I remember years ago when movies were around $5 to $6 and we still had $1 and $2 theaters. 20 bucks got you plenty of people and plenty of food for the latest or at least something that came out about a month ago.

Today, $20 can barely get 3 people thru the doors and you can forget about snacks. I went to the theaters this weekend to see Madagascar 2 with my wife and kids. It was a great movie, funny as hell, but it cost me $32 to get us in. But while I think the movie price is high, it pales to the prices of the food at the theaters these days. One look at those prices and you can understand 2 thing:

1) Why barely 5% of the people walking into the room are carrying at least 1 soda and a popcorn bag while everyone else is empty handed.

and

2) How they (the theater) are trying to make profits in just 2 or 3 sales.

Here is what I saw that I almost had a heart attack and the cashier told me not to crack my head over the prices, they are all expensive.

Medium soda - $5
2 Medium sodas and a Large popcorn - $17
Medium soda and a Nachos - $11

This was enough to make me almost run out the theaters. I was too afraid to look at the rest of the stuff. The candy's were probably as expensive as the package they came in. If they sold one come per movie schedule, they could probably make a huge profit at these prices. I seriously doubt they are paying $350 for one of the bags of coca cola syrup for the soda machine. I can buy 5 - 2 liter coca cola bottles at the store (some stores) with 5 bucks. We actually waited till the movie was over to eat at BK's where with $20 we got tons of food and still had change.

This is so wrong on so many levels. It's a shame one can not even go out to enjoy a movie after a long week of work and school without one losing one's pants in the process. This should be illegal (that was just a rant). I can see why some people prefer to download these movies from the Internet. It's funny to think that supposely prices went up because of pirated movies but it seems to me that pirated movies went up because of theater prices. Funny how that works.

So when was the last time you went to the movies and paid for the food there? Discribe the expression of your face at the site of the prices. I can give you an idea of what mine looked like:


Bare in mind there is no relationship between the chimp and me.