Sneaky Ways Movie Theaters Get You To Spend More Money
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- Опубліковано 1 сер 2019
- Between ticket prices and concessions, movie theaters are expensive. But movie theater chains like AMC and Regal only keep around 50% of the revenue from ticket sales each year. But theaters are able to keep over 80% of concessions revenue as profit. So most theaters are designed to get you to spend money on food. And it works, AMC reports that more than 71% of attendees spend money on concessions.
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Used to work at a cinema for 3 years. Couldn't care less about people sneaking their own food in. I even did it myself. And still do.
good man Kevin, good man
That's nothing, i smuggled two apples in the theatre, dressed like a lady and apples in my chest!!! I went extreme because i did not like junk food!!! (note: theatre managers, this is just a joke, don't come to me)
Careful his a hero...
Kevin Wong no cap you a real one.
Same, I always sneak food.
I've smuggled in alcohol, sandwiches and tons of candy. My theater never checks or cares.
I live in Brazil. They only prohibit bottles and cans. You can bring whatever you want.
@@alexdamaceno Que chingon, saludos desde México hermanos
MrKajithecat Alcohol? You crazy😂
@@rapidshot3033 Oh of course. I'll buy a large coke at the concession stand and then pour three airplane bottles of rum into it. Have a nice mixed drink with my movie.
@@moonovermiami9787 Regal went through my girlfriends backpack twice because of a recent shooting at a movie theater. They didn't seem to give us an option to say no.
As someone who worked at AMC, this is pretty accurate. We don't care if you sneak in food, sometimes we usually don't even care if you aren't even being sneaky about it.
Lies again? UEFA SW
that's not the case at any of the amc theaters where i live. if you walk in with a half bottle of water they make you throw it away, every time..
@@marzsit9833I bet they do illegal spot checks and bag checks and I bet they even assault people and claim it as self defence. You can sue them.
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What I learned from this is
• Bring your own food
• Wear sunglasses to resist flashy marketing
• Bring earmuffs to take a 15-20 minute nap before the movie starts
• Get a membership only if you frequent movies often, and only use it for its discounts not points
• Don’t download their apps
I attend every movie 30 mins late 😂
@@natwel1544 Why??
>"Wear sunglasses to resist flashy marketing"
lmao, lmao that's some tinfoil hat shit
I just don't go to movies at all. That $50 for tickets and snacks for me and the wife is a whole bottle of Jameson that will get me drunk enough to lose my wallet, break an appliance doing something stupid, yell at my wife for something silly, forget the dogs are tied up outside, and wake up on the kitchen floor in a pile of vomit and piss with music blasting and all the lights on and a text saying "don't even try waking me up for sex. We need to talk tomorrow".
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16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. 17 For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved. 18 He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God. 19 And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil. 20 For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved. 21 But he that doeth truth cometh to the light, that his deeds may be made manifest, that they are wrought in God.
Mark 1.15
15 And saying, The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand: repent ye, and believe the gospel.
2 Peter 3:9
The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.
Hebrews 11:6
6 But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him.
Jesus
I get buying popcorn but who would buy the candy, like just sneak that in
I took in one of those big buttered popcorn bags from the dollar store in once. And the lady could see the bag and the soda I bought
@@iimochabearz9262 you bought a bug bag, obviously they're gonna see. You can sneak in a candy box though.
Exactly
@@iimochabearz9262 what did they do with ur food? Did they confiscate it?
Stan LOONA CLC TWICE RedVELVET TXT NCT ONEUS 1THE9 nope just looked and just aint care
“You can’t get in the theatre without spending money”
Challenge accepted.
*Brings only 12$*
Metallic Easy, collect discounts and spare tickets then buy food and drink from *Other* stores. There, not one penny spent in the movie theatre.
Kool Kyas true
@@koolkyas Go to a local store,buy some drinks and candy,put in your bag and maybe buy a popcorn
*steps into theatre* (breathes) *steps out* I think I did it c:
I work at a movie theatre, and have for nearly 2 years, and all of the stuff in this video is absolutely true. So yes we know the food is expensive, but we wouldn't be able to stay open otherwise.
The theatre I used to work at had rent of like five thousand dollars every couple of weeks. That was after they negotiated a discount. Also, the utility (air, water, electric) costs to keep the building running was crazy. For example, each projector bulb was almost a thousand dollars and that needed replacing every 800 hours or so with the projectors running 12 hours or more some days.
Plus you have staffing costs and food costs for ordering and damaged foods thrown away. Not to mention the studios charge sending you the movie and showing it. There were some weeks we would be in the red as far as profit after everything. So yes it costs a lot for concessions, but a lot goes on behind the scenes that you purchase helps.
