Why Do All Movie Tickets Cost the Same? 464
gambit3 sends this quote from The Atlantic:
"Like tens of millions of Americans, I have paid money to see Mission: Impossible, which made $130 million in the last two weeks, and I have not paid any money to see Young Adult, which has made less than $10 million over the same span. Nobody is surprised or impressed by the discrepancy. The real question is: If demand is supposed to move prices, why isn't seeing Young Adult much cheaper than seeing Mission: Impossible?"
Re:Parking garage (Score:5, Funny)
Because all the parking spaces are showing the same movie?
Re:Prices ARE different (Score:5, Funny)
Oh, if only I got a discount for every time I left a cinema bored ...
Re:Video Games (Score:5, Funny)
But when DNF was supposed to come out, $15 could fill your gas tank AND have enough left over for a pack of cigarettes.
You didn't fool me (Score:5, Funny)
This is Slashdot, the only acceptable price for a movie is 0 because it doesn't cost anything to copy it.
Re:Prices ARE different (Score:5, Funny)
Oh, if only I got a discount for every time I left a cinema bored ...
That's actually easy. Put an infrared led on your jacket. If the movie sucks, activate it.
Re:Prices ARE different (Score:5, Funny)
They will accuse you of video taping the movie, be rude to you, rough you up, possibly call the cops, and all the while you don't have a camera.
You point this out.
You get the "please don't sue us" discount.
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BMO
Re:Prices ARE different (Score:5, Funny)
Dates (Score:5, Funny)
Movies are popular attractions for dates*. You can take a date to a bad movie, and won't necessarily reflect poorly upon you. But if you take a date to a bad movie because happened to be cheaper than a putative good movie, you're just not getting laid**.
* A social activity with a potential or established romantic goals.
** Sexual intercourse.
Re:Prices ARE different (Score:5, Funny)
Sounds definitely more interesting than a couple of the latest movies that have come out.
Re:Prices ARE different (Score:5, Funny)
Wires, battery, LED... $5. Pissing off the staff at your local fusion center... Priceless!!!
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