A binder full of movie tickets

Regular readers know the Cheese Fry's obsessive-compulsive fixation on movies started at an early age. But it much worse than that: since 1984, we've saved the ticket stub to every movie we've ever paid money to see. Ever. As of now, that's 848 titles. What was surely an amusing quirk for a middle-schooler has now become a somewhat embarrassing secret habit for an adult pushing middle age. But it's a streak we can't possibly stop now. Can we?

Watch how the admission prices increase. It's true, kids, movies actually used to cost less than $5 per person. Also true: before the arrival of Lil' Fry, we often saw a movie or two every weekend.

1: Witness, Uniter Artists' Walnut Hill 6, $3.00 - date illegible

50: Big, Furneaux Creek GMC, $3.50 - June 18, 1988

100: Spirit of 76, Glen Lakes AMC, $3.50 - March 10, 1991

150: Jennifer 8, AMC Highland Park, $6.50 - November 13, 1992

200: The Ref, Hollywood USA Furneaux Creek, $3.25 - March 26, 1994

250: The Net, United Artists, $3.75 - August 5, 1994

300: A Very Brady Sequel, Mann's Hastings Ranch, $4.50 - August 30, 1996

350: Face/Off, Mann's Hastings Ranch, $4.50 - June 28, 1997

400: The Big Lebowski, Pacific's Crest Theater, $6.00 - April 11, 1998

450: Rushmore, Laemmle's Playhouse 7, $7.50 - February 6, 1999

500: Mansfield Park, Cinemark Legacy, $4.75 - December 27, 1999

550: O Brother, Where Art Thou, Laemmle's Sunset 5, $7.00 - January 28, 2001

600: Panic Room, Pacific Theater's The Grove, $9.50 - April 9, 2002

650: Chicago, Pacific Theater's The Grove, $7.50 - February 16, 2003

700: The Stepford Wives, Mann's Chinese Theater, $11.00 - June 12, 2004

750: Superman Returns, Mann's Chinese 6, $11.25 - June 29, 2006

800: Juno, Cinemark Legacy, $8.50 - December 26, 2007

848: Bridesmaids, L.A. Live, $10.00 - May 17, 2011

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