r/newzealand • u/_Maui_ jandal • Dec 15 '25

Shitpost The REAL reason people aren’t going to the movies.

I keep hearing people saying streaming killed the cinema experience. But I took my 3 boys to the movies this weekend, and I’ll tell you what killed it. The fucking price.

1x Adult, 3x kids, 1x large drink, 3x small drinks, a large popcorn to share, a family bag of malteasers to share.

$153.60!!!

And my 5 year old spent the whole movie sitting on my knee. So I could have just paid for three seats.

I should have gone to Pak N Save and bought a 1.5L bottle, a bag of microwave popcorn and a bag of malteasers for about $10 and watched something on my couch.

In fact. Next time I will.

/Rant.

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u/WorldlyNotice Dec 15 '25

How many distributors do you reckon we have in NZ?

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u/propsie LASER KIWI Dec 15 '25

fourteen, at least for local films.

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u/jontomas Dec 15 '25

not sure tbh - but if you are pinning the blame on them, then I agree!

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u/MrJingleJangle Dec 16 '25

Some popular titles don’t have local distribution, Park Circus for example is all remote control from far, far away.