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Contemporary films will always have higher box office grosses because of inflation. The number of ticket sales is a better figure to use for comparison. Unfor
by kwamenum86 17y ago
Contemporary films will always have higher box office grosses because of inflation. The number of ticket sales is a better figure to use for comparison. Unfortunately that figure is rarely if ever reported.
- froo 17y agoThe number of ticket sales is a better figure to use for comparison ...which if you check the article I linked is also reported. Quote: "An increase in ticket prices also helped boost January's box office. The average ticket price was $7.29 last month, up from $7.18 a year ago. But attendance surged in spite of the higher cost. Audiences bought 141 million movie tickets in January, up 16% from the 121 million sold during the same month last year."
- quizbiz 17y agoIs Titanic still #1 by that measure?
- nop 17y agoIt might be interesting to know that there's a Swedish study from 2008 that showed no significant change in ticket sales over the past 15 years. The study also showed people go less frequently to the movies but that's being weighted up by more people going. (It's in Swedish: http://www.sfi.se/Documents/Övriga%20rapporter/SOM-undersökningen/SOM-rapporten%202007%20Svenska%20biovanor%201988–2007.pdf http://www.sfi.se/Documents/Övriga%20rapporter/SOM-undersökn... sorry ^^)