Nagel Posted February 21, 2011 Share Posted February 21, 2011 Just wondered what people thought and whether they take in their own snacks and drinks. I think the prices charged are grossly inflated and an outright rip-off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottf Posted February 21, 2011 Share Posted February 21, 2011 Of course they are- but its the same whenever a company has an audience that has limited options- football grounds being the same. Although there isn't anything stopping you taking your own so just plan in advance? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redyam Posted February 21, 2011 Share Posted February 21, 2011 They are overpriced, but it is also where the cinemas make most of their money. If they couldn't charge that much, cinema ticket prices would go up or the cinema would go out of business. Just think yourself lucky you have to option of not buying it if you don't want to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Resident Posted February 21, 2011 Share Posted February 21, 2011 They are overpriced, but it is also where the cinemas make most of their money. If they couldn't charge that much, cinema ticket prices would go up or the cinema would go out of business. Just think yourself lucky you have to option of not buying it if you don't want to. I've worked in a cinema in my student days. On average the cinema would take between 3-5% of the ticket, usually the lower figure. The rest goes to the distributor and film makers. I know those figures maybe out of date as it was a while ago now but somehow I doubt they are. Refreshements are really the only income to support the wages, bills etc and those don't come cheap so the cinema has to inflate the prices to survive. I find it quite ironic that the distributors/film makers take so much, afterall if there are no cinemas in which to show their films they wouldn't make any money. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mush Posted February 21, 2011 Share Posted February 21, 2011 If I go to the cinema I usually take a female with me so we stick our sweets in her handbag Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
donuticus Posted February 21, 2011 Share Posted February 21, 2011 The reason the sundries are so expensive is because they are what the cinema makes money from. Approximately 80-85% of the ticket is returned either to the films distributor and/or is VAT. Leaving about £1.50 for the Cinema. Meaning that the cinemas rely on selling snacks and drinks to make any money. I can't give you the exact breakdown but Beakerzoid is/was the Cineworld manager so he can no doubt give the exact breakdown (I would imagine it also differs from distributor to distributor) but the figures I give wont be to far off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nagel Posted February 21, 2011 Author Share Posted February 21, 2011 Cinema tickets are already pricey. Cineworld is £7.60 for an adult ticket, not exactly cheap to sit in a room and see a fillum projected. You also get subjected to a load of adverts at deafening volume before the movie comes on. Maybe the distributors should charge less if they only leave 5% profit for the cinema. Or maybe the cinemas would sell more snacks if they priced them more realistically and end up making more money through a higher turnover. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
suzyoo Posted February 21, 2011 Share Posted February 21, 2011 Are snacks and drinks overpriced at the cinema? only if you buy them Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sccsux Posted February 21, 2011 Share Posted February 21, 2011 only if you buy them Stealing them is illegal:suspect: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alchresearch Posted February 21, 2011 Share Posted February 21, 2011 Cinema tickets are already pricey. Cineworld is £7.60 for an adult ticket, not exactly cheap to sit in a room and see a fillum projected. You also get subjected to a load of adverts at deafening volume before the movie comes on. Considering how soon movies end up on DVD I'd much rather wait a month or two and get it from Lovefilm. Just two of us going to see one film would probably pay for a 2 month sub! And the cinema releases are so dire there's nothing worth seeing. "Expendables" came at the weekend and it was one of the worst films I've ever seen, I turned it off half way through. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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