{"id":471111,"date":"2010-03-25T11:44:15","date_gmt":"2010-03-25T15:44:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.popcrunch.com\/?p=98183"},"modified":"2010-03-25T11:44:15","modified_gmt":"2010-03-25T15:44:15","slug":"movie-ticket-prices-rise-20-percent-thanks-to-3d-boom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/471111","title":{"rendered":"Movie Ticket Prices Rise 20 Percent Thanks To 3D Boom"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Saturday Night at the Movies<\/em> just got a bit more expensive: Right now, a ticket for a 3D movie cost about $10.50 &#8212; depending on where you live &#8212; but that&#8217;s about to change.  Beginning this weekend, movie theaters across the country will raise the price of tickets, drawing on the success of 3D blockbusters like <em>Avatar<\/em> and <em>Alice In Wonderland<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/latimesblogs.latimes.com\/entertainmentnewsbuzz\/2010\/03\/3d-movie-boom-leading-to-3d-ticket-price-boom.html\">According to media analyst Richard Greenfield<\/a>, the prices of 2D ticket will be up marginally, but 3D ticket pricing will go up as much 26 percent. With a summer full of 3D movies on the horizon, the box office is looking to cash in. Tickets for 3D movies could shoot as high as $15 per ticket, $17 for IMAX 3D showings. In some cities, like New York and Los Angeles, prices could reach $20. <\/p>\n<p><embed src='http:\/\/cnettv.cnet.com\/av\/video\/cbsnews\/atlantis2\/player-dest.swf' FlashVars='linkUrl=http:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/video\/watch\/?id=6332214n&#038;tag=contentMain;contentBody&#038;releaseURL=http:\/\/cnettv.cnet.com\/av\/video\/cbsnews\/atlantis2\/player-dest.swf&#038;videoId=50085383,50085382,50085381,50085380,50085379,50085378&#038;partner=news&#038;vert=News&#038;si=254&#038;autoPlayVid=false&#038;name=cbsPlayer&#038;allowScriptAccess=always&#038;wmode=transparent&#038;embedded=y&#038;scale=noscale&#038;rv=n&#038;salign=tl' allowFullScreen='true' width='500' height='324' type='application\/x-shockwave-flash' pluginspage='http:\/\/www.macromedia.com\/go\/getflashplayer'><\/embed><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/lmjRjHW0U5SNFAkRcOUdlXl6lGk\/0\/da\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/lmjRjHW0U5SNFAkRcOUdlXl6lGk\/0\/di\" border=\"0\" ismap=\"true\"><\/img><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/lmjRjHW0U5SNFAkRcOUdlXl6lGk\/1\/da\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/lmjRjHW0U5SNFAkRcOUdlXl6lGk\/1\/di\" border=\"0\" ismap=\"true\"><\/img><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Saturday Night at the Movies just got a bit more expensive: Right now, a ticket for a 3D movie cost about $10.50 &#8212; depending on where you live &#8212; but that&#8217;s about to change. Beginning this weekend, movie theaters across the country will raise the price of tickets, drawing on the success of 3D blockbusters [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5335,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-471111","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/471111","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5335"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=471111"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/471111\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=471111"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=471111"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=471111"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}