Cinema for 4 cost over 100€

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2 children, 2 adults. 4DX, no other option in the language we wanted. Lilo and Stitch.
2 beers, 2 colas, medium popcorn and 2 Haribos pick and mix.
4DX was a super experience that I had never had before and I laughed and had fun, but the cost….
AIBU this is normal for going to the cinema for a 4DX film.
AIBNU that this is really a lot of money.

You don't choose 4DX, or buy food there, then it's nowhere near as expensive.
Obviously it's your choice, but you can't complain when you chose the most expensive way to do it.

So eat before you go? Or say you bring your own due to allergies. Sounds about right to me. It is what it is.

Sky give 2x free Vue tickets a month and Lloyds 6x cinema tickets a year.

It's so varied. I paid over £70 for me and 2 kids to see a film at a north London Everyman and we all had a drink and small popcorn. I knew it would not be cheap but it was to replace the disappointment of cancelled theatre tickets. Still a shock though! Usually we go to Vue up north for £6.99 each and take our own snacks or the kids use their pocket money for one of those boxes with popcorn, sweets and drink all in.

They search your bag? 😮I’d stuff malteasers down my bra. Or maybe m&ms as they’re less melty.

Our local is very good, is a small independent so it’s varies on whether big blockbuster films or small indie. Only open a few evenings a week.

But we are also in Eu country, and last time I when to watch a film in English ( they show maybe 1-2 films a month in English or with subtitles ), it was €10 Entry. They have a restaurant/ cafe you can order anything from downstairs so normal ish cafe prices. I think it was about €4 for a local sparkling rhubarb drink

How Far are you from Cologne? If you ever go that way they have the English cinema - It’s between €6-9 depending on what day you go, +€2 for 3d. Kids pay less.
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My Picturehouse does a family ticket for £26

bring our own snacks

2 beers, 2 colas, medium popcorn and 2 Haribos pick and mix.

If you'd not bought this, it'd have been about €60 cheaper... next time take your own snacks and get a beer after

Just don't buy the food 🤷‍♀️

It's 4.99 a ticket if you go before 1pm here

I paid 81 last night for three of us. Standard cinema experience. Tickets, popcorn, pick n mix,

Blooming heck where on earth did you go?

Go to the cinema to see a movie rather than eat and drink would be my suggestion.

Our cinema searches bags and you aren’t allowed to bring your own food and drinks.

Put into your own plain containers, tell them your DC have an allergy and need special foods, and kick up an absolute fuss if they still insist.

@Spies
I’m in Ireland, standard fare for three adults.
dont normally get as much food, but was sort of doubling for dinner unfortunately! 🤦‍♀️

Me and DD went to the cinema last night. Two tickets £8 each. Picked up sweets and drinks at the newsagents on the way, so let's say a total cost of £22

We could have gone even cheaper if we'd been willing to sit in the cheap seats at the front.

Put the snacks under a coat or something so they won't see lol.
I always bring my own snacks but my cinema doesn't search.

I thought the price was ridiculous but then you explained about it being 4DX so that's not a "normal" cinema experience. Also Luxembourg isn't the cheapest country in Europe...

The cinema I go to in Southern Germany costs €9.50 for an adult ticket.

We live in a London borough. I took 3dc to see lilo and stitch on Friday. Their tickets were £5.49 each, and we took snacks with us. £100 is extortionate.

Everyman UK is more expensive. I could choose to go to cheaper in another city, but our local Everyman is nicer.

I've just got back from the cinema (Cineworld). DH and I went to see Mission Impossible.
We were going anyway but as I was booking I noticed that they had an option for £4 Tesco tickets.
Turns out that they're doing an offer where you exchange £2 if Tesco vouchers for a £4 Cineworld code and can buy upto 4 tickets per booking.
I think it's on for the next week (but have to book online). Ticket price includes the normal booking fee.

Buying special tickets with moving seats and water sprays isn't a normal cinema experience.

Buying beers, drinks and loads of snacks is soothing I haven't done in 25 years-it's stupidly expensive!

Take a chilly bottle full of water and a packet of tic tacs next time!

Luxembourg is a high salary, low tax country, so it makes sense that prices are higher.

Love picturehouse