Word: ticketeer
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...shirt untucked, sprawled in the VIP section of the Muvico Palace theater for a 7:05 showing of War of the Worlds. Sure, he's got a 60-in. set at home as well as a 40-in. flat screen, not to mention a wife and kids. Sure, his ticket cost $18. But here he gets to hang with two buddies and watch killer aliens on the big screen. There's a lobby bar with a martini menu and a restaurant serving mahimahi. Says Ventrice, with eyes glued to a pre-movie American Express commercial starring Robert de Niro...
...annually. Concessions, which typically make up 25% of exhibitors' sales, add up to 33% of sales at Muvico; the Palace restaurant alone grosses $4 million a year. Of course, costs are higher too for the exhibitor and moviegoers, who are charged up to double the average ticket price for the experience...
...Some of my opponents have bought tickets,” he said. “The Republican candidate—you’d think ‘right-wing, [Moral] Majority’—he bought a ticket, too. Even in my neighborhood, Republicans are cool...
...horrors miraculously reappear to an almost-comical effect. Many will be seduced to sleep without ever realizing that “The Skeleton Key” actually has a little something to offer. This little something is still not quite enough for moviegoers to curse themselves with a $10 ticket, but for those who keep watching, it will conjure goose bumps...
Amount moviegoers can recoup, per ticket...