Bob Mondello
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But through the end of July in 2019, cinemas had sold 747 million tickets.
This year's ticket sales are way down, fewer than 500 million.
What's keeping the dollar totals high is prices.
Seven years ago,
Years ago, the average movie ticket cost nine dollars and sixteen cents.
Today, audience fondness for premium formats like IMAX has pushed the average ticket price above thirteen dollars, which means fewer patrons for bigger event films.
Spider-Man, Brand New Day, The Odyssey, Toy Story 5, movie theaters are raking in so much cash that forecasters say the film industry is on track to have its first $10 billion year since 2019.
But through the end of July in 2019, cinemas had sold 747 million tickets.
This year's ticket sales are way down, fewer than 500 million.
What's keeping the dollar totals high is prices.
Seven years ago, the average movie ticket cost $9.16.
Today, audience fondness for premium formats like IMAX has pushed the average ticket price above $13, which means fewer patrons for bigger event films.
Whether that's sustainable is a big question, but this summer it's led to a slew of box office records, including the biggest overall weekend in Hollywood history.
Bob Mondello, NPR News.
Going into this weekend, after just seven days in theaters, Spider Man brand new day had posted half a billion dollars in ticket sales in North America.
That's faster than any movie in history.
Estimates have Spidey zipping past $1.5 billion worldwide by Sunday.
Meanwhile, Christopher Nolan's IMAX epic, The Odyssey, has reached a billion dollars in ticket sales worldwide.
And though there's no snappy Otis Spider catchphrase for them as a box office phenomenon, they're doing better than Barbenheimer did in twenty twenty-three.
Hi Barbie!
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