Ticket prices for Apples and Oranges

They make such a big deal about how much money a movie makes, but what's funny is comparing them to movies in years past. If you think about it for a moment, when you charge $8.50 per ticket it doesn't take as many people as it used to to actually see the movie before you hit that $50 million. 10 years ago a ticket cost about $4. You had to sell a hell of a lot more tickets to make that much money.

It's like when on the radio they say that some group has sold more records than the Beatles. Well, when the Beatles came out, only kids bought the albums. And as the population was far less then that it is now, there weren't as many kids as there are now. And with more than just kids buying today, and just MORE PEOPLE in general, it's the old 'comparing apples to oranges' thing.

And speaking of $8.50 per ticket to see a movie, the time is quickly coming where I will soon forgo the movie theatre experience entirely. With the price of said tickets, another $10 at least for popcorn and a drink served by incoherent retarded zombie kids, inconsiderate people with cell phones ringing in the middle of the movies, and a half hour of commercials before the movie even starts, if I now wait three months I can OWN the film on DVD for less than what I spent at the movie theatre, plus instead of all those commercials there are all those cool bonus features.

All I now need for the transformation to be complete is a 60" plasma screen TV. (and I'm working on Garynne on that)