The Cheapest Movie Theater in America

[@OlympiaTopazfire]

That bathroom built like a radioactive factory💀

[@Goober_____]

Homer is about to pop out

[@MyulMang]

Chernobyl is wildin brotha

[@remixtbh]

It looks like a roller skating rink

[@the_noob145]

Na bruh this a bath room this is the back rooms

[@Itsdasummer32]

Fr 💀

[@darth7604]

I mean, for a buck fifty it ain't that bad. Especially if you get the entire auditorium to yourself.

[@chatoplato5583]

fr

[@pedr0_carreira]

And if the screen is small then just sit at the 1st seats

[@MJ-zk1no]

Even at Cinemark (where I worked at) you’d still have a pretty good chance of getting a theater to yourself as long as some conditions were met. It’s a weekday (kids and people at work), it wasn’t a holiday, and it was any season but summer (yet again bc school would be out).

[@MrMoeEye]

The inside of that place looked like the FNAF pizzeria

[@nickwarrior4995]

ONGG

[@mr.ratlover7301]

Ikr

[@hearts4melaniemartini]

LITERALL

[@nicolasburgosarrojo6699]

Bro is literally in charge of a level 1 pizzeria-cinema 💀

[@CannedCornChip]

Fnaf 10 location

[@edgareliseev1773]

The definition of:,, Joke's on you! I'm into that shit.

[@Mari_PL]

I swear, those people are the happiest haha

[@b.l.brazeal4252]

I’m 99% sure that’s the movie theatre in McKinney TX…and yea, it our local cheap theatre. We kinda love it in a nostalgic way tho. Gotta soft spot for it.

[@dooplon5083]

Also from Texas and they had one in our town, sadly it did not survive the pandemic

[@rolltideroll8458]

​@@dooplon5083Same.

[@jcast1287]

99% sure that's starplex now amc in corpus Christi tx. And the reason it's bad is it had a rat problem for years.....

[@DRFILMS3]

That’s 100% it

[@king077]

YES I WAS THINKING THE SAME THING

[@Chstrbrg45]

Them fighting sounds scarier than the movie playing

[@MDigitalProductions]

That aspect ratio on the screens 💀

[@LittleRedWhine]

That was for an ad literally telling you to go to other theaters with bigger screens. The movies presumably don’t play in that aspect ratio

[@Kfc.people.entertainmnet]

Nah that be something out of The backrooms💀💀💀

[@blobbypub8927]

fr he rlly just noclipped to level "Cheap ass theater"

[@bill_nyetherussian_spy]

Fr 💀

[@hearts4melaniemartini]

FR

[@myheartwillstopinjoy8142]

​@@blobbypub8927💀💀💀

[@Naka-wc3yo]

ngl I wouldn’t be surprised if a picture of this theatre would actually get used as a backrooms room

[@EchanteDante]

I went to one very similar to this it was in Virginia and locals called it the “dollar theater”. It was jam packed when I went when visiting a friend…but it was on a weekend in the summer.

[@nickpassion123]

Was the movie tiny on the screen like it was in this video?

[@zachadcock6160]

Oh my god I know which one your talking about!! It was so cheap and so nasty, hahaha thanks for jogging that old memory

[@EchanteDante]

@@nickpassion123 nope it was a legit projector theater situation. Basically this theater would buy the reels from theaters or studios or something after they were done playing in regular theaters. So the discount theater I went to all the movies was like if you hit rewind of the movie release schedule until 2-3 months ago. Which honestly isn’t all that bad because at the time movies took pretty much a full year sometimes give or take a month or two. So you’d get to watch a movie and have bomb movie theater popcorn for less than $6 which would have been what you’d rent it for from Blockbuster (hence why they are no longer in business because streaming and Redbox exist). I’m not quite sure how a discount theater would handle that now considering movies stopped being shown on film years ago and switched to having a fully digital system where the movies either get shipped out on special encrypted hard drives, digital files, or via satellite. I worked at a theater a short time in college and got to help with switching the films in a theater only once before I left. But from what I gathered there is no way a discount theater could buy those hard drives they sent us because we had to send them back so the theater could get their deposit back plus there would be no way of playing them because it wasn’t a normal hard drive usb connection it was this weird giant white thing that was shaped super strange that connected to the projector system. Then you had to go down and select to start the movie. However I’m sure there is still a way for a discount theater to operate though the cost would have to be way more than a dollar for a ticket.

