterday when I saw Fast Five. Thor is Thursday night, and I'll also definitely see Pirates 4, Hangover 2, X-Men, Captain America, Transformers and Harry Potter. Movies I would have seen in a heartbeat in previous years now become bubble movies, only seen if I have the time or money... Super 8, Green Lantern, Cars 2, Cowboys & Aliens, and Rise of the Planet of the Apes, along with many smaller films.

So with a lot of IMAX and 3D movies coming out in Summer are the average admissions pirces expected to go above $8 again ? Plus in April we had Rio and F5 (at the end but still OD was a big chunk I believe)

Probably, especially with movies like HP7-2 coming up...

F5 wasn't 3D.

You have Thor, Priest (negligible), Pirates, Panda, Cars and Green Lantern in the next quarter.

After that Transformers, Captain America, Smurfs, Potter and a whole slew of mid-range crap.

We'll see how the audience responds.

But IMAX...

But it lost a lot of it already.

Transformers & Harry Potter are the only films this year I'd pay to see in IMAX 3D.
That's over $30 for 2 movies. Unbelievable!!!

I am not sure if that is true....I checked their website and saw that it is still playing a quite a few places, all of which I assume will be house full (still though it did loose a lot this week)

If 3D and IMAX do inflate this number (highly) then I think we can see that number as high as $8.1 (the last record was $8.01)

Is it valid to assume the average 3D ticket is about 1.4x the average non-3D ticket price?

If so, for opening weekend 1st Q 2011 (based on above), I get approx.
$7.59 ave non 3D ticket price
$10.63 ave 3D ticket price

Is there better data available?

2nd Quarter 2011: $8.06
1st Quarter 2011: $7.86

2nd Quarter 2010: $7.88

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/m ... all-217339

Those numbers aren't a big surprise imo. It could have been more especially for movies like TF3 and DH2

3rd Quarter 2011: $7.94
2nd Quarter 2011: $8.06
1st Quarter 2011: $7.86

2011 so far: $7.96

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/m ... all-255887

That does not sound really big...we have DH2 and a lot of August movies in 3rd quarter right?
I seriously doubt that this is a correct number.

4th Quarter 2011: $7.83
3rd Quarter 2011: $7.94
2nd Quarter 2011: $8.06
1st Quarter 2011: $7.86

2011 final: $7.93 (up from $7.89 in 2010)

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/m ... 011-288569

The fact that it didn't pass $8 average makes 2011 admissions look slightly less worse.

$7.92 1st quarter 2012
$8.12 2nd quarter 2012

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/m ... all-358247

AVENGERS effect...

$7.78 3rd Quarter 2012
$8.12 2nd Quarter 2012
$7.92 1st Quarter 2012

http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/en ... 0256.story

Looks like there might be no increase in 2012...