re: Holy Fudge… the concessions at the movies are out of control

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When I was a kid and teenager popcorn and a Coke was part of the movie experience,was pretty cheap back then.

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I'm going back to the mid 60's here when I was a teen and had a job paying $1.25 an hour. One of my favorite things to do was to take the bus downtown and hit the Big 4 theaters------Saenger, Lowes State, Joy and Orpheum.

Tickets were $1.25 or $1.50 and for $2 more I could get popcorn, a candy bar and soda to snack on watching the movie. Another big draw for me was the A/C in the summer months since the house we lived in only had a whole house fan, so hitting a movie and watching it 2 times got me out of the heat for 3-4 hours at a time.

Smaller, neighborhood theaters were even cheaper with tickets usually around $.50 to get in on Friday nights when Annette Funicello and Frankie Avalon were hitting the beaches.

It’s for the whole experience for the movies, don’t overthink it.

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had a job paying $1.25 an hour. One of my favorite things to do was to take the bus downtown and hit the Big 4 theaters------Saenger, Lowes State, Joy and Orpheum. Tickets were $1.25 or $1.50 and for $2 more I could get popcorn, a candy bar and soda to snack on watching the movie. Another big draw for me was the A/C in the summer months since the house we lived in only had a whole house fan, so hitting a movie and watching it 2 times got me out of the heat for 3-4 hours at a time.

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Man I would’ve watched so many movies.

And some wonder why movie theatres are dying off

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Man I would’ve watched so many movies.

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Oh, I did. During the summer months I would go to theaters at least 3-4 times a month to catch a movie. Between the big 4 theaters downtown, there was always something to go see and the neighborhood theaters like the NOLA on St. Claude near Nichols High School, the Arabi on St. Claude and Angela and the Napoleon and Prytania uptown, it was easy to catch different movies.

Movie theaters have always had outrageous prices on concessions

Took my grandson to the Esplanade 14 in Kenner Saturday afternoon. $64. Medium drinks and we split a popcorn.

We go to the theater in Picayune on Tuesdays. 2 tickets, 2 large drinks & large popcorn combo for $25. You also get one free refill on each , although we never refill the popcorn and get the drink refills as we are leaving.

Years ago I had a boss who had worked in a movie theater when he was in college. He told me that the cinema makes zilch on tickets. All profits come from concessions.