£4 cinema tickets? £4 cinema tickets! Bargains galore as the best day in the cinephile calendar returns this Saturday.
What can an enterprising individual get for £4 this Saturday? 250g of Tesco asparagus tips? A 4 Head Levomenthol Stick for Headache Relief (3.6g)? 360g of baby potatoes with herb butter and a No Nonsense Grout Sponge?
Yes to all of the above (delivery not included). But thanks once again to Cinema First and National Cinema Day, you can also get your hands on a sweet, sweet cinema ticket for the low-low price of 30 British mixed weight eggs.
Now in its third year, the event was initially introduced in 2022 to help encourage audiences back to the big screen post-pandemic. That year, cinemas welcomed 1.46 million admissions in a single day (I inadvertently saw an Idris Elba double-bill of Beast followed by Three Thousand Years Of Longing, personally), which increased to 1.56 million in 2023.
This year, more than 630 venues across the UK are taking part, offering the perfect opportunity to catch up on the films you’ve been meaning to check off your list (Alien: Romulus, Blink Twice and The Crow come to mind).
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Iain Jacob, Chair of Cinema First said in a statement:
“National Cinema Day is fast becoming a Great British cultural event, sharing the joy and sociability of cinema across the nation. This year we have more support than ever, allowing us to show a fantastically wide choice of films at amazing value. Every year this event has got bigger, with more and more people sharing their love of cinema. We know that 2024 will be the best yet.”
