# Where are the discount movie theaters in Manhattan?

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**Created:** [February 17, 2015, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-are-the-discount-movie-theaters-in-manhattan/712967 "2015-02-17T23:28:46Z")\
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**Author:** ![Wesley\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wesley_clark/32/20581_2.png) [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\
**Post date:** [February 20, 2015, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-are-the-discount-movie-theaters-in-manhattan/712967/21 "2015-02-20T22:15:42Z")

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I live in and visit areas with far far lower costs for real estate than manhattan and we don’t have dollar cinemas. The cheapest ours go anymore is $2-4, usually closer to $4. And that is for movies that are either on DVD or about to hit DVD.

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**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\
**Post date:** [February 21, 2015, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-are-the-discount-movie-theaters-in-manhattan/712967/22 "2015-02-21T01:38:05Z")

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> [@Wesley\_Clark](#):
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> I live in and visit areas with far far lower costs for real estate than manhattan and we don’t have dollar cinemas.

Yeah, all $1 places pretty much went out with the Eighties.

My parents and I drove from Brewster to the dollar theater in Newtown, CT, practically every weekend from '80 to June of '83. Wonderful Art Deco place with a balcony.

It’s been $2 since about '86.

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