[@EchanteDante]

@@zachadcock6160 lol yeah I only went once or twice so I don’t recall it being super nasty or anything but I’m sure that it eventually got grimey. But I will say the audiences were a bit on the rowdy side. That was about the only drawback I saw when I went at least.

[@doctorwhofan6340]

I used to have a doller theater near me but it failed because it was right next to a dead mall and in the back of it's parking lot

[@peytonarredondo]

Your reviews on things are so awesome I always can't wait till they come out

[@Jetrowdy]

I’d watch Barbie here and have the whole theater to myself. Sounds like a win 😌

[@mona_love_Lily]

and i will be there too

[@Cob9-1]

cringey ahh movie

[@JaxenRossisback]

I went and saw Barbie, the Sunday after it opened at a near midnight screening, with only two other people in the theater - a couple. Well, really, I did check on Fandango many times to see how full it would potentially get and supposedly there were only a couple other seats booked, but surprisingly, none of those patrons turned up. The movie was fine, considering the overall message and appeal, though the story was paint by the numbers. I’ll see about seeing it a second time much later.

[@scubasams8493]

This is the one in Texas right in mesquite

[@F229zz]

Yeah I’ll go so no one sees me at barbie

[@oliviataylor5607]

Theater all to my self, say no more

[@starberry847]

I would genuinely become a regular customer here 😂

[@forgetfulpriestiv14]

I love the bathrooms. I miss how decor in the 80s and 90s was. That era was so much fun

[@glassjar7814]

We had a theater like this when I was in high school. It was $5 for movies. Some were a little older but it was nice bringing $20 and getting to see two movies and some popcorn

[@personsdeath]

that bathroom looks a little…uh…odd

[@Bucket-]

bro entered the backrooms 💀💀💀

[@klutzycutie]

There’s a cheap theater near me and when I can I go to it. I’m cheap and don’t mind if it’s after the movies been in theaters for a bit. I would gladly go to that theater as well. Lol.

[@101oowl]

Bro took “bloxburg creativity” to a whole new level😂

[@lisalarsen2384]

Awwww I hope it stays open niche stuff like this is so cool

[@aliahmedbanoo69420]

There was one in south africa in my town, while most movies cost over 100 rand it cost 40 rand to go and was actually pretty good. it had good seats, bathrooms and a scenevip which was amazing but sadly got closed down

[@CameronAsburyAllen]

That is the Cinemark Tinseltown USA in Layton Utah!

[@finnbalor1547]

McKinney tx

[@yassydney]

Our dollar movie theatre shut down, it was so great and always had good business 😔

[@rebeccahorn6540]

That’s an entire back rooms level💀

[@totoroangelo0013]

nahh💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀🤣💀💀💀💀💀💀

[@raelogan]

That bathroom tile design is giving Abba-Zabba Bar Wrapper

[@lordguccifer]

They got rid of all of them in Dallas 😢

[@StarCrow77Gaming]

Dam it

[@jordanramsey4619]

The one in the video is in McKinney tho

[@isaiasaguirre342]

Rhat place on the incide looks like a backroom with fnaf pizzeria theme

[@marissamartin7420]

There used to be a theater in Springfield, Oregon about 10 years ago that sold tickets for $1.50 . They played movies that were just starting to leave theaters, or had recently left theaters. As broke college students it was the best!

[@Steelersfan2014]

Welcome to the theater Popcorn 🍿 Small……..5.50 Medium….6.50 Large……..7.50 Add butter…0.75 Candy 🍬 (Any size)…4.00 Snacks 🥨 Nachos……5.75 Hotdog…….3.50 Hotdog nacho combo..8.00 Beverages 🥤 Soft drink (small)..4.50 Soft drink (medium).5.00 Soft drink (large)……5.50 Bottled drink………4.00 Dasani……………….4.50 Combos 🌭🍿🥤 1 large popcorn + 1 large drink + candy..18.50 2 large popcorn + 2 large drinks + candy…25.50 1 large popcorn + 2 large drinks + candy….20.50 1 large popcorn + Dasani + candy…17.50 1 large popcorn + 1 large drink + candy…18.00 1 large drink + hotdog + nachos…12.50 Kids combo Small Popcorn + drink + candy….9.50 VIP menu ⭐️ 🍔 🍺 Cocktails…………………….8.00 Martinis………………………10.00 Beer (glass)…………………8.50 Beer (pitcher)……………….19.00 Beer (bottle)………………….6.50 Burger + mains………………14.00 Salad………………………………15.00 Appetizers ( poutine, crispy dills, jalapeño poppers)…………………………8.00 1 Like = VIP Membership 👍

[@Aspecialfan-rp5py]

Getting a ticket for one dollar and a movie theater to yourself nowadays is almost impossible.

