Jason, as a former Angelika snack peddler (and projectionist, and ticket peddler – ah, those were the days), let me come to their defense: that’s how we got paid. Tickets may (may) cover print costs, high-dollar popcorn and soda keeps the doors open. It burns, but think of it as a donation towards being able to see these picks on the big screen.
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Here’s my thought: The marginal cost of extra popcorn can’t be all that much, can it? So was it really necessarily to decrease the size of the bag (at least that’s what they did to my eye) while increasing the price. I don’t mind being forced to pay $6 for popcorn, but can’t you give me an extra –what 25 cents? — worth of popcorn in exchange for the price hike?
I realize that movie theaters are really in the snack business, but don’t they haul in enough money from booze — a revenue stream most theaters don’t have — to subsidize providing a reasonable amount of extra popcorn for the $6?