Despite Economy, Students Make It to Movies, MPAA Says Sales Up

[admin]

The economy has been slowing down steadily over the past couple of years. People are not shopping as much and are thinking twice before buying that new pair of shoes. But when it comes to a Friday or Saturday night, there is one industry that isn't hurting as much as the others: the movies.

http://media.www.thehilltoponline.com/media/storage/paper590/news/2008/10/02/BizTech/Despite.Economy.Students.Make.It.To.Movies.Mpaa.Says.Sales.Up-3465383.shtml

[drfsupercenter]

Well, there are lots of second-class theaters that show movies for low prices... I saw one for $1.25 once. (Of course, that theater charged like $10 for popcorn and I ended up paying as much as I usually would...)

[admin]

If movie tickets sales are down, the MPAA says it is due to increased piracy, blames students/pirates

If movie tickets sales are up, the MPAA says that it would be up even more so if piracy was not so high, blames students/pirates

[drfsupercenter]

I'm a student and I go to the movies all the time...

Though I tend to avoid the overpriced theaters and go to matinees (they're like $4.50 for a ticket here when it's not at night)... The MPAA should be glad students even take the time to go to the movies...