Python Movie Ticket Booking System: Code Walkthrough and Implementation

This tutorial walks through building a console‑based movie ticket reservation system in Python.

Effect demonstration : The program displays a visual representation of seat availability for each film.

Overall structure diagram : (image omitted) shows the relationship between the data module, selector, booking class, and controller.

Code breakdown – infos.py defines a list of dictionaries, each containing a film’s name, ASCII‑art symbol, and an 6×8 seat matrix where “○” indicates an empty seat and “●” a booked seat.

infos = [
  {
    'name': '泰坦尼克号',
    'symbol': ''
+==================== Titanic ====================+
  ,▄▄▄▄▄▪   ▄▄▄▄▄  ▄▄▄·   ▐ ▄ ▪      ▄·
  •██   ██  •██   ▐█ ▀█  •█▌▐█  ██  █▌▪
  ▐█.▪ ▐█·  ▐█. ▪▄█▀▀█  ▐█▐▐▌  ▐█· ██ ▄▄
  ▐█▌ ·▐█▌  ▐█▌· ▐█ ▪▐▌ ██▐█▌  ▐█▌ ▐███▌
  ▀▀▀  ▀▀▀  ▀▀▀   ▀  ▀  ▀▀ █  ▪▀▀▀ ·▀▀▀ 
+===================== Titanic ======================+
',
    'seats': [[
      '○','○','○','○','○','○','○','○'],
      ['○','○','○','○','●','○','○','●'],
      ['○','○','●','○','●','○','○','○'],
      ['○','○','●','○','○','○','○','●'],
      ['○','○','●','○','○','○','○','●'],
      ['●','○','○','○','●','●','●','●']
    ]
  },
  {
    'name': '雨人',
    'symbol': ''
+====================== 雨人 ========================+
  ,---.    .--.  ,..-. .-.
  | .-.  /\ /\ \|(||  \| | |\    /| /\ /\ |  \| | 
  |`-'/ / /__/ \(_)|   | | |(\  / |/ /__/ \|   | |
  |   (  |  __  || || |\  | (_)\/  ||  __  ||\  | 
  |\|\ \| |  |)|| || | |)| | \  /|| |  |)|| | |)\ 
  |_|\)\|_|  (_)`-/(  (_) | |\/| ||_|  (_)\  (_) 
+===================== Rain Man =====================+
',
    'seats': [[
      '○','○','○','○','●','○','○','●'],
      ['○','○','○','●','●','○','○','○'],
      ['○','●','○','○','○','○','○','○'],
      ['○','○','○','○','○','○','○','○'],
      ['○','○','○','○','○','○','○','○'],
      ['○','○','○','○','●','○','○','○']
    ]
  },
  {
    'name': '卡门',
    'symbol': ''
+======================= 卡门 ========================+
  ,▄█▄    ██   █▄▄▄▄ █▀▄▀█ ▄███▄      ▄   
  █▀  ▀▄  █ █  █  ▄▀ █ █ █ █▀   ▀      █  
  █   ▀  █▄▄█ █▀▀▌  █ ▄ █ ██▄▄    ██   █ 
  █▄  ▄▀ █  █ █  █  █   █ █▄   ▀█ █  █ 
  ▀███▀     █   █      █  ▀███▀   █  █ █ 
            █   ▀      ▀           █   ██ 
          ▀                                 
+====================== Carmen =====================+
',
    'seats': [[
      '○','○','○','○','○','○','○','○'],
      ['○','○','●','●','○','○','●','●'],
      ['○','○','○','○','○','○','●','○'],
      ['○','○','○','○','○','○','○','○'],
      ['○','○','○','●','○','○','○','●'],
      ['○','○','○','○','○','○','○','○']
    ]
  },
  {
    'name': '机器人总动员',
    'symbol': ''
+==================== 机器人总动员 ====================+
  (`\ .-') )/`  (-.                 ('-.   
  `.( OO ),( OO ).-.             _(  OO)  
,--./  .--.   /. --. /,--.      ,--.   (,------.
|      |  |   |\-.  \  |  |.-') )  |  .---'
|  |   |  |,.-'-'  |  | |  | OO )|  | OO )
|  |.|\  | |  |)|| | | | |\|  |\  |  |\| 
|_| \)\|_|  (_)`-/(  (_) | |\/| ||_|  (_)\  (_) 
+====================== WALL·E =====================+
',
    'seats': [[
      '●','○','○','○','○','○','○','○'],
      ['●','○','○','○','○','○','○','●'],
      ['○','○','●','○','●','○','●','○'],
      ['○','○','○','○','○','○','○','○'],
      ['○','○','○','●','○','○','○','●'],
      ['●','●','○','○','○','●','○','○']
    ]
  },
  {
    'name': '黑客帝国',
    'symbol': ''
+===================== 黑客帝国 =====================+
  ______            __  ___      __       _     
 /_  __/ /_  ___   /  |/  /___ _/ /______(_) __
  / / / __ \/ _ \ / /|_/ / __ `/ __/ ___/ / /_/ /
 / / / / / /  __// /  / / /_/ / /_/ /  / / / __/ 
/_/ /_/ /_/\___//_/  /_/\__,_/\__/_/  /_/_/    
+==================== The Matrix ====================+
',
    'seats': [[
      '○','●','○','○','○','○','○','○'],
      ['○','○','○','●','●','○','○','●'],
      ['○','○','○','○','○','○','○','○'],
      ['○','○','○','○','○','○','○','○'],
      ['○','○','○','○','○','○','○','●'],
      ['○','○','●','○','○','○','○','○']
    ]
  }
]

