How much does popcorn cost at the cinema?

[Millarkie]

OK, I know the answer is 'too much' but I want to give the kids a half term treat but won't be going with them. If I send them with too much spending money they will spend it so how much for 3 tubs of popcorn (for a 19yr old, 7yr old, 5yr old) and 3 bottles of fizzy water?

Bloody hell - I think it is about £4 iirc.

FWIW don't let them anywhere near the pick and mix. I am sure that they add invisible lead weights to the sweets. Last time I succumbed it cost over a tenner for 2 bags of sweets, I could have wept.

20 quid

not joking

Yes, Laurie is right.

we went last night, it was £4 for a medium tub but i think they said for 30p or 90p or something like that they would make it a large. I'm not sure you can buy bottles of water in cinemas but for the medium drinks i think it's 2 pound something. You could always do what i did, took a large bag with me and took in loads of my own stuff, i'm sure the 19 year old could carry that in

i think for popcorn and a fizzy per child you are looking at 6 quid each.

take your own, I do.

I got my ds a bag of toffee popcorn from Lidl (yum yum)to take with him. Much better than the cinema ones(though very very fattening)

Make the 19 year old wear a baggy hoody and shove sweets and popcorn up it

The popcorn tastes stale in cinemeas anyway.

Thanks I knew that most of you would say to take our own but the popcorn is a major part of the treat in ds's eyes.

I've given them £40 but the train fare and cinema tickets comes to just over £20 so they'll have to do what they can with the rest. (I have given 19yr old strict instructions to make sure they have lunch before they go and only 1 drink during the film and absolutely NO pick'n'mix).

good luck on that one

Am thinking of getting them to take some juice cartons so they only need to buy the all-important stale popcorn.

I make my own. I keep the boxes that we get at parties and the ones you get kids lunches in at the museums and put it in there. You can also buy them for about 35p in the shops and the kids love it. They also love making the popcorn and squidging honey on it.

Well, they went, they ate, they enjoyed the film and they brought me home a tenner change! - kids popcorn boxes (with drink and choccies) are £2.95, adult popcorn about £3.50.

cinema popcorn must be so sickly, judging by the cloying smell in our Vue- deffo make your own!