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AMC Best Picture Showcase Helps Fans Watch All the Academy Awards Nominated Films Today for Just $60: A New GoBankingRates.com Consumer Report

(February 23, 2013)

El Segundo, CA (PRWEB) February 23, 2013

Movie tickets are continuously rising with estimated average ticket prices in 2013 at $8.05 per ticket, according to Box Office Mojo. With admission so high, finding simple ways to save money on watching Academy Awards-nominated blockbusters before tomorrows award ceremony is important for movie-buffs who are short on cash. GoBankingRates latest report reveals a hidden gem for budgeted movie fans: the AMC Best Picture Showcase.

The Best Picture Showcase 2013, which is in its seventh year running, features all nine Academy Awards Best Picture nominated films, including: Amour, Les Misérables, Argo, Django Unchained, Life of Pi, Beasts of the Southern Wild, Lincoln, Silver Linings Playbook and Zero Dark Thirty in a single, 24-hour event held today, February 23, 2013.

The AMC Best Picture Showcase offers other discounted ticket packages that conform to any budget, and also provides additional perks for AMC Stubs card members, such as a $10 credit for future screenings.

Watching Academy Awards films through the AMC Best Picture Showcase was the best-kept secret of movie enthusiasts, but now the cat is out of the bag, shares GoBankingRates savings expert, Jennifer Calonia. Most megaplexes in big cities charge a premium of $12 per ticket to watch nine films, thats $108 down the drain. This one-day extravaganza, which costs just $60, saves consumers almost half the price!

The special showcase to view films nominated for Best Picture at the Academy Awards is available in select locations across the country. For all the details on the showcase, click here.

For questions about this report or to schedule an interview with a GoBankingRates editor, please use the contact information below.

About GoBankingRates.com

http://www.GoBankingRates.com is a national website dedicated to connecting readers with the best interest rates on financial services nationwide, as well as informative personal finance content, news and tools. GoBankingRates collects interest rate information from more than 4,000 U.S. banks and credit unions, making it the only online rates aggregator with the ability to provide the most comprehensive and authentic local interest rate information.

Contact:

Jaime Catmull, Director of Public Relations
GoBankingRates.com
JaimeC(@)GoBankingRates(dot)com
310.297.9233 x261

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