When did movie tickets becme so expensive...

Yeah, I remember those days, I can't even recall when the last time I had watched a movie in the theaters- I think it was GI Joe..it's not really that practical anymore to watch there because of the price..we can just buy a dvd for a much cheaper cost.

whew! yeah i remember when it was still very cheap like Php30 (US$.70). i would go to the movies almost 3 times a week. but now, that it is expensive i can no longer remember when the last time i watched is. i think it was last year with my boyfriend and it was $2.55. last time i checked the 3D here costs about $5.80, but i dunno how much it is right now. i don't watch movies in the malls anymore, i only watch television and videos online. yeah it in not worth it because after a month r so, they will all be showed on HBO, Cinemax, AXN etc, etc. so why watch at the malls/movie house? hehehe

Here in the States back in the 80's the movie prices started to rise almost every year. But back then there was Still a variety of genres. You had real dramas and Real comedies. Now it is either a romantic comedy or a gross out trying to be funny film. The Dramas Only come out , what few there are, in the fall, Just in time for Oscar nominations! In the 80's the suits noticed that the blockbuster was the best type of film.So they brought them out and charged higher for them. So now it is normal to just have horror, Action films, and the genres I already mentioned and that's it.

Same here, the movie tickets in my area had gone increased a few times since from nearly 10 years ago. In the early days, i can watch a movie with below $1. But now, it is different, i need to spend nearly $15, to be able to watch an ordinary movie. For those 3D movie, i need to spend above $20, to be able to watch them. Things had gone really expensive now. That's why, i prefer to watch movie from home only, since i can save quite a lot of money by visiting less the cinema areas.

Well Im with you with this one. But if you want a cheaper movie tickets, try to go a province like bulacan and such. My location is near laguna and bulacan and when we found out that a movie ticket there cost only $2 we will try it this next weekend.

if i remember it right, the last time we went to cinema is 3 years ago. and we spent about $4 each. after that, we decide not to watch movie in cinemas because it is expensive. we are 4 in the family and we think that it is not reasonable to spent so much in cinemas. so we just buy cd's. by that, we can watch the movie over and over again.

Well here in the UK, when I was at college, in 2002, it used to cost me £3.64 to go to the cinema. Now, even using a student card for a discount, it cost £7.50 last time I went and that wasnt even a 3D movie or anything. So I just dont bother going anymore because its just not worth it. I've also found though that at my local cinemas the other moviegoeers are to disrespectful. If its a scary movie and theres a quiet bit for suspense, its guaranteed some teenagers on the back row will be sititng there laughing, screaming or trying to make each other jump, not to mention them running up and down the aisles when they get bored. So I also dont want to be spending a fortune to go and put up with that kind of behavior. these days, I prefer just to rent movies, or watch them on TV. There's many companies here who charge you a monthly fee and you can rent as many movies as you like following their fair use policies.

yes,today the tickets are too expensive,i can't affort it.when i was a teenage,i had prefer to going to the cinemas,at that time,TV was not popularized that most family didn't own one,and the tickets were cheap that everyone can affort,so seeing movie became the best wellcome entertainment.But i still like the movie,i chose online to watch