Tamilnadu Chennai New movie Ticket rate / new cinema ticket price

Tamilnadu Chennai New movie Ticket rate / new cinema ticket price

The confusion and debate on the movie tickets seems to be settled atleast for now after the meeting between TNFC and tamilnadu government. Is that benefit for people, we know the answer, starting 2017, the common man is paying more and more towards tax and now this is also getting added to that list.

Will common man come to movie theatres to watch movies, well the answer is not known to anyone and only time will say, Atleast what I can do is to share what is going to be the price of per ticket and how much it is going to cost for a common man

Below is what we had been paying before July 2017 for Movie, this is just a base price without any other charges including online charges

Category	Old base Ticket Price
Multiplex	Rs 120
AC Theatres	Rs 100
Non AC Theatres	Rs 80
Lowest Price	Rs 10

Now we have GST which got implemented from July which resulted in 28% tax above Rs 100 and 18% for Rs 100 and below ticket fares. So the ticket fares after GST were  ( again without any charges)

Category	Old base Ticket Price	GST Tax %	Revised cost after GST
Multiplex	Rs 120	28%	Rs 153
AC Theatres	Rs 100	18%	Rs 118
Non AC Theatres	Rs 80	18%	RS 106
Lowest Price	Rs 10	18%	Rs 12

While with the revised price , common public were little hesitant to come to theatres with family, again this is not just entertainment but overall GST on all goods and services, things were slowly got settled and common public were also getting adopted to this as they need to shed more money from their pocket than earlier and tamilnadu government allowed theatres to increase the base price which was like same since 2006. The base was increased by 25% and now allowed increase price is

Category	Govt Approved Ticket Base price
Multiplex	Rs 150
AC Theatres	Rs 100
Non AC Theatres	Rs 80
Lowest Price	Rs 10

While this is still being assessed for impact, ET tax was set at 10% , TFPC got into strike and announced no new movie will be released as it is double tax, today TFPC and govt got into agreement of 8% ET along with 28% GST, so below is an indicate assessment on the ticket fare with 25% hike + GST + ET + Online booking charges.

Category	Govt Approved Ticket Base price	GST	GST TAX Rs	State ET Tax %	State ET Tax Rs	New movie / cinema ticket price	With Online ( Base as Rs 30 / Ticket )
Multiplex	Rs 150	28%	Rs 42	8%	Rs 12	Rs 204	Rs 234
AC Theatres	Rs 100	18%	Rs 18	8%	Rs 8	Rs 126	Rs 156
Non AC Theatres	Rs 80	18%	Rs 14.4	8%	Rs 6.40	Rs 100.80	Rs 130.8
Lowest Price	Rs 10	18%	Rs 1.8	8%	Rs 0.80	Rs 12.60

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So the common man has to pay an increased cost for all these taxes which were not there before July
Indicative differential price of cost is

Category	Differential cost
Multiplex	Rs 84
AC Theatres	Rs 26
Non AC	Rs 20.80
Least Fare	Rs 2.60

An indicative price for a common man with a family of 3 would spend somewhere in the below range for going to a movie, again this was the only economical entertainment that common man has 

  

Family of 3 Goes to Movie on these 3 categories with online ticket
Category	With Online ( Base as Rs 30 / Ticket )	Total Ticket for 3	Parking Charges (2 wheeler)	Large Popcorn	1 Pepsi	Samosa	Total
Multiplex	Rs 234	Rs 702	Rs 60	Rs 200	Rs 170	Rs 100	Rs 1232
AC Theatres	Rs 156	Rs 468	Rs 30	Rs 60	Rs 50	Rs 25	Rs 633
Non AC Theatres	Rs 130.8	Rs 393	Rs 20	Rs 50	Rs 40	Rs 20	Rs 523