[@CaptainHP117]

This is where my grandparents go (I’m not kidding)

[@bluestar1975]

I had one in my area that was $1.25 before it got shut down. They even went up to a $1.50 in 2014 before losing too much business from the Megaplex built in the same mall. I miss the little theater. It filled the entire screen. Last movie I ever watched there was Transformers Age of Extinction 3 times in a row.

[@redspear007]

There used to be a theatre in my town that had movie tickets for 1-5 bucks. It wasnt too popular, especially as the years went by. They unfortunately closed around 2 years ago.

[@PrincessVal7]

When I was 14. My friend and I went to one of these. I think it was called MJR. Or MGR. I can’t remember. Anyway. Two older 40 year old guys sat behind us, and the whole movie kept trying to get us to sit with them and take their candy and stuff. Then offered to drive us home and waited for us in the parking lot. We had to get an employee to wait with us till our parents came to pick us up. I’ll never forget that 😂

[@johncervantes7942]

I love small, empty movie theaters with good popcorn. Very Cinema - Kero Kero Bonito vibes ❤

[@zoeysavino709]

"Okay everyone what did you do this weekend?" "I went to this cheap theater." 💀

[@johnkline3337]

I remember going there as a kid. They had the best popcorn

[@Jumpboots_Jamstrang]

We have a discount theater in my area that’s $3.50 a ticket. You usually have to wait about a month or a month and a half for new movies to arrive, but I like it a lot. I see way more movies than I used to.

[@SkyDiamond158]

This is where Mr krabs would take his daughter if she asked for movie tickets

[@teddydennis8112]

Nelsonville Ohio, there’s a Movies 10, $4 for a ticket and the most expensive snack is like $3 or $4, large popcorn is $3

[@auvexi3904]

Hey over where I live there’s a Cinemax squished between an apartment complex that’s really nice where you can get tickets for like 5$ at the most and they have 2$ Tuesdays every week. The food is pretty decent and the theater is amazing. I recently saw the new trolls movie (which they had a very very early release which was like a month before it released in other theaters) and mean girls which only like 2 other people went to go see. They also have all the popcorn buckets and an arcade which is pretty decent 😂

[@wopperby549]

Honestly this wouldn’t be a bad idea like 5 bucks a movie but they can only come in with a monthly subscription

[@arnassGAMING]

Yea making quality control high in the other cinema and making the customer more focused on small blemishes.

[@BirkinIdk]

Almost every state I’ve been to, in at least one town I’ve seen one of these. They’re called dollar theaters. I used to get like $5 as a kid, ride my bike to the theater and get a movie ticket, popcorn and candy all for that price.

[@yattahippyoh7806]

We used to have movies 10 which was basically the same deal as this, $1.50 movies, completely empty, and the movies just came a few weeks late. Covid forced it to close but it eventually reopened but prices went up to the rest of the theaters in the area so it’s really not with it anymore

[@Vikabro]

I’ve actually gone to a theater like that many times. At least until it closed down. There used to be two of them actually. (Both closed.) They were called ‘dollar shows’ here.

[@christine83871]

Where I live they have 1.50 movies during summer but not the rest of the year that sign in the video is what I’m talking about

[@spiritedaway0tutu]

Well I certainly didn’t expect to see my old friend Movies 14 in one of these videos lol. There was (and still is, to my knowledge) one right around the corner from my high school. I only visited it a handful of times because it was not worth what that non-elevated seating did to my neck, but it was an extremely popular spot for drug deals, apparently. Not sure what the high school drug spot is now, because according to my younger siblings it started to be constantly patrolled by police shortly after I graduated. For those curious, yes, it also had those yellow and black checkered bathrooms, shut down concession stands and claw machines, and nearly flat seating on torn chairs.

[@zoopzoopzoopzoop]

It's honestly sad to see places with such unique design and character not be appreciated. Im certain a young child will go to the theater once, and vaguely remember it. Years in the future, the place will be torn down and forgotten. In an attempt to remember where the child saw a yellow and black tiled bathroom, they won't be able to remember, and the memory will be lost to time.

