Dave Manuel—The Cost of a Movie Ticket Throughout the Years
In 2012, the average cost of a movie ticket in the United States was $7.92.
This doesn't include all of the (expensive) extras that you usually get roped into buying when you hit the theater, such as popcorn, pop and chocolate bars. We are just talking about the actual ticket.
In 1910, the average cost of a movie ticket was $0.07. Adjusted for inflation, a movie ticket in 1910 would work out to about $1.71 in 2013 dollars.
Read it all.
Filed under: * Culture-Watch • History • Movies & Television • * Economics, Politics • Economy • Consumer/consumer spending • Currency Markets
2 Comments
Posted January 29, 2013 at 1:00 pm
The URL for this article is http://www.kendallharmon.net/t19/index.php/t19/article/47429/To comment on this article: To article and comments
© 2013 Kendall S. Harmon. All rights reserved.
For original material from Titusonenine (such as articles and commentary by Dr. Harmon) permission to copy and distribute free of charge is granted, provided this notice, the logo, and the web site address are visible on all copies. For permission for use in for-profit publications, please email KSHarmon[at]mindspring[dot]com