MOVIE TICKET DISCOUNTS
The ₹2 lakh crore cash in hand for Indians may do wonders
New GST rates: India's GST 2.0 reform, effective September 22, simplifies tax slabs, potentially saving consumers ₹2 lakh crore. Households are already seeing price reductions in milk, ghee, medicines, and automobiles. This move, timed for the festive season, aims to stimulate demand, boost economic growth, and benefit both urban and rural markets by increasing disposable income.
National Cinema Day returns in 2025 as “@ the Movies” with year-round discounts and fun events
National Cinema Day is back in 2025 as “@ the Movies” with special movie events all year. The program offers discounted tickets, popcorn deals, and sneak peeks of upcoming films. Events include Popcorn Day, Sneak Peek Saturday, Date Night, and Family Day. The Cinema Foundation and Fandango are helping theaters attract more moviegoers and make going to the movies fun for everyone.
Free movie ticket offer turning into a flop show
The increasing trend of 'buy one get one' (BOGO) offers on movie tickets during opening weekends is proving detrimental to producers. Analysts suggest audiences now perceive this tactic as a sign of a film's poor quality and a desperate attempt to boost collections.
Software engineer explains how online portals instantly check if a credit card number is valid and bank specific offers are instantly applied
FinPal, a software engineer, explained on X how online portals instantly validate credit card numbers using the Luhn Algorithm and apply bank-specific offers through the BIN system. The first digit identifies the card network, while the initial 6-8 digits reveal the issuing bank and card type. RBI guidelines address unsolicited cards, activation criteria, and interest charges on partial payments.
Challenges behind us, momentum is back: PVR Inox MD Ajay Bijli
PVR Inox reports a strong recovery in India's film exhibition sector, fueled by increased footfall, rising ticket prices, and a promising content pipeline. With the Hollywood strike resolved and big-budget films drawing crowds, the company anticipates improved footfall compared to last year. The upcoming content slate for 2025-26 includes highly anticipated titles like War 2 and Avatar: Fire and Ash.
Happy Friendship Day 2025 Gift Ideas: Here’s how you can make your friend's day special
Happy Friendship Day 2025 Special Gift Ideas: Friendship Day, celebrated annually on the first Sunday of August, is a global occasion to cherish true friendships. In India, especially among younger generations, it's marked by unique expressions of affection and gifting.
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Saiyaara movie tickets could cost less than your auto fare with producer opting for special weekday discounted offer
Saiyaara, a film featuring debutants Ahaan Pandey and Aneet Padda, has achieved remarkable success, grossing ₹83 crore in its opening week. Yash Raj Films strategically implemented weekday discounts to boost audience engagement, resulting in high occupancy rates even on Mondays.
20 UPI Rupay credit cards to earn cashback, rewards, airport lounge access from everyday payments
UPI RuPay credit cards provide a way to earn rewards. Several banks offer these cards with UPI convenience. Users can get cashback and reward points on payments. ET Wealth lists 20 UPI RuPay credit cards. These cards offer benefits like lounge access. Linking the card to UPI apps is simple. Enjoy rewards with everyday UPI payments.
Content behind blockbuster theatre footfall
As many as 78 credit cards of various banks have rolled out attractive offers on movie tickets such as buy one get one (BOGO) free ticket, discount up to a certain ticket price, providing a fixed number of free tickets in a month, cash back on tickets, or pre-paid cards that offer tickets at cheap rates on weekdays.
PVR INOX offer: Watch movies at Rs 99 this Friday on 'Cinema Lovers Day'. Check details
PVR and INOX are offering movies for just Rs 99 on 'Cinema Lovers Day'. Choose from a variety of movies, including Hollywood films. Premium formats are available at discounted prices. This special offer is valid on Friday across various Indian cities. Book your tickets now!
Top credit cards for movie tickets for discounts, free tickets, freebies
ET Wealth Online lists credit cards for movie lovers from the top banks in India (based on RBI’s data on credit cards outstanding as of September 2023 ).
