If you’re anything like me, you really enjoy going out to the movies. It just feels like more of an experience to see a movie on a big screen with amazing surround sound as opposed to just watching it on your TV, even if you have a nice widescreen LCD.
That being said, you’re certainly paying for the experience, since going to a show now costs $12 or more, depending on where you live. That’s a lot of money to fork out for a two hour flick!
Thankfully, there’s a simple way to enjoy going out to the movies and spend a portion of what you would for a “regular” movie ticket: go to a matinee.
The average matinee ticket is usually about 25% less than full priced adult ticket, so going to see matinees can end up saving you a lot of money if you go to the movies frequently. And the best part is that while you’re saving money, you’re still seeing the exact same movie and the theater is probably less crowded!
Let’s look at a real world example: you and your significant other like to go out every Friday night and see the latest blockbuster. Based on an average price of $12 ticket, over the course of a year, you’ll have paid $1,248 to go to the movies – not including snacks or drinks.
However, if you simply wait just 12 hours and go to a Saturday matinee showing instead, you will have pay roughly $9 per ticket, or $936 for an entire year. That’s a savings of $312 for watching the exact same movie, just going to see it at a different time.
If you ask me, that $312 is definitely worth waiting a couple of extra hours to see a movie.
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I dunno, probably too much. I like going to matinees on my days off though.
I don’t understand the point of the article… save money at a matinee… wow really? Did you know paper has 2 sides? Cut your paper budget in half by flipping it over!