CONVENIENCE FEES HAHAHAHA

God what a scam that shit is

Serious question, wtf is a convenience fee? There needs to be a law for companies to explain wtf these things are.

... and on top of that you have to watch like ten minutes' worth of ads at the beginning. Ugh.

Question from an European: What is that convenience fee? Which costs does it cover?

I saw Indiana Jones today it had 25 minutes of trailers, an admonishment to not ruin the movie, Nicole Kidman telling me how great going to the movies is, and a commercial for the projector. So a movie listed to start at 11 started at 11:28. it’s fucking ridiculous.

The hell is a “convenience fee”?

I work at a pretty high end movie theater. All seats are recliners with tables, there's a full wet bar and restaurant quality food, and we do events and shit too. Tickets typically run $10-$15. This is ridiculous.

Find a new theater, you're being robbed.

What the fuck? A convenience fee??? They're just making shit up at this point

I gave up on theaters a long time ago. I wanna watch a movie in my PJs, smoke pot, and pause it when I need to. Plus I get lots of kitty snuggles during the viewing as well.

An exterminator told me that a lot of cinemas have issues with bedbugs. Since then, I haven’t been able to set foot in one.

Convenience fee? What does that even mean?!

I think you're going to the wrong place. That or the US is just insane.

I think I'd pay about £8 (approx $10.11) per ticket here in the UK. That is without buying food.

This reminds me... AMC wanted to test selling tickets at a higher cost based on seat location... corporate greed will keep folks at home.

This is why you should support any surviving local theaters that aren't chains. Monopolies aren't created solely by the companies but with the help of the consumers too

How is it legal to make up a fee then offer a paid membership to avoid the fee you just made up? How is that different from the mob guys that would collect your "insurance" membership so that you didn't incur a "business burned down" fee?

That's ridiculous. I can get recliner seats with tons of arm room and reserved seating for $15 CDN. $12 for a matinee showing.

Holy shit that's outrageous. Me, 2 other adults and 1 kid all saw Spider-Verse 2 at the fanciest theater I know the other week. It was like $7 a ticket. You're being robbed.

For real. With just a short wait, I can spend less, own the movie permanently, and watch it without wearing pants. Wins all around.

As a producer who aims to make 2-10 million dollar genre flicks, I don't see why ticket prices shouldn't be scaled to budgets. Don't want to pay 25 bucks to see Avengers 16? Pay 10 to see a low to mid budget crime or horror flick instead.

To keep profits up, theaters should bring back double features, intermissions, and sell popcorn with THC butter. Snack sales will explode.

Don’t forget another $20-$30 for popcorn and drinks!

What the heck is a convenience fee?

There was a movie theater when I was a kid in the 80s and you could see movies that had already stopped being shown in the regular theaters for a while for $1. So, like, if you missed Return of the Jedi or Temple of Doom in its original run, you could catch it later on the big screen for $1.

JESUS FUCK. I can pay $20 a month for UNLIMITED movies.

I use AMC movie pass. It’s amazing.

Tickets at my local theater is still lik $8. Wtf do you live?

Have to hit the matinees. I take my son to a nearby movie theatre that has a full bar/menu and the tickets for he and I to go are around or under $20 for both of us. It's like $9.25 per person.

Every day I realize what a good investment is was to build a screen into my unused basement room.

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You should find some small local cinemas. Sure screen is smaller, but so is the price and the atmosphere is great.

I'd rather buy some kind of AAA game.