When did the cinema get so fucking expensive?

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£27.80 for two tickets??!! Am I living on another planet? What does it cost in your area?

I think you can get cheaper tickets on Monday or Tuesday - you can at Vue anyway. I think it is Monday for Vue . I rarely spend the full amount . The time I did -for the second Blade Runner I regretted it.

What?! Are they gold plated VIP tickets or something?

My cinema is £4 per ticket.

£5.63 a ticket but through a work discount club.

You can buy a days travel insurance for around £3 and get meerkat codes for a year.

Are you in London?

I have booked the cinema this evening. £20.45 for two adults and a teen. In Devon.

Get mine for £6 via a work scheme.

Yep it costs about £40 to take the DC to the cinema where I live. If you wait for a bit Odeon do cheap tickets for slightly older kids films. It’s hard when the children are desperate to see a new release because all their friends have. I used to love the cinema, hardly ever go now.

I get bogof on weekends with a Times subscription.

I have odeon limitless... I’m not 100% as I set it up ages ago but I think it’s about £17 a month to go as much as you want. I love it.

Actually mine is slightly less than I thought (I just checked!) - £30 for me and two children. £40 if DH comes too. Still a lot of money!

In Glasgow and around £23 for 2 adult tickets.

£5 a ticket all day every day and they’ve stated doing meerkat movies. The cinema must not be popular round here!

On a visit to Kmpulse trip to Maidstone Odeon £13.25 adult or for premier seating £14.95

Sorry, all fingers and thumbs trying to edit!
On a visit to Kent, impulse trip to Maidstone Odeon £13.25 adult or for premier seating £14.95.
Think we could have got a discount booking online beforehand.

Going tomorrow and it’s GBP41.00 for four of us (two teen DDs) . But it’s worth it to me as it’s The Curzon and it’s like going to someone’s cosy front room, small cinema, very comfy double seats and the coffee is amazing. I wouldn’t want to pay that for Vue or Odeon.

We spent around £50 on our anniversary this year... no babysitter so we indulged in a family trip to McDonalds and The Incredibles. The kids' tickets were only £1 less than the adult ones. Bog standard 90s multiplex with original decor.

We only go once or twice a year for a film we will all really love. Pre DCs we'd go about monthly. The cost completely puts us off, particularly when 3 months later the DVD will be out for the cost of less than two people.

That's why we don't go very often. I resent paying that much. For a family of 4 it's a very expensive night out.

The unlimited deals are good if you go at least twice a month, but I don't want to go that often.

My quote wasn't premier seating either, that costs £31.08. Daylight flippin robbery.

@Penguin - odeon do a family ticket. It’s between £5 and £7 each for 4 tickets.

Vue is 4.99. 6.50 for VIP. Cheaper on Mondays. Food is extortionate though. Vue prices are cheap nationwide if you have one nearby.

Looked that up too Titty - it’s £9.25 per person for a family ticket. Does it vary by region? Or by day of the week??

I never go to Cineworld/Odeon. Thieves.

I wait a few weeks till it comes to my local cinema and go to home Bargains to buy sweets.

Ours is an independent one and the prices vary greatly between when it's cheaper for kids or when you are get family tickets, by popularity of film/time of showing. It seems fairly random tbh so anything from £4.50-£10 a ticket. Saturday am is £2 a ticket for relaxed kids film - usually an old one.

It’s £5 where I live. Can take your own food as well

Looked that up too Titty - it’s £9.25 per person for a family ticket. Does it vary by region? Or by day of the week??

Not sure. Just checked a couple of films on tomorrow afternoon and family tickets are £5.75-7.75 in Cardiff.