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A box office or ticket office is a place where tickets are sold to the public for admission to an event. Patrons may perform the transaction at a countertop, through a hole in a wall or window, or at a wicket. By extension, the term is frequently used, especially in the context of the film industry, as a metonym for the amount of business a particular production, such as a film or theatre show, receives. The term is also used to refer to a ticket office at an arena or a stadium.{{cite web |url=http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/box%20office |title=box office |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181005002940/https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/box%20office |archive-date=2018-10-05 |url-status=dead |website=Merriam-Webster}}

Box office business can be measured in terms of the number of tickets sold or the amount of money raised by ticket sales (revenue). The projection and analysis of these earnings is greatly important for the creative industries and often a source of interest for fans. This is predominant in the Hollywood movie industry.

To determine if a movie made a profit, it is not correct to directly compare the box office gross with the production budget, because the movie theater keeps nearly half of the gross on average. The split varies from movie to movie, and the percentage for the distributor is generally higher in early weeks. Usually the distributor gets a percentage of the revenue after first deducting a "house allowance" or "house nut". It is also common that the distributor gets either a percentage of the gross revenue, or a higher percentage of the revenue after deducting the nut, whichever is larger.{{Cite web |url=http://entertainment.howstuffworks.com/movie-distribution2.htm |title=Entertainment.howstuffworks.com |date=18 September 2000 |access-date=2007-05-06 |archive-date=2007-04-23 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070423191545/http://entertainment.howstuffworks.com/movie-distribution2.htm |url-status=live }}{{cite web |url=http://express.howstuffworks.com/wq-movies1.htm |title=Express.howstuffworks.com |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121029054134/http://express.howstuffworks.com/wq-movies1.htm |archive-date=2012-10-29 |url-status=dead }} The distributor's share of the box office gross is often referred to as the "distributor rentals".{{cite book |last=Cones |first=John W. |title=The feature film distribution deal: a critical analysis of the single most important film industry agreement |publisher=Southern Illinois University Press |year=1997 |isbn=978-0-8093-2082-0 |page=[https://books.google.com/books?id=EoeJ7VmwnDIC&pg=PA41 41] }}

Etymology

Ceramic money boxes were used at the sixteenth-century Globe Theatre and Rose Theatre in London, where many examples have been found during archaeological investigations. They were possibly used by the "gatherer" at the entrance to the theatres, who collected the admission money. There is disagreement, however, around whether the term originates from this time, as the objects could have been carried by the many snack-sellers attending the audiences; they too needed a convenient and secure way to collect their customers' cash. There is no record of the term being used until the eighteenth century.

    Multiple sources:

    • {{cite web |last1=Coker |first1=Ollie |title=What do we know about Tudor & Stuart money pots? |url=https://www.museumoflondon.org.uk/discover/tudor-stuart-money-pots |publisher=Museum of London |access-date=26 May 2024|quotation=[…]remnants of the landscape of theatres […] One with coins still inside.}}
    • {{cite book |last1=Hendrickson |first1=Robert |title=The Facts on File encyclopedia of word and phrase origins |date=1997 |publisher=Facts on File |location=New York |isbn=0-8160-3266-1 |page=96}}
    • {{cite web |last1=Appleton |first1=Stephanie |title=Shakespeare in 100 Objects: Money Pot |url=https://www.shakespeare.org.uk/explore-shakespeare/blogs/shakespeare-100-objects-money-pot/ |publisher=Shakespeare Birthplace Trust |access-date=26 May 2024 |date=3 May 2013}}

The term "box office" was being used from at least 1741, deriving from the office from which tickets for theatre boxes were sold (although the use of "box" for a private section from which to watch the play was in use in 1609); this is the derivation favoured by the Oxford English Dictionary.{{Cite OED|box office}}

Related terminology

Total ticket sales were being termed box office from at least 1904.[http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=box+office box office] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200509211847/http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=box+office |date=2020-05-09 }} in the Online Etymology Dictionary, Douglas Harper, 2001

The following is film industry specific terminology used by box office reporters such as Variety and Box Office Mojo.{{cite web |url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/about/boxoffice.htm |title=Office Tracking by Time |access-date=2010-01-12 |publisher=Box Office Mojo |archive-date=2010-08-15 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100815011543/http://www.boxofficemojo.com/about/boxoffice.htm |url-status=live }} For films released in North America, box office figures are usually divided between domestic, meaning the United States and Canada, and foreign which includes all other countries. Weekly box office figures are now normally taken to be from Friday through Thursday to allow for the fact that most films are officially released in the United States on a Friday. With Variety being published for many years every Wednesday, most weekly box office figures they reported from the 1920s to the 1990s were for the week from Thursday to Wednesday. A large component of the weekly gross is the weekend box office. Historically, this was reported as the box office receipts around Friday through Sunday plus any public holidays close to the weekend, such as a 4-day Memorial Day weekend, however, with the increased regularity of reporting of box office figures, a comparable 3-day figure for the Friday to Sunday is now also used. In particular, the weekend box office for the initial week of release, or opening weekend, is often widely reported. (See List of highest-grossing openings for films.)

Theaters is the number of theaters in which the movie is showing. Since a single theater may show a movie on multiple screens, the total number of screens or engagements is used as another measure. The theaters measure is used to classify whether a film is in wide release, meaning at least 600 theaters, or limited release which is less than 600 theaters. Occasionally, a film may achieve wide release after an initial limited release; Little Miss Sunshine is an example of this.

Gross refers to gross earnings. On average, the movie's distributor receives a little more than half of the final gross (often referred to as the rentals) with the remainder going to the exhibitor (i.e., movie theater).

Multiple is the ratio of a film's total gross to that of the opening weekend. A film that earns $20 million on its opening weekend and finishes with $80 million has a multiple of 4. From 2004 to 2014, films viewers graded as A+ on CinemaScore had a 4.8 multiple, while films graded as F had a 2.2 multiple.{{cite news | url=https://deadline.com/2014/08/b-grade-for-turtles-what-cinemascores-mean-and-why-exit-polling-matters-816538/ | title=B Grade For 'Turtles': What CinemaScores Mean And Why Exit Polling Matters | website=Deadline Hollywood | date=August 9, 2014 | access-date=August 20, 2014 | author=Busch, Anita | archive-date=October 9, 2022 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221009080339/https://deadline.com/2014/08/b-grade-for-turtles-what-cinemascores-mean-and-why-exit-polling-matters-816538/ | url-status=live }}

Admissions refers to the number of tickets sold at the box office. In countries such as France, box office reporting was historically reported in terms of admissions, with rules regulated by the government and fines issued if exhibitors failed to report the data.{{cite news|newspaper=Daily Variety|date=January 4, 1994|page=39|last=Klady|first=Leonard|title=Feeling crunched by B.O. number crunchers}} Other countries which historically reported box office figures in terms of admissions include European countries such as Germany, Italy, and Spain, the Soviet Union, and South Korea. Box Office Mojo estimates the North American ticket sales by dividing the domestic box office gross by the average ticket price (ATP) of a given year, a method that Box Office India uses to estimate Indian footfalls (ticket sales). See List of films by box office admissions for the films with the highest known estimated ticket sales.

=Box office lists=

For lists of films which are major box-office hits, see List of highest-grossing films, List of films by box office admissions and Lists of highest-grossing films. Films that are considered to have been very unsuccessful at the box office are called box-office bombs or box office flops. For a list of these films, see List of biggest box-office bombs.

