Joshua Thompson loves the movies.
But he hates the prices theaters charge for concessions like pop and candy.
This week, the 20-something security technician from Livonia decided to do something about it: He filed a class action in Wayne County Circuit Court against his local AMC theater in hopes of forcing theaters statewide to dial down snack prices.
"He got tired of being taken advantage of," said Thompson's lawyer, Kerry Morgan of Wyandotte. "It's hard to justify prices that are three- and four-times higher than anywhere else."
American Multi Cinema, which operates the AMC theater in Livonia, wouldn't comment on the suit. A staffer at the National Association of Theatre Owners in Washington, D.C., angrily hung up the phone when asked about industry snack pricing practices.
Although consumer experts predicted that the case will be dismissed, it struck a chord Friday with area moviegoers, who said they're tired of being soaked on movie munchies.
"The prices are ridiculous," Rebecca Motley, 55, a self-employed Southfield physician, said while leaving the AMC Star Southfield 20.
Motley said she and her office manager spent $5 each for morning movie tickets and $11 each for soft drinks and popcorn.
"When I was a kid, $1 could get you into the movies and buy you a pop and popcorn. But not anymore," Motley said. "I don't know how kids can go on their own to a movie anymore."
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“If you trust in yourself, and believe in your dreams, and follow your star. . . you'll still get beaten by people who spent their time working hard and learning things and weren't so lazy.”
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What a dolt!
Cinemas make the majority of their money from concessions.
Cinemas make the majority of their money from concessions.
Your collective inability to acknowledge this obvious truth makes you all look like fools.
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rubato
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This stuff has made a 180 in the past 40 years.
When 3 rivers stadium opened in Pittsburgh in 1970, the concessionaires were told in no uncertain terms to back off, when their prices were shown to be higher than outside. When pnc park opened a few years ago, it was trumpeted as doing your civic duty to pay 3 times as much for a beer.
When 3 rivers stadium opened in Pittsburgh in 1970, the concessionaires were told in no uncertain terms to back off, when their prices were shown to be higher than outside. When pnc park opened a few years ago, it was trumpeted as doing your civic duty to pay 3 times as much for a beer.
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...all that price-gouging would be fine, if you could bring in your own refreshments, but nooooooooooooooo....
