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Updated (Friday, Oct. 17): AMC sent an official statement regarding the price adjustments.

It’s now a little more expensive (or inexpensive) to see a movie at an AMC Theatres location.

The movie theater chain has changed its ticket pricing to now include sales tax. That now throws off the longstanding 25 cent increments that theaters usually stick to.

The AMC Tyler Galleria 16 normally has cheap tickets before noon. The prices for standard, non 3-D films used to be $6. Then the price went up to $7. Still a pretty good deal considering after noon tickets go above $10.

The new price for the pre-noon tickets is now $6.99. Not much to celebrate, but a penny can add up… right?

On the other side, it looks like prices have gone up a little bit. Matinee adult ticket prices are $10.29 and evening tickets are $11.99. IMAX tickets are also getting the penny treatment at $11.99 to $16.99. These prices are valid at the Ontario and Riverside theaters. The Rancho Cucamonga theater is a bit more with $7.29 pre-noon tickets.

Just as a point of reference, I also checked pre-noon tickets at AMC theaters in Chicago ($7.04), Burbank, CA ($7.99), Baltimore ($6.59) and New York ($8.49).

Someone complained about the new ticket prices on the AMC Facebook page Thursday, Oct. 16 and got an official response:

“AMC has recently adopted retail pricing, which provides our guests a better view of the cost to purchase an item before the sales tax is applied. Online, the price is displayed with tax included. In some cases guests may pay more after we add the local sales tax percentage determined by state and local governments.”

Ryan Noonan, AMC Theatres’ director of corporate communications, sent over a prepared statement to my question regarding the price adjustments and if they also include concession items:

“Recently, guests began seeing the actual sales tax amount paid on tickets, and food and beverage items; previously, sales tax was included in a rounded off listed price. This change gives guests greater transparency on prices, providing them with a better view of the cost to purchase an item and the sales tax being applied.”

Have you found any other interesting price increases or decreases at the movie theater? Let me know in the comments below.