Inflation Adjustment

There are two main methods of box office inflation. First, used by boxofficemojo and comscore, To adjust it for inflation (or see what it might have made in the past), the estimated number of tickets sold is multiplied by the average ticket price of the selected year.

Second, Using CPI of respective country.

Both methods have some flaws. I first, content of movies change over time, then number of ticket sold may increase or decreas. In second, ATP of movies increased exponentially in 1990s but CPI increased slower than ATP.

A third method is also available, In which we can use APT of movies as CPI and adjust box office.

Box office reporting

There are numerous websites that monitor box-office receipts, such as BoxOffice, Box Office Mojo, The Numbers, and ShowBIZ Data. These sites provide box office information for hundreds of movies. Data for older movies is often incomplete due to the way box office reporting evolved, especially in the U.S., and the availability of information prior to the introduction of the internet.{{Citation needed|date=May 2019}}

=History=

==Rise of Hollywood==

Variety started reporting box office results by theatre on March 3, 1922, to give exhibitors around the country information on a film's performance on Broadway, which was often where first run showings of a film were held. In addition to New York City, they also endeavoured to include all of the key cities in the U.S. in future and initially also reported results for 10 other cities including Chicago and Los Angeles.{{cite magazine|url=http://www.archive.org/stream/variety66-1922-03#page/n46/mode/1up|title=Business on Broadway Figures For Exhibitors' Information|magazine=Variety|date=March 3, 1922|page=47|via=Internet Archive}}

In 1929, the first issue of The Motion Picture Almanac was released and included a list of the top 104 grossing films for the past year.{{Cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/motionpicturealm1929exhi|title=The Motion Picture Almanac 1929|last=Exhibitors Herald-World|date=1929|publisher=New York, The Quigley Publishing Company|others=Media History Digital Library}} In 1932, Variety published the studios' top-grossing films of the year and has maintained this tradition annually since.{{cite magazine |url=https://archive.org/stream/variety105-1932-01#page/n0/mode/1up|title=Six Best Money Stars|date=January 5, 1932|magazine=Variety|page=1|via=Archive.org}} In 1937, BoxOffice magazine]began publishing box office reports.{{Cite web|url=https://www.indiewire.com/2013/01/boxoffice-magazine-stops-publishing-film-reviews-128559/|title=Boxoffice Magazine Stops Publishing Film Reviews|last1=Singer|first1=Matt|date=2013-01-17|website=IndieWire|language=en|access-date=2019-05-20|archive-date=2020-01-02|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200102185500/https://www.indiewire.com/2013/01/boxoffice-magazine-stops-publishing-film-reviews-128559/|url-status=live}} Beginning in the 1930s, BoxOffice magazine published a Barometer issue in January, which reported the performance of movies for the year expressed as percentages.{{cite news|url=https://archive.org/stream/boxofficebaromet00boxo_4#page/n0/mode/1up|title=BoxOffice Barometer A Review of 1947 A Preview of 1948|access-date=April 23, 2018|via=Archive.org}}{{Better source needed|date=May 2019}}

==Golden era of film==

In 1946, Variety started to publish a weekly National Box Office survey on page 3 indicating the performance of the week's hits and flops based on the box office results of 25 key U.S. cities.{{cite magazine|url=https://archive.org/stream/variety162-1946-04#page/n2/mode/1up|title=Lent and Weather Easing Some B.O.s But 'Trunk,' 'Adventure,' 'Utopia' 'Big'|magazine=Variety|date=April 3, 1946|page=3|via=Archive.org}}{{cite news|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030810225548/http://www.simesite.net/muggs.asp?articleid=313|title=How Box Office Reporting Was Built|website=Simesite|url=http://www.simesite.net:80/muggs.asp?articleid=313|archive-date=August 10, 2003|date=June 19, 2003|last=Golden|first=Herb|access-date=July 5, 2020|url-status=dead}}

Later in 1946, Variety published a list of All-Time Top Grossers with a list of films that had achieved or gave promise of earning $4,000,000 or more in domestic (U.S. and Canada) theatrical rentals.{{cite magazine|url=https://archive.org/stream/variety163-1946-09#page/n180/mode/1up|title=All-Time Top Grossers|magazine=Variety|date=September 25, 1946|page=5|via=Archive.org}} This became a leading source of data for a film's performance.{{citation|last=Finler|first=Joel W.|date=April 2, 1992|title=The Hollywood Story|edition=Second|publisher=Mandarin|page=[https://archive.org/details/hollywoodstory00joel/page/483 483]|isbn=0-7493-0637-8|url=https://archive.org/details/hollywoodstory00joel/page/483}} Variety would publish an updated all-time list annually for over 50 years, normally in their anniversary edition each January.{{cite magazine|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/19991007042514/http://www.variety.com/numbers/video.asp|title=All-Time Top Film Rentals|magazine=Variety|date=1998|archive-date=October 7, 1999|url=http://www.variety.com:80/numbers/video.asp|access-date=July 5, 2020|url-status=dead}}{{cite magazine|url=https://variety.com/1997/digital/features/rental-champs-rate-of-return-1116680329/|title=Rental Champs Rate of Return|magazine=Variety|date=December 15, 1997|access-date=March 11, 2018|archive-date=June 7, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190607025242/https://variety.com/1997/digital/features/rental-champs-rate-of-return-1116680329/|url-status=live}} The anniversary edition would also normally contain the list of the top performing films of the year.

==Dawn of modern film industry==

In the late 1960s, Variety used an IBM 360 computer to collate the grosses from their weekly reports of 22 to 24 U.S. cities from January 1, 1968. The data came from up to 800 theatres which represented around 5% of the U.S. cinema population at the time but around one-third of the total U.S. box office grosses. In 1969, Variety started to publish a list of the top 50 grossing films each week.{{cite magazine|title=Computerized B.O. Chart Due|magazine=Variety|date=April 16, 1969|page=3}} The Love Bug was the number one on the first chart published for the week ending April 16, 1969.{{cite magazine|title=50 Top-Grossing Films|magazine=Variety|date=April 23, 1969|page=11}} The chart was discontinued in 1990.{{cite magazine|title=Variety{{'}}s Grosses Report|magazine=Variety|page=5|date=February 14, 1990}}

In 1974, Nat Fellman founded Exhibitor Relations Co., the first company set up to track box office grosses, which it collected from the studios.{{cite book|first1=Dade|last1=Hayes|first2=Jonathan|last2=Bing|title=Open Wide: How Hollywood Box Office Became a National Obsession|url=https://archive.org/details/openwidehowholly00haye|url-access=registration|publisher=Miramax Books|year=2004|isbn=1401352006|pages=[https://archive.org/details/openwidehowholly00haye/page/295 295]–7}} Two years later, Marcy Polier, an employee of the Mann theater chain, set up Centralized Grosses to collate U.S. daily box office data on a centralized basis from theaters rather than each theater chain collating their own numbers from other theater chains. The company later became National Gross Service then Entertainment Data, Inc. (EDI).{{Cite book |last=Benson-Allott |first=Caetlin |title=Killer Tapes and Shattered Screens: Video Spectatorship from VHS to File Sharing |publisher=University of California Press |year=2013 |isbn=9780520954496 |page=[https://books.google.com/books?id=jdIkDQAAQBAJ&pg=PA149 149]}}

Except for disclosures by the studios on very successful films, total domestic (U.S. and Canada) box office gross information for films was not readily available until National Gross Service started to collate this data around 1981. The collation of grosses led to wider reporting of domestic box office grosses for films. Arthur D. Murphy, a former U.S. Navy lieutenant at Variety was one of the first to organize and chart that information and report it in a meaningful form.{{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20031115050806/http://www.simesite.net/muggs.asp?articleid=311|url=http://www.simesite.net:80/muggs.asp?articleid=311|title=Art Murphy Exits|website=Simesite|last=Berkshire|first=Geoffrey|date=June 18, 2003|archive-date=November 15, 2003|access-date=July 5, 2020|url-status=dead}} During the 1980s, Daily Variety started to publish a weekly chart of the domestic box office grosses of films collated from the studios as compared to the Top 50 chart in Variety which was based on a sample of theatre grosses from key markets.

