The bigger question is how many people go to the movie theatre (cinema). In 1930s America, about half of people used to go to the cinema on a weekly basis. By t

The bigger question is how many people go to the movie theatre (cinema). In 1930s America, about half of people used to go to the cinema on a weekly basis. By the 1950s it was 30%, by 1950 it bottomed out at 10% [0] Today it's very rare. This is not because of the relative quality of the films, it's because there's more choice. While most people who go do the cinema occasionally, nowhere near "Everyone" saw Avatar, Top Gun, Endgame, etc. In the UK there were 13 million cinema admissions last July, which would be just 1 in 5 people even if everyone who went only went once, and they only went to see Top Gun. Same with watching TV. In the 90s about half a given population would watch primetime tv, today it's nearer 1/10th, there's more options to entertain. . In the UK cinema dropped like a stone in 1955 [1], when ITV started broadcasting. [0] https://ecommons.udayton.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1023&context=pol_fac_pub https://ecommons.udayton.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=102... [1] https://www.economicshelp.org/blog/6693/business/cinema-attendance-in-uk/ https://www.economicshelp.org/blog/6693/business/cinema-atte...