---
id: 69a890af247de743333bd4d1
title: "Challenge 228: Movie Night"
challengeType: 29
dashedName: challenge-228
---

# --description--

Given a string for the day of the week, another string for a showtime, and an integer number of tickets, return the total cost of the movie tickets for that showing.

The given day will be one of:

- `"Monday"`
- `"Tuesday"`
- `"Wednesday"`
- `"Thursday"`
- `"Friday"`
- `"Saturday"`
- `"Sunday"`

The showtime will be given in the format `"H:MMam"` or `"H:MMpm"`. For example `"10:00am"` or `"10:00pm"`.

Return the total cost in the format `"$D.CC"` using these rules:

- Weekend (Friday - Sunday): $12.00 per ticket.
- Weekday (Monday - Thursday): $10.00 per ticket.
- Matinee (before 5:00pm): subtract $2.00 per ticket (except on Tuesdays).
- Tuesdays: all tickets are $5.00 each.

# --hints--

`get_movie_night_cost("Saturday", "10:00pm", 1)` should return `"$12.00"`.

```js
({test: () => { runPython(`
from unittest import TestCase
TestCase().assertEqual(get_movie_night_cost("Saturday", "10:00pm", 1), "$12.00")`)
}})
```

`get_movie_night_cost("Sunday", "10:00am", 1)` should return `"$10.00"`.

```js
({test: () => { runPython(`
from unittest import TestCase
TestCase().assertEqual(get_movie_night_cost("Sunday", "10:00am", 1), "$10.00")`)
}})
```

`get_movie_night_cost("Tuesday", "7:20pm", 2)` should return `"$10.00"`.

```js
({test: () => { runPython(`
from unittest import TestCase
TestCase().assertEqual(get_movie_night_cost("Tuesday", "7:20pm", 2), "$10.00")`)
}})
```

`get_movie_night_cost("Wednesday", "5:40pm", 3)` should return `"$30.00"`.

```js
({test: () => { runPython(`
from unittest import TestCase
TestCase().assertEqual(get_movie_night_cost("Wednesday", "5:40pm", 3), "$30.00")`)
}})
```

`get_movie_night_cost("Monday", "11:50am", 4)` should return `"$32.00"`.

```js
({test: () => { runPython(`
from unittest import TestCase
TestCase().assertEqual(get_movie_night_cost("Monday", "11:50am", 4), "$32.00")`)
}})
```

`get_movie_night_cost("Friday", "4:30pm", 5)` should return `"$50.00"`.

```js
({test: () => { runPython(`
from unittest import TestCase
TestCase().assertEqual(get_movie_night_cost("Friday", "4:30pm", 5), "$50.00")`)
}})
```

`get_movie_night_cost("Tuesday", "11:30am", 1)` should return `"$5.00"`.

```js
({test: () => { runPython(`
from unittest import TestCase
TestCase().assertEqual(get_movie_night_cost("Tuesday", "11:30am", 1), "$5.00")`)
}})
```

# --seed--

## --seed-contents--

```py
def get_movie_night_cost(day, showtime, number_of_tickets):

    return day
```

# --solutions--

```py
def get_movie_night_cost(day, showtime, number_of_tickets):
    if day == "Tuesday":
        price = 5
    else:
        if day in ["Friday", "Saturday", "Sunday"]:
            price = 12
        else:
            price = 10

        hour = int(showtime.split(":")[0])
        period = showtime[-2:]

        hour24 = hour

        if period == "pm" and hour != 12:
            hour24 += 12
        if period == "am" and hour == 12:
            hour24 = 0

        if hour24 < 17:
            price -= 2

    total = price * number_of_tickets

    return f"${total:.2f}"
```