Gradually the focus of a film's performance became its box office gross rather than the rentals that Variety continued to report annually. Prior to the tracking of these grosses, domestic or worldwide box office grosses is not available for many earlier films so the only domestic or worldwide data available is still often the rental figures.

Murphy started to publish Art Murphy's Box Office Register annually from 1984 detailing U.S. box office grosses.

In 1984, EDI started to report Canadian grosses as well and by 1985 was reporting data for 15,000 screens. In 1987, EDI set up a database of box office information which included data on certain films back to 1970. By 1991, all U.S. studios had agreed to share their complete data reports with EDI.{{cite magazine|title=Number's Game|first=Andrew|last=Hindes|magazine=Variety|date=November 18, 1996|page=43}} By then box office results were publicized, with Entertainment Tonight segments on the weekend's top films, increasing public discussion of poorly performing films.{{Cite magazine |last=McClintock |first=Pamela |date=2020-10-23 |title=Skipping Theaters? Hollywood Studios Weigh Risks of PVOD |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/skipping-theaters-hollywood-studios-weigh-risks-of-pvod-4080618/ |magazine=The Hollywood Reporter |language=en-US |access-date=2023-05-13}} In 1990, EDI opened an office in the UK, moved into Germany in 1993 and Spain in 1995 reporting box office data for those markets.{{cite magazine|title=Outfit keeps tabs on overseas pic sales|first=Andrew|last=Hindes|magazine=Variety|date=November 18, 1996|page=48}} EDI were acquired by ACNielsen Corporation in 1997 for $26 million and became Nielsen EDI.{{cite magazine|url=https://variety.com/1997/biz/news/acnielsen-takes-edi-off-the-marquee-111791917/|title=ACNielsen takes EDI off the marquee|magazine=Variety|access-date=March 7, 2018|archive-date=March 8, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180308042700/http://variety.com/1997/biz/news/acnielsen-takes-edi-off-the-marquee-111791917/|url-status=live}} December 18, 1997

By the 1990s, Daily Variety started to report studio's weekend estimates from Sundays on Monday mornings which led to other media reporting the data earlier. When Entertainment Weekly was launched in 1990 it started to publish the top 10 box office weekend lists from Exhibitor Relations and the company was also supplying box office data to companies such as the Los Angeles Times, CNN and the Associated Press.

In 1994, Variety published their first annual global box office chart showing the top 100 grossing films internationally for the prior year.{{cite magazine|magazine=Variety|date=January 3, 1994|page=1|last=Klady|first=Leonard|title=Top 100 pix take $8 bil globally|url=https://variety.com/1994/film/news/int-l-top-100-earn-8-bil-117102/|access-date=October 4, 2019|archive-date=July 27, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200727104121/https://variety.com/1994/film/news/int-l-top-100-earn-8-bil-117102/|url-status=live}}

On August 7, 1998, Box Office Mojo was launched by Brandon Gray and in 1999 he started posting the Friday grosses sourced from Exhibitor Relations so that they were publicly available for free online on Saturdays and posted the Sunday estimates on Sundays.{{cite web|url=http://www.boxofficemojo.com/|title=Brandon Gray's Box Office Mojo|access-date=May 3, 2020|date=October 7, 1999|website=Box Office Mojo|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/19991008185322/http://www.boxofficemojo.com/|archive-date=October 8, 1999|url-status=dead}} In July 2008, Box Office Mojo was purchased by Amazon.com through its subsidiary, IMDb.{{cite web|url=https://www.bizjournals.com/seattle/blog/techflash/2008/12/Amazons_IMDb_movie_trivia_site_acquires_rival_Box_Office_Mojo36320174.html|title=Amazon's IMDb movie trivia site acquires rival Box Office Mojo|access-date=June 17, 2018|author=Eric Engleman|date=December 17, 2008|publisher=American City Business Journals|work=TechFlash|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180701131740/https://www.bizjournals.com/seattle/blog/techflash/2008/12/Amazons_IMDb_movie_trivia_site_acquires_rival_Box_Office_Mojo36320174.html|archive-date=July 1, 2018|url-status=live}}{{cite magazine|url=https://variety.com/2008/digital/markets-festivals/imdb-links-up-with-box-office-mojo-1117997423/|title=IMDB links up with Box Office Mojo|access-date=December 17, 2008|author=Ben Fritz|date=December 15, 2008|magazine=Variety|archive-date=December 19, 2008|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081219095923/http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117997423.html?categoryid=18&cs=1}}

==Modern film industry==

Rentrak started tracking box office data from point of sale in 2001 and started to rival EDI in providing the studios with data.{{cite book|first1=Dade|last1=Hayes|first2=Jonathan|last2=Bing|title=Open Wide: How Hollywood Box Office Became a National Obsession|url=https://archive.org/details/openwidehowholly00haye|url-access=registration|publisher=Miramax Books|year=2004|isbn=1401352006|pages=[https://archive.org/details/openwidehowholly00haye/page/288 288]–9}} In December 2009, Rentrak acquired Nielsen EDI for $15 million, and became the sole provider of worldwide box office ticket sales revenue and attendance information which is used by many of the websites noted above.{{cite news|url=http://www.oregonlive.com/business/index.ssf/2010/02/portland-based_rentrak_posts_q.html|title=Portland-based Rentrak posts Q3 loss|last=Gunderson|first=Laura|date=February 8, 2010|work=The Oregonian|access-date=February 9, 2010|archive-date=February 12, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100212065838/http://www.oregonlive.com/business/index.ssf/2010/02/portland-based_rentrak_posts_q.html|url-status=live}}{{cite news|url=http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/entertainmentnewsbuzz/2009/12/rentrak-buys-nielsen-edi-consolidating-box-office-reporting-business.html|title=Rentrak buys Nielsen EDI, consolidating box office reporting business|work=Los Angeles Times|access-date=April 9, 2011|archive-date=March 18, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110318084534/http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/entertainmentnewsbuzz/2009/12/rentrak-buys-nielsen-edi-consolidating-box-office-reporting-business.html|url-status=live}}

