The Cost of a Movie Ticket

When was the last time you went to see a movie at the theatre? Did your heart sink to see the price of the ticket? Or maybe you gave no thought as to the amount you had to pay at the box office...

Did you know that in 1948, the average ticket price to see a movie in the U.S. was just 36 cents?! Ten years later, in 1958, the price nearly doubled... to 68 cents a ticket.

Take a look at the chart below. Notice the average price doubles for each decade (the exception being from 1988 to 1998).

1948 -- $0.36
1958 -- $0.68
1967 -- $1.22
1978 -- $2.34
1988 -- $4.11
1998 -- $4.69
2008 -- $7.18

Hmmm... What does that mean for the next decade? If we're at an average of $7.18 per ticket right now, double that and you jump to around $14.00 a ticket.

Of course, these figures are the average for the entire United States. Spend some time in New York. We're already paying between $10-$14 for a movie ticket in NYC. So, that would make the average New York City movie ticket $20-$28 in 2018, right? (Popcorn, anyone?)

What do you think? What are you willing to pay for a ticket to see a movie? (Where do you draw the line? $10? $15? $30???)

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