Yup and people don't seem to realize when you purchase a ticket $12 or whatever to see a film it's doesn't mean the theater just made $12 dollars most of that money goes to the movie studio that's why theaters charge a higher price for snacks.
Yes. The video is confusing gross margin with profit.
yeah exactly lol this is why i never feel bad about spending too much on concessions, cuz i want to keep these theaters in business
The dollar tree knows what its doing by always being beside a movie theater
Those stores come in clutch
@@bobbysflyinghat3722 fr
Or a dollar gernal comes handy.
I can’t believe I haven’t noticed that I live by a movie theater that is right next door to a Dollar Tree
@@bobbysflyinghat3722 fr
If you don’t sneak in your own snacks, you are living wrong
Remy Tv if one time I got caught and the lady was like I don’t get paid enough for this and she let us go 😂😂
In my country (Brazil) By law they can't stop you from bringing your own popcorn (Some Movie theaters have rules like: No Hamburgers/Fried food; No Ice cream/Gum, But you can always take your own Soda and Popcorn
I always sneak snacks into the movie theater
There are companies called Odeon and Cineworld in the UK, where you're allowed to bring your own snacks in to the cinema
@@randomizer8267 same in Odeon and Cineworld in the UK
I once snuck a big ass McDonalds order in AMC this lady at the door caught me hiding it in my bag. She still let me take it in. Thank you, lady.
The irony of concessions is that popcorn started as street food that vendors sold to patrons who were waiting in line to see the movies and theatres at that time didn’t allow snacks.
I should build a dollar store next to my local cinema
Id be able to retire in a few days
InsaneFire10YT there was a 99¢ store around the corner from the movies. We used to make a pit stop there every time before the movie
Lol, there IS a Family Dollar by a movies by me. Growing up we literally bought chips, drinks, and candy before going next door to the movies.
Eyy my movie theatre has a dollar store next to it
Theres a dollar tree next to the cinemark by my house and lets just say they dont struggle
InsaneFire10YT theres a dollar store next to my movie theater
"no outside food or drink is allowed"
When did that ever stop someone?
Aaron ikr
I've openly walked into my regal cinema with a bottle of Gatorade and a bag full of candy (didn't even bother to hide it). They didn't say a thing.
Theater near me used to search bags wtf idk if they still do.
kauigirl808 they can’t do that. That’s pretty illegal
@@vel6979
Technically they didn't go in my bag but they make us open our bags. They probably don't do that anymore. I never went back to that location.
I love free refills on sodas and buying candy and icees at movies!!! Going to the movies is fun in the summer time when you're in state or out of state!!! Sometimes I buy nachos and Hotdogs if I have extra money!!! In my state of Georgia we got the Georgia theater company and their similar to Regal and AMC but alot smaller and I remember we used to have them cheap $1.00 and $0.99 theaters in Warner Robins before they all shut down in 2014!!! Them $1.00 and $0.99 were for movies that if you missed it in the Big theater or wanted to see it again you would see the movie that wanted to see but just for cheap money or if you didn't want to go to big money theater just to go to a cheap movie to spend less to go the movie you wanted to see for less. I was into movies for a long time and boy it was a trip!!!
I think as time passes, theatre workers care less and less about people "sneaking" food in. I think it's cuz the workers are young people who also understand and empathize that the food at theaters are extremely overpriced. Just last week my group of 10 people brought in taco bell and kfc buckets lmao.
Taco Bell and KFC into the movie? Ain’t no way, the whole movie theatre gonna be smelling like a fast food restaurant 😭
Sneaking is one thing but that's just disrespectful 😒
@@hawkeye7527 Disrespectful to who? The company? LMAO
well imagine for a moment that you own the theater, it's 2024, day 1 you get to run Ghostbusters frozen empire, every showing is pretty full, you have taken in a lot of money at the box office, life is good, until Sony comes the next day and takes 90% of it, that's why concessions are expensive, not on that 10 years ago you were just FORCED to drop 80K per screen for digital projection equipment to keep the doors open and keep showing moves, yes concessions are expensive, but the greed starts at the top with the movie companies, at least it did when I worked at a theater, 1996 was the year I started at a drive in as a projectionist apprentice, and we sold out on night one, life was good, until Universal showed up on Saturday, and robbed the box office with no weapon, yeah I bet that still goes on to this day
It's all good though, cuz movie theatres are all owned by big corp themselves too. It's big companies with big companies screwing over the consumers like you are me. I could imagine it, but I don't empathize lol. @@w8kdzradio113
My grandma would always sneak random stuff into the theater. Once she smuggled a quarter pound of roast beef and a quarter pound of turkey. I'll never forget that, lol.
