"Ticket sales are plummeting"?
Movie ticket sales are actually at an all time high. But thanks for playing.
Umm, no they aint, doc.
Top year for ticket sales was 2002.
Best year of the last ten in ticket sales was 2009.
Last year was 19th in ticket sales. Best decade in sales was 1997 through 2007.
Movie Box Office Results by Year, 1980-Present - Box Office Mojo
Year Gross chng Tickets Sold chng
2002 $9,155.0 +8.8%
1,575.7 +6.0% 479 35,592 $5.81 $58.8
Spider-Man
2003 $9,239.7 +0.9%
1,532.3 -2.8% 506 - $6.03 $63.8
Return of the King
2004 $9,380.5 +1.5%
1,510.5 -1.4% 551 - $6.21 -
Shrek 2
2001 $8,412.5 +9.8%
1,487.3 +4.7% 482 36,764 $5.66 $47.7
Harry Potter / Sorcerer's Stone
1998 $6,949.0 +9.2%
1,480.7 +6.7% 509 34,186 $4.69 $52.7
Saving Private Ryan
1999 $7,448.0 +7.2%
1,465.2 -1.1% 461 37,185 $5.08 $51.5
The Phantom Menace
2000 $7,661.0 +2.9%
1,420.8 -3.0% 478 37,396 $5.39 $54.8
The Grinch
2009 $10,595.5 +10.0%
1,412.7 +5.3% 521 - $7.50 -
Avatar
2006 $9,209.5 +4.2%
1,406.0 +2.0% 608 - $6.55 -
Dead Man's Chest
2007 $9,663.8 +4.9%
1,404.6 -0.1% 631 - $6.88 -
Spider-Man 3
1997 $6,365.9 +7.7%
1,387.7 +3.7% 510 31,640 $4.59 $53.4
Titanic
2005 $8,840.5 -5.8%
1,379.2 -8.7% 547 - $6.41 -
Revenge of the Sith
2012 $10,837.4 +6.5%
1,361.5 +6.1% 668 - $7.96 -
The Avengers
2013 $10,924.1 +0.8%
1,343.7 -1.3% 689 - $8.13 -
Catching Fire
2008 $9,630.7 -0.3%
1,341.3 -4.5% 607 - $7.18 -
The Dark Knight
2010 $10,565.6 -0.3%
1,339.1 -5.2% 536 - $7.89 -
Toy Story 3
1996 $5,911.5 +7.6%
1,338.6 +6.0% 471 29,690 $4.42 $39.8
Independence Day
2015 $11,128.5 +7.4%
1,320.1 +4.1% 705 - $8.43 -
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
2016 $11,376.9 +2.2%
1,315.2 -0.4% 732 - $8.65 -
Rogue One
1994 $5,396.2 +4.7%
1,291.7 +3.8% 453 26,586 $4.18 $34.3
Forrest Gump
2011 $10,174.3 -3.7%
1,283.0 -4.2% 602 - $7.93 -
Harry Potter / Deathly Hallows (P2)
2014 $10,361.0 -5.2%
1,268.2 -5.6% 706 - $8.17 -
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