Cheda's Journalism : Final Project

Are movie ticket prices too high? Why are they so high? Will ticket prices go down or stay the same?

Movie ticket prices are a lot higher than they used to be. Tickets used to be not that expensive but they are still on the rise. Ticket prices have raised almost seven dollars in the last forty years. According to the National Association of Theater Owners. Movie tickets had risen from $7.96 to $8.38 in the last quarter of last year. That is not too much of an increase in one year, but over the years movie tickets have risen a decent amount every year and are still continuing to rise today. There are many possible scenarios to why the price of tickets continues to rise. Some of these include that if it is a busier time for people to go to the movies, tickets often will rise than. For example, during the summer when kids are home from school and go to the movies more because they are home during the day. Some movies can be more expensive than others due to the fact that the movie took more money to make, this is sometimes a reason why movies cost more to go see than some other ones. Sometimes movie do the complete opposite of what they were said to do. A movie can sometimes not make what was originally predicted to make. Which is bad for the movie company because they lose money. The movie company might also lose people who were funding them as well. Which can lead to them not being able to make a movie for a few years. They would also lose people that followed what they did and would not go to see their next movie because the last movie was a failure for them and the people who went to watch it.

There is a way for you to get coupons or discounts on movie tickets. Some stores have a way for you to get coupons to a movie if you buy a specific item from their store. Some other stores like bj’s offer you coupons if you are a member at their store. Some of these coupons can include ones for movie theaters as well. This would not save you a lot of money but it could save you a decent amount at the theater, even if it is only a few dollars. You can also follow movie theater and ticket companies on social media websites like Facebook. They often post coupons and discounts that you can print out and take to where you go to see the movie. This is a good and easy way for you to get discounts to go see a movie.

In the future movie ticket prices are said to stay the same price wise with the better and longer ones being expensive. The movies that are not as long or won't be as big of a blockbuster as the other ones will be less money to go see. The longer movies will be more expensive than they are now though prices are said to rise for the more popular movies. Less people will want to see movies if they are more expensive for the cool and longer ones that everyone usually wants to go see. Movies should just be the same price because it would make it easier in so many ways for people. More people would want to see a movie, if they could just charge a more normal price movies. You could just go to a movie and not worry about how much it would cost to see a movie. It would also make it easier for movie theater owners and employees. the employees would not have to worry about prices, they could just charge everyone the same amount of money for each movie. “And when you start up-pricing movie tickets, you're edging out high school kids, collage kids and millennials.” Movie companies would also have an easier time training their employees because there would not be as much that they would have to do collecting the tickets and prices. Some of the movies might even make more money if ticket prices were at the same. More people would want to go see a movie if it was not too expensive and they were all the same amount of money to see each movie. This would make movie theaters more popular even. They would always be busy with people. Some people might even go back and see the movie again if they liked it or if it was not that expensive to see. There should be more drive in movie theaters. More people would go and see them if they were open. Movies might even get popular if there were more drive ins open.” While $8 is the average price, in most urban areas $8 is the matinee bargain price.” Drive ins would be a better way to get people interested in going to see a movie. They could watch a movie in their vehicle and could bring all the food and drinks as they want too. “They’re not getting complaints at the box office about pricing, it’s just not happening,” The price for the movie would be more reasonable because you would only have to pay for the ticket. Opening up more drive mins would bring more money for movies and the movie companies because more people would want to see movies. Drive ins would be a perfect way to do that. People could go as families this way as well, they could see more tickets this way, and keep their revenue up,mas well. With this both the movie companies and the people would win because they would both be happy.