On October 23, 2019, Box Office Mojo unveiled a dramatic redesign resembling IMDb, and was rebranded as "Box Office Mojo by IMDbPro" with some of the content move to the subscription based IMDbPro.{{Cite web|url=https://www.thewrap.com/box-office-mojo-criticized-after-redesign-that-includes-a-paywall-for-some-data/|title=Box Office Mojo Criticized After Redesign That Includes a Paywall for Some Data|last=Fuster|first=Jeremy|date=October 24, 2019|website=TheWrap|language=en-US|access-date=October 24, 2019|archive-date=October 24, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191024044131/https://www.thewrap.com/box-office-mojo-criticized-after-redesign-that-includes-a-paywall-for-some-data/|url-status=live}}

US box office reporting largely paused for the first time in 26 years in March 2020, as nearly all theaters nationwide were closed because of the coronavirus pandemic.{{Cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/weekend-box-office-hit-zero-first-time-1285879|title=Reporter's Notebook: The Weekend When Box Office Hit Zero for the First Time|website=The Hollywood Reporter|date=23 March 2020|language=en|access-date=2020-03-27|archive-date=2020-03-25|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200325034246/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/weekend-box-office-hit-zero-first-time-1285879|url-status=live}} Only drive-in theaters, which are typically not included in box office reporting, remained open.{{Cite web|url=https://movieweb.com/box-office-zero-coronavirus-covid-19/|title=Weekend Box Office Hits Zero for the First Time in 26 Years|date=2020-03-23|website=Movieweb|language=en-US|access-date=2020-03-27|archive-date=2020-03-25|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200325103213/https://movieweb.com/box-office-zero-coronavirus-covid-19/|url-status=live}}

Average ticket price

The average ticket price (ATP) is the average cost to purchase a film ticket at the box office in any given year. According to the UNESCO Institute for Statistics, the ATP is "calculated as the total revenues generated from tickets sales divided by the number of feature film tickets sold during the year of reference."{{cite web |title=Average ticket price (ATP) |url=http://uis.unesco.org/en/glossary-term/average-ticket-price-atp |website=UNESCO Institute for Statistics |publisher=UNESCO |access-date=16 July 2020 |date=22 June 2020 |archive-date=16 July 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200716142730/http://uis.unesco.org/en/glossary-term/average-ticket-price-atp |url-status=live }}

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! UK{{cite web |title=UK cinema ticket prices |url=https://www.terramedia.co.uk/reference/statistics/cinema/cinema_ticket_prices_1.htm |website=Terra Media |access-date=16 July 2020 |archive-date=18 July 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160718064606/http://httpwww.terramedia.co.uk/reference/statistics/cinema/cinema_ticket_prices_1.htm |url-status=live }}{{cite web |title=Average ticket price |url=https://www.cinemauk.org.uk/the-industry/facts-and-figures/uk-cinema-industry-economics-and-turnover/average-ticket-price/ |website=UK Cinema Association |access-date=16 July 2020 |archive-date=1 October 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201001003940/https://www.cinemauk.org.uk/the-industry/facts-and-figures/uk-cinema-industry-economics-and-turnover/average-ticket-price/ |url-status=live }}

!Australia{{Cite web |title=Ticket prices |url=https://www.screenaustralia.gov.au/fact-finders/cinema/industry-trends/box-office/ticket-prices |url-status=live |access-date=2022-05-12 |website=Screen Australia |archive-date=2019-08-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190805143621/https://www.screenaustralia.gov.au/fact-finders/cinema/industry-trends/box-office/ticket-prices }}

! China{{cite web |title=UIS Statistics |url=http://data.uis.unesco.org/?ReportId=5538 |website=UNESCO Institute for Statistics |publisher=UNESCO |access-date=3 May 2019 |archive-date=20 June 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180620124828/http://data.uis.unesco.org/?ReportId=5538 |url-status=live }}{{cite web |title=Official exchange rate (LCU per US$, period average) – China |url=https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/PA.NUS.FCRF?end=2010&locations=CN&start=1979 |website=World Bank |access-date=22 July 2020 |archive-date=23 July 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200723181130/https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/PA.NUS.FCRF?end=2010&locations=CN&start=1979 |url-status=live }}

! EU{{cite book |chapter=Cinema market |title=Cinema, TV and radio in the EU: Statistics on audiovisual services (Data 1980–2002) |date=2003 |publisher=Office for Official Publications of the European Communities |isbn=92-894-5709-0 |issn=1725-4515 |pages=31–64 (61) |edition=2003 |chapter-url=https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/documents/3217494/5648553/KS-BT-03-001-EN.PDF/3758081d-5ae4-4e21-9d78-fca7bcc68d5c#page=67 |via=Europa (web portal)|access-date=23 May 2020 |archive-date=7 June 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200607084819/https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/documents/3217494/5648553/KS-BT-03-001-EN.PDF/3758081d-5ae4-4e21-9d78-fca7bcc68d5c#page=67 |url-status=live }}

! France{{cite web |title=Average cinema ticket price in France 2009-2016 |url=https://www.statista.com/statistics/441787/average-cinema-ticket-price-in-france/ |website=Statista |date=November 2017 |access-date=16 July 2020 |archive-date=16 July 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200716140509/https://www.statista.com/statistics/441787/average-cinema-ticket-price-in-france/ |url-status=live }}{{cite web |title=Historical exchange rates (EUR) |url=https://fxtop.com/en/historical-exchange-rates.php?A=1&C1=USD&C2=EUR&YA=1&DD1=01&MM1=01&YYYY1=1980&B=1&P=&I=1&DD2=31&MM2=12&YYYY2=2010 |website=fxtop.com |access-date=22 July 2020 |archive-date=27 July 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200727043735/https://fxtop.com/en/historical-exchange-rates.php?A=1&C1=USD&C2=EUR&YA=1&DD1=01&MM1=01&YYYY1=1980&B=1&P=&I=1&DD2=31&MM2=12&YYYY2=2010 |url-status=live }}

!Hong Kong

! India(only for Hindi Films){{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RJVodLc6NgoC&pg=PA77|title=Cinema Industry in India: Pricing and Taxation|last1=Mittal|first1=Ashok|date=1995|publisher=Indus Publishing|isbn=9788173870231|pages=71 & 77|access-date=2020-07-16|archive-date=2023-01-18|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230118133358/https://books.google.com/books?id=RJVodLc6NgoC&pg=PA77|url-status=live}}

! Japan

!UAE{{Cite web |last1=Bardsley |first1=Daniel |last2=Hoath |first2=Nissar |date=November 2, 2007 |title='It is the first time ticket prices have risen in six years' |url=https://gulfnews.com/uae/government/it-is-the-first-time-ticket-prices-have-risen-in-six-years-1.89236 |url-status=live |access-date=2022-05-11 |website=Gulf News |archive-date=2022-05-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220511185538/https://gulfnews.com/uae/government/it-is-the-first-time-ticket-prices-have-risen-in-six-years-1.89236 }}

! USSR{{cite web |title=Archive |url=http://cbr.ru/currency_base/OldDataFiles/USD.xls |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091229074625/http://cbr.ru/currency_base/OldDataFiles/USD.xls |url-status=dead |archive-date=29 December 2009 |website=Central Bank of Russia |language=ru |access-date=11 September 2012}}

1950

|

|

|{{£|0.08|long=no|link=yes}} ({{US$|{{#expr:0.08/0.35714 round 2}}|long=no|link=yes}})

