A Night At The Movies

Like most everything else, the cost of going to the movies has been going up over the years.  The dime matinees are long gone and now some New York movie theaters are charging over 20 dollars for a ticket.  It is still under ten dollars for most shows in the Duluth-Superior area (except for some 3-D films and the OmniMax), but you also have to factor in the high cost of popcorn or other snacks and a drink.  Depending on your appetite, plan on spending over 20 dollars  per person for a night at the movies.  Despite all the options to view movies on your home t-v or computers, seeing a movie on the "big screen" in a theater is still a special occasion and the prices apparently aren't keeping people away.  Last year theaters in the U-S sold a total of 1.4 billion tickets, even though home theater systems are becoming bigger and cheaper and d-v-d sales and online movie downloads have been growing by leaps and bounds.  For the same 20 bucks you could rent a couple movies, buy a dozen bags of microwave popcorn and several 2-liter bottles of soft drinks to wash it down with.  But, you're gonna miss the "in the theater with an audience" experience.