Here in Portland, OR a full price ticket at the new first-run theaters, most of which are Regal Cinemas, run $10 a piece, and the matinees are up to $8 now. The two main, big independent theatres in town are
Cinema 21 (which has been playing
Blade Runner: The Final Cut for the past three weeks) and
The Hollywood Theatre (built in 1926). Cinema 21's tickets are $8 in the evening and $6 for matinees, while The Hollywood's are $6 for all shows.
One of the many great things about Portland is we have some excellent second-run theaters. And I don't call them excellent only because they all serve beer and don't allow anyone under twenty-one for evening shows, though that
is very nice.
The Laurelhurst is one, and their films are all only $3. This week their line-up is
King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters, Eastern Promises, 3:10 to Yuma, The Simpsons Movie, Superbad, The Bourne Ultimatum and
Lust, Caution. So if you waited the six weeks or two months for those to leave the first-run cineplex at $10 a pop, you can catch them now for just $3, which is cheaper than you can soon rent them for at Blockbuster. The other place for second-run features, well place
s, are the
McMenamins. They have four theatres in Portland, and four more elsewhere in Oregon (one is in Washington, actually). Their tickets are also just $3 a show. And the McMenamins are all these cool old buildings they restore and then put 1920s-style theaters into, and each seat has a little table in front of it for your beer and pizza.
There are other movie theaters in town, but those are the main ones and those I frequent most often. So in answer to the question, anywhere from $3 to $10, depending.