I have recently stumbled across a movie stub from 2001, although I’m humbled by this artifact as it was for Legally Blonde.
But I’m fascinated by the price. It was a Sunday afternoon matinee for $5. Today, the 2012 matinee ticket price at my local suburban AMC movie theater is $8. That’s a 60% price increase, and that fact got me wondering. If only the AMC Stubs program existed then.
Cost of Cinema Spectatorship over 11 Years |
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|
2001 |
2012 |
% Increase |
|
Matinee ticket |
$5 |
$8 |
60% |
|
Price of a loaf of bread[2] |
$1.82 |
$2.36 |
29.6% |
|
Federal Minimum Wage[3] |
$5.15 |
$7.25 |
40.7% |
|
Yearly Domestic Box Office Gross[4] |
$8,412.5 |
$7,459.0[5] |
unavailable |
|
Avg Yearly Ticket Price[6] |
$5.66 |
$8.02 |
41.7% |
This small sample of prices only creates an idea of how prices have increased over the years, and does not take into consideration inflation.