How tf
@@Elijah-um8ve the beef under her right titty the turkey under the left one 🦃🍖
a girl i dated snuck in 2 bottles of soda, and she didn’t even have a purse!
@@dantefreely5850 what the
@@dantefreely5850 lmao😂
Movie theater popcorn just hits different, it doesn’t taste like any other
Fr
@@omerde12 Smh
@BG AH Not me
Jimi Moore And then have a stomach ache the next day😭
Ive had popcorn better then in theaters 😳
The theater I worked at had dollar shows when the normal ticket prices were about 5-6 bucks. They literally made nothing on the ticket sale, but more than made up with it on concessions. They concessions were much higher than the nicer full priced theaters, and as I recall, the cost on a large popcorn or drink (which then, were about $5 and $3, respectively) was about 10 cents, including the product and the container. When I was scheduled to be an usher or ticket taker for the night, as long as you made some attempt to hide the fact that you were sneaking in food, I didn't care- the theater was making plenty of money on the people who bought stuff. One young girl walked past me without making an attempt to hide food and I had to stop her, because I could get in trouble for letting her in with obvious food. She literally started crying saying she didn't have money to buy anything and was too embarrassed to ask her friends who had already gone in the theater. I told her to go outside, to conceal it and not carry it through the lobby in plain sight, and I would let her in without issue. I will never forget the goofy smile she had on her face as she came back in and walked by me, like the two of us just pulled off the heist of the century.
We all know it and I’m all for it. I go to the movies for the whole “experience”. If I just wanted to watch the film I would stream it at home.
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100% true. We go to the movies to experience the movie.
@JPPSrules facts. I don’t really care about the price of stuff, because it makes my experience more enjoyable. I get a tea and popcorn every single time.
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There used to be a movie theater near me that charged a bit more for tickets, but because of that, the prices on food and drinks were lower. $4 for popcorn instead of $8. They also didn't have any commercials before the trailers, just nice relaxing music, which was great. Unfortunately they closed down due to shutting down for almost a year during COVID. They simply weren't able to stay in business after that. RIP
Ways to hack the movie theater food prices
-Hot Dogs (Go to 7 Eleven or Costco to grab $1 hot dog)
-Soda (Go to your local store to buy a $1.99 24 ounce)
-Candy (go to your local store to buy a 1.99 candy)
Note :bring your date or wife with you because you’ll need them to sneak the snacks in her large purse. Movie theaters can’t check a woman’s purse.
cinema i go to is the opposite. tickets are maybe €4 with food being that little more expensive
Yeah those are budget theaters. Mine would also show older movies to accommodate costs.
That's amazing
That’s sad honestly.
The main theater chain in my area (Marcus Theaters) offers some nice discount deals of $5 Tuesdays and $6 student Thursdays for admissions and on those days they offer a free small popcorn which I take advantage of. They also send out coupons for food at times. I remember one time they opened up a new theater nearby and they sent everyone in my apartment a sheet of coupons and many people just threw them away in the trash nearby the mailbox so I grabbed a bunch of them and was able to get a bunch of free drinks, burgers and popcorn using those. I even got lucky with one of the free popcorn coupons and one of the workers gave me a plastic reusable refillable popcorn bucket instead of the paper non-refillable one lol.
this makes me wanna go see a movie now lmao
I always sneak in candy etc but i can't turn down the popcorn and soda...the portions are worth it and the taste of movie theater snacks just hits different
Free refills? Nobody gets up in the middle of the movie to get a refill. Genius.
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Who else already finishes half of their popcorn and drink before the movie even starts
Me, the popcorn just looks and smells sooo good and I can’t resist
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I used to work at a cinema in the UK. Had a father with large family, irate with the cost of the tickets and food, and took it out on me, a minimum wage drone. After months of this, I had enough, and decided to talk back to this particular man. I didn't know the actual facts, but made some numbers up to sound plausible.
Note: Words are not verbatim, but it's close enough to what I said; it was almost 20 years ago...
Me: Well, first of all, you chose to come here for entertainment. You could go somewhere else. Also, we (the cinema) don't get much money. A high percentage of your money goes to the film studios, you know, the company who spends MILLIONS on making the film in the first place. We only get 20%, if we're lucky. Let's see here, your screening has sold 40 tickets so far today. That means we (the cinema) will earn approximately £45. That's barely enough to cover for the electricity, rent and our wages. That's why the food is expensive, which is also a choice. You choose to buy it or not.
Customer was stunned silent, wasn't expecting a well thought-out answer to a nameless face behind the box office. He walked away quietly.