Code breakdown – seat_book.py implements the SeatBooking class with methods to display seat status, validate row and column input, book a specific seat, and automatically allocate the frontmost available seat.

import time

class SeatBooking:
  # 展示所有座位的预订信息
  def check_bookings(self, seats):
    print("正在为您查询该场次电影的预订状态...")
    time.sleep(0.7)
    print('从上到下为 1～6 排，从左至右为 1～8 座')
    print("======================")
    for row in seats:
      time.sleep(0.1)
      print('  '.join(row))
    print("======================")
    time.sleep(0.7)

  # 获取符合要求的行索引
  def get_row(self):
    input_row = input("预订第几排的座位呢？请输入 1～6 之间的数字")
    valid_row = [str(i + 1) for i in range(6)]
    while input_row not in valid_row:
      input_row = input('没有按要求输入哦，请输入 1～6 之间的数字')
    row = int(input_row) - 1
    return row

  # 获取符合要求的列索引
  def get_col(self):
    input_column = input('预订这一排的第几座呢？请输入 1～8 之间的数字')
    valid_column = [str(i + 1) for i in range(8)]
    while input_column not in valid_column:
      input_column = input('没有按要求输入哦，请输入 1～8 之间的数字')
    column = int(input_column) - 1
    return column

  # 预订指定座位
  def book_seat(self, seats):
    while True:
      row = self.get_row()
      column = self.get_col()
      # 指定座位没有被预订
      if seats[row][column] == '○':
        print("正在为您预订指定座位...")
        time.sleep(0.7)
        seats[row][column] = '●'
        print("预订成功！座位号：{}排{}座".format(row + 1, column + 1))
        break
      # 指定座位已经被预订了
      else:
        print("这个座位已经被预订了哦，试试别的吧")
        time.sleep(0.7)

  # 预订最靠前的座位
  def book_seat_at_front(self, seats):
    print("正在为您预订最靠前的座位...")
    time.sleep(0.7)
    # 外循环：遍历 seats 的行
    for row in range(6):
      # 内循环：遍历 seats 的列
      for column in range(8):
        # 若碰到没有被预订的座位
        if seats[row][column] == '○':
          seats[row][column] = '●'  # 预订该座位
          print("预订成功！座位号：{}排{}座".format(row + 1, column + 1))
          return  # 结束函数的执行，返回到它被调用的地方
    # 没有在循环内部结束程序，说明不存在没有被预订的座位
    print("非常抱歉🥺，所有座位都被订满了，无法为您保留座位")

Code breakdown – film_selector.py provides the FilmSelector class that lists available movies, accepts a user’s choice (or “x” to exit), and returns the selection.

import time

class FilmSelector:
  # 展示所有可选项
  def display_options(self, films):
    print("今日影院排片列表：")
    print('+================+')
    # 按行打印每部电影
    for i in range(len(films)):
      print('{} - {}'.format(i + 1, films[i]['name']))
      time.sleep(0.2)
    # 打印退出选项
    print('x - 退出')
    print('+================+')
    time.sleep(0.7)

  # 获取用户的选择
  def get_choice(self, films):
    # 符合要求的输入列表
    valid_choice = [str(i + 1) for i in range(len(films))]
    valid_choice.append('x')
    choice = input('你的选择是？')
    # 当不符合要求时，循环获取新的选项
    while choice not in valid_choice:
      choice = input('没有按照要求输入哦，请重新输入')
    # 返回用户做出的选择
    return choice

Code breakdown – main.py defines the Controller class that greets the user, invokes FilmSelector to choose a film, shows the selected film’s ASCII art, presents booking options, and calls SeatBooking methods based on the user’s preference.

import time
from infos import infos
from film_selector import FilmSelector
from seat_booking import SeatBooking

class Controller:
  def __init__(self, infos):
    self.films = infos  # 电影库所有电影
    self.welcome()
    self.choose_film()
    if self.choice != 'x':
      self.choose_seat()
    self.bye()

  # 用户选择想观看的电影
  def choose_film(self):
    selector = FilmSelector()
    selector.display_options(self.films)
    self.choice = selector.get_choice(self.films)

  # 为指定场次预订座位
  def choose_seat(self):
    film = self.films[int(self.choice) - 1]
    name = film['name']
    seats_list = film['seats']
    symbol = film['symbol']
    print('正在为您预订电影《{}》的座位...'.format(name))
    time.sleep(0.7)
    print(symbol)
    time.sleep(0.7)
    print('支持的座位预订方式如下：')
    time.sleep(0.7)
    print('+==========================+')
    print("1 - 指定行列号预定座位")
    print("2 - 给我预订一个最靠前的座位！")
    print('+==========================+')
    time.sleep(0.7)
    method = input('请选择座位预订方式')
    valid_method = ['1','2']
    while method not in valid_method:
      method = input('没有按照要求输入哦，请重新输入')
    booking = SeatBooking()
    booking.check_bookings(seats_list)
    if method == '1':
      booking.book_seat(seats_list)
    else:
      booking.book_seat_at_front(seats_list)

  # 打印欢迎语
  def welcome(self):
    print('+============================+')
    print('+      欢迎来到时光电影院       +')
    print('+============================+')
    time.sleep(0.7)

  # 打印结束语
  def bye(self):
    print('')
    time.sleep(0.7)
    print('+============================+')
    print('+    已经退出系统，下次见！👋    +')
    print('+============================+')

# 实例化 Controller 类
s = Controller(infos)

Running the script launches an interactive session where users can select a movie, view seat maps, and reserve seats either by specifying coordinates or by automatically receiving the nearest front seat.