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I imagine the fair few more people traipsing out for a whizz being quite annoying too. Nearest indie to me is miles away, Whitley Bay I think.

A budget cinema opened in Cardiff called Premiere where tickets were £4 but the screens were smaller and it was all abit cheaper. However, in response to this Vue lowered their prices to £4. The Vue cinema is pretty big with decent screens so it was great, with Meerkat Movies could go see a new film for £2 each.

Tomous wrote:A budget cinema opened in Cardiff called Premiere where tickets were £4 but the screens were smaller and it was all abit cheaper. However, in response to this Vue lowered their prices to £4. The Vue cinema is pretty big with decent screens so it was great, with Meerkat Movies could go see a new film for £2 each.

What I don't understand is if the film companies take most of the money from the ticket sales then how do companies have the ability to offer much lower prices?

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Tomous wrote:A budget cinema opened in Cardiff called Premiere where tickets were £4 but the screens were smaller and it was all abit cheaper. However, in response to this Vue lowered their prices to £4. The Vue cinema is pretty big with decent screens so it was great, with Meerkat Movies could go see a new film for £2 each.

What I don't understand is if the film companies take most of the money from the ticket sales then how do companies have the ability to offer much lower prices?

By making their money back on food and drink. Could even be selling the tickets at a loss. I suspect people are much more likely to spend money on popcorn too if their ticket price is cheaper.

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Tomous wrote:A budget cinema opened in Cardiff called Premiere where tickets were £4 but the screens were smaller and it was all abit cheaper. However, in response to this Vue lowered their prices to £4. The Vue cinema is pretty big with decent screens so it was great, with Meerkat Movies could go see a new film for £2 each.

What I don't understand is if the film companies take most of the money from the ticket sales then how do companies have the ability to offer much lower prices?

By making their money back on food and drink. Could even be selling the tickets at a loss. I suspect people are much more likely to spend money on popcorn too if their ticket price is cheaper.

Yeah I wondered that as I was typing. Which makes me wonder how it works. How much do the studios actually charge the cinemas to show their films. Is it based on the number of showings, number of tickets sold etc... I remember being told by a cinema manager a few years ago that they only made around 70p on each ticket sold.

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Tomous wrote:

Return_of_the_STAR wrote:

Tomous wrote:A budget cinema opened in Cardiff called Premiere where tickets were £4 but the screens were smaller and it was all abit cheaper. However, in response to this Vue lowered their prices to £4. The Vue cinema is pretty big with decent screens so it was great, with Meerkat Movies could go see a new film for £2 each.

What I don't understand is if the film companies take most of the money from the ticket sales then how do companies have the ability to offer much lower prices?

By making their money back on food and drink. Could even be selling the tickets at a loss. I suspect people are much more likely to spend money on popcorn too if their ticket price is cheaper.

Yeah I wondered that as I was typing. Which makes me wonder how it works. How much do the studios actually charge the cinemas to show their films. Is it based on the number of showings, number of tickets sold etc... I remember being told by a cinema manager a few years ago that they only made around 70p on each ticket sold.

Yeah, I tried to clarify that after my post but couldn't get too clear an answer. It seems like the cinemas make deals with the distributors that are at best 50/50 and can go as high as 100/0.

That makes me wonder how ticket prices are actually set though. If the deal is split the ticket revenue 50%, charging people less for the ticket and encouraging them to spend more on food and drink would seem like a winning model....

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Tomous wrote:

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Tomous wrote:A budget cinema opened in Cardiff called Premiere where tickets were £4 but the screens were smaller and it was all abit cheaper. However, in response to this Vue lowered their prices to £4. The Vue cinema is pretty big with decent screens so it was great, with Meerkat Movies could go see a new film for £2 each.

What I don't understand is if the film companies take most of the money from the ticket sales then how do companies have the ability to offer much lower prices?

By making their money back on food and drink. Could even be selling the tickets at a loss. I suspect people are much more likely to spend money on popcorn too if their ticket price is cheaper.

