How to Buy Cheap Movie Tickets via Mtime App

Going to the movies in China doesn’t have to be expensive, in fact, in can be downright cheap, especially if you use an app. There are a bunch of different apps you can use to purchase tickets, but let me just show you how to use just one of them: the Mtime app.

First, download the Apple and/or Android version of the app.

Once you’ve opened it, you’ll see something like this. Tickets for the movies currently on sale in Beijing are prominently displayed just under the search bar. Movies with an orange button mean the movie is already out. The green ones are for movies that will be out soon if you want to pre-order.

In this case, I clicked on the orange button for Arrival (降临), which brings up this next screen:

This is the trickiest screen for anyone who can’t read Chinese, but you only need to figure it out once with a Chinese friend and then you’ll be fine every subsequent time you use it.

Click "Read more" for the rest of the steps.

Images: Mtime

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