Cinema prices in South Africa compared to the rest of the world

[Daniel Puchert]

South Africa cinema prices vs the world

Although South African consumers may feel that cinema ticket prices are expensive, local prices are at the lower end of the spectrum when considering other countries' purchasing power.

To determine whether high cinema prices are a global phenomenon or unique to South Africa, MyBroadband compared the price of a movie ticket to 11 other countries, using the World Bank's purchasing power parity (PPP) index.

 

[Longboi]

11 other countries is not a large enough sample size Daniel.

Your statistics professor will bliksem jy.

 

[Ninja'd]

Who cares about tickets? Do popcorn comparisons, that's where the real profits are at.

 

[skaamkoekie]

Why are we beeing bombarded with all these cinema articles on Mybroadband lately?

 

[Fuzzbox]

We dont live in those countries and earn that currency.

Another useless article.

 

[qscwbt]

Family of 4 , tickets R556 , popcorn, and cooldrinks and parking easy R1000 bucks.

 

[quovadis]

Family of 4 , tickets R556 , popcorn, and cooldrinks and parking easy R1000 bucks.

Careful, you might trigger a DStv vs Cinema article.

 

[PaulGherkin]

Again, comparing 3rd world schithole with developed countries

 

[TheMightyQuin]

Cinema is SO 1990's.....who cares?

I must say this topic is rather getting flogged to death.

 

[Corelli]

And then you have to compare our cinemas to theirs. Ours is rubbish, dirty, smelly and sticky.

Their is nicer and cleaner and have much better food options even.


Youre comparing our avg cinema



with theirs



Then you have to add on a food menu like Burger King to that. Yip you can eat inside the cinema. Nachos is a firm favourite.

 

[PaulGherkin]

And ours is full of cocky teenagers with their f**ing cellphones, knobheads with their running commentaries all movie long, and inconsiderates that think it's all good to fart and vape in the cinema.

 

[Ninja'd]

Then you have to add on a food menu like Burger King to that. Yip you can eat inside the cinema. Nachos is a firm favourite.

Sounds too American. Next thing you know they'll do mass shootings in there as well.

 

[Shadowchaser1]

Again, comparing 3rd world schithole with developed countries

Was wondering about that. SA R is worthless anyhow. Why would it always be compared to the USD & Euro? Just asking.

 

[Corelli]

Sounds too American. Next thing you know they'll do mass shootings in there as well.

Actually its Indonesia. No guns.

They even sell beer, and its a Muslim country.

 

[dualmeister]

It must be National Compare South Africa to the rest of the World Day.

 

[Mephisto_Helix]

I'll stick to my 20 bucks with a cappucino thrown in on a comfy couch option here. Comparable, lol

 

[rvZA]

Will never ever pay them this exorbitant prices!

 

[saor]

UK minimum wage £11.44 * 8hrs * 5days *4weeks = 1824
(£10 ticket / £1824) * 100 = 0.54% of their gross salary for a movie ticket.

ZA minimum wage R27.59 * 8hrs * 5days *4weeks = 4412
(R98.5 ticket / R4412) * 100 = 2.2% of their gross salary for a movie ticket.

 

[Quicks]

So it's still too cheap, jack up the price!


Works for Eskom, will work for every business.

 

[kazeus]

So when it's movies we compare to all the first world countries.... but when it's salaries for Healthcare workers we compare to our African counterparts?? Where are the prices of movie tickets in our fellow African countries for comparison???