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This week at The Tryon Theatre is our second week of “Mission Impossible: The Final Reckoning” (McQuarrie 2025), the eighth and final film in the long-running “Mission Impossible” (1996-2025) franchise. This film is an excellent cap to the nearly 30-year series, serving up an expected feast of action, campy thrills, beautiful people, and death-defying stunts. For the sake of the plot, viewers need not catch up on every prior film, but the immediately preceding title, “Mission Impossible: Dead Reckoning,” is a direct setup for this final film’s plot. But, above all else, these films have always appealed more emotionally than narratively, their stunts evoking genuine adrenaline and their message celebrating teamwork. 

This being the film’s second week, we will utilize this column as an opportunity to address some theatre details. For a longer-form review of “Mission Impossible: The Final Reckoning,” please see last week’s column. We hope you all will join us for this last mission!

The most notable update for our audience is the impending rise in ticket prices, which will go into effect with the film “The Ballad of Wallis Island” (Griffiths 2025), beginning its run on Wednesday, June 11. The current ticket price is $10.00, with tax included. Moving forward, the new price will be $12.00, with tax still included. This second week of “Mission Impossible: The Final Reckoning” will remain at the earlier price, only affecting tickets June 11 and onward. “Ballad of Wallis Island” tickets are open as of today, a slight delay from the normal opening timing of tickets. 

As with any price increase for Tryon Theatre goods or services, this bump simply reflects the rise in operating costs, allowing us to sustain our business without an incremental loss over time. Any audience members who have read our column since the last time we faced a price increase are likely familiar with the internal breakdown of how movie theatres generate revenue. For potential filmgoers who are unfamiliar, a brief summary of how Tryon Theatre fits into the studio system can hopefully illuminate the necessity of this change. 

Any theatre, be it us or a big box chain, covers our costs and generates profit from the sale of concessions, with ticket sales going almost entirely to the studio that owns the rights to whichever film is being shown. And while we aim to keep concessions costs low, the high cost of offsetting the studio demand informs the commonly inflated costs of movie theatre concessions. As those costs per film are increased by each respective studio, we are forced to raise prices in an attempt to stay aligned with the increased demand title by title. We sincerely appreciate everyone’s understanding in this initial transition. 

Thank you for the years of supporting Tryon Theatre. We look forward to many more movies to come!