Summary: Designing a Movie Ticket Booking System

The movie ticket booking system is designed to facilitate searching for movies, viewing showtimes, and booking tickets across multiple cinemas and their halls. The system allows online customers and in-person ticket agents to manage bookings and payments, enabling administrators to control movie and show listings. It incorporates real-time seat selection, various payment methods, and an automated notification system for relevant events.

Key requirements

The following are the key requirements of the case study:

1. The system must support multiple cinemas in different cities, each with multiple halls, where each movie can have various shows, but a hall hosts only one show at a time.

2. The system must display all available showtimes for selected movies across all cinemas.

3. Users can search for movies by title, language, genre, or release date.

4. Users can book multiple available seats for any showtime in a single transaction, online or in person via a ticket agent.

5. Seats are categorized into “Silver,” “Gold,” and “Platinum” with fixed costs. Only one ticket can be allocated per seat, and the system prevents duplicate bookings for the same seat and show.

6. Online customers can pay by credit card only, while in-person customers can pay by cash or credit card through a ticket agent.

7. The system ...