National Cinema Day returns: Here’s how to grab $4 tickets for 'Barbie' and 'Oppenheimer' — Details
On National Cinema Day Sunday, August 27, moviegoers will be able to book tickets at $4 each, encompassing premium formats such as IMAX and Dolby to watch movies like Barbie and Oppenheimer.
You can now watch 'Barbie' for just $4! US theatres offer huge discounts on National Cinema Day
For one day, all movies - in all formats and at all showtimes - will be $4 at all of the 3000 participating theaters.
National Cinema Day makes a comeback with $4 movie tickets for second edition. Details here
National Cinema Day is back on August 27 with $4 tickets for all movies at 3,000 theaters and 30,000 screens. Last year's edition drew 8.1 million attendees amid Covid recovery.
Cinema Lovers Day: Watch any movie at just Rs 99. Details inside
Multiplexes offer a huge deal of just Rs 99 for any movie on January 20, 2023 to celebrate Cinema Lovers Day.
Coming to a theater near you: $3 movie tickets for one day on 'National Cinema Day'
Major chains, including AMC and Regal Cinemas, are participating, as are all major film studios.
Axis Bank and Indian Oil launch co-branded RuPay Contactless credit card
The card offers 100% cashback up to Rs 250 on all fuel spends within the first 30 days of card issuance. It also offer waiver of 1% fuel surcharge on fuel spends between Rs 200 to Rs 5000.
Film buffs eager to go to cinemas says survey; multiplexes gear up to resume ops
India’s largest ticketing website had conducted the survey across 235 cities and towns in the month of May, with over 4,000 respondents in the sample between the age group 18-65 years.
BookMyShow parent clocks 30% jump in revenue, loss widens
The company posted revenue of Rs 391 crore for the year through March 2018, compared with Rs 300.9 crore the year before.
BookMyShow revenue growth rises 30% to come in at Rs 390 crore, pace of growth in losses reduces
ET reported in June that the TPG Growth and Network18-backed firm was looking to increase the revenue share of its non-movie business and grow it to about 50% of the total revenue.
BookMyShow acquires food-tech platform Burrp for just Rs 6.7 lakh
The deal with BookMyShow will see key assets of Burrp, including its employees and existing restaurant partnerships, being absorbed by BookMyShow.
BookMyShow acquires Mumbai-based Burrp
The Network18 divestment has been made to Foodfesta Wellcare Private Ltd, a subsidiary of BigTree Entertainment which owns and operates BookMyShow.
Paytm steps on the gas in hotel, travel space
The payments firm has also transferred a senior executive Nitin Misra, who was head of products for its core payments business, to lead the hotels and packages segment.
Demonetisation Move: Boon for multiplexes, bane for small screens
Experts believe that with improvement in digital infrastructure and mobile wallets such as Paytm and MobiKwik, things will improve fast.
These daily savings could make you rich later
By making small changes to your spending habits, you can actually end up saving Rs 300 a day, or Rs 9,000 a month. Here's how you can go about it.
Bigtree Entertainment raises Rs 550 crore; company now valued at over Rs 3,000 crore
Ashish Hemrajani, the cofounder and CEO, said his company now has enough capital for the next three years and will use the money to expand its market share and grow overseas.
Is an online ticketing aggregator, BookMyShow, an ecommerce model like no other?
Bringing G7 onboard is probably a bigger achievement for BookMyShow than a deal signed with PVR Cinemas back in 2013.
Paytm plans to sell movie and entertainment tickets; to take on Bookmyshow.com
Vijay Shekhar Sharma told ET that the idea is to create a marketplace for entertainment tickets with deals and offers for customers.
Bookmyshow.com CEO Ashish Hemrajani offers free movie coupons to Amazon India head Amit Agarwal
The Bookmyshow. com CEO could not help chuckling over the fact that he presented coupons to the head of Amazon, famous for its own discounts.
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