Your view: high prices stop you going to the cinema

I periodically get dragged along to the cinema. It came as a surprise when I payed for the tickets for a family outing. What puts me off more than the price is the adverts. There are various ways of avoiding watching TV adverts but in a cinema you are part of a captive audience.

I fully agree that the film industry needs the support.
how else would they be able to pay the ” stars ” multi millions per film?

it is ridiculous I went to see Spy today and it cost me nearly £15 I understand that it goes back to the filmmakers which is fine but it’s only the big chain cinemas that get away with charging outrageous prices the little cinemas still show the same films and they charge a lot less even on the weekends.

I love going to the cinema and do so regualy but only because my friend is able through his job (bus driver…go figure) to get half price tickets. Im more than happy to pay 5.60 for a ticket. Would I pay full price…..not on your life, with snacks etc twenty pounds is more than the dvd will cost or the fact I could download it for free. Want to stop piracy and increase viewing figures then reduce ticket prices simple. Ps watched deadpool last night……awesome.

I have recently gone to my local Showcase cinema and the price has gone upto £9.50 for an adult ticket and the price for the drinks and food has increased. I also treated my niece to the upgraded seats which were £17.50 each. What a rip off. I got a few chocolates, nachos and that was it. I am now thinking twice about going in future it is too exspensive.
My local Odeon Cinema is nearly half the price of Showcase so if one can do it why cant they all do it.
Also the monthly subsdcription people pay to watch as many films as they want, you cant watch the latest releases until a week or so later. Same problem with Gift certificates. But they are quick enough to take the money from you in the first place. We need a code of conduct from the film producers and the cinemas to guarantee a set price charged to the Movie goer or watch the ticket sales fall, dvd and bluray sales decline and piracy increase. At the end of the day the Studios, Cinemas and Film distributors will blame the public not thier own greed for causing this situation.

Both my sons have installed large roll-up screens (electric, and inexpensive) and projectors to show dvds. A relatively inexpensive home cinema and a good experience.

They recently went to a local “up market” cinema – not particularly cheap but small, all seating on sofas, food and drink brought to your seat at appropriate times and all in all not just watching the latest film, but an enjoyable experience. They’d go again.

Still too many using premium rate 084 and 087 numbers for sales and pre-sales enquiries, and often also without declaring the premium call costs.

Still a few using these for after-sales enquiries – and therefore operating in breach of Regulation 41 of the Consumer Contracts Regulations 2013.

I take my wife out regularly on Saturdays. A play cost £25+ each, Gigs/talks etc ~£15 each. Cinema £15 for TWO. Okay we get over 60 discount but booking online and being registered knocks price down from £11 to under £9 each. That is so cheap! And it is getting out and much more of an experience.

What killjoys most of the comments are: complaining about having to pay such high prices, and those terrible adverts, and not being able to hold a conversation because the sound is sooo loud. If I rent the latest film from Amazon say, it costs pretty much the same price as a ticket at my local Odeon where the sound is fantastic, I have a comfortable seat, no mobiles being used, no incoming phones calls, a screen that is huge and immersive, and the pleasure of going out somewhere with my wife and teenagers all together … and maybe even a Nandos from next door when we come out. I love the cinema and it would be a sad day if they all closed because people don’t want to pay a reasonable price for a very decent experience: Stars Wars at home, do me a favour….