[@PerfectxDisasterx]

Nah those theaters are the best! When I was younger my grandmother took me every day of thanksgiving break(minus thanksgiving) we watched every movie they had playing. The interior to me is nostalgia and I can’t wait to take my kids

[@KingMarkus222]

This kinda reminds me of this movie theater we use to go to back in the day same layout and everything

[@c.storbin3271]

2nd run theaters used to be pretty common across the nation but most of them closed or got remodeled

[@chanelboots2850]

i’m so shocked this looks exactly like the theatre i would go to growing up but ours was called movies 12 i have so many good memories there as i would go with friends and family. it was definitely cheap and very icky but we still loved going each time! it’s no longer a thing anymore as it was bulldozed down. i don’t necessarily miss the place as you can see it’s not all that great but i do miss that memory !

[@RivetHead999]

I haven’t been to a theater in over 10 years. Took my young kids to see Wreck it Ralph, and there was a group of really drunk adults in there, with a couple of their kids. Loud as hell (which was annoying but well, there are kids so, it’s kinda to be expected) but then it escalated, turned into a fight, and ended up just leaving. Not even 30 min into the movie. Also, went for a refund, and got told after 20 min, no refunds. I spent $120 for 5 tickets, popcorn and soda. Tickets alone were $75. Recently bought a nice large 70” $600 HD tv, and $200 surround sound, and now that most movies are streaming within weeks of release, there’s no reason to go to the theater anymore. Just not worth it.

[@stellartooth1633]

new backrooms level 💀

[@sandran.884]

Bro just excadently got in the pizzaplex.

[@yosoyringodesanantonio8405]

I wanna go to this theater it’s way cheaper than the most expensive theaters. And it saves money too!

[@jckulewsky]

We had a movies 8 (we called it the dollar theater) owned by the same company growing up. It was amazing and I still go whenever I'm home. It was one of the few things a bunch of teenagers with a shitty car and very little disposable income could do without getting into trouble.

[@saysaybaker6846]

This is the movie theater in the city I live in. We’ve always called it the cheap seats, because…it’s cheap. I literally go here and watch movies by myself in the empty auditorium all the time. Honestly have no idea how they stay in business.

[@reneecaballero9624]

Where is it if you don't mind saying? I'm just curious, it's probably across the country from me, but I'm nosy...😂

[@joeyjeffrey5892]

This is cinemark movies 14 in Mckinney, TX@@reneecaballero9624

[@hansb.jaeyni8230]

​@@reneecaballero9624 McKinney, Texas. It's about half an hour north of Dallas

[@jasong972]

My city had a cinimark movies 12, but it ended up being closed down due to covid. It had the exact same layout and was just as in expensive.

[@MelloEllo]

Man now I prefer the fight bc it's free and it's a 2 in 1

[@kevinshiflett4449]

This exact theatre is where my friend’s family exclusively goes to watch movies cause of the price. It’s really not that bad, but I do miss the recliners when I’m there.

[@Hermitboilover12450]

As long there is no health code violations, this theater is a win in my book

[@alexrivas1993]

Yeah but where's all the workers or is everything self served 😂😂😂😂

[@maddyrose80]

Omg I grew up going to an extremely similar theatre!! In fact, I just checked, and it's somehow still in business. When i was younger, movies were like $2, now it's $4.50 for an adult ticket. Thanks for unlocking a cool memory. 😆

[@mirachan9217]

We used to have a movie theater called the Detroit theater in Lakewood. Tickets were only a few bucks and movies would be played there in the period between leaving big theaters and coming to DVD. Was sad when it closed but where I live now in Zanesville it only costs about 6$ to watch a new movie at cinematic ^-^

[@mirachan9217]

Cinemark.

[@aech619]

Chula Vista used to have the Vogue Theater where you could see movies for $1… It closed in 2006 😢

[@mayukurasaka5344]

When I was a kid, there was a dollar movie theater my parents sent me to every weekend. One buck for a double feature.

[@icdanything4385]

People : theaters expensive Cheap theater People: nah

[@jimjr9846]

you are a literal robot nobody smiles as much as you do

[@agentpepsisquid2164]

That movie theater looks so cool I wanna go

[@user-jl4qs8ej8q]

That one dollar movie is just a fancy hook up stop 😂

[@islaborealis_0241]

Nostalgia 🌌✨🪄🔮📖

[@JP_Tonic]

Brings back memories of the boys after school, and if someone had 5 bucks we was watching something that day. Sad as it is these theaters are going to go out of business in the near future.