20% yeah that's if they feel generous, when I worked at a theater it was never less than 90% that they took during the first week of run
but good work you weren't too far off with that, but sometimes perception is the reality for outsiders but those of us that worked or still work at these places know the score, the owner of the drive in I worked at from 1996 to 1999 shared with me my first summer that information, because I asked, :well we sold out last night, on a film that got panned by the local reviewer, so we did pretty good, he said no, Universal did pretty good, and then shared the economics with me a first year employee, I took it as a second job so I wasn't trying to live off it, but I had a new respect for the snack bar, and after I left I stayed a customer for a long time even until today and I always make sure to support the snack bar, and their prices aren't really that bad as compared to the walk in theaters, and they weren't when I worked there either
In Australia we have something called Gold Class. Think business class in flying but with a movie theatre. It’s basically a cinema with a kitchen. A quarter the amount of seats, the recliner seats are in pairs of two’s with a table in between and you can basically order alcoholic and non alcoholic drinks, food such as sliders, tacos, buffalo wings and desserts such as Churros, sundaes, chocolate do fondue and basically the attendants bring it in to you. You can ask for it to be spaced out or brought whenever. The ticket is more expensive than a regular ticket and more expensive than a VMax. The food is priced pretty standard. It’s not fine dining but it’s pretty good for a date!
This is actually better than those who just decide to sneak food instead!!
Let's pretend we all don't just sneak food in 🤦🏻♂️
DCDC2012 can’t really sneak in popcorn
Lol I bought a bag at the store and just brought it in
DCDC2012 doesnt taste the same
@@nikko6883 theres a trick to that too just grab an empty bucket of popcorn out of the trash and give it to the concession stand they'll give you a brand new bucket and there you got your free popcorn
I don’t do that. That’s ridiculous. Movie theater food is awesome
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Even 20 years ago the price of concessions was absurd !
I worked at a theatre in Canada 20 years ago and a large popcorn was $6 back then !
Add $1 for butter 😂😂
"Eat before you go" is actually a good advice. Also, when you're feeling full, you likely will spend less money when you do grocery shopping.
or just sneak the stuff in.
@@joelhanan5956 of course~
Woah thanks for the tip!
So the whole dinner then a movie thing actually makes sense.
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I remember somebody brought in a whole damn rotisserie chicken and the whole movie theater smelt like Thanksgiving
Hello Himiko. thats was me and I just came from the gym and needed protein!
@@himikotoga4270 From Boston Market and posed and as a pregnant female while entering. Due to Covid, nobody asked any questions. -Was finger licking good!
Costco duh, Costco sells whole rotisserie chickens for $5 lol
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My ex was a manager at a movie theater for years and he told me this however the movie theaters want movies to stay in their theater as long as possible because they make more money on them. The other way that if the movie is a highly promoted movie (big expected blockbuster) they actually make very little money in the first few weeks. (This was in the 90’s when streaming wasn’t an option so things might be different now)
One of the reasons theaters charge so much is because all the ticket proceeds for a movie during the first three weeks or so all go to the studio. After that then the theater gets to see some of the revenue due to ticket sales.
Psst.....ppl who work in theaters know ur "sneaking in" food, most just don't care.
because theaters are looking for weapons, not food.
why would they care ?
i bet the theaters pay just as much wages to their employees so they don't starve and not one cent more like many employers do in the US.
@@LegendNinja41 can confirm. Most theaters (minus actual luxury places) pay minimum wage to their staff.
@@LegendNinja41 yep you're very correct
Why would they care? Do they get a bonus for busting someone for sneaking food in?
ME: can i get a small popcorn, small soda and skittles.
AMC: $87.23
Just go on eBay and buy free popcorn and soda coupons. They get them for free and sell them extra cheap. 👍🏼
@@CJ-cc5jm how is that saving you money ?? you're purchasing coupons ...
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i dont know where you live but in my country in a cinema it would cost around 8 dollars
😳
In my local movie theater you have to buy the ticket where you buy concessions (unless you bought them online of course)
"How much for water?"
"That'll be $8 sir."
*Sees Free Water Dispenser nearby*
LRSaberCR0 the water in the vending machines were $5.00. Right next to it was a drinking fountain
What kind of maniac are you to buy water for 8 dollars
ThyRubyKing moneymoneymoneymoneymoneymoney is a movie cinema's motto
Lol
@$8 they better come pour it in my mouth while I watch the movie.
Who else just goes to the dollar tree and buys candy then sneaks it in
Me hahhahah have a gr8 day
Im doing this on saturday
Lmaoo
Yeah, but whom'st just carries a burger in their pocket from the near-by fast-food joint?
The smart people
2:58 The smell of a freshly cooked popcorn is just irresistible!