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|

|

|{{nowrap|{{#expr:(1.5+2)/2}} Rbls}}{{cite journal |title=Political Affairs |journal=Political Affairs |date=1950 |volume=29 |page=80 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wM0cAAAAIAAJ |publisher=New Century Publishers |quote=In moving picture theaters the price of tickets ranges from 2–6 Rbls at first-run houses, and from 50 kopecks to 1 Rbl. 50 kop. in neighborhood houses and clubs. |access-date=2020-07-18 |archive-date=2023-01-18 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230118133358/https://books.google.com/books?id=wM0cAAAAIAAJ |url-status=live }} ({{US$|{{#expr:1.75/5.3 round 2}}|long=no}})

1951

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|{{US$|0.53|long=no|link=yes}}

|rowspan="3" | £0.08 (${{#expr:0.08/0.35714 round 2}})

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1952

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1953

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|$0.60

|

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1954

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|$0.45

|£0.09 (${{#expr:0.09/0.35714 round 2}})

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1955

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|

|£0.09 (${{#expr:0.09/0.35714 round 2}})

|

|

|

|

|{{HK$|{{#expr:(0.7+1.1+1.7+0.5+0.7+1.0)/6}}|link=yes}}{{cite web |year=2012 |title=Zoning and Ticket Price |url=https://www.hkmemory.hk/MHK/collections/Theatre/Theatre_Development/Zoning_and_Ticket_Price/index.html |access-date=19 April 2022 |website=Hong Kong Memory |archive-date=19 August 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220819210338/https://www.hkmemory.hk/MHK/collections/Theatre/Theatre_Development/Zoning_and_Ticket_Price/index.html |url-status=live }}

|

|{{¥|63|link=yes}} (${{#expr:63/360 round 2}})

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|

1956

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|$0.50

|£0.09 (${{#expr:0.09/0.35714 round 2}})

|

|

|

|1.22 F (${{#expr:1.22/3.5 round 2}}){{cite journal |title=French Film Industry Anxious Despite Increase in Features |journal=Foreign Commerce Weekly |date=August 5, 1957 |volume=58 |page=35 |publisher=United States Department of Commerce |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pTBxSc80pjoC&pg=RA5-PA35 |access-date=July 16, 2020 |archive-date=January 18, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230118133358/https://books.google.com/books?id=pTBxSc80pjoC&pg=RA5-PA35 |url-status=live }}

|

|

|¥62 (${{#expr:62/360 round 2}})

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1957

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|£0.10 (${{#expr:0.10/0.35714 round 2}})

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|

|

|{{nowrap|1.33 F}}{{cite journal |title=The ... Film Daily Year Book of Motion Pictures |journal=The ... Film Daily Year Book of Motion Pictures |date=1967 |volume=49 |issue=1967 |page=560 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_lfWAAAAMAAJ |publisher=J.W. Alicoate |quote=(...) 1966 represent only a one per cent decline from the preceding year, the average ticket price having increased from {{nowrap|3.04 F}} to {{nowrap|3.34 F}}. Thus, the level of receipts is safeguarded by a constant process of re-evaluating the ticket prices. (The average price in 1957 was only {{nowrap|1.33 F}}.) |access-date=2020-07-16 |archive-date=2023-01-18 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230118133358/https://books.google.com/books?id=_lfWAAAAMAAJ |url-status=live }} (${{#expr:1.33/3.6164 round 2}})

|

|

|¥62 (${{#expr:62/360 round 2}})

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1958

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|£0.11 (${{#expr:0.11/0.35714 round 2}})

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|¥64 (${{#expr:64/360 round 2}})

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1959

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|$0.51

|£0.12 (${{#expr:0.12/0.35714 round 2}})

|

|

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|

|

|¥65 (${{#expr:65/360 round 2}})

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|

1960

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|

|£0.13 (${{#expr:0.13/0.35714 round 2}})

|

|

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|

| rowspan="3" | {{₹|link=yes}}{{#expr:(1.07*0.6)+(1.78*0.4) round 2}} (${{#expr:1.35/4.7619 round 2}})

|¥72 (${{#expr:72/360 round 2}}0)

|

|

1961

|

|$0.69

|£0.13 (${{#expr:0.13/0.35714 round 2}})

|

|

|

|

|

|¥85 (${{#expr:85/360 round 2}})

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1962

|

|$0.70

|£0.14 (${{#expr:0.14/0.35714 round 2}})

|

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|

|

|¥115 (${{#expr:115/360 round 2}})

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1963

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|$0.85

|£0.15 (${{#expr:0.15/0.35714 round 2}})

|

|

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|

|

|₹{{#expr:(1.14*0.6)+(1.89*0.4) round 2}} (${{#expr:1.44/4.7619 round 2}}0)

|¥152 (${{#expr:152/360 round 2}})

|

|rowspan="5" | {{nowrap|0.25 руб}}{{cite book |last1=Roth-Ey |first1=Kristin |chapter=Chapter 1: The Soviet Film Industry |title=Moscow Prime Time: How the Soviet Union Built the Media Empire that Lost the Cultural Cold War |date=2011 |publisher=Cornell University Press |isbn=978-0-8014-4874-4 |pages=47–8 |chapter-url=https://is.muni.cz/el/1421/podzim2015/FAV291/um/Roth-Ey-Moscow_Prime_Time.pdf#page=7 |access-date=2019-01-25 |archive-date=2018-05-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180510014311/https://is.muni.cz/el/1421/podzim2015/FAV291/um/Roth-Ey-Moscow_Prime_Time.pdf#page=7 |url-status=live }} (${{#expr:0.25/0.9 round 2}})

1964

|

|$0.93

|£0.17 (${{#expr:0.17/0.35714 round 2}})

|

|

|

|

|

|₹{{#expr:(1.18*0.62)+(1.89*0.38) round 2}} (${{#expr:1.45/4.7619 round 2}}0)

|¥178 (${{#expr:178/360 round 2}})

|

1965

|

|$1.01

|£0.19 (${{#expr:0.19/0.35714 round 2}})

|

|

|

|{{nowrap|3.04 F}} (${{#expr:3.04/4.9371 round 2}})

|

|₹{{#expr:(1.23*0.65)+(1.89*0.35) round 2}} (${{#expr:1.46/4.7619 round 2}})

|¥203 (${{#expr:203/360 round 2}})

|

1966

|

|$1.09

|£0.24 (${{#expr:0.24/0.35714 round 2}})

|

|

|

|{{nowrap|3.34 F}} (${{#expr:3.34/4.9371 round 2}})

|

|₹{{#expr:(1.37*0.63)+(2.16*0.37) round 2}} (${{#expr:1.66/6.3591 round 2}})

|¥219 (${{#expr:219/360 round 2}})

|

1967

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|$1.20

|£0.22 (${{#expr:0.22/0.3621 round 2}})

|

|

|

|

|

|₹{{#expr:(1.37*0.63)+(2.16*0.37) round 2}} (${{#expr:1.66/7.5 round 2}})

|¥236 (${{#expr:236/360 round 2}})

|

1968

|

|$1.31

|£0.24 (${{#expr:0.24/0.41667 round 2}})

|

|

|

|

|{{HK$|{{#expr:(1.5+2.0+2.8+3.5+0.7+1.2+1.7+2.4)/8 round 2}}}} ({{US$|{{To USD|1.98|HKG|year=1968}}}})

| rowspan="2" | ₹{{#expr:(1.40*0.65)+(2.16*0.35) round 2}} (${{#expr:1.67/7.5 round 2}})