[@MushroomLVR-sw4hp]

That bathroom scares me

[@mikesmith1290]

I miss those dollar theaters. Sacramento had a few of them. The screen was a little smaller than regular theaters, but not by that much. They played movies that just left the theater cycle, so it was more like a second chance theater

[@Ttheboi]

I was in Florida and went to see a movie and it had that ad showed but the theater was pretty packed and I don’t think it was a 1.50

[@lebeR-u4]

In my town there is a movie theater. Tickets are two dollars and an actual normal screen.

[@Dog027]

Imagine the lights suddenly go out and a figure with glowing eyes just come out of no where and has a song

[@Drayton226]

I would go there every week if it's only a dollar fifty

[@warrenburger9907]

We used to have a movie theater like that, we just called it the dollar movies. I'd probably go to the theater more often if it was still around! They didn't have brand new movies, but they were newish 😂

[@supergnargnar9768]

We used to have a place like that in Springfield Missouri called the palace awesome place a few weeks after new movies came out they’d play them and it was only like 2.50 a ticket or something they also played older classics and stuff but it was the greatest place from my childhood and the last time I went to go there they had closed it and converted it into a church it made me soooo sad😢. But it will forever live in my heart and memories. Long love the Palace!!!❤🧠🏰🥰

[@tyniria]

For $1.50 with nobody else there, screw the small screen. Me and the boys get a whole theater to ourselves, with the freshest popcorn because we're the only ones ordering it, all that for basically nothing? I'd be coming back weekly.

[@Mr.Feather130]

A $1.50 sounds like a better cost than paying like $10-30 for a movie theater ticket

[@WillTFB]

They have one of those theaters in the next town over. Its honestly a pretty good experience.

[@averageloner]

My town used to do have a dollar Theatre, it was awesome, but it eventually went out of businesses, rip the 1 dollar theatre

[@8-bitnightshade]

The dollar theater near my place went out of business, sucks cuz that place was usually booming

[@isaacsrandomvideos667]

That’s a really cool building.

[@joshtrashcontent4237]

The bathrooms look like they from cruelty squad💀

[@yourmothershusband24]

You know a good cheap movie theater that is ACTAULLY worth it. The Roxy in PA

[@Gatito109]

I live close to Movie 14, Me and my mom used to always go there to watch movies. Now due to Cinemark, we no longer go there because on how old it is. (It still uses the Box Office system)

[@WorldWolfP]

This reminds me of the pizza plex interior in fnaf: security breach.

[@lexxitrexxi]

I miss my town's old dollar theater 😭😭😭

[@zandonleliot5171]

The cheap theater looks like my theater in design but with better changes

[@P3myY]

TBH I think it looks better than most theaters that look boring but yeah I don't like the small projector or the rough looking seats but I love the plunger idea you know where exactly where it is

[@emptyspotlight]

years ago one of my then-friends said they did not have any money to go to the movies and insisted on going to the dollar theater. I thought she was joking, these are real.

[@bartmanfantanfart36]

aw hell naw this a nostligic location in a horror game

[@jocelynecupcake]

I love the retro look! I also hate crowded theaters tbh ^u^ Like, it's nice when you're alone in a theater but it's also cool when there's a few other people spaced away from you. I got a funny story of a time when my mom, dad, and friend and I were the only ones in the theater (and I can't remember if my uncle was there or not). So, we went to see Pirates Band of Misfits which is a terrible movie btw, but my friend and I were like 8 so we didn't care. My mom and I were huge Aardman fans so we thought it was going to be like Shaun the sheep/Wallace & Gromit but it's NOTHING like those. At the time we thought the movie was funny but looking back, it's not the type of movie you wanna sit and enjoy, it's the type of movie that's only fun to make fun of. Being the only ones in the theater, you could sit and roast the characters as much as you want, crack as many jokes as you want, without disturbing others.

[@Mundanesoup4]

I haven't been to the theatre in almost 10 years. Last time I checked what was showing it was a bunch of old movie that had already been released years ago.

[@scarletwitch3083]

This movie theater was in my town but it was taken down 🥲

[@curtyct5389]

In high school There was a 50 Cent movie theater.They mostly played older movies but it was still dope