Why Are Movie Tickets Now Being Taxed?

What's bull is depending on where you live, like gas is the crazily disparate prices.

In most urban places $10 for a matinee...Other places $6-7.

And God forbid you live in NY or SF where it's $16 for a regular adult and no ticket even Matinee is offered sub-$10. The highest price is $19 for regular adult at AMC apparently in NY... Depending what borough you live in.

Movie theaters have gone restaurant. You can go to different parts of town and bargain shop even with the national chains like AMC. At least McDonald's is consistent nationally, city-wide, town-wide, neighborhood block-wide.

My area still offers $6.75 Matinee which must be on the very low end.

That's a crazy $4-12 swing depending on where you live. It's $60 for a teenager, his date and two small Cokes and a large popcorn in Manhattan.

How is any of what you described bull? You just described markets

The AMC near me had matinees before 10 AM forunder 6 dollars and under 10 dollars before 12PM and under 13 dollars before 5 pm

Movie ticket and concession prices now =

A couple with two children wanting to go see the new hit Disney/Pixar film on Friday or Saturday night will cost $100 if you buy food and candy in the theater itself. It's a joke.

We go to the movies in the afternoon (most of the time), plus we bring our own snacks. I don't like being robbed.

I believe that's still how most every theater does it, even if it's not always explicitly stated.

The OP's theater probably just used taxes as an excuse to implement a rate hike. But I'm certain that they were paying taxes before the change (or that they were at least suppose to)

Entrance to a place of entertainment or whatever.

Use Groupon

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They often have to charge high concession prices just to break even.

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Theaters have been in the popcorn business since the 70's. They don't make much from the movies.

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The highest price is $19 for regular adult at AMC apparently in NY... Depending what borough you live in.

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Honestly, frick AMC. North Park they charge 15 bucks for a fricking matinee ticket and 19 at night. They also charge 15 dollars for a Bud Light. And the people that watch movies at AMC are shitheads, with 10 minutes of worthless commercials to tell me to buy a coke in the lobby.

Meanwhile down the street, I pay half that price at the Alamo Drafthouse, pay 1/3 of that for a beer of much higher quality, they personally go out and get the items I request, the seats are far more comfortable, they kick out anyone who is disruptive on a dime, their commercials are different and just tell people about actual events they're having that I am often interested in, and short of a handjob they'll do anything you ask of them.

Unless I have no other choice, I don't plan on stepping foot in an AMC again. They're just the worst.

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theaters themselves, and they certainly aren't trying to rob you.

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Oh frick off. AMC once announced they were going to allow talking and texting in their theaters to attract more teens. They also serve $15.00 Bud Lights. And AMC also has negotiation room with the studios given how big they are.

Why do I never run into this bullshite with Alamo Drafthouse? Why am I not charged 12 bucks for a tub of popcorn and a coke over there? It's because they have a great product and they get repeat customers that never want to go anywhere else.