I always sneaked drinks and some snacks but the popcorn sometimes get me.🤤
Those of you who worked in the theaters, remember that 50% of the Box Office was about average. I recall some Disney films claiming 80% or more of the Box Office. Then we relied entirely on concession sales. Then the "4-wall deals" when a company, usually the distributor would pay a flat fee for use of the theater and our staff. They took 100% of the Box Office. Sometimes we were allowed concession sales, sometimes not. This video brought back a bazillion memories from selling popcorn at the Hollywood Pussycat theater to managing a theater in East Los Angeles. lotta memories. Thank you.
I used to work at a movie theatre, I’ve literally let a family walk in with an entire little caesars pizza box. We don’t care, as long as they don’t have a gun they’re chillin.
So they can have a butter knife to butter there bread?
what about candy?
I didn't even know that some theatres don't allow you to bring food in, that sounds annoying
What's wrong with having a gun though?
@@angertone213 KKona
"Eat before you go" - ultimate money saving advice.
Or bring ur own food in
@@Chuked True.
@@assetaden6662 we always bring in McDonald’s or pizza
@@Chuked how you bring a whole ass pizza
@@vikzn1607 yes we bring them all stuffed in bags and pockets, ain’t nobody gonna buy that expensive small food they sell
I know she suggested "eat before you go" as a way to avoid buying high priced food and beverage items. But, many times I've found myself not getting
the opportunity. When you're on the road and want to see a movie, fast food locations tend to be too far away. Hence, fresh hot, maybe buttered , popcorn 🍿 😋 and a soda🥤 become must have choices.
Really enjoy the video and definitely can relate to it. Besides being a moviegoer, I'm also an equity analyst, whose coverage including cinemas in Indonesia like Cinema XXI and CGV.
The same apply here. Almost 2/3 of their revenues come from movie tickets (named gross box office). After subtracting 10% tax, the box office revenue then be shared 50:50 with production house (for local movies) or distributors (for Hollywood & international movies). That's why the gross margin of movie segment is always stable over time.
The F&B segment accounts for roughly 30% of revenues, but is the biggest contributor to profit due to its higher gross margin, up to 75%. That's why cinemas will keep trying to "push" moviegoers to buy more and more F&B.
Other sources of revenues are ads before the movie begins and convenience fee for buying movie tickets from app. But these are relatively small.
One differentiator between movie industry in Indonesia and other countries is that Cinema XXI really dominates the business with >50% market share in terms of the nr of cinemas, screens, and gross box office.
the narrator sounds like he's saying a scary story in boy scouts
'back in the ol' day as a wood scout, i had to pay for the theater snacks ? ! h o w d a r e t h e y m a k e m e p a y ? !'
Uhhh? Ur mom?
thats weirdly true
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FakeThePiranha im weak 😂
I sneaked a whole Wendy’s meal and a couple meals before 💀💀💀
Benlinsy Dorvil tell us your secrets
Benlinsy Dorvil please tell us how
GoofyGooBruh you just gotta have a big bag then out stuff over it to cover it
Fbi open up
@@jasonle520 easy just get a backpack, at least where I live they don't care
I was proud of myself when I got a Starbucks Frappuccino in! 😂
I was tired and wanted to make sure I stayed woke to watch the movie.
I'm actually about to work at a Regal Cinema so this info is somewhat useful for me to know.
The Dollar Tree has the best theatre candy
That’s where I get my candy and snacks and is also close to my local theater.
My point same candy for 1$ instead of paying like damn near five dollars for one box
Mhm.. since bringing outside food is against the rules, my mom just sneaks it in her purse
You know it’s 1 dollar cuz it’s actually worse then other food at other foods they aren’t stiff and melty. But at dollar tree their stiff and melty. That’s why I only go to dollar tree for like birthday cards
@@ca-ca5157 I love your username lol
Nobody pays for all that dude. We just sneak it all in.
You’d be surprised
Slaughter Studios 😂😂😅thats is so true
You haven't met my family
I sneak what's reasonable, candy I can sneak in. But a big ass tub of popcorn? I kind of have to pay for it lol
Meitenkun UwU how do they manage to do that?
these videos are always so satisfying
Haven’t been to a movie theatre in over 20 years. Already knew back then what this video is showing now.
This is not “sneaky.” You’d have to be extremely clueless to realize that snacks are more expensive than a ticket.
Or not care about spending management.
Bruh we just bring the whole McDonald’s meal in there we dont buy the overpriced food there
@@Chuked yeah, when i used to go to the cinema i was going to the cinema at my favorite shopping center here in brazil and in a snack store they selled microwave popcorn and they had a microwave that you could ask them to use it to "cook" your popcorn and then i bought soda there as well and other snacks and headed to the cinema (the food was more expensive there LOL)(by there i mean the cinema of course)
or be a 5 year old
Sounds like something someone who didn’t watch the video would say
My state in India implemented a rule allowing moviegoers to bring in their own foodstuffs inside theatres. This is a step in the right direction, but now people started bringing curries and rice. Like a full fledged meal 🤦🏻♂️🤦🏻♂️
@The Monster Under Your Bed ,
Because it leaves a mess.
