Why Does Popcorn Cost So Much at the Movies?

David Friedman on the popcorn question:<p><a href="http://www.daviddfriedman.com/Academic/Price_Theory/PThy_Chapter_4/PThy_Chapter_4.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.daviddfriedman.com/Academic/Price_Theory/PThy_Cha...</a> <a href="http://www.daviddfriedman.com/Academic/Price_Theory/PThy_Chapter_10/PThy_Chapter_10.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.daviddfriedman.com/Academic/Price_Theory/PThy_Cha...</a><p>Also, how to double the volume of your popcorn kernels:<p><a href="http://www.bioedonline.org/news/news.cfm?art=1278" rel="nofollow">http://www.bioedonline.org/news/news.cfm?art=1278</a>

They said it's to keep the price of movie tickets down? You gotta be kidding me! I think they're a rip-off as it is, which is why I subscribe to Netflix instead.

the question is not why does it cost so much, but rather, why do people still buy the ridiculously expensive popcorn!