Discussions

Does anyone happen to know what the current concession prices are for things like popcorn and drinks and what not at the movie theater in Brandon!?

As for exact prices I'm not too sure. I can tell you for three kids packs and two adult combos is around $50.

about exact individual pricing, but if you go to the website and click on promotions you will see the deals they have which usually include concessions.  
 
https://www.landmarkcinemas.com/brandon

We recently paid $14 for a pop and popcorn, neither of which was large size. Massive gouge, I take my own now.

Strange to think, you could bring your own in a man purse. Or pay upwards of $19 for one of their combos. No such thing as a value pack there. Unless of course, your packing from home. Or the dollar store.

In my own opinion is an absolute joke. To take my kids to the movies it's almost 60 bucks. that's terrible, imagine a person who makes minimum wage or close to it, they would have to work almost a whole day to take there family to the movies.

Classified said "We recently paid $14 for a pop and popcorn, neither of which was large size. Massive gouge, I take my own now. "

Theatres fork over 90% of the ticket price to the studios, the entire theatre is funded by concessions. Theatres are like gas stations, their business is candy and drinks not gas/movies.

Entertainment options that are affordable are no longer an option.  
We choose to keep ourselves entertained at low costs so that hopefully with planning in advance we take our kids on a once a year vacation! Needless to say we appriciate that vacation a lot!!  

Go on cheap Tuesday. And buying food isn't a requirement at the theatre.

ultraguy said "Go on cheap Tuesday. And buying food isn't a requirement at the theatre. "

Even as a teenager, I knew that. I would eat before going.  
 
Or even better, when they had the cheap theaters still in Winnipeg (where I grew up) my husband and I would wait until there was a 2 for 1 admission coupon in the newspaper, and then go to the movies, just the two of us, for less than $5. No food either, we'd grab a sub or something filling before.

The Evans Theatre shows movies on the weekends until May1. Our concession prices are far more reasonable. Popcorn, drinks,bars etc are only $2 each. Ticket price is only $6. You could easily go to a movie & get a drink & popcorn for as little as $10.  
See evanstheatre.ca for upcoming movies.  
 
 
 

What I usually tell the kids, is for the same price of the food and drink... We can buy the 3D Bluray for them in six months. Just pack them each a granola bar and a small water in their coats (love those winter coats with the big pockets) and enjoy the flick. If it's a "good" movie, we'll treat ourselves and split a large popcorn between us by portioning it out with sandwich bags (usually I get the "bottom of the bag" mix of two hundred oily, salt covered un-popped kernels... yum). Yeah, I know I'm teaching my kids to break the "don't bring outside food rule", but they hate pop, I don't approve them to eat that candy crap, I dare not let them eat messy nachos in the dark and I certainly not going to buy them a meal (hot dogs, burgers, fries) just after we had supper an hour ago. I just cracked out nearly fifty bucks for tickets... three store-bought brand waters won't destroy their industry of gouging.  
 
Just my opinion, i could be wrong.

If you are a Costco member you can buy their movie night deal. 2 adult tickets, 2 medium popcorn and 2 medium soft drinks for $23. Make sure you get the Landmark ones, not Cinaplex. We usually get 3-5 every time we are there. You can even upsize the drinks or popcorns for $.50 each or something close to that

A big bag of candy is $5.65 and a small bar would be $2.60 after taxes. Popcorns range from $7-9, drinks $5-6 depending on size and combos range from $9.00 to around $35! Hope this helps.

Maybe the theatre concessions should consider.....  
 
50 customers x $20 pkgs = $1,000  
200 customers x $12 pkgs = $2,400  
(all just sample prices for example)

Matinees/kids movies with kid combo 2/$30