================================================================== TOPFIVE.COM'S LITTLE FIVERS -- MOVIES ================================================================== March 15, 2001 NOTE FROM ERIC: As if New Yorkers don't have enough to kvetch about, movie ticket prices have soared there in recent years, finally hitting $10 last month. The Top 9 Reasons Movie Tickets Are Now $10 9. Making change for $9.50 too darn tricky! 8. Something's got to offset the falling NASDAQ. 7. Finally upgrading Tinseltown to Platinumville. 6. Kevin Costner movies can now gross an even $70, as opposed to the usual $56.95. 5. Even at $10, dinner and a movie is still cheaper than hooker and a VD test. 4. Can you put a price the look on Ashton Kutcher's face when he finally does indeed find his car? 3. Needed for emergency tanning-salon funds after recent weeks of L.A. rainstorms. 2. Now with popcorn, you get choice of real butter or molten gold. and the Number 1 Reason Movie Tickets Are Now $10... 1. English subtitles for Chinese-language film: $1,055,732.69 Post-production wire removal: $7,902,315.16 Making Michelle Yeoh fly: Pricel-- er, well, actually that was pretty expensive, too. [ Copyright 2001 by Chris White ] [ www.topfive.com ] ==================================================================
================================================================== Selected from 34 submissions from 10 contributors. Today's Top 5 List authors are: ------------------------------------------------------------------ Jennifer A. Ford, Ft. Wayne, IN -- 1 Aimee Spanier, Oakland, CA -- 2 Scott Sistek, Seattle, WA -- 3, 6 Jude Benlab, Swarthmore, PA -- 4, 8 Galen Carnicelli, San Francisco, CA -- 5 Wade Kwon, Birmingham, AL -- 7 Douglas Jones, Santa Cruz, CA -- 9 David Arquette, Los Angeles, CA -- The evil that lurks within Eric F. Lipton, Washington, DC -- Script Doctor ================================================================== [ Copyright 2001 by Chris White All rights reserved. ] [ Do not forward, publish, broadcast, or use ] [ in any manner without crediting "TopFive.com" ] ==================================================================
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