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But that's per person and if you have a family it's easy to get over $100 for a theater trip.

• deltarholamda 3y ago
  That's a major problem. Parents love to take their kids to a movie. But today, you have to make the choice "go to a movie with the kids, or pay the power bill." It's kind of a no-brainer to just pick up a Scooby-Doo DVD or whatever for $5.99 from the bargain bin at Wal-Mart. Popcorn is cheap to make at home. I understand the theaters' problem, but it's their problem. I've got my own.
  • edgyquant 3y ago
    >But today, you have to make the choice "go to a movie with the kids, or pay the power bill." How is this different from any other decade where people went to movies? People who can’t afford their bills have never been the demographic that frequented the movies with their kids.
    • 1123581321 3y ago
      I think he might have been joking about paying essential bills. In the US, the mean entertainment budget is a few thousand dollars a year. Perhaps it's several thousand dollars a year for people who would even consider spending $200 at a theater. That's still only around $500/mo for entertainment to allocate, and so even though a family in that situation poor, they still are incentivized to spend the money so they can be entertained as often as they'd like to be throughout the month. Spending a third of the money in one night is probably an easy yes as a one-time event, but harder to justify regularly.
    • deltarholamda 3y ago
      It's more of a comparison between costs and benefits. If you have to literally choose between taking the family to the movies or paying the power bill, that's not exactly a tough question. Going to a 2-hour movie at the cost of $80-100 or more is quite the splurge.