The Motion Picture Association of America released its statistics for 2014, showing that the global box office barely rose from 2013. That was likely due to the slump Hollywood experienced at home. In addition, the MPAA found that the number of younger moviegoers dropped.
While the worldwide box office reached a new record a $36.4 billion, that was only an increase of 1 percent from 2013. That’s because the significant jump in China offset the slump in U.S. and Canada. While the Chinese box office jumped 34 percent to $4 billion, it slid 5 percent in the U.S. and Canada. Films grossed $10.4 million in the U.S. and Canada.
That’s also despite a record number of films from the MPAA member studios. First first time in five years, they released more movies that the previous year, reaching 136.
In addition, 68 percent of Americans and Canadians went to the movies at least once this year.
There are still even more interesting statistics in the full report. The MPAA found that the number of moviegoers in age groups under 40 either stayed the same or dropped. For example, the number of moviegoers in the 18-24 group dropped from 7.2 percent in 2013 to 7.0 percent. In 2012, 8.7 percent of moviegoers were in the 18-24 group.
The biggest age drop was in the 25-39 group. In 2012, 9.9 percent of moviegoers were in that group. But two years later, just 7.1 percent were in that group.
In total, 1.27 billion admissions were sold in the U.S. and Canada. The average ticket price also climbed by 4 cents.
The highest-grossing film of 2014 is American Sniper, which actually made most of its money in 2015.
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