Cinema prices

02-04-2012 08:46PM

Turtyturd wrote: »

12:50 in UCI here...if I go to Galway it's 14, only 9 in Mayo though.

I net your friend paid to see a film in the luxury screen in the Eyecinema then. Never been myself as the extra cost does not seem worth it.

baldbear · 02-04-2012 08:46PM

€14??? Jaysus youd want to be getting a happy ending with that film.:-)

krudler · 02-04-2012 08:54PM

Robdude wrote: »

A good movie will still be good in a year or two.
I'll wait and watch it for free.

yeah but watching a movie on tv or a laptop cant compare to seeing it on a giant cinema screen, depending on the movie obviously, big blockbusters are made to be seen on a huge screen.

krudler · 02-04-2012 08:55PM

Mickeroo wrote: »

pisses me off that more Irish cinemas don't do that, they'd make a killing, all the cinmeas in NZ an australia have 5 dollar tuesdays and the places used to be wedged. It turns a dead week night into a gold mine, but nobody here can stand the thought of letting in people for less money.

get an o2 prepay sim card, 4 quid omniplex tickets mon-thur, any show

AboutTwoFiddy · 02-04-2012 09:03PM

I downloaded a cinema.

Wetai · 02-04-2012 09:09PM

Hazys wrote: »

In downtown Boston, its only $12 a ticket...but then i went and spent $17 on a large popcorn and drink Im still amazed that i paid 14Euro in Mahon Point in Cork over christmas thats $18!!

Its $6 more in a suburb of Cork, a city of 200,000 compared to Boston with a population of 4,000,000+.

No wonder the country is fcuked.

But wouldn't higher population -> more people go -> prices go down/don't need to charge as much, too.

Mickeroo · 02-04-2012 09:19PM

krudler wrote: »

get an o2 prepay sim card, 4 quid omniplex tickets mon-thur, any show

My nearest omniplex is is in Galway which is over an hours drive

token101 · 02-04-2012 09:59PM

forfuxsake wrote: »

Never will understand(unless somebody now explains it to me) why it doesn't make more sense to charge €4(€5 on fri and sat) and have a full cinema than to charge more than 10.

Cinemas in Belfast are generally £3 on a tuesday and wednesday and absolutely buzzing those nights. The normal price is £5-6.

They have kids matinees on sat and sunday for £1.50 for adults and kids.

I can't/won't hand over 25 quid in Waterford for two cinema tickets, especially not when I have the internet, a white wall and and LCD projector and a decent set of speakers.

I'd imagine £1.50 a ticket would be loss making. Couldn't see how it wouldn't be. Especially if you have people bring their own food like they do. £5-6 would be roughly €8-9 though? So it's not that much better really. Plus, wages and costs would be higher down here. I would have thought that having half the cinema empty and getting 10 quid a ticket is much better than having a fully packed cinema and getting 5 quid a ticket. Because you always have more space to sell and no one actually likes a jam packed cinema. You can always cut prices if the business is suffering badly and if needs be, but if you start low and don't hit targets, the minute you put them up you'll drive away the penny pinchers, who only started out with you because you were cheap anyway. I wouldn't necessarily be seeking out bargain hunters if I ran a business.

44leto · 02-04-2012 10:04PM

token101 wrote: »

I'd imagine £1.50 a ticket would be loss making. Couldn't see how it wouldn't be. Especially if you have people bring their own food like they do. £5-6 would be roughly €8-9 though? So it's not that much better really. Plus, wages and costs would be higher down here. I would have thought that having half the cinema empty and getting 10 quid a ticket is much better than having a fully packed cinema and getting 5 quid a ticket. Because you always have more space to sell and no one actually likes a jam packed cinema. You can always cut prices if the business is suffering badly and if needs be, but if you start low and don't hit targets, the minute you put them up you'll drive away the penny pinchers, who only started out with you because you were cheap anyway. I wouldn't necessarily be seeking out bargain hunters if I ran a business.

It may get people going to the cinema again, the cinema will be playing emptyish anyway and they will sell extra overpriced refreshments. I think it is a good idea.

Logical Fallacy · 02-04-2012 10:12PM

forfuxsake wrote: »

Never will understand(unless somebody now explains it to me) why it doesn't make more sense to charge €4(€5 on fri and sat) and have a full cinema than to charge more than 10.

Cinema ticket pricing is a surprisingly complex thing. It's not just the cinema themselves who set the price, it's also the distributor.

Cinemas get a percentage of sales, the percentage grows each week as the film is shown while the distributor percentage shrinks. It's an incentive for a long showing and also maximises first day returns for the distributor in case the film bombs from negative word of mouth.

It also normally takes a couple of days for the blogs to light up fully to whether a film is good or bad. No one really pays attention to the newspaper critics anymore.

Paddy Cow · 02-04-2012 10:14PM

token101 wrote: »

I'd imagine £1.50 a ticket would be loss making. Couldn't see how it wouldn't be. Especially if you have people bring their own food like they do. £5-6 would be roughly €8-9 though? So it's not that much better really. Plus, wages and costs would be higher down here. I would have thought that having half the cinema empty and getting 10 quid a ticket is much better than having a fully packed cinema and getting 5 quid a ticket. Because you always have more space to sell and no one actually likes a jam packed cinema. You can always cut prices if the business is suffering badly and if needs be, but if you start low and don't hit targets, the minute you put them up you'll drive away the penny pinchers, who only started out with you because you were cheap anyway. I wouldn't necessarily be seeking out bargain hunters if I ran a business.

It's better to have a full cinema at half price, than a half full cinema at full price. A full cinema will bring in more revenue from food/drink than a half full cinema.

Logical Fallacy · 02-04-2012 10:16PM

Paddy Cow wrote: »

It's better to have a full cinema at half price, than a half full cinema at full price. A full cinema will bring in more revenue from food/drink than a half full cinema.

Ticket prices are mostly set by the Distro's, they don't care about food/drink as it's not money in their pocket.