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re: Are the $1 movie theaters dead?

Posted on 9/17/18 at 6:51 pm to
Posted by Parmen
Member since Apr 2016
18317 posts
Posted on 9/17/18 at 6:51 pm to
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Going to take my nephew and his friends to a movie this week and really don’t want to pay a bunch of money since we prob won’t stay the whole movie anyways. Basically get some popcorn, experience the big screen, sound, etc. for about an hour or until tired.






Posted by PrimeTime Money
Houston, Texas, USA
Member since Nov 2012
27305 posts
Posted on 9/17/18 at 7:06 pm to
I don't know why people are acting like you're nuts for wanting to take some kids to the dollar show.

I can remember going to the dollar show as a kid. We also went to the regular movie theater, but we'd also go to the dollar show sometimes too. Nothing wrong with it.

But as for your question, I have no idea if they still exist.
This post was edited on 9/17/18 at 7:07 pm
Posted by LSURussian
Member since Feb 2005
126962 posts
Posted on 9/17/18 at 7:09 pm to
quote:

Are the $1 movie theaters dead?
quote:

PortHudsonPlaya
Evidently not.....
Posted by EveryoneGetsATrophy
Member since Nov 2017
2907 posts
Posted on 9/17/18 at 7:13 pm to
Buy 1 ticket at a real theater and sneak them in through the fire exit.
Posted by ScrapPack
Member since Nov 2011
3707 posts
Posted on 9/17/18 at 7:19 pm to
Robert E.Lee on Plank Road used to be my jam.
Posted by PorcelainPunisher
Member since Sep 2018
268 posts
Posted on 9/17/18 at 7:22 pm to
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go to Dollar tree for snacks
and grab a couple steaks for dinner.
Posted by inmybasement
Texas
Member since Mar 2018
316 posts
Posted on 9/17/18 at 7:23 pm to
Briargrove $1 theater in Houston back in the 80's was awesome.

$1 would get you in for all the movies. Go-carts, video arcade, and putt putt across the street when you got bored of that.
Posted by mgdtiger
Member since May 2006
2841 posts
Posted on 9/17/18 at 7:26 pm to
Here in San Antonio we have a dollar theater. Actually 1.50. Not bad place. Go there all the time. It in a bad area. Concession is crazy expensive. So they make their money there.
Posted by PrivatePublic
Member since Nov 2012
17848 posts
Posted on 9/17/18 at 7:27 pm to
quote:

The $1 anything is dead


Always bemused by dollar menus where everything is more than a dollar and The Dollar General where everything is more than a dollar.

Dollar Tree is still a buck but it is nothing but shite.
Posted by TexasTiger08
Member since Oct 2006
25527 posts
Posted on 9/17/18 at 7:31 pm to
We had one here in Corpus Christi at Sunrise Mall. The mall is on deadmalls now. It’s a pretty cool place to walk through. They shot The Legend of Billie Jean inside of that place. It’s like walking into a time machine. The theater was one of the last places going in that mall. I think the wrecking ball is near.
Posted by PorcelainPunisher
Member since Sep 2018
268 posts
Posted on 9/17/18 at 7:32 pm to
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Dollar Tree is still a buck but it is nothing but shite.
Incorrect. That place is loaded with greatness.
Posted by bigpetedatiga
Alexandria, LA
Member since Aug 2009
8626 posts
Posted on 9/17/18 at 7:34 pm to
Celebrity Theater usually runs 5 dollar Tuesday. Another local theater does as well.
Posted by TBoy
Kalamazoo
Member since Dec 2007
23707 posts
Posted on 9/17/18 at 7:42 pm to
Last time I saw a $1 movie it was Savage Weekend and the theater was on Airline Highway in Metairie or somewhere. Sometimes the seats would be sticky. That world ain’t coming back.
Posted by OweO
Plaquemine, La
Member since Sep 2009
113946 posts
Posted on 9/17/18 at 7:43 pm to
If they do, you will probably be able to choose between Ground Hog Day and Die Hard.
Posted by Scoop
RIP Scoop
Member since Sep 2005
44583 posts
Posted on 9/17/18 at 7:47 pm to
First run theaters are having to innovate to stay alive.

What makes you think second run theaters are thriving?

Posted by Walking the Earth
Member since Feb 2013
17260 posts
Posted on 9/17/18 at 7:51 pm to
Since you're only going to see half of the movie, go to the second half and you won't have to pay anything.

Unless you have the bad luck to run across some little shite gunning for Ticket Usher of the Month, you should be able to just cruise in.

If you're really lucky, some sucker from an earlier feature forgot to take his half eaten popcorn bucket with him and, boom, free snacks, too!
Posted by OweO
Plaquemine, La
Member since Sep 2009
113946 posts
Posted on 9/17/18 at 8:02 pm to
quote:

don’t want to pay a bunch of money since we prob won’t stay the whole movie anyways.


How old are these kids?
Posted by Tempratt
WRMS Girls Soccer Team Kicks arse
Member since Oct 2013
13347 posts
Posted on 9/17/18 at 8:55 pm to
quote:

You can watch a dvd at redbox for a buck. 

Bet the sound coming out of that Redbox is grrrreat!
Posted by Parmen
Member since Apr 2016
18317 posts
Posted on 9/25/18 at 9:43 pm to
This is still the weirdest thread ever. I laughed so hard at the OP, I had chest pains.
Posted by Gatorbait2008
Member since Aug 2015
22953 posts
Posted on 9/25/18 at 10:04 pm to
You can't even get a mountain dew can for a dollar at stores now..and this **** wants a full movie?

The frick
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