Movie theaters are making up for falling ticket sales by hiking the cost of popcorn and other snacks. Globally, where markets have been able to recover more fully, ticket sales will likely end up somewhere between $11 and $12 billion. The number of infrequent moviegoers, or those that go only once a year, increased from 10 percent to 11 percent. Ticket Sales and Market Share by Year. That compares to 12 million and 49 percent of all tickets sold in 2018. Hispanics, 2-11 year-olds, and 50-59 year-olds all experienced growth in the number of frequent moviegoers in their demographic. Rank Movie Release Date Theatrical Distributor MPAA Rating Total Gross Inflation-Adjusted Gross; 1: I am … Fox is hoping for a huge hit in March when it releases the next installment of the X-Men franchise, Logan . Other than the year 2017, the number of movie tickets sold in the U.S. this year is the lowest since 1995. Last year, that total hit $42.5 billion . Henry Thomas talking with ET in a scene from the film 'E.T. Although the percentage of whites buying movie tickets went up slightly, ticket sales among whites in the U.S. and Canada continued to decline numerically in 2011, from 750 million tickets in 2010 to 742 million in 2011. sold an estimated 147.9 million tickets, which translated to around $1.33 billion in ticket sales using today's average ticket price. Throughout last year, Americans purchased 1.244 billion movie admissions, which is five percent lower than last year and only a little higher than the number sold in 2017 — and 2017 is the worst year on record since 1995. Since 2010, the 25-39 age group has comprised approximately 25% of all cinema tickets sold, but their overall share has been declining every year since. You plunk down an average of around $8.14 per movie ticket according to the most recent (2014) figures from the National Association of Theatre Owners. 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