Why movie theatre concessions are so expensive...

[Thomasss]

I get asked this all the time, and the really only reason why their expensive is because theatres need money to pay the people to clean up after ya'll. :lol:

Nah, really though, they don't make much money on movie tickets, so concessions is the only source of income for most movie theatres. Hence why they sell to you (we have too, anyway) and why a small thing of popcorn is $6 or more depending upon where you're at.


Secret revealed! 😱

 

[ddoesmc]

For me, a small popcorn is about $12! I knew this before, but thanks for sharing! 🙂

 

[Finn]

Thomas is the insider hacker, pulling the Edward Snowden. 😱 Kidding of course, financial gain always makes sense. The real way to eat snacks during a movie is to sneak them in, or to watch Netflix from home. 😛

 

[Thomasss]

Thomas is the insider hacker, pulling the Edward Snowden. 😱 Kidding of course, financial gain always makes sense. The real way to eat snacks during a movie is to sneak them in, or to watch Netflix from home. 😛

Sneaking stuff in can actually get us fired. :lol:

 

[Caedus]

I used to be a supervisor at a movie theatre almost 10 years ago, so I'll throw in my 2 cents on this. Of course, I am sure things have changed a lot since then. Thomass more or less, has it right.

On tickets, the movie theatre I was at got around 10% of the total sales on those, so if you sell at ticket for $6, the theatre of $.60 for each ticket, added up that isn't a whole lot in the long run. The rest went to the movie companies. So, concession prices are the places "bread and butter". While I always thought they were too expensive, that's how the company makes most of it's money and like all other business, it does have expenses to pay and would like to make money in the process. Running a business isn't cheap, the bills add up very quickly. Supplies, shipping, payroll, taxes, repairs, regular bills, etc.

 

[Joshua Farrell]

I always figured that was the reasoning behind the annoying prices for even a small popcorn in most regular theaters.

In our local opera house where they only show one movie a week, the candy bars are typically 31 cents more than the gas station (50 cents more than the store), meanwhile the fountain drinks are pretty well priced, and refills are relatively cheap for the sizes, and if you get the largest drink, you get the refill for free. 🙂

 

[Cosmic]

Yeah, it's a decent sales model. It's like restaurants having cheap food prices, but then charing $3 for a coke, and then paying their waiting staff so little that you have to tip them.

 

[ddoesmc]

Yeah, it's a decent sales model. It's like restaurants having cheap food prices, but then charing $3 for a coke, and then paying their waiting staff so little that you have to tip them.

Charing or sharing? 🙂

 

[Cosmic]

Yeah, it's a decent sales model. It's like restaurants having cheap food prices, but then charing $3 for a coke, and then paying their waiting staff so little that you have to tip them.

Charing or sharing? 🙂

Charging. 😛

 

[ddoesmc]

Yeah, it's a decent sales model. It's like restaurants having cheap food prices, but then charing $3 for a coke, and then paying their waiting staff so little that you have to tip them.

Charing or sharing? 🙂

Charging. 😛

Oh okay! 😛

 

[Joshua Farrell]

Since the locally owned theater here likes suggestions, one of these days I just mike make a suggestion to have them include more stuff they sell, as they are kinda limited on the candy they offer.

 

[Sharon]

They charge an arm and a leg for concession snacks because they can and people will pay for it. The markup on popcorn is ridiculous I know but I pay it any way just because I feel like that completes the whole cinema experience. 🙂