|¥262 (${{#expr:262/360 round 2}})

|

|

1969

|

|$1.42

|£0.27 (${{#expr:0.27/0.41667 round 2}})

|

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|

|

|

|¥295 (${{#expr:295/360 round 2}})

|

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1970

|

|$1.55

|£0.31 (${{#expr:0.31/0.41667 round 2}})

|

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| rowspan="2" | {{INRConvert|{{#expr:(1.44*0.58)+(2.50*0.42) round 2}}|year=1970|mode=historical}}

|¥324 (${{#expr:324/360 round 2}}0)

|

|

1971

|

|$1.65

|£0.34 (${{#expr:0.34/0.41092 round 2}})

|

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|

|

|¥366 (${{#expr:366/350.678 round 2}})

|

|

1972

|

|$1.70

|£0.38 (${{#expr:0.38/0.40039 round 2}})

|

|

|

|

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|{{INRConvert|{{#expr:(1.53*0.59)+(2.59*0.41) round 2}}|year=1972|mode=historical}}

|¥411 (${{#expr:411/303.173 round 2}})

|

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1973

|

|$1.77

|£0.43 (${{#expr:0.43/0.40817 round 2}})

|

|

|

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|

|{{INRConvert|{{#expr:(1.84*0.71)+(2.59*0.29) round 2}}|year=1973|mode=historical}}

|¥500 (${{#expr:500/271.702 round 2}})

|

|rowspan="3" | {{nowrap|$0.47}}{{cite journal |date=1975 |title=Cinema Going |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BvwcAQAAMAAJ |url-status=live |journal=The Asian Messenger |publisher=Center for Communication Studies, Chinese University of Hong Kong |volume=1-4 |page=2 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230118133359/https://books.google.com/books?id=BvwcAQAAMAAJ |archive-date=2023-01-18 |access-date=2020-07-18 |quote=More Russians (4.5 billion) go to the movies more times (an average of 17.7 times per person) each year than people in any other country, according to UNESCO statistics for 1973, the last year for which figures are available. Tailing the Russians are Singaporeans, 17.1 times a year, and Hong Kong people, 15.1 times a year. Italians go 10 times, Britons 2.4 times and Frenchmen 3.5 times a year. The high frequency of movie going in Russia is attributed to the low price of movie admission, the drab quality of Soviet TV and the difficulty in getting seats at a restaurant or other places of entertainment. In Russia, where a movie ticket costs about 47 US cents, there are 154,200 cinemas.}}

1974

|

|$1.87

|£0.50 (${{#expr:0.50/0.42776 round 2}})

|

|

|

|

|HK$6{{Cite book |last1=Xiao |first1=Zhiwei |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XAeGAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA45 |title=Encyclopedia of Chinese Film |last2=Zhang |first2=Yingjin |date=2002-06-01 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-1-134-74554-8 |pages=45 |access-date=2022-04-30 |archive-date=2023-01-18 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230118133359/https://books.google.com/books?id=XAeGAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA45 |url-status=live }} ({{US$|{{To USD|6|HKG|year=1974}}}})

|{{INRConvert|{{#expr:(1.98*0.64+3.10*0.36) round 2}}|year=1974|mode=historical}}

|¥631 (${{#expr:631/292.082 round 2}})

|

1975

|

|$2.05

|£0.61 (${{#expr:0.61/0.45204 round 2}})

|

|

|

|

|

|₹{{#expr:(2.03*0.65)+(3.10*0.35) round 2}}0 (${{#expr:2.40/8.3759 round 2}})

|¥751 (${{#expr:751/296.788 round 2}})

|

1976

|

|$2.13

|£0.73 (${{#expr:0.73/0.55651 round 2}})

|{{AU$|3.30|link=yes}}

|

|

|

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|{{INRConvert|{{#expr:(2.14*0.68)+(3.16*0.32) round 2}}|year=1976|mode=historical}}

|¥852 (${{#expr:852/296.553 round 2}})

|

|

1977

|

|$2.23

|£0.83 (${{#expr:0.83/0.57327 round 2}})

|A$3.50

|

|

|

|{{HK$|{{#expr:(3.5+5.5+7.0)/3 round 2}}}} ({{US$|{{To USD|5.33|HKG|year=1977}}}})

|{{INRConvert|{{#expr:(2.22*0.68)+(3.16*0.32) round 2}}|year=1977|mode=historical}}

|¥923 (${{#expr:923/268.510 round 2}})

|

|

1978

|

|$2.34

|£0.94 (${{#expr:0.94/0.52150 round 2}}0)

|A$3.50

|

|

|

|

|{{INRConvert|{{#expr:(2.22*0.68)+(3.26*0.32) round 2}}|year=1978|mode=historical}}

|¥967 (${{#expr:967/210.442 round 2}}0)

|

|

1979

|

|$2.51

|£1.13 (${{#expr:1.13/0.47218 round 2}})

|A$3.70

|¥{{#expr:(0.1+0.3)/2}}{{cite book |last1=Link |first1=Perry |title=The Uses of Literature: Life in the Socialist Chinese Literary System |date=2000 |publisher=Princeton University Press |isbn=9780691001982 |page=204 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qhBYxOitb-MC&pg=PA204 |access-date=2020-07-21 |archive-date=2023-01-18 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230118133400/https://books.google.com/books?id=qhBYxOitb-MC&pg=PA204 |url-status=live }} (${{#expr:0.2/1.555 round 2}})

|

|

|

|{{INRConvert|{{#expr:(2.49*0.72)+(3.46*0.28) round 2}}|year=1979|mode=historical}}

|¥958 (${{#expr:958/219.140 round 2}})

|

|

1980

|

|$2.69

|£1.42 (${{#expr:1.42/0.43029 round 2}}0)

|A$4.00

|¥{{#expr:(0.1+0.3)/2}} (${{#expr:0.2/1.498 round 2}})

|{{€|1.90|link=yes}} (${{#expr:1.90/0.74081 round 2}})

|{{€|2.70|link=yes}} (${{#expr:2.70/0.74081 round 2}})

|{{HK$|{{#expr:(8+10)/2}}}}{{Cite book |last=Cheuk |first=Pak Tong |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=E7mrDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA42 |title=Hong Kong New Wave Cinema (1978-2000) |date=2008-01-01 |publisher=Intellect Books |isbn=978-1-84150-225-0 |pages=42–3 |access-date=2022-04-30 |archive-date=2023-01-18 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230118133400/https://books.google.com/books?id=E7mrDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA42 |url-status=live }} ({{US$|{{To USD|9|HKG|year=1980}}}})

|{{INRConvert|{{#expr:(2.49*0.72)+(4.03*0.28) round 2}}|year=1980|mode=historical}}

|¥1,009 (${{#expr:1009/226.741 round 2}})

|

|

1981

|

|$2.78

|£1.58 (${{#expr:1.58/0.49764 round 2}})

|A$4.50

|¥{{#expr:(0.1+0.3)/2}} (${{#expr:0.2/1.705 round 2}})

|

|

|

|{{INRConvert|{{#expr:(3.10*0.77)+(4.03*0.23) round 2}}|year=1981|mode=historical}}

|¥1,093 (${{#expr:1093/220.536 round 2}})

|

|

1982

|

|$2.94

|£1.67 (${{#expr:1.67/0.57245 round 2}})

|A$5.00

|¥{{#expr:(0.1+0.3)/2}} (${{#expr:0.2/1.893 round 2}})

|

|

|HK$12 ({{US$|{{To USD|12|HKG|year=1982}}}})

|{{INRConvert|{{#expr:(3.96*0.78)+(5.08*0.22) round 2}}|year=1982|mode=historical}}

|¥1,092 (${{#expr:1092/249.077 round 2}})

|

|{{nowrap|0.50 руб}}{{cite book |title=Soviet Military Review |date=1982 |publisher=Krasnaya Zveda Publishing House |page=7 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CGrfAAAAMAAJ&pg=RA5-PA7 |access-date=2020-07-18 |archive-date=2023-01-18 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230118133400/https://books.google.com/books?id=CGrfAAAAMAAJ&pg=RA5-PA7 |url-status=live }} (${{#expr:0.50/0.699 round 2}})