Yeah I wondered that as I was typing. Which makes me wonder how it works. How much do the studios actually charge the cinemas to show their films. Is it based on the number of showings, number of tickets sold etc... I remember being told by a cinema manager a few years ago that they only made around 70p on each ticket sold.

Yeah, I tried to clarify that after my post but couldn't get too clear an answer. It seems like the cinemas make deals with the distributors that are at best 50/50 and can go as high as 100/0.

That makes me wonder how ticket prices are actually set though. If the deal is split the ticket revenue 50%, charging people less for the ticket and encouraging them to spend more on food and drink would seem like a winning model....

Yeah that's what I don't get so the studios must have a hand in the ticket price levels but then that makes no sense when it comes to those that offer much lower prices. So I have no clue.

I've read that in the states the deals are usually that in the first week the film makers get 100% of the profits and as the weeks go on the percentage drops so the cinemas make more money the longer a film sticks around. However these days films don't stick around as long as they used to as people are more likely to rush out and see it in the first couple of weeks.

Guillermo Del Toro does an Abe Sapien origin story.

Well, basically.

Looks good.

Buffalo wrote:I imagine the fair few more people traipsing out for a whizz being quite annoying too. Nearest indie to me is miles away, Whitley Bay I think.

You never done The Tyneside cinema? If you're south of the river then it's probably closer than Whitley Bay.

Amazing building, nice bar, usually only attended by grown-ups. I saw Rogue One there and it was great.

Obviously not the destination if you only care about screen size, but it does well on all other factors.

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Buffalo wrote:I imagine the fair few more people traipsing out for a whizz being quite annoying too. Nearest indie to me is miles away, Whitley Bay I think.

You never done The Tyneside cinema? If you're south of the river then it's probably closer than Whitley Bay.

Amazing building, nice bar, usually only attended by grown-ups. I saw Rogue One there and it was great.

Obviously not the destination if you only care about screen size, but it does well on all other factors.

Never heard of it I'll look into it. My local is Cineworld, about 5 minutes away.

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Buffalo wrote:I imagine the fair few more people traipsing out for a whizz being quite annoying too. Nearest indie to me is miles away, Whitley Bay I think.

You never done The Tyneside cinema? If you're south of the river then it's probably closer than Whitley Bay.

Amazing building, nice bar, usually only attended by grown-ups. I saw Rogue One there and it was great.

Obviously not the destination if you only care about screen size, but it does well on all other factors.

Never heard of it I'll look into it. My local is Cineworld, about 5 minutes away.

It's just off Grey Street. Honestly worth a look if you want a grown-up cinema experience. Obviously no shortage of places to eat around there too.

https://www.tynesidecinema.co.uk/

I loved that cinema when I was at uni, think we went there every weekend for about 2 months watching Reservoir Dogs.

Pacific Rim 2 teaser! Hype.

I loved the book, and the trailers looking very promising. The feels when the deloren appears!

Ready Player One trailer



I've heard mixed things about the book, mostly calling it empty nostalgia with no point or weight, but damn if that trailer didn't have some great moments. Then again, these were mainly because of familiar things turning up in odd places. Time will tell if this ends up being more than just novelty.

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This is an amazing marketing idea.

Kingsman is one of the films of recent years that I never saw in cinema, it flew under my radar like Dredd and Edge of Tomorrow. Hyped for the sequel.

Went to see Baby Driver at the weekend, loved it, didn't know it was going to be musical throughout, from the trailer I thought it was just for the driving scenes. Was a nice twist and worked really well.

But i was surprised at how many people were actually buying food from the cinema (as people were discussing the a page back), it was in Camden so plenty of shops to buy food/drinks nearby, but people seemed happy to fork over £5 for popcorn and a bag of sweets... I just don't understand why when the tickets are £11 minimum (damn London).

Also lol at getting a 2 for £12 voucher when buying my tickets, then seeing it excludes Dunkirk, tight bastards. Will probably see Planet of the Apes then. Save Dunkirk for the IMAX.

My local Odeon has a Costa in it so I just usually get food from there instead of paying for the extortionate prices at the food court bit. The Belgian chocolate brownies