2-19, Monday. President’s Day

Movie We Saw

Marian was off today, President’s Day. A mild day today. After doing our morning exercise routine we went to the movies. We saw Music and Lyrics today. This Hugh Grant/Drew Barrymore romantic comedy is very predictable but delivers familiar scenes pleasantly done that evoke familiar emotions.

Hugh Grant’s hair is remarkably 80’s in this movie. He does this kind of role so well.

Rising Ticket and Refreshment Prices.

We got a shock when we went to what used to be called matinees (before 6pm) only to find out anything after 3pm is now an evening show and we paid $9 per ticket — an increase of $2.75 or 30% — for the shows we primarily attend. Add $13 for two small drinks and a medium plain popcorn and that adds up to $31. Now that is a little outrageous. I’d like to think rising ticket prices are affecting ticket sales. Something is affecting cinema sales. BoxOfficeMojo reports average ticket prices are up over 6% in the last several years but boxoffice revenue is up only a couple of percentage points. So ticket unit sales are down. Probably has more to do with the appeal of the movies offered but I would like to think that prices have something to do with it.