I think that it's a pretty good idea but they should limit the rule to drinks and snacks only
Which state is it?
Ok, I get letting people take snacks in but not an entire meal!
Which state btw?
Some great comments I’ve read. My friend and I just went to a movie recently, and I don’t know if she just doesn’t get out much, or what, but she was all concerned because I was gonna bring some snacks in. I kind of forgot. Well we did bring a couple things of candy but, we also bought some things there. My favorite thing to get is those big soft pretzels with a nacho cheese. Just something I can’t make it home. And let’s not forget the popcorn smell.
My friend was all like, I don’t think we should bring the stuff in, and I was telling her well they’re not the movie police, they’re not gonna check your bag. Which they didn’t.
About the only thing that I really like to sneak in is the boxed candy. You can get it for a dollar at any convenience store or target or Walgreens but yet, they charge you a five times as much at The theater. And I just can’t justify that.
I loved the comment about a family bringing in an entire pizza or somebody who is snuck in a rotisserie chicken oh my gosh, how genius.
As an AMC Stubs A-List user I was definitly spending way more as I went so much more to the theater. Now I try and avoid the snack. Also in NYC 1 ticket at the Lincoln Square IMAX is more than the monthly cost of alist so I am a subscriber.
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Image buying candy at movie theater just sneak in the candy
“Sneak in”
I know it’s so easy to sneak in food
SLONGEST KONGEST ikr it’s not like there’s a security line
@@hanfarahman7432 its ez
ThatOne Girl there isn’t at mine
0:14 - That's my movie theater! It's in Chicago, IL, but more specifically in the Northern area. I live about a mile or two from there. Same theater at 1:03 & 1:06.
I'm glad this video is actually explaining why and not bashing it blindly.
Yes, if you're going to make a disgusting mess and leave your trash everywhere I am going to care very much. If you sneak in a small candy and take the packaging with you, no I do not, although buying something helps keep us alive, especially independents.
We only have scheduled time to clean whatever normal popcorn candy or soda between movie turnarounds. If an employee cannot clean it entirely within that time, it's their fault and hours or employees may be cut to prioritize theater gains.
So if you're going to sneak something, don't make it obvious, don't leave it everywhere, DO NOT throw your leftover popcorn on the ground and just don't be a disgusting piece of garbage. Take it out with you to THE GARBAGE CANS you have to walk past before you get in the theater. And do not bring full meals or food in there, it makes it smell gross.
Like they said, if you're too cheap or actually need to save money, just eat beforehand.
Think about someone else for once, like the employees that have to put up with awful behavior on a near daily basis.
I save money by being an adult who can survive 2-3 hours without eating.
nothing Tell me more about your selfcontroll. I‘m 20 years old but when I‘m in the movies, I‘m more like 5 😂
preach!
Something is wrong here.. you’re not normal if you don’t eat snacks while watching a movie.
That's nice. I have big boobs and can hide a lot under/between them.
you must be fun at parties
"No outside food is allowed" lmao yeah right. Every theater I've been to I've easily sneaked in a good amount of snacks and sometimes even vodka if it's a Saturday night
allah bless sneaking in vodka sounds a bit extreme and rude. But I don’t mind someone sneaking in candy.
@@justcalista3809 i mean most theaters allow you to buy beer anyways so bringing in your own alcohol is just as fair.
Same I’ve snucken in probably 5 bags of microwave popcorn and a good 12 cans of soda in all, seems like rookie numbers but i almost never go to movies
InsaneFire10YT Dude same 😂
Yeah, we don’t care lol. The actual theater doesn’t allow food.... but the employees are a different story
I worked at a cineworkd for 2 years as a student, there was a policy that stated you weren't allowed outside hotfood or strong smelling food into the cinema. I once stopped someone who bought in a subway. The next time he came he specifically bought a cold subway for it.
