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Odeon Blockbuster Pricing

  • 21-11-2014 2:16pm
    #1
    Doodah7
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,798 ✭✭✭


    Does anyone know when Odeon introduced this new charge? Apparently for The Hunger Games (currently) and the forthcoming Hobbit movie, there will be an additional charge of €1 per ticket!!

    Seems very like price gouging to me and hardly an encouragement to go see movies in the cinema. This is of course on top of the additional 50c per ticket charge for booking online!!

    No wonder my local Odeon is doing very poor business...


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  • #2
    smcgiff
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,943 ✭✭✭smcgiff


    tallpaul wrote: »
    Does anyone know when Odeon introduced this new charge? Apparently for The Hunger Games (currently) and the forthcoming Hobbit movie, there will be an additional charge of €1 per ticket!!

    Seems very like price gouging to me and hardly an encouragement to go see movies in the cinema. This is of course on top of the additional 50c per ticket charge for booking online!!

    No wonder my local Odeon is doing very poor business...

    Is it because it's in a "special" screen. Went to see Interstellar recently and was charged extra because it was in OmniplexMAXX or some such.


  • #3
    Kiith
    Moderators, Computer Games Moderators Posts: 23,282 Mod ✭✭✭✭Kiith


    They are charging more for bigger releases? That's mental. What possible justification can they give for this?

    At least Cineworld just charge over the top prices across the board :pac:

    Ah, it's charging extra for the "IMAX" screen...ok, that's different. It's an extra 4 or 5 quid in Cineworld.


  • #4
    3rdDegree
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,269 ✭✭✭3rdDegree


    smcgiff wrote: »
    Is it because it's in a "special" screen. Went to see Interstellar recently and was charged extra because it was in OmniplexMAXX or some such.

    Is it a decent sized IMAX screen? An extra Euro for IMAX is not bad compared to other cinemas.


  • #5
    Doodah7
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,798 ✭✭✭Doodah7


    My local cinema is in Naas and there is no IMAXX type screen there!!! It is only for these films at present so I assume that the screen will be used for other movies in the intervening period without the charge!

    It is price gouging, pure and simple...


  • #6
    smcgiff
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,943 ✭✭✭smcgiff


    tallpaul wrote: »
    My local cinema is in Naas and there is no IMAXX type screen there!!! It is only for these films at present so I assume that the screen will be used for other movies in the intervening period without the charge!

    It is price gouging, pure and simple...

    I wonder if the distribution companies charge more for perceived blockbusters and the cinemas are passing it on. No idea, just conjecture on my part.


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  • #7
    TerrorFirmer
    Closed Accounts Posts: 29,930 ✭✭✭✭TerrorFirmer


    Blockbuster pricing...**** sake. You'd want a serious set of balls to come up with something like that.


  • #8
    sillysocks
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,644 ✭✭✭sillysocks


    A joke! Saw it tonight and was just a normal screen, quite a small cinema screen actually. Really peeved at the extra euro charge!


  • #9
    johnny_ultimate
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Arts Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Entertainment Moderators Posts: 30,014 CMod ✭✭✭✭johnny_ultimate


    I'd consider a blockbuster surcharge the equivalent of going in to McDonalds and getting charged a 'gourmet' premium for a Big Mac. Junk food should be cheaper ;)


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