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Topic: Current Movie Ticket Prices
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Marcel Birgelen
Film God
Posts: 3357
From: Maastricht, Limburg, Netherlands
Registered: Feb 2012
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posted 12-27-2013 05:50 AM
For those who are interested, I made a little list of the prices of the biggest chains in the Netherlands, Belgium and Germany. I didn't include all kinds of specials, but the most common pricing schemes. Also, prices may vary slightly per location. The EUR to USD conversion is an estimation, based on the current valuation of EUR 1 == USD 1.38.
As some might know, in Europe, studios don't pay for 3D glasses. Theaters using disposable glasses have you pay for the glasses, if you do not bring your own. Since studios will surely eventually stop paying for glasses, I guess we will see this happening in the US and Canada too, sooner or later
Pathι
The biggest multiplex chain in the Netherlands.
Regular: 9.50 ~ $13.11
Matinee: 7.00 ~ $9.66
IMAX Matinee: 9.50 ~ $13.11
IMAX Regular: 12.00 ~ $16.56
Children (up to 11y): 7.50 ~ $10.35
Seniors (65+): 7.50 ~ $10.35
3D (bring your own glasses): 1.50 ~ $2,07
3D (including glasses): 2.50 ~ $3.45
IMAX 3D (including glasses): 2.50 ~ $3.45
Unlimited membership: 19.00/month ~ $26.22/month
Unlimited Gold membership
(includes 3D and IMAX (3D)): 26.00/month ~ $35.88/month
Kinepolis
By far the biggest multiplex chain in Belgium.
Regular: 9.95 ~ $13.73
Children and seniors: 8.95 ~ $12.35
Students with student card: 7.45 ~ $10.28
3D (including glasses): 2.00 ~ $2.76
HFR 3D (including glasses): 3.00 ~ $4.14
CineStar
Currently the biggest multiplex chain in Germany.
Regular: 8.30 ~ $11.45
Children (< 12): 5.00 ~ $6.90
Tuesday special: 6.00 ~ $8.28
Tuesday special Children (< 12): 4.50 ~ $6.21
3D (bring your own glasses): 3,00 ~ $4.14
3D (including glasses): 4,00 ~ $5.52
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Marcel Birgelen
Film God
Posts: 3357
From: Maastricht, Limburg, Netherlands
Registered: Feb 2012
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posted 12-27-2013 11:18 PM
quote: Frank Cox
Members? How do you work that? People pay a fixed yearly amount and then get a reduced rate for tickets? If so, how do you apportion that fixed amount among the film companies? I can't see them allowing you to keep the entire thing.
The Pathι membership options are actually exactly what they state they are: flat fee memberships. The "standard" membership gives you unlimited access to all movies in all of their locations in the Netherlands, but you still pay a surcharge for 3D and IMAX. The Gold membership includes the 3D and IMAX presentations without a surcharge, it also includes a set of Polaroid 3D glasses every year. The memberships also offer rebates on concessions: 10% for normal members and 25% for Gold members. There are even some select advance screenings that are "members only".
It's a monthly based fee and since European consumer law applies, you can cancel any month you want, there is no yearly commitment. There are also no hard limits, you can even go to the same movie as often as you want.
In practice, it works as follows:
Pathι runs a reserved seating business on all their locations and all their shows, no matter where you buy your ticket. If you have a membership card, you either go to their website or to one of their reservation terminals. You reserve one or more seats and "pay" them with one or more membership cards or a combination of membership cards and credit/debit cards. You can have a maximum of 4 pending reservations per card at any time across all their locations. If you're booking multiple shows in different venues, there also needs to be a 90 minute gap between presentations, you obviously also cannot reserve for overlapping shows in the same venue. You need to show up at least 30 minutes before the show (in practice, this doesn't seem to be hardly enforced though), to confirm your reservation. You confirm the reservation by simply swiping your card over one of the ticket dispensers and then you receive the ticket or tickets for that location. They implemented this requirement to reduce the number of no-shows, potentially taking up seats for otherwise paying customers. On entry, you need to show your ticket and your membership card, which contains a picture of you, to avoid "subscription hopping".
The concept behind this is the same as that of an all-you-can-eat buffet, you will have to take a loss on some of the most heavy users. They will still have to pay the full fee to the studios for every registered visit of a member to a certain show.
But this membership also serves as a very effective "vendor lock-in", those who buy into such a membership will most likely never show up at a competing venue.
Personally, I would not buy a membership from them, since I wouldn't want to limit myself to their average quality multiplexes. But this concept seems to be quite successful and is making money for them.
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