Nancy By Ernie Bushmiller. March 10,1952

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    2524 hours ago

    Back when theater admission was the price of a single coin…

    But don’t let that distort things, because money was a lot more valuable back then.

    According to this https://www.in2013dollars.com/us/inflation/1935?amount=1

    A USD$1 in 1935 was worth about $23.15 in purchasing power today.

    This site says that a quarter, $0.25, was the price of a movie ticket in 1935 https://www.davemanuel.com/whatitcost.php

    Let’s say Sluggo is paying a quarter/$0.25 for admission in 1935, that would be around $5.79 today, or $4.36 depending on what metric you believe.

    Let’s say Sluggo is a child, and paying child admission to a matinee. That’s currently $13.78 on AMC’s website today.

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      1523 hours ago

      So tickets are STILL at least twice as expensive post-Reagan regardless of what metric you use? Quelle surprise…