UK cinema attendance down by 5% - Page 2

Piggymon · 16-07-2007, 13:43

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Originally Posted by Pebbles

I love going to the cinema but it's SO expensive and I don't have my cinema buddy any more so I hardly ever go. I only tend to see kids films now and at about £55 per visit for us all inc sweets and drinks it's a rare treat.

Ouchy !

We rarely go, I think the last thing we saw was War of the Worlds ( I did a hoooge burp in a quiet bit which was muchos funny )

I'll be going to see Harry Potter with Mummy Desmo... it's the only way I'll get to see it !

killerkebab · 16-07-2007, 13:44

I don't have a projector, my TV is only 13", and my PC screen isn't good enough at 19", so I try to go as often as I can, really. Well, as often as decent films showing allow me to go. This summer I estimate I'll be in there a lot

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Originally Posted by Desmo

My best mate and I used to go and pig out at Maccy D's first and then go and veg out in front of the film

With a friend of mine we go to the Maccy D's drive thru they have next to the cinema and literally walk into the showing with our food :P

Daz · 16-07-2007, 14:16

Used to be great when we were in college. Get bored, **** off down maccy's and go see a film with the cinema too ourselves

Admiral Huddy · 16-07-2007, 14:35

£26 quid for 4 tickets to Harry Potter the other - disguisting! It used to be a cheap night out... not anymore. They got too greedy... £26 to have someone munch in your ear 'ole, stand up infront of you and sit there for 30 minutes of ads..

Goose · 16-07-2007, 14:48

I wonder what the profits are. I mean, to a certain extent the cinema owners are probably screwed per film. Perhaps they get charged less during the day.

Davey_Pitch · 16-07-2007, 14:54

I seem to remember Kate saying years ago that the cinemas made a loss on the ticket sales, and relied on the food/drink to make their profits. Considering how expensive the food etc is, that doesn't surprise me. When Lynne and I go nowadays we always take our own drink, and I may treat myself to a small popcorn. No way would I buy everything there any more, it's just far too expensive.

Mondo · 16-07-2007, 15:24

It has gotten more and more expensive over the years, about 8 years ago I was going to Warner Village in Plymouth in a weekly bases. With Student Discount it was about £4 for a film (Tuesday before 5 was £1.50), and I even bough popcorn and drink there sometimes about £5 for both together and they were big portions too. Since then it has become Vue Cinema, the price has gone up, in Cardiff/Worcester it's over £5 a film without student discount, and it'll cost £7/8 for a small drink and popcorn, and the cups and popcorn has gotten smaller. It's no longer in a bucket, the popcorn now comes in a little paper bag.

Feek · 16-07-2007, 15:28

I just took the family to the pictures this morning, we did it on a shoestring. £5.70 for MacDonalds Breakfast before, then in to the 10:30 showing at £4 per ticket and we had a 'one child goes free' voucher. We bought nothing in the cinema but I grabbed four bottles of fizzy beverage on the 2 for £1.40 deal in the Tesco Express on the way up.

Total cost - Just over twenty quid.

If we'd done it in the evening and bought stuff there I reckon it would have been double that.

Haly · 16-07-2007, 16:07

I only tend to go on Orange Wednesdays, and I almost never buy food or drink there, just take something with me. It's far too expensive otherwise and tbh there aren't many films I've found worth watching on a big screen lately, a lot of them are equally good/crap on the small screen.

Flibster · 16-07-2007, 16:18

Local cinema to me charges over £7 a ticket now.
It's not even a good cinema.

The UCI/Vue in Norwich was a good cinema and the tickets were £5 each unless you went for the posh £14 expensive seats.

Plus the cinema's now only show the big releases. Most of hte films I want to go see aren't the big releases as I know they're going to be pretty much crap anyway.

I want to see the little arty films in a cinema rather than on DVD. It's just too expensive now.

Simon/~Flibster

16-07-2007, 14:16	#13
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16-07-2007, 14:35	#14
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16-07-2007, 14:48	#15
Goose The list is long, but distinguished Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Århus, Denmark Posts: 1,643	I wonder what the profits are. I mean, to a certain extent the cinema owners are probably screwed per film. Perhaps they get charged less during the day. __________________

16-07-2007, 14:54	#16
Davey_Pitch I iz speshul Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Liverpool Posts: 6,296	I seem to remember Kate saying years ago that the cinemas made a loss on the ticket sales, and relied on the food/drink to make their profits. Considering how expensive the food etc is, that doesn't surprise me. When Lynne and I go nowadays we always take our own drink, and I may treat myself to a small popcorn. No way would I buy everything there any more, it's just far too expensive. __________________ Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness, that most frightens us. Your playing small does not serve the world. There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won't feel insecure around you. We are all meant to shine as children do. It's not just in some of us; it is in everyone. And as we let our own lights shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.

16-07-2007, 15:24	#17
Mondo Absinthe Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 2,174	It has gotten more and more expensive over the years, about 8 years ago I was going to Warner Village in Plymouth in a weekly bases. With Student Discount it was about £4 for a film (Tuesday before 5 was £1.50), and I even bough popcorn and drink there sometimes about £5 for both together and they were big portions too. Since then it has become Vue Cinema, the price has gone up, in Cardiff/Worcester it's over £5 a film without student discount, and it'll cost £7/8 for a small drink and popcorn, and the cups and popcorn has gotten smaller. It's no longer in a bucket, the popcorn now comes in a little paper bag. __________________ My Website / MSN / Email / Flickr / Blog

16-07-2007, 15:28	#18
Feek ex SAS Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: JO01ou Posts: 10,062	I just took the family to the pictures this morning, we did it on a shoestring. £5.70 for MacDonalds Breakfast before, then in to the 10:30 showing at £4 per ticket and we had a 'one child goes free' voucher. We bought nothing in the cinema but I grabbed four bottles of fizzy beverage on the 2 for £1.40 deal in the Tesco Express on the way up. Total cost - Just over twenty quid. If we'd done it in the evening and bought stuff there I reckon it would have been double that. __________________

16-07-2007, 16:07	#19
Haly Do you want to hide in my box? Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 14,941	I only tend to go on Orange Wednesdays, and I almost never buy food or drink there, just take something with me. It's far too expensive otherwise and tbh there aren't many films I've found worth watching on a big screen lately, a lot of them are equally good/crap on the small screen. __________________ Halycopter

16-07-2007, 16:18	#20
Flibster Moonshine Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 3,388	Local cinema to me charges over £7 a ticket now. It's not even a good cinema. The UCI/Vue in Norwich was a good cinema and the tickets were £5 each unless you went for the posh £14 expensive seats. Plus the cinema's now only show the big releases. Most of hte films I want to go see aren't the big releases as I know they're going to be pretty much crap anyway. I want to see the little arty films in a cinema rather than on DVD. It's just too expensive now. Simon/~Flibster __________________