NEW YORK (AP) 鈥� Middle seats at many U.S. movie theaters just got more expensive.
AMC Theaters, the nation's largest movie theater chain, on Monday unveiled a new pricing scheme in which seat location determines how much your movie ticket costs. Seats in the middle of the auditorium will cost a dollar or two more, while seats in the front row will be slightly cheaper.
AMC said the pricing plan, dubbed 鈥淪ightline,鈥� has already been rolled out in some locations and, by the end of the year, will be in place at all domestic AMC theaters during showings after 4 p.m.
Seats classified as 鈥渟tandard sightline鈥� will be at the regular price. If you want to pay less for the 鈥渧alue sightline鈥� seats, you have to be a member of the chain's subscription service, AMC Stubs.
As movie theaters have attempted to recover from the pandemic, exhibitors have increasingly looked at more variable pricing methods. That's included charging more for sought-after movies like 鈥淭he Batman鈥� in their first week of release.
Last weekend, Paramount Pictures partnered with theater chains to offer And last year, during a dry spell in theaters, tickets at most movie theaters were
But in most circumstances, movie tickets are getting more expensive, especially when factoring in large-format screens and 3D showings. The average 3D premium format ticket for the biggest box-office hit in recent years, 鈥淎vatar: The Way of Water,鈥� was about $16.50.
Jake Coyle, The Associated Press