1983

|

|$3.15

|£1.90 (${{#expr:1.90/0.65972 round 2}})

|A$5.60

|¥{{#expr:(0.1+0.3)/2}} (${{#expr:0.2/1.976 round 2}}0)

|

|

|HK$15 ({{US$|{{To USD|15|HKG|year=1983}}}})

|{{INRConvert|{{#expr:(3.96*0.78)+(5.08*0.22) round 2}}|year=1983|mode=historical}}

|¥1,093 (${{#expr:1093/237.512 round 2}}0)

|

|

1984

|

|$3.36

|£1.91 (${{#expr:1.91/0.75181 round 2}})

|A$5.40

|¥{{#expr:(0.1+0.3)/2}} (${{#expr:0.2/2.32 round 2}})

|

|

|HK$15 ({{US$|{{To USD|15|HKG|year=1984}}}})

|{{INRConvert|{{#expr:(3.96*0.78)+(5.08*0.22) round 2}}|year=1984|mode=historical}}

|¥1,144 (${{#expr:1144/237.523 round 2}})

|

|

1985

|

|$3.55

|£1.71 (${{#expr:1.71/0.77925 round 2}})

|A$5.40

|

|€3.10 (${{#expr:3.10/1.364917 round 2}})

|€3.70 (${{#expr:3.70/1.364917 round 2}})

|

|{{INRConvert|{{#expr:(4.12*0.78)+(5.28*0.22) round 2}}|year=1985|mode=historical}}

|¥1,118 (${{#expr:1118/238.536 round 2}})

|

|

1986

|

|$3.71

|£1.88 (${{#expr:1.88/0.6822 round 2}})

|A$5.31

|

|

|

|

|{{INRConvert|{{#expr:(3.85*0.73)+(5.28*0.27) round 2}}|year=1986|mode=historical}}

|¥1,116 (${{#expr:1116/168.52 round 2}})

|

|

1987

|

|$3.91

|£2.15 (${{#expr:2.15/0.61193 round 2}})

|A$6.16

|

|

|

|

|{{INRConvert|7|year=1987|mode=historical}}{{Cite web |last=Mahurkar |first=Uday |date=15 September 1987 |title=Faced with dwindling queues at the ticket counters, six Ahmedabad cinema houses close down |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/economy/story/19870915-faced-with-dwindling-queues-at-the-ticket-counters-six-ahmedabad-cinema-houses-close-down-799260-1987-09-15 |url-status=live |access-date=2022-05-01 |website=India Today |archive-date=2023-01-18 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230118133351/https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/economy/story/19870915-faced-with-dwindling-queues-at-the-ticket-counters-six-ahmedabad-cinema-houses-close-down-799260-1987-09-14 }}

|¥1,120 (${{#expr:1120/144.637 round 2}})

|

|

1988

|

|$4.11

|£2.30 (${{#expr:2.30/0.56217 round 2}})

|A$6.10

|¥{{#expr:(0.1+0.5)/2}}{{Cite book |last1=Grossberg |first1=Lawrence |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PDSIAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA111 |title=Cultural Studies: Volume 6 |last2=Radway |first2=Janice |date=1992-03-12 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-1-134-89303-4 |language=en |access-date=2022-04-29 |archive-date=2023-01-18 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230118133401/https://books.google.com/books?id=PDSIAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA111 |url-status=live }} ({{US$|{{To USD|0.3|CHN|year=1988}}|long=no}})

|

|

|HK$15{{Cite book |last=Chu |first=Yiu-Wai |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mCOOHHDvV_wC&pg=PA102 |title=Lost in Transition: Hong Kong Culture in the Age of China |date=2013-05-13 |publisher=State University of New York Press (SUNY Press) |isbn=978-1-4384-4647-9 |location=New York |pages=102 |access-date=2022-04-30 |archive-date=2023-01-18 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230118133400/https://books.google.com/books?id=mCOOHHDvV_wC&pg=PA102 |url-status=live }} ({{US$|{{To USD|15|HKG|year=1988}}}})

|

|¥1,118 (${{#expr:1118/128.152 round 2}})

|

|

1989

|

|$3.97

|£2.33 (${{#expr:2.33/0.61117 round 2}})

|A$6.60

|

|

|

|HK$30 ({{US$|{{To USD|30|HKG|year=1989}}}})

|

|¥1,161 (${{#expr:1161/137.964 round 2}})

|

|

1990

|

|$4.23

|£2.81 (${{#expr:2.81/0.56318 round 2}})

|A$6.61

|

|€4.20 (${{#expr:4.20/0.788742 round 2}})

|€4.50 (${{#expr:4.50/0.788742 round 2}})

|

|

|¥1,177 (${{#expr:1177/144.792 round 2}})

|

|

1991

|

|$4.21

|£3.03 (${{#expr:3.03/0.56702 round 2}})

|A$6.95

|

|

|

|

|

|¥1,181 (${{#expr:1181/134.707 round 2}})

|

|

1992

|

|$4.15

|£3.21 (${{#expr:3.21/0.56977 round 2}})

|A$7.09

|

|

|

|HK$32 (US$4.24){{Cite book |last=Dixon |first=Wheeler W. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YZxILInT83sC&pg=PA105 |title=The Second Century of Cinema: The Past and Future of the Moving Image |date=2000-03-02 |publisher=State University of New York Press (SUNY Press) |isbn=978-0-7914-4515-0 |pages=105 |access-date=2022-04-30 |archive-date=2023-01-18 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230118133402/https://books.google.com/books?id=YZxILInT83sC&pg=PA105 |url-status=live }}

|

|¥1,210 (${{#expr:1210/126.651 round 2}})

|

|

1993

|

|$4.14

|£3.21 (${{#expr:3.21/0.66676 round 2}})

|A$7.00

|

|

|

|

|{{INRConvert|{{#expr:241300000/28552000 round 2}}|year=1993|mode=historical}}{{Cite web |title=Aankhen – Movie |url=https://www.boxofficeindia.com/movie.php?movieid=3927 |url-status=live |access-date=2022-05-01 |website=Box Office India |archive-date=2022-05-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220501154050/https://www.boxofficeindia.com/movie.php?movieid=3927 }}

|¥1,252 (${{#expr:1252/111.198 round 2}})

|

|

1994

|

|$4.18

|£3.25 (${{#expr:3.25/0.65343 round 2}})

