RENT MOVIE- $20??!?!??!

[Unknown User]

Posted: 8/30/08 at 4:23pm

$20 a ticket for the final BWAY performance of RENT.

is this true around your areas or is my movie theater scamming me?

[Wanna Be A Foster]

Posted: 8/30/08 at 4:26pm

That's the case with the theatres in NYC, at least.

I got my ticket already. $20.00.

[ray-andallthatjazz86]

Posted: 8/30/08 at 4:31pm

It's true in FL as well. Not sure I feel like shelling out $20 for a movie ticket to see RENT, really.

[Foomle]

Posted: 8/30/08 at 4:37pm

Well, it IS the entire show. With extras and stuff.

[Broadwayboy2631]

Posted: 8/30/08 at 4:38pm

People paid 25 bucks to see Dreamgirls 2 weeks early...

[Broadway_Bound_Star]

Posted: 8/30/08 at 4:38pm

I think that it might be the same price for the show at every theater. I've checked 3 theaters that are in like a 50 mile radious that are showing it, and all the tickets are 20 bucks.

[PlayhouseBeauty]

Posted: 8/30/08 at 4:39pm

I just got my ticket in PA and it was also 20 dollars!!!

[Foomle]

Posted: 8/30/08 at 4:40pm

I paid $5 extra for SNL best of Jimmy Fallon at the local video store, and when he orderd in the copy for the store, he orded ion minre. So, I got mine a week early!

:)

Only cost me $5 extra.

[steven22]

Posted: 8/30/08 at 5:08pm

yep..for me and a friend it cost $42 total

[stupidbeans]

Posted: 8/30/08 at 5:23pm

overpriced, but nothing will stop me from seeing this

[misschung]

Posted: 8/30/08 at 5:40pm

Mine is $20 as well. Think of it as a movie theater version of the lotto? And the fact that you're getting to see the final performance.

[je veux te voir2]

Posted: 8/30/08 at 6:05pm

yeah. which is why I'm in no rush.

[verynewyorkcurious]

Posted: 8/30/08 at 6:07pm

Do you guys know if they're releasing it on DVD after?

Where is the movie playing in NYC?

[musicalmaster703]

Posted: 8/30/08 at 6:11pm

If they announce it now nobody is gonna shell out 20 bucks to see it in theaters.

[verynewyorkcurious]

Posted: 8/30/08 at 6:12pm

Nevermind, I found the link

http://www.thehotticket.net/rent/theaterlist/

[heathurrr]

Posted: 8/30/08 at 6:26pm

Mine is $20 too.
(in Nova Scotia, Canada)
I'm really looking forward to this.

[TooDarnHot]

Posted: 8/30/08 at 6:30pm

is RENT even worth $20.00 ???

what a ripoff...

[amoni]

Posted: 8/30/08 at 7:10pm

"is RENT even worth $20.00 ??? what a ripoff..."

Obviously not, since YOU don't think so. Have you notified the producers yet so they can cancel the the whole thing?

[Drunk Chita Rivera]

Posted: 8/30/08 at 7:18pm

Well, it's not just a normal movie...

[singalongsong2]

Posted: 8/30/08 at 10:38pm

Yep...$20 here in PA with a $2.50 processing fee. I just bought my ticket a few minutes ago. Honestly, I expected to pay more. I'm sure it will be well worth it. I'm looking forward to it.

[Marianne2]

Posted: 8/30/08 at 11:25pm

It doesn't surprise me since it is a limited engagement, and it isn't a regular movie. They do it all the time for special events. I think to see the quarter finals of DCI, it was $18.

[NYC4Life]

Posted: 8/31/08 at 12:18am

well if you live in new york movie tickets cost 12 bucks anyway

[je veux te voir2]

Posted: 8/31/08 at 1:04am

personally, i think they're expectations for the amount of people wanting to see this are too high. That...or they know not that many people are going to see it so they're trying to make up for it with ticket cost.

I mean...the Rent movie wasn't that commercially successful and something tells me (as the public will see it) the "second rent movie" won't have many people rushing to see it.

The ticket price is either a smart thing or a really stupid thing...we'll see. lol.

[BrianIdol]

Posted: 8/31/08 at 1:05am

They'd be crazy to not release it on DVD since it's already filmed. I even bet they'll release Legally Blonde on DVD after the bway show closes.

[NGD47]

Posted: 8/31/08 at 1:17am

I bet it won't be released until AFTER the tour.