Shits too expensive when I can have a better experience at home.
Theaters used to be a family outing now they feel like taking your kids to Disney in the early 90s
Movie theaters, especial AMC, are pricing out their customers. 2 people, discount matinee tickets, purchased online, over $40.
I don’t even look at the snack bar, because I didn’t think you could buy food that was more upcharge anywhere else if you tried.
When i was a kid, movies were like $4 and even that was considered a bit much.
Movies were supposed to be for the common person, since you probably couldn’t afford theater tickets.
Local theater near us has $11 matinees. Go before dinner and have a meal at the grocery store next door ($3.50 for a good sized burger and fries).
It’s a cheap date on a rainy afternoon, the AMC wants $30+ for the same experience.
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Plenty of theaters have discount days. $7 Tuesdays for example. Don’t think AMC does it but could by why they’re seeing issues
If your home experience is better, you go to bad theaters, or are quite well off.
It’s crazy now but Disney was really quite expensive in the 90s. The theater is still way cheaper.
I don’t go to bad theaters I have one of the best imax theaters in my state.
Theaters just are over expensive garbage and yes my home setup with a 75 inch OLED and Dolby atmos surround is better then then $100+ im gonna spend to watch shitty movies at the box office. Not to mention the traffic, the annoying mother fuckers on their phones instead of watching the film.
Movie theaters act like they are Disney world.
Watching at home in peace and quiet while smoking my weed will be a million times better then a theater.
The last great experience I had in theater was with Infinity War. Nothings hit the same since.
There is exactly zero reasons to spend $100 at the theater for less than 6 people. Maybe 5 people if your in Manhattan
My local AMC in the Midwest for 2 adults and a kid to see thunderbolts this evening, with popcorn and fountain drinks:
Tickets Adult Ticket (2) $32.98 Child Ticket $13.49
Convenience Fee $6.57
Food & Drinks
-
Kids Pack $8.79
Kids Fountain Drink
Skittles
$2.00
1
Large Popcorn + 2 Large Drinks
$26.37
Large Popcorn, Large Drink, Large Drink
1
Fees
-
Service Fee
$1.00
Order Taxes
-
Taxes
$2.29
Total $93.49
Finally someone who gets it now i have 3 kids! Soooo its even more $$$ lmao these people are out of touch.
You can skip the snacks. They aren’t required.
Your total could have been $53.04.
And you might have been able to skip the convenience fee if you got the tix at the theater directly. Some times they still have an extra fee.Or you can stay home and have all the snacks you could want. How much amc stocks have you “invested” to be shilling for them so hard?
No idea. Wherever is part of my index mutual fund.
It’s just wrong when people complain about the cost, and roll in all the optional snacks and stuff as though they just automatically have to buy them. It’s easily possible to spend half as much or less. Nobody to blame but yourself if you choose to buy all the extras.
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Where do you live in a 3rd world country? Fucking 🤡s
Tickets around the US range from $9-16 typically.
A few high end markets or “special thearters”, they can be over $20.
Wanna know what I don’t have an extra $50 bucks for lately?
A bj behind the gas station?
That’s not really extra. It’s like food. Absolute necessity.
You guys need to stop ordering convenience bjs and pack your home cooked bjs
Some of us live in BJ deserts where you can’t get good, quality BJs from home.
You do know you don’t have to buy all the extras, right?
That just tells me you’re single. There’s never any scenario in which you spend 0 at the theatre if you have family, even more so if you have kids.
I am single, yes. But that never stopped my parents from saying no. I never had movie theater popcorn until I was an adult. You’re the parent. You’re in charge.
What sort of parent will say no to popcorn at the movies? Especially if their kids ask and its supposed to be a fun night out?
You don’t seem to understand that you can’t always say no or you might ruin the day for somebody else and in extension… yourself
Any parent on a budget, or who knows it’s not good for kids to always get what they want.
The problem is your kids have the expectation now.
If you make it abundantly clear before you get to the theater, there won’t be any snacks; Then when they complain, take them home. They’ll know you’re serous next time, and it won’t be a problem.
If I can’t afford popcorn at the movie I’m not going to the movie as they money could obviously be out to better use.
Absolutely agree
You’re not wrong, but you’re also ignoring the fact that the whole point of a movie theater is to have an “experience” and the snacks are part of it. Sure, you don’t have to get it, yes your strategy can be done and will work, and I have a long and storied history of stopping by the candy aisle in the grocery store before noisily making my way to my seat and enjoying my discount goodies. But buying a ticket to a theater is a matter of spectacle and experience, and that exact experience is becoming rapidly unaffordable even when you just buy the tickets alone anymore.
Do you make the same argument complaining on the expense of a vacation “experience”, while insisting on buying first class tickets and staying at 4&5 star hotels?
LOL, oh this reads like a PR piece to keep the stock from tanking. What AMC failed to mention was that in 2026, their bank notes come due. Analyst predict the venture capitalist that infused them with said money the first time, likely won’t do this again. They also predict if they fail to re-invest in AMC, they will be forced to close around 150+ US theaters to stay afloat, and that is not counting world-wide closures.
The proposal for 100% tariffs on movies is certain to put AMC in immediate bankruptcy, if done.
ITT: People more concerned with the price of snacks than the price of tickets. Classic Americans lol
