{"id":66,"date":"2008-10-14T13:07:14","date_gmt":"2008-10-14T13:07:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/christinagonzalez.wordpress.com\/2008\/10\/14\/will-movies-remain-recession-proof\/"},"modified":"2008-10-14T13:07:14","modified_gmt":"2008-10-14T13:07:14","slug":"will-movies-remain-recession-proof","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.christinagonzalez.net\/blog\/2008\/10\/14\/will-movies-remain-recession-proof\/","title":{"rendered":"Will Movies Remain “Recession Proof”?"},"content":{"rendered":"

That's the subject of this<\/a> article I read today. Since movies are considered a relatively cheap form of entertainment, and big releases are always attracting audiences, they're considered to be rather "recession proof". <\/p>\n

Tickets in Manhattan, however, are around twelve dollars now. Twelve<\/em>. And matinees are either so restricted as to be inaccessible for most people, or nonexistent. when I was a teen in the 90s, I'd often go to matinees. They cost about $5, and the theaters offered them every weekday and Saturday before 6pm. That was generous, and although my weekly allowance was only $5, add in a little babysitting money and a walk to the theater instead of paying for the bus, and I was able to see perhaps two movies some months. Rentals and borrowed copies not included.<\/p>\n

Many of the local theaters closed starting around 1994, and the multiplex that had those generous matinees? The current policy is limited to showtimes before 3PM Monday-Thursday, and first show on Friday and Saturday. Their regular prices, instead of being a couple of dollars cheaper than in Manhattan, are $11.50. Local theaters used to be a respite from the high Manhattan prices, but no longer. The ultimate result is that I don't really discriminate between theater location anymore, because it doesn't really save me money like it used to.
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At twelve dollars a ticket, I'm simply much choosier about which films I see on the big screen. I tend to take a few factors into consideration.<\/p>\n