Why Do All Movie Tickets Cost the Same?

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Why Do All Movie Tickets Cost the Same?

Posted by Soulskill on Tuesday January 3, 2012 @11:36AM from the dollars-and-sense dept.

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?"

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Re:Parking garage by wygit · 2012-01-03 11:42 · Score: 5, Funny

Because all the parking spaces are showing the same movie?
Re:Prices ARE different by TheABomb · 2012-01-03 11:47 · Score: 5, Funny

Oh, if only I got a discount for every time I left a cinema bored ...

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Re:Video Games by TheABomb · 2012-01-03 11:50 · 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.

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You didn't fool me by The+End+Of+Days · 2012-01-03 11:52 · 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 by formfeed · 2012-01-03 11:57 · 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 by bmo · 2012-01-03 12:10 · 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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Re:Prices ARE different by Culture20 · 2012-01-03 12:25 · Score: 5, Funny

Plus you get your photo on the "refuse service" wall like a local celebrity!
Dates by Chysn · 2012-01-03 12:31 · Score: 4, 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.

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Re:Prices ARE different by aix+tom · 2012-01-03 12:41 · Score: 5, Funny

Sounds definitely more interesting than a couple of the latest movies that have come out.
Re:Prices ARE different by Genda · 2012-01-03 13:28 · Score: 4, Funny

Wires, battery, LED... $5. Pissing off the staff at your local fusion center... Priceless!!!
Re:Prices ARE different by datavirtue · 2012-01-04 03:12 · Score: 3, Funny

You just reminded me why I don't go to the movies.

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