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Then and now - 2/25/2013 6:34:12 PM

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In 1939, the ticket price for the initial release of "Gone With The Wind" cost $2.20 or $29.51 in today's money.

The average $.15 movie ticket would cost $2.01 today.

Gone with the wind cost between $3.9–4.25 million to make in 1939, today the it would cost $52,320,502.80 to $57,015,932.54, if it were filmed exactly the same way it was done in 1939.

Using today's production and filming techniques, it would cost approximately $500 million to make.

The average movie ticket price today is $8.05 (average of ticket prices across the country)

Now, the kicker, the profit margin on a movie today is 11%.

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RE: Then and now - 2/25/2013 8:26:43 PM

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So, is this a brag on how efficient Hollywood is (and a seat at the cheap theater in town is $2.00), or a "I remember when a candy bar cost 15 cents," thread?

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RE: Then and now - 2/25/2013 8:48:58 PM

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I just took my Dad to the auto show in Milwaukee. They had a Duesenburg there. I think it was $ 3800.00 new. So What. I did learn something though from my 84 year old dad. That's where the saying ' That's a duesy' came from. Love ya Dad..you learn something every day

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RE: Then and now - 2/25/2013 9:23:50 PM

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So, is this a brag on how efficient Hollywood is (and a seat at the cheap theater in town is $2.00), or a "I remember when a candy bar cost 15 cents," thread?

Actually no, it is more about the movie industry as a whole.

A theater keeps 10% of ticket sales, 90 cents of profit on every dollar of popcorn sold, the same is true for fountain drinks, 90 cents profit for every dollar sold.

Basically, the theater business is not really in the movie business... they are in the fast food industry. All the movie does is bring people in to the theater, everything else is nearly all profit.

When a ticket is bought today, it does no good to say "I remember when I could go to see a movie for $x and that included a coke and popcorn." The ticket prices have gone up to stay ahead of the cost to show the film, the difference is in the food and drinks.

As far as Hollywood being more efficient, not really. The cost of making a movie has gone up over the years, cameras are leased for the most part by the production company, the studios basically provide editing and other logistical support.

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RE: Then and now - 2/26/2013 8:32:46 AM

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I solve the high cost entirely by waiting a few weeks until the film is available on Redbox for $1.50, then I get to sit on my comfy sofa, eat hot popcorn for about $0.50 (doesn't taste like packing peanuts), snuggled by my pets (instead of surrounded by obnoxious jerks texting on their phones the entire time).

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RE: Then and now - 2/26/2013 8:52:04 AM

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Actually no, it is more about the movie industry as a whole.

Actually for me this is not only apparent at the movie theatre.....since we got the Euro the majority of prices went up 50-100% of its previous DM-Price.....not something which can be said about the salaries....

Recently a friend of my parents made me *snort* when she tried to tell me that I musn't see it this way....so basically I should just take it as 1:1 now....so 1 DM would simply be 1 Euro now....instead of 1DM would be approx. 0.50 Euro....well....that just showed to me the difference when someone (like her) never had to work in her life (cause her husband earned very well and did not want her to work) and so does not bother much how much she gets in and where it is going to...

But in regards to the movie theatre...whilst I visited them often in the UK, over here I am not going much into those.....partially also due to not being interested in the movies which are out there at the moment...

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RE: Then and now - 2/26/2013 4:23:54 PM

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ORIGINAL: jlf1961

In 1939, the ticket price for the initial release of "Gone With The Wind" cost $2.20 or $29.51 in today's money.

The average $.15 movie ticket would cost $2.01 today.

Gone with the wind cost between $3.9–4.25 million to make in 1939, today the it would cost $52,320,502.80 to $57,015,932.54, if it were filmed exactly the same way it was done in 1939.

Using today's production and filming techniques, it would cost approximately $500 million to make.

The average movie ticket price today is $8.05 (average of ticket prices across the country)

Now, the kicker, the profit margin on a movie today is 11%.