to be shocked at this price!

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Was going to take dd to the cinema to see the new Trolls movie, but for obvious reasons we can't. I heard it was going to be available to rent on Amazon Prime for a one time view, and expected it to be 5 pounds at the most. Turns out the bloody thing costs 16 pounds to view ONCE.
No way in hell am I paying 16 quid for a kids movie you don't even get to keep.

AIBU to be shocked at this price?

We had similar conversation £5 maybe £16 no way !

@BoingBoingyBoing I don’t think that’s entirely fair. People aren’t ‘dense’ for not wanting to pay cinema prices for a non cinema experience. You wouldn’t pay the same for a theatre ticket as you would to watch a livestream of it. There is a treat element of going to the cinema, it’s a big screen, surround sound, often a recliner, getting out for the afternoon etc - the atmosphere of other people laughing along etc is not the same as at home. Yes of course they can’t do that at the moment so may be reluctant to pay a similar sum for a lesser experience.

Understand that £16 may not seem as much if you go for £10 a pop as a 4 person family, but if you get kid priced tickets, or there’s only you and your child going, or you do meerkat movies etc there’s not necessarily much in it.

Absolutely agree that the production needs to make the money it spent on the budget and make a profit, but £16 will still feel like a large sum for some families to watch a film once at home - even as an exciting new release.

Understand your points but writing people off as dense seems unfair. People clearly want to pay or they wouldn’t be looking at the option in the first place.

I haven't paid for cinema in ages since I got Meerkat movies so £16 is very expensive for a movie for me. I did have a look at a couple I'd wanted to watch before lockdown but decided I'll wait until they are cheaper. I've only got my tiny laptop screen so not quite the same experience!

£3.50 a head all week in our Dorset market town!

for new releases?

Yes, for all releases and the shop stocks local artisan ice cream and organic cider. Its ace.

Am amazed at the lack of common sense here

I don't see any lack of common sense. Just some people saying £16 is not worth it, to them, just to watch a film in their own home.

It wouldn't be to me either.

But sure some people just want everything for a knock down price - no matter who pays the bill on their behalf. Stingey whingers.

Surely people are ok to spend their money on what they want? If they think £16 is too much then they are fine not to pay it.

Regardless of the cost of producing a product, the end result can only be worth what an audience is willing to pay for it.

If the film makes back its money on a £16 home rental market then good on it, but there is no obligation on people to buy it.

That’s expensive for not leaving the house

That's more than we pay for two tickets at the local imax cinema

@slith we do have Disney + but the new Star Wars film will not be shown until October.

The film distribution process is critically broken and has been for a few years now. It has almost totally failed to respond to a changing landscape, long before the current outbreak.

The closure of cinemas in multiple countries has giving it a shove and opportunity to modernise but this must be done in a way that enough people feel it's value for money otherwise it'll fail.

I fear it will not rise to the challenge

YANBU and the 'well that's how much you'd pay at the cinema' argument is tiring. The cinema is an experience, with bills to pay. Is any of the money even going to cinemas? Or just the big movie companies?

Cinemas don’t make any money on the ticket prices. That simply covers the cost of the film. They make money on the popcorn and drinks.
The film companies need to make their money back on the films. They won’t do that without a cinema release hence charging so much.
That said I do agree that if they charged less they would get a greater take up.

And as said above, the whole film industry is out of work right now. Very few people are employed, most people just going from job to job so no furlough for them.

"Don't buy into the hype. Get her into older, better things. Studio Ghilbli?"

This! The films tower head and shoulders over the soulless Trolls. And all on Netflix at the moment.

Also whilst some people may be able to watch the film for a fiver in their local multiplex that’s not the case for everyone! The local Odeon is between £7.50 to £10.50 for kids and then up to £13.95 for kids.

So the distributors of the movie look at what they can make based on a range of cinema ticket prices not the cheapest available ticket!

*£13.95 for adults

It’s not just about the cinema experience. If the demand is there, people will pay to watch it now rather than wait for it to be on TV for free. YABU.

It is expensive. But I'll be paying for it next week when it's Dds birthday as a treat.

YANBU to be shocked at a price you consider too high for the value of the product (to you).

Well, she saw it.

She sat quietly and watched it, and after it was over she announced "That was boring"
We ended up paying full price for it as the quality on the "free" websites wasn't great.