What do you call ridiculous prices over there. 

Local online prices for adult ticket for WWZ=$12.50   The wife and I have better things to spend 25 bucks on....like food.

Here, it's $ 9.75 for the adult ticket. $8.00 for popcorn, and $5.00 for a drink.  $32.50 for two adults with concessions.

We do it, occaisionally, but it is a luxury.  

It's cheaper than going out to dinner. 

Norway: 120 Crowns = 20 bucks per person.

We can eat a steak dinner with trimmings for two at Applebee's for 25 bux.

I'm rich so what do I care. There are almost 6 billion people in the world who have never had a clean drink of water, so what the hell are we complaining about.

Plus drinks and tips? 

And Applebee's is probably the closest to fast food of the restaurant industry.

Here, if you want to go to the premiere one, comfy seat, legroom and bar to go get a beer, it's $72 for two (pairs only sold online)... plus booking fee = $74

The plain old cinema seats are, for 3D movie...Adult + glasses..  $26 plus $1 booking fee... $27

non 3D is $19 + $1 booking fee = $20

throw a coupla kids into the mix, with food/drink and it's quite an expense...

I rarely bother anymore, got my own big screen, premiere seat, with fridge short walking distance away..  

Last two films I saw were the digitally remastered 'Lawrence of Arabia'... a must for the big screen... and a little film called "Spud", which was excellent, but I would never have been tempted to go, if John Cleese hadn't been present in person on stage after the movie, answering questions and talking about his life for about 1 1/2 hours, now that was a treat and drew a packed house... 

OK....why is my thread a dissertation into the cost of popcorn and not about THE ACTUAL MOVIE ...like the Man of Steel thread?

Rather than posting 'no spoilers' I should just post 'no inverse snobbery re unaffordability' ....

I work - hard.  2 full-time jobs - keeps me awake absurd hours.

I don't have a big house.... my car turned 22 years old this year.... and big-screen movies typically NEED to be seen on a big screen [my 'big-screen' TV would classify as small these days]... so I go to movies a couple of times a year.

 ..was just interested as to what the US'ers considered expensive... compared to what we get charged here... always amazes me, the differences... and they think they have it bad...  maybe they'll feel better about it now...  

but we did get a tad off topic...    

"In an alternate Universe"

You Work hard and Play Hard.

You have an adequate house, the company that made your car turned 22 years old and your big screen TV is bigger than mine.

Read books, they're better and cheaper.

Not sure what BS you're trying to spin...but my car's VIN Number dates to 1991.  First registered mid '92.

 a successful troll. 

Dear Jafo,

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