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Anyone else fed up with cinema prices ?

112 replies

Cookie4u · 17/02/2018 23:22

I've been visiting the cinema since I was very small and for me and my papa used to go to the cinema every week or ever other week, and now it's a once in a blue moon but Within that time an adult ticket has gone from about £5.00 to £12.00 ! ...
And the child teen and senior are terrible aswell , closer you get to londom and the tickets rocket to £14.00 !
im not suprised people pirate films or rather stick Netflix on rather than go to the cinema .

Will a trip to the cinema become a thing of the past or something only the rich can afford

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Pinkponiesrock · 17/02/2018 23:24

In our town cineworld is £11.50ish and Vue is on £5.50ish, I only recently discovered this!

bruffin · 17/02/2018 23:27

Dh got a cineworld card and a compare the meerkat and we can both go once a week for £17 a month and dh can go as mant times he wants.

Changednamejustincase · 17/02/2018 23:28

£12 is too much! I wouldn't pay more than £8. I used to pay central London prices but can't believe I did now I've moved and realised how expensive they were.

onemorecakeplease · 17/02/2018 23:32

£10.95 here for adult and £7.95 for child

We only have one cinema in 100 mile radius so they have us. We don’t go very often!!

itsbetterthanabox · 17/02/2018 23:34

All the ones near us are at least a tenner.
We go on super Mondays or meerkat tues/weds.
It's way too much!

ginandnappies · 17/02/2018 23:36

It costs us the same to go to Vue for two adults as it does for one adult in Cineworld up here. It's ridiculous!

feska5 · 17/02/2018 23:37

Meercat Movies Tuesdays and Wednesdays are two tickets for the price of one. Brilliant!

NurseButtercup · 18/02/2018 00:03

Yes- it's expensive, but there are ways of going cheaper. The meerkat Tuesday + Wednesday. Some cinemas have a reduced entry fee on Mondays. I've got a subscription to the Times and this subscription provides me with a bogoff cinema code I can use on Saturdays.

MissTFied · 18/02/2018 00:09

We have an old fashioned one near us which charges £2.50 weekday and £3.50 weekends. It's fine for us.

itsbetterthanabox · 18/02/2018 07:56

Why are the Vues so cheap near all of you! Our Vue is mega bucks Angry

sandgrown · 18/02/2018 07:59

Vue near us is £4.50 a ticket and the local independent cinema Is,£4.

WTFIsThisVirus · 18/02/2018 08:03

Cineworld and Odeon have cards that allow you to go an unlimited amount of times per month.

I pay £20 for my cineworld card, as it includes london cinemas. That gives you unlimited cinema entries, plus 25% off food (10% off in the first year). You can also use it in some restaurants.

Not sure about the Odeon one, as I dont use it.

Depending on how much people go to the cinema, it could be that people just need to take proper advantage of the offers tbh.

I dont think cinemas will die out to the extent that people won't go at all. I personally love the cinema experience, and I like seeing movies when they first come out. I also rarely buy DVDs, so its a bit of a trade-off.

AutumnalTed · 18/02/2018 08:09

Our local cinema is £4 a ticket, a cineworld has just opened near our odeon so they now do tickets for £4

WTFIsThisVirus · 18/02/2018 08:33

People who's cinema tickets cost £4 Shock

WHERE DO YOU LIVE

Hellywelly10 · 18/02/2018 08:43

Yes it's really expensive. I only got when I really want to see something. Also my mum has a club lloyds bank account. You can get six free cinema tickets per year with that account. Have not paid 4 quid for the cinema since the 90's.

nancy75 · 18/02/2018 08:46

Could someone who lives near a cheap Vue give us a rough location? Our local Vue is the most expensive of all the chains, I want to tweet & find out why We are charged 3 times the price for the same film

IStillMissBlockbuster · 18/02/2018 08:48

My local vue costs £14 a ticket! Plus you have to pay an extortionate amount for parking. And Cineworld is £12. It's ridiculously expensive and we only go if we get an offer. As you say, no wonder people pirate films.

DevilsDoorbell · 18/02/2018 08:48

Went to the cinema last night. Nearly walked out because of the noisy people. I’d paid over £40 to miss the 1st half hour due to people eating loudly and constantly wustling their packets. Was so pissed off

LoniceraJaponica · 18/02/2018 08:49

Saw The Greatest Showman at Vue in Meadowhall last week, and tickets were £4.99.

I think they have reduced their prices because our local independent cinema is £6.00 and I find that good value.

mydogisthebest · 18/02/2018 08:49

My local cinema charges £11. We have Meerkat Movies so will usually go on Tuesday or Wednesday. We do go other days though and don't really think it is that expensive. It's a couple of hours entertainment. Going to the theatre is far more expensive.

I don't think cinemas will die out. Our one is usually packed especially with youngsters.

RowenaDedalus · 18/02/2018 08:50

My Vue is 4.99. From their website it says the tickets which are 4.99 are ...
Participating Vue Cinemas: Aberdeen, Barrow, Bury, Cheshire Oaks, Cleveleys, Darlington, Farnborough, Gateshead, Halifax, Hamilton, Hartlepool, Hull, Lancaster, Livingston, Manchester Lowry, Manchester Printworks, Norwich, Merthyr, Romford, Southport, Swansea, Thanet and York.

IStillMissBlockbuster · 18/02/2018 08:51

Staging a theatre production is far more expensive to fund though! They have to pay the actors and stage hands every show that they put on! The cinema requires far less resources.

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Starlight2345 · 18/02/2018 08:51

I have been to the cinema a couple of times and it is virtually empty . I go free as a career for my son . To take a family is no cheap rainy day out . If it was cheaper I am sure more would go .

Lovethebubbles · 18/02/2018 08:51

I agree. Our crappy local cinema that hasn’t been modernised at all and is the same as it was 25 years ago is still £8 a ticket. Makes family trips to the cinema pretty much unaffordable!

springlike · 18/02/2018 08:51

£2.50 weekdays, £3.50 at weekends for us! Lovely cinema, all the latest films, has been around for years but had a recent refurb so just as good as any other. Can go as often as we like as so cheap! Local Vue is £5 a ticket, used to be much more but had to reduce prices due to the competition.

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