National Cinema Day 9/3/22 ($3 movie tickets)

[Asr]

At least some of the major theater chains are doing $3 movie tickets tomorrow 9/3 (I know AMC, Regal, and Alamo Drafthouse are all participating):

https://www.cnbc.com/2022/09/01/nat...core-3-dollar-movie-tickets-this-weekend.html

 

[Drizzle]

I'm heading out to see a matinee of Spider-Man: No Way Home: The More Fun Stuff Version for less than what I usually pay for a cup of coffee. What a time to be alive! I also saw that some of the showings are sold out which means I'm sure people took advantage and booked out the whole theater for birthday parties, etc.

 

[Luigi]

$3 IMAX ticket for Top Gun, awww yeah.

 

[Dcs72]

My local theatre is sold out for the day. A remarkable feat considering the crap they're showing.

 

[CB Fan]

Yeah mine is packed for many showings as well. Maybe they need to find a way to move the $5 Tuesday to Saturday during slower seasons.

 

[Drizzle]

I think there's also a mentality of "For only $3 I'd be crazy not to take advantage of it". My only regret was that I didn't spend all day at the theater because I only had time to catch a matinee today. If I was able to I would have probably tried to squeeze in showings of Jaws in IMAX and Bullet Train.

 

[Scarlet Spider]

Just came back from seeing JAWS on the big screen. In glorious IMAX. Only 3 dollars.

I had a blast!

Great crowd too. People of all ages and they were really into it. The whole theater popped when Brody killed the shark.

I hope National Cinema Day becomes a yearly staple.

Today was fun.

 

[CB Fan]

Just got out of Bullet Train, my second time seeing it, and the theater was packed in a way I haven’t seen it in years even pre pandemic. I felt sorry for the concession workers cause there’s no way they were prepared/staffed for that line. I just need theaters to do one thing ban babies from rated r movies. Luckily the baby only got loud once but still…

 

[Drizzle]

I guess we'll find out how much of a success it was in the next couple of days but it sounds like it boosted theaters a bit. They should consider doing this multiple times a year, maybe once a quarter although I'm sure it'll depend on the weekend. For example, I don't think Disney would want that happening on an MCU opening weekend. But if it's during a more or less quiet time at the box office like this weekend studios can even rerelease old favorites and classics.

 

[Prison Mike]

I’m sure the theaters benefited from the extra admissions on Saturday and a bigger concessions take but overall the box office was pretty bad for the weekend I think. But a lot of that had to do with no new movies out.

 

[Scarlet Spider]

Movie Tickets Will Be $4 for National Cinema Day 2023 - Variety

It's back! This Sunday!

 

[Luigi]