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Are all cinemas this expensive now?

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Raffaelli · 29/11/2024 07:28

Just went to book odeon for me and my 6yo tonight. £35 for non Premier seats! Which means I can't afford to go to the cinema anymore. Wild! Anyone else got the same problem? I'm a bit gutted!

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DanielaDressen · 30/11/2024 08:29

£16.90 at my local odeon for non premiere seats.

my brother is in a different town and last time I spoke to him about this his local odeon was about a third of the price of mine. But he has more cinemas in his town.

Brightredtulips · 30/11/2024 08:25

We have the Astoria cinema here. Its brilliant. All the films that are shown at the odeon. In an old refurbished odeon cinema with comfy new seats. All tickets are £5, if you take an annual £10 membership out tickets are £4 with 10 % off snacks. Its amazing and always busy. Its brought new life to the town and the building has been cleaned up and retro features enhanced.

NantesElephant · 30/11/2024 08:19

So expensive!

Even the local arts cinema is only £10 a ticket. Your cinema would go out of business in my area!

Stringervest · 30/11/2024 08:11

Maybe there is an algorithm linked to my IP address which has me tabbed as a person who will just pay whatever because I'm too lazy to look for a deal. Which is worrying....

Needmorelego · 30/11/2024 08:10

@Stringervest I just checked again. I looked at an evening showing (thinking maybe it's more expensive then) but no.... still that £18.98.
Most odd.

Stringervest · 30/11/2024 08:05

Although tbf I'd probably pay that for imax, love imax

Stringervest · 30/11/2024 08:05

I don't think so!

Needmorelego · 30/11/2024 08:05

@Stringervest did you pick the IMAX showings?

Stringervest · 30/11/2024 08:04

That's bizarre, I wonder what I'm doing wrong!

Needmorelego · 30/11/2024 08:03

@Stringervest I looked up the same cinema and for tomorrow Moana 2 at the 10am showing (normal seats) I got £18.98 for one adult, one child.

Are all cinemas this expensive now?
WalterdelaMare · 30/11/2024 06:44

I’ve just paid £47.50 for 3 tickets, which I thought somewhat wedgy.

CasperGutman · 30/11/2024 06:39

Cinema tickets can vary wildly in price from place to place.

I grew up in Manchester where for some reason there seemed to be massive oversupply of cinemas. The basic prices were low and they always seemed to have offers on - half price tickets, free tickets for your next visit, free parking by validation (and this was right in the city centre), free popcorn if you showed a public transport ticket.... I don't recall exactly what the price was but I thought nothing of going every week with my brother in the school holidays using pocket money.

Later we moved to Reading, where I can only remember there being one single cinema. Tickets cost about £15 each even fifteen years ago. It seemed expensive, and we only went for a really special film on a midweek two for one Orange Wednesdays deal.

Enterthedragonqueen · 30/11/2024 06:14

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Stringervest · 30/11/2024 06:04

Out of interest I just looked up how much it would be to see Moana 2 at the Odeon in the Trafford Centre tomorrow in normal seats. For an adult and a child it's £34.95!

onceisenoughinlife · 30/11/2024 06:03

I'm taking myself and 3 kids tomorrow £35

Aposterhasnoname · 30/11/2024 06:01

Buy travel insurance for made up on day trip to Blackpool from compare the meerkat, it’ll cost about two quid, then go to a vue cinema which is usually about 7 quid. Simples.

Mishmashs · 30/11/2024 05:58

And I did prebook.

Mishmashs · 30/11/2024 05:57

We went to see Paddington at the odeon recently. It was £37.96 for the four of us at the odeon. Normal seats. We don’t have much choice of cinema, even to get to the odeon is a 30-40 min drive. I thought it was pretty expensive!

Nc546888 · 30/11/2024 05:49

No it’s £12 at my local for an adult plus child

SwanSong1 · 30/11/2024 05:27

Certainly not that much, you have been had.

GettingStuffed · 30/11/2024 05:14

Rocknrollstar · 29/11/2024 08:04

Our local Vue is £5.95. We smuggle in sweets and popcorn and sometimes cocktails in cans

When I last went to a chain cinema you were allowed to take your own popcorn in, no need to smuggle.

GettingStuffed · 30/11/2024 05:11

Our local cinema is £4. Sweets and pop are a reasonable price too.

Lincslady53 · 30/11/2024 05:08

Amazon do 2 tickets for Odean for £10. 3 adults going on Monday for £17.

kiwiane · 30/11/2024 04:39

Odeon charges more if you don’t prebook - it’s really expensive compared to Showcase and our independent cinema now and often seems empty during the week.

Another2Cats · 29/11/2024 20:28

Sorry, just forgot to say, as well as the Showcase there is also an Odeon cinema that just opened here two weeks ago.

Their prices are £9.95 for an adult and £7.45 for a child or £14.90 for one adult and one child.

Although they do have a larger screen that they claim is an "IMAX" screen and the prices there are £15.95 for an adult, £13.45 for a child and £26.90 for one adult and one child.

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