Former drive in projectionist, my first summer working there was 1996, first big blockbuster was Twister, I wanted to let you know that theaters only get 50% of the box office by the 4th week of a film's run, which means the movie companies take anywhere from 80 to 90% in week one and two, that's when most people that want to see the movie, go to see it, by week 3 it may be a 60/40 or 70/30 split, by the 4th to 5th week it gets more towards a 50/50 split or to a 50/50 split but most people that wanted to see it do it during week 1, 2 and 3 than in 4, 5, and 6, outsiders don't know this, this is why theaters push the snack bar and it is expensive, because in the first 3 weeks of a films run they aren't getting much off the box office, so that means almost all the revenue comes from concessions, and back when I ran film, there were no ads, all we ran were trailers for upcoming films we were going to run, nowadays theaters do have some revenue coming in off the adds that can be put on, because everything is digital now, but in the days of 35mm, and advertiser wasn't going to pay to put their ad on 35mm, and then have it run every night and every night, it isn't cost effective, nowadays with digital ads can be subbed out show to show that just wasn't possible with 35mm without a lot of downtime to break apart and splice film together, but in a lot of ways the revenue sharing hasn't changed from my day hurting my back moving 35mm around, I can only imagine how bad it was for the IMAX projectionists back then, but profit margins were razor thin in 2014 when these greedy movie companies came along and said "go digital or go dark" and all their concession profits (anywhere from 60K to 100K per screen depending) had to go to getting rid of 35mm equipment and putting in servers, computers and digital projection equipment just to stay in business, and still give 80 to 90 percent back to them for first run films for the first at least two weeks of run, think on that the next time you want to balk at concession prices
New theory: Movie theater's are made by EA
Blakeley Kay could be true
Pay $200 to skip the ads
Oh, I like this one.
Movie thEAter
@Irsyad Aman indonesia too, but except the cost of the theater, still about $8😑
It's genius how they offer free refills but no one actually gets them because the film is on and after the film you will forget about the refill its genius
I'm always that guy who refills, regardless of how good the movie is. Gotta get my moneys worth 😅😆
@@hugogarcia9797 But if you miss on the movie you're losing your money's worth on the ticket...So...
usually the movies i watch are boring or too scary for my older brothers, so they dont even watch but they go along for the snacks. Whenever they need to refill for the whole family, they'll do it no problem.
Wait people forget about the refills? I always refill when my soda is low I have memory for centuries
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I was a manager at a movie theater for while and saw how much we made off tickets. Usually, we made at most 10 cents a ticket. Most of them for more like 4 cents. At least the theater I worked at. We made more off arcade and the concession stand.
I have an AMC downtown in my area. I usually grab lunch at a nearby place and then I only buy popcorn and pop at the AMC. The theater itself does a lot of fast food equivalent stuff that is overpriced.
Life hack: *cant spend money if you don’t have money*
Brilliant! And if i have i'll do it for sure
I love your namelmao
You've clearly never met a college student with a credit card, or the Greek government.
But you can go in debt
Smart man
Ok so a large popcorn,large soda with sour patch kids and takis, alright that’s gonna be 452.34 dollars.
I know right
Lol true though
😀😄
Best deal I can do is $20
And you still pay for it to not act cheap lol
I love watching this cause I work at a movie theater so I can just agree with all of it, cause I see it all the time
In the UK, or at least England, the prices are going the opposite way, down!
Sneaky ways everyone knows they can sneak in their own snacks and pay less than half the price 😂
Millennial Travel Confessions that’s what i thought while watching this video
The best part of the theater I go to is that I can easily go to 2 different Dollar Trees before arriving at the theater.
@@guillermol4295 True! 😂
All the asian know this trick hommie
Y’all don’t know what a Ticket is
Costco needs to go into the movie business. i would love to have the $1.5 hotdog and coke combo during a 3 hour movie.
@James Pietsch good to know, thanks
@@julieclark9749 tell your husband the world says hi.
There's an AMC theater close to me that literally has a Costco next to it
that $1.50 hotdog and soda is literally the best deal ever
They changed their hotdog recipe about 2 years ago it's not the same :(
Great video. The one narrating is very calming voice. I enjoyed very much.
My local theater sells their tickets for $6.25, the the xl popcorn is $8 (and includes an xl drink)
My cousin said her friend's family went to the movies one time and snuck in soup. She said they were all pouring and passing bowls and pouring soup back and fourth at the movies.
Ghetto fabulous😂😂😂😂
Lmfaoo what??? 😅
soup is the worst idea😅
This is chaotic
@@gm2161 Just ghetto.
My dad literally had me sneaking food in at the theater since I was 8, as who would question a little girl carrying a bag a grown woman would carry? Basically we were never caught and I would consider myself an expert at sneaking anything in the theater at nearly 30 years old. So over 20 years of beating the system lol
ur like my unc and auntie haha- they love movies
i just use my pockets and pants
not a bag or anything
It's not really beating the system, you can just put stuff in your pockets, the only people who even care are just managers
@@jackcassidy9963 it would be, if you know that the food at a theater is overpriced. The theater is banking on you having that “authentic movie experience” buy a coke, by the way get some movie theater popcorn with the candy and make it a combo. How much? Yeah nearly $30 compared to my $5-7. Beating somebody’s system.
