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Movie Ticket Prices Are Up, But People Spent Less In 3Q For 3D

By DAVID LIEBERMAN, Executive Editor | Tuesday November 1, 2011 @ 1:23pm PDTTags: Film Tickets, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2, National Association Of Theatre Owners, Regal, The Lion King 3D

Is the price of movie tickets falling? Of course not. It may not look that way in 3Q: The average amount that consumers spent was $7.94, down from $8.06 in 2Q, the National Association of Theatre Owners reports today. But the numbers tend to bounce around from quarter to quarter, due in part to whether there are 3D films compelling enough to lead consumers to pay up for the higher-priced tickets. Last quarter was light, although it included Warner Bros’ Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows Part 2 and Disney’s The Lion King 3D. The pricing picture becomes clearer when you step back to look at averages over time: The average for the first nine months of 2011 is $7.96, up 1% from all of 2010 and 6% from 2009. Regal also recently reported that its average ticket price was $8.78 in 3Q, up 1.9% vs the same period last year.

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Sony Plans ‘Ghostbusters’ Screenings; Is This The ‘Lion King’ Effect?

By PATRICK HIPES, Managing Editor | Thursday September 22, 2011 @ 1:52pm PDTTags: Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd, Ghostbusters, Sony Pictures, The Lion King 3D

Has the success of Disney’s The Lion King 3D at the box office this past weekend conjured the Stay Puft Marshmallow Man? Sony said today it will re-release its comedy classic Ghostbusters in a special limited engagement beginning Oct. 13 … Read More »

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FIRST BOX OFFICE: ‘Lion King 3D’ Roars #1

By NIKKI FINKE, Editor in Chief | Friday September 16, 2011 @ 3:05pm PDTTags: Contagion, Domestic Box Office, Drive, I Don't Know How She Does It, The Lion King 3D

FRIDAY 3PM: Very early numbers show Disney’s Lion King 3D roaring back to #1 with $15M weekend in 2,330 theaters; Warner Bros’ holdover Contagion #2 with $12M in 3,222 theaters, FilmDistrict’s Drive #3 with $11M from 2,886 theaters, Sony/Screen Gem’s Straw … Read More »

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