Buy Snacks or Sneak them Into Movies?

I do both depending on my financial situation but I can never go past the fresh hot popcorn - I can smell it now just typing about it :p

I'll take candy in. Popcorn & cokes I'll buy at the theater.

Yes I always sneak snacks into the theaters..they are just to expensive. Even the admission is expensive. I am a member of the five buck club where you can get into a kerosotes movie for 5 bucks instead of 8 bucks. We also have a theater where I live that it only cost 1.50 to get into. It all the movies that are to old for the theaters and not on dvd yet. I dont like going thier though...the seats are hard and they dont have cup holders so i if i go I have to hold my drink and freeze my fingers.

i always go to the supermarket before we go to the movies and buy drinks and lollies.much much cheaper.the price they charge for a drink and food at the movies is outrageous.nearly as much as the tickets.so it ends up costing a fortune to take the family to the movies.so i o it on the cheap.cheers sue

I try to sneak them in. It is way to expensive to go to the movies now a days. If I took my family (thats me, my husband, and three kids) its no problem to spend $70 or $80 if we didn't bring in snacks.

A lot of the times I will take my own snacks in there. From time to time I will buy popcorn or nachos at the theater or a drink but if I plan on eating candy while I'm in the theater I always try to stop and get my own. At the same time though I think that could be a lot of the reason as to why the prices have went up. If people are bringing in their own snacks and not buying the theaters then it is only natural that they boost the prices up trying to make up what they are losing on others.

WE do both. Our movie complex offers a large deal, you buy a large popcorn and large drink at $6.00 and the refills are free. So if I am with my son or Husband we will the large combo and share it. Refill if necessary. But now the candy is in my purse of coat pockets. Of coarse if we are with company then we do not act like such cheapskates. :))

I always buy my candy preshow, well i used to when i used to go, I think i have gone to one movie since my daughter was born and that was shrek 3. She was about 9 months old i think. She did pretty well in the theater, she slept through most of the movie. And i had to laugh, when she seen the donkey she said DA DA. So that made my day right there.

I just don't go to the movies. I wait until whatever it is comes out on DVD. I do, however go into the theater on occasion just to buy popcorn...:-)

I do not really snack in movie theaters as I find I would be concentrating on the snacks instead of the movie. If there is a need to, I would smuggle some stuffs in as it is too costly to buy at the counter.

I have not set foot in a movie theater in years, thrwbckjay, but your idea makes plenty of sense to me. Everything is ridiculously over-priced these days, so we have to try and save wherever we can.

I do both - depending on the money situation! Drinks, popcorn and sweets are so expensive at the cinema - when I take my nieces it costs me a small fortune!

The movie theater in the town I live in still has decent priced snacks you can get a kids tray which has a pop a box of popcorn and a candy bar all for $3 which I think is really good. Now the movie theater in the big town 20 miles away from us just one candy bar would cost $3 if we ever decided to go to the show there we would take our own candy as they is ridiculous.

I always just pay the extra to buy them at the theater becasue that is their rule. you are not allowed to bring outside stuff into the theater and i abide by their rules. They have a business to run and if everyone brought stuff from other places then they would be around cause they wouldnt make much money. My girlfriend always takes outside stuff in and it irritates mne sooooo much!

Hello Thrwbckjay, Hubby & I don't go to the movie theater very often anymore. We much prefer to buy the DVD and watch it at home. There are no crying babies, no cell-phone chatters, and no giants sitting in the seat in front of you. Yet, on the rare occassion when we do go to the theater I always bring my own snack. The reason is because I have very serious food allergies that preclude me from any snack that I've ever seen in the concession area. It's a bummer, but it is what it is. On the other hand, Hubby will usually get a soda and some kind of a candy treat. That is, unless we've stopped at a store just before entering the theater to pick up a snack that we can each enjoy. You're right, the cost of theater concessions is ridiculous. $3.75 for a tub of popcorn that should cost about a dime? It's hard to imagine that the majority of movie goers will pay those outrageous prices.

Here also the price of snacks and sodas are very high compared to the food outside. Most times I buy a packet of chips and peanuts from outside when I go to the movie therater. I think there should be some restrictions in the price of food that are sold in the movie theater. Most people will buy food and tea and coffee even if the prices are very high. I think it is a good idea to bring them from outside.

most of the time when we go to the movies it's the drive in movies so we can just bring what we want and stay in the car and snack.. I hate the prices they have their stuff marked at so I would rather save my money and go to a regular store and buy even better stuff or even some of the same stuff for way less money. the only thing we really buy there is their popcorn. sometimes I do have to make an exception and buy their nacho's though..lol

We make low fat popcorn and bring in drinks that are saccharin free. If we did not do that, we could not afford it and would not eat it? Theatre food is very unhealthy, costs aside. We almost never get to the movies so it is not a real big issue for us.

Most of the time we won't bring any sneaks in the cinema. I don't know why. Perhaps my husband doesn't like eating snacks. And usually we go there in a hurry as the cinema is quite nearby our home.

You're already paying an arm and a leg to get into the movie, why feed the fire with more purchases? Why should I pay $5 for water when I can bring my own for free. I'm a big fan of sneaking snacks into movies. I don't need popcorn. I can make it at home whenever I want, and it won't be too salty or too buttery. It's better that way.