----------------------------Original message---------------------------- I live in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The minimum wage here is R$ 70.00 The theatres ticket cost monday-thursday fridays-sundays and hollidays Theatres R$ 2.50 R$ 4.00 Theatres in Shopping Centers R$ 3.50 R$ 5.00 Big mac R$ 2.42 US$ 1.00 = R$ 0.84 (11.10.94 prices may vary from one day to the other) The theatres are receiving better public from monday to thursday. In the Carnival all theatres cost 1.00 and this makes them really full. Maria da Penha DS9@BRCPRM