Here in the netherlands tickets vary wildly depending on what type of cinema and what movie. there's the blockbusters which are priced higher, but if you go to an arthouse matinée showing of...
Here in the netherlands tickets vary wildly depending on what type of cinema and what movie. there's the blockbusters which are priced higher, but if you go to an arthouse matinée showing of something it'll be half the price or so.
that being said, I have a membership to Cineville which costs me 20 euro's a month, and here in Amsterdam that means watching as many movies as I want (at select cinema's, ends up being ~10 different ones, all except the big name-brand cinema). Realistically that means two movies a month, which is doable, when I take into account I have months where I don't really have a single day off.
I forgot the name of it, but I know that there's a similar system in france, that isn't about undercutting prices & making up with deals with movies or whatever, but just good-old-fashioned banking on you not going quite that often. I mean if the cinemas in the US are that pissed about moviepass doing their deal, why don't they just make something like that themselves? (when i mentioned earlier that it's ~10 cinemas, excluding the name-brand ones—that name brand chain of cinemas has a similarly priced deal, with more blockbusters & less arthouse).
Realistically though I see it like a return of the mood that early movie-going was like. You read about people going for an afternoon to the movies: a show, two movies in a row, etc. That's what this deal is to me. I pay 20 euros a month, so every once in a while I can see a movie or two, or go two days in a row.
That chart is a bald faced lie. $9 a ticket? It's $14 a ticket where I live, not for fake IMAX "experience" or anything, just to sit in front of a big projector. That said, it does make movie...
That chart is a bald faced lie. $9 a ticket? It's $14 a ticket where I live, not for fake IMAX "experience" or anything, just to sit in front of a big projector. That said, it does make movie theater subscriptions even more appealing if you are the sort to want to go to the theater regularly.
The chart is an average, and the data comes from the National Association of Theatre Owners, which seems to be a pretty good source: It probably depends exactly what all they include in the data...
The National Association of Theatre Owners is the largest exhibition trade organization in the world, representing over 33,000 movie screens in all 50 states, and additional cinemas in 96 countries worldwide.
It probably depends exactly what all they include in the data as well, but I can't find any more info about it. Overall, if you live in a city or place with higher general costs, it's going to be more expensive for you than in many other locations.
Here in the netherlands tickets vary wildly depending on what type of cinema and what movie. there's the blockbusters which are priced higher, but if you go to an arthouse matinée showing of something it'll be half the price or so.
that being said, I have a membership to Cineville which costs me 20 euro's a month, and here in Amsterdam that means watching as many movies as I want (at select cinema's, ends up being ~10 different ones, all except the big name-brand cinema). Realistically that means two movies a month, which is doable, when I take into account I have months where I don't really have a single day off.
I forgot the name of it, but I know that there's a similar system in france, that isn't about undercutting prices & making up with deals with movies or whatever, but just good-old-fashioned banking on you not going quite that often. I mean if the cinemas in the US are that pissed about moviepass doing their deal, why don't they just make something like that themselves? (when i mentioned earlier that it's ~10 cinemas, excluding the name-brand ones—that name brand chain of cinemas has a similarly priced deal, with more blockbusters & less arthouse).
Realistically though I see it like a return of the mood that early movie-going was like. You read about people going for an afternoon to the movies: a show, two movies in a row, etc. That's what this deal is to me. I pay 20 euros a month, so every once in a while I can see a movie or two, or go two days in a row.
That chart is a bald faced lie. $9 a ticket? It's $14 a ticket where I live, not for fake IMAX "experience" or anything, just to sit in front of a big projector. That said, it does make movie theater subscriptions even more appealing if you are the sort to want to go to the theater regularly.
The chart is an average, and the data comes from the National Association of Theatre Owners, which seems to be a pretty good source:
It probably depends exactly what all they include in the data as well, but I can't find any more info about it. Overall, if you live in a city or place with higher general costs, it's going to be more expensive for you than in many other locations.
Fair enough. I forget I live in one of the most expensive areas in the country sometimes.