“When I went to the cinema…”: already 8 years ago, Quentin Tarantino regretted the price of a movie ticket.

Quentin Tarantino misses the days when movie tickets were cheap. At least that’s what comes out of his appearance on “THR Roundtables.” It was in 2016, A round table With directors Ridley Scott, Danny Boyle, David O. With Russell, Tom Hooper and Alejandro G. Iñárritu. Tarantino protested the price of movie theater tickets in the US. And this is a reason that has been close to my heart for a long time:

“It’s an art form for workers.”

“I’ve been saying this since the 1980s, when I went to the movies, the ticket cost everyone in America $5. Then suddenly they started 6.50, 7, 7.25, 7.50 and. All of that, and the bottom line is that what you’re saying is that it’s an art form for working people.”

Continuing his reasoning, he adds:

It’s not opera, it’s not theater, it’s not going to a giant concert. The idea was that anyone could go out and see a movie. This is one of the reasons why cinema developed in the 1930s and is no longer the case today. We raised the price until it was a deal.

The case of France

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In France, too, the average price of a cinema ticket has almost exclusively increased, from €5.18 in 1992 to €7.24 in 2022. The price is balanced between reduced prices and “premium” seats, which are increasingly developing today, “VIP”. ” Offers sofa seats, 4DX experience and 4K imaging.

The topic of movie ticket prices has always been discussed and has been for years. In France, according to National Federation of French Cinemas Based on the CNC report, 60% of the seats purchased in 2022 were purchased for less than 7 euros. Even in 2022, the average ticket price was 7.24 euros. According to the Federation, “Going to the cinema remains the cheapest” compared to “Exhibition venues, theaters, concert halls or stadiums”.

However, this average price varies depending on the region you live in, as shown Capital.

What’s in my movie ticket?

Finally, it is good to remember that Ticket price 1.27% of the cinema goes to SACEM to compensate the owners of the rights of the work, 42.4% goes to the film distributor, 40.3% to the exhibitor (cinema manager), 10, 72% goes to TSA. (tax financing CNC) and 5.27% goes to consumption tax (2022 figures).