A ricliner seat with 2 sets of (cheese pocorn, 700ml soft drink and a burger) costs around 20$ in nepal
I Love buying something if or when I go to the movies best thing ever when you go out to see a show thanks for the upload.😘😊😊
Good thing I cook lobsters at the back seats.
48162342 hahahahahajaja
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Lol
Lol
Wait what-
The only thing you should be buying is popcorn
Yeah lemme just eat all this buttery popcorn without a drink
Saage. sneak in a drink from cvs
The popcorn aint all that anyway. I prefer chips I can bring in from outside
Saage. You can sneak in a soda can maybe, but a bottle of anything is very hard without people noticing
No you pop your popcorn at home and sneak it in to
I got a popcorn + soda combo for $16 and kept the cup and refilled it when I went back to the theatre to save money. Saved $7 not buying a drink.
Alternate Title: Beginner tips for theater owners
That’s why I always hit up Superstore before the theatre.
My mom is like “ok I want u all to eat up cause we’re going to the movies and I’m not buying any food over there, got it?”
ThatOnePianist 817 yes mommy🥺
my mom was like “fill your bags with snacks cause we’re going to the movies and I’m not buying anything” lol
ThatOnePianist 817 Lmaoooo
Just bring some Orville Redenbacher and you’re set 👍
I'm actually amazed by how calculated everything is. It feels like everything is there designed and carefully planned for a purpose. It's similar to casino.
Everything in the world is like this. Even things that seem extremely simple
thats the point...
@@AN-xs7dw No way? It's almost like that's why he's commenting on it
@BIBLEDEFENDER144 Nah. We will just drop nuclear bombs and end anything we want. Just ask Japan.
well i mean.. casinos often have cinemas
My brother worked as an Usher for Cinemark for time and one of his biggest gripes were people that would order a large popcorn or soda and barely touch it when he would have to clean it at the end of the movie.
Watch movies in the winter time, coats allow for large pockets to bring food in.
Honestly, I don't go to theatres anymore. Big screen at home, great sound system, and comfy seating. All for a fraction of a movie ticket price.
I used to work in a cinema, and I can confirm that most staff don’t really care if you bring your own snacks. There may occasionally be someone who has an issue with it but they’re few and far between. It’s also true that distributors of movies keep most of the profit, on ticket sales, which is why cinema food/drink is more expensive. But I never blamed anyone for choosing not to buy snacks from the cinema, it’s a lot to pay for low quality stuff.
Hmm nice dude
most staff are your cinema*
Concessions are why movie theatres make sales as ticket sales go to who made the movie and to pay the actors. I never complain as your keeping a movie theatre in business even if its a small owned movie theatre.
@Dave Smith It’s not really a top-secret marketing strategy. Most of the initial profits go back to the distributors, that’s common knowledge, and often referred to as “the box office.” For cinemas to stay open, the money has to come from somewhere - and that’s the profit of food and drinks.
Yeah, but caramel popcorn is amazing and you can only really get it fresh at a cinema
I never snuck food in, my girlfriend does, she snuck a whole bag of Wendy’s and A&W rootbear float and other candies in one try
then sir you got a smart girl lol
A friend of mine snuck in a whole loaf of french bread lmfao.
Metallic french bread be busss
Bro wifey material
She's a keeper dude
I once audited a big movie theatre chain and I approve of this. Even the management is grinning about this lol
I just started working at AMC and this is so true
When you’re watching a movie and hear a pop can open behind you lol
I was waiting for this comment! 😂
Possibly a beer 😏
Bring a juice box. Quieter and would fit into almost any pocket. Thanks to the health food revolution, you can even get calorie free juice boxes. (But not just plain water, hrm...)
That’s me! 🤷🏽♀️
@@fitybux4664 At least here in Germany they dont sell beer in a juice box
Moral of the story: Make a trip to Walmart before you go.
dollar store
Walgreens there Candy!!
Dollar store****
@@mblackops2 yes. The dollar general or dollar tree
@@nicholasmohr1619 I go to the dollar tree since it’s literally right next to my theater. I also buy child tickets.. so I only pay 6-7 dollars for a movie. Man can’t wait to go back to theaters, my friends and i always went
Son: Daddy, can we get some popcorn and choclate.
Me: No. Ive got drinks and stuff in my bag already.
I’ve been a projectionist and volunteer at filmed festivals and they always offered free popcorn. I got very tired of popcorn especially sometimes it was my only breakfast and lunch.
As a projection as it’s considered bad luck to eat popcorn during a screening. It’s partly about the chances of getting salt or butter on the film, not good.