|A$7.00

| rowspan="2" |¥{{#expr:(5+10)/2}} (${{#expr:(0.59+1.19)/2}}){{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CJuehTszKuAC |title=Daily Report: China, Issues 79-87 |date=1995 |publisher=Foreign Broadcast Information Service |pages=58 |quote=Audiences pay five ($0.59) to 10 yuan ($1.19) to see a Chinese movie. |access-date=2022-04-29 |archive-date=2023-01-18 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230118133403/https://books.google.com/books?id=CJuehTszKuAC |url-status=live }}

|

|

|

|{{INRConvert|11.05|year=1994|mode=historical}}{{cite web |title=Releases 1994 |url=https://boxofficeindia.com/years.php?year=1994 |access-date=16 July 2020 |website=Box Office India |archive-date=16 July 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200716192013/https://boxofficeindia.com/years.php?year=1994 |url-status=live }}

|¥1,249 (${{#expr:1249/102.208 round 2}})

|

|

1995

|

|$4.35

|£3.48 (${{#expr:3.48/0.63367 round 2}})

|A$7.17

|€4.70 (${{#expr:4.70/0.751091 round 2}})

|€5.30 (${{#expr:5.30/0.751091 round 2}})

|HK$48.9 ({{US$|{{To USD|48.9|HKG|year=1995}}}})

|{{INRConvert|14.37|year=1995|mode=historical}}{{cite web |title=Releases 1995 |url=https://boxofficeindia.com/years.php?year=1995 |website=Box Office India |access-date=16 July 2020 |archive-date=16 July 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200716192054/https://boxofficeindia.com/years.php?year=1995 |url-status=live }}

|¥1,243 (${{#expr:1243/94.06 round 2}})

|

|

1996

|

|$4.42

|£3.70 (${{#expr:3.70/0.64096 round 2}})

|A$7.26

|

|€4.80 (${{#expr:4.80/0.775139 round 2}})

|€5.40 (${{#expr:5.40/0.775139 round 2}})

|{{US$|{{#expr:(5+7.5)/2}}}}{{Cite book |last=Zhang |first=Yingjin |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8GqGAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA262 |title=Chinese National Cinema |date=2004-08-02 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-1-134-69086-2 |pages=262 |access-date=2022-04-30 |archive-date=2023-01-18 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230118133403/https://books.google.com/books?id=8GqGAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA262 |url-status=live }}

|{{INRConvert|15.70|year=1996|mode=historical}}{{cite web |title=Releases 1996 |url=https://boxofficeindia.com/years.php?year=1996 |website=Box Office India |access-date=16 July 2020 |archive-date=17 July 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200717013648/https://boxofficeindia.com/years.php?year=1996 |url-status=live }}

|¥1,245 (${{#expr:1245/108.779 round 2}})

|

|

1997

|

|$4.59

|£4.07 (${{#expr:4.07/0.61084 round 2}})

|A$7.47

| rowspan="2" |${{#expr:(0.47+1.20)/2 round 2}}{{Cite book |last1=Moser |first1=James D. |url=http://archive.org/details/internationalmot1998jame |title=International Motion Picture Almanac, 1998 |last2=Pay |first2=William |last3=Thompson |first3=Patricia |last4=Stevens |first4=Tracy |date=1998 |publisher=Quigley Pub. Co. |isbn=978-0-900610-60-8 |location=New York |pages=741 |chapter=China |quote=Average Ticket Price: varies by province: $.47-$1.20 |access-date=6 May 2022 |chapter-url=https://archive.org/details/internationalmot1998jame/page/741 |url-access=registration |via=Internet Archive}}

|€5.00 (${{#expr:5.00/0.885013 round 2}})

|€5.30 (${{#expr:5.30/0.885013 round 2}})

|US$6.47

|{{INRConvert|17.92|year=1997|mode=historical}}{{cite web |title=Releases 1997 |url=https://boxofficeindia.com/years.php?year=1997 |website=Box Office India |access-date=16 July 2020 |archive-date=16 July 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200716183835/https://boxofficeindia.com/years.php?year=1997 |url-status=live }}

|¥1,259 (${{#expr:1259/120.991 round 2}})

|

|

1998

|

|$4.69

|£4.03 (${{#expr:4.03/0.60382 round 2}})

|A$7.87

|€5.10 (${{#expr:5.10/0.898283 round 2}})

|€5.30 (${{#expr:5.30/0.898283 round 2}}0)

| rowspan="2" |{{US$|{{#expr:(5+7.5)/2}}}}

|{{INRConvert|19.66|year=1998|mode=historical}}{{cite web |title=Releases 1998 |url=https://boxofficeindia.com/years.php?year=1998 |website=Box Office India |access-date=16 July 2020 |archive-date=16 July 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200716192040/https://boxofficeindia.com/years.php?year=1998 |url-status=live }}

|¥1,264 (${{#expr:1264/130.905 round 2}})

|

|

1999

|

|$5.08

|£4.21 (${{#expr:4.21/0.61806 round 2}})

|A$7.93

|

|€5.30 (${{#expr:5.30/0.939475 round 2}})

|€5.40 (${{#expr:5.40/0.939475 round 2}})

|₹21.51{{cite web |title=Releases 1999 |url=https://boxofficeindia.com/years.php?year=1999 |website=Box Office India |access-date=16 July 2020 |archive-date=17 July 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200717113722/https://boxofficeindia.com/years.php?year=1999 |url-status=live }} (${{#expr:21.51/43.0554 round 2}}0)

|¥1,263 (${{#expr:1263/113.907 round 2}})

|

|

2000

|

|$5.39

|£4.40 (${{#expr:4.40/0.66093 round 2}})

|A$8.39

|¥5{{Cite web |date=14 November 2000 |title=调查表明绝大多数网民认为目前国内电影票价过高 |trans-title=The survey shows that the vast majority of netizens believe that the current domestic movie ticket prices are too high |url=https://ent.sina.com.cn/m/c/22840.html |url-status=live |access-date=2022-04-30 |website=Sina.com |publisher=Sina Corporation |language=zh |archive-date=2006-06-23 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060623175325/http://ent.sina.com.cn/m/c/22840.html }} ({{US$|{{To USD|5|CHN|year=2000}}|long=no}}0)

|€5.40 (${{#expr:5.40/1.085899 round 2}})

|€5.40 (${{#expr:5.40/1.085899 round 2}})

|

|{{INRConvert|24.07|year=2000|mode=historical}}{{cite web |title=Releases 2000 |url=https://boxofficeindia.com/years.php?year=2000 |website=Box Office India |access-date=16 July 2020 |archive-date=16 July 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200716193813/https://boxofficeindia.com/years.php?year=2000 |url-status=live }}

|¥1,262 (${{#expr:1262/107.765 round 2}})

|

|

2001

|

|$5.66

|£4.14 (${{#expr:4.14/0.69466 round 2}})

|A$8.78 ({{US$|{{To USD|8.78|AUS|year=2001}}}})

|

|€5.60 (${{#expr:5.60/1.117587 round 2}})

|€5.50 (${{#expr:5.40/1.117587 round 2}})

| rowspan="2" |HK$55{{Cite book |last1=Brown |first1=Jules |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hkkeUNdw8gMC&pg=PA290 |title=Hong Kong & Macau |last2=Gardner |first2=Dinah |date=2002 |publisher=Rough Guides |isbn=978-1-85828-872-7 |pages=290 |language=en |access-date=2022-04-30 |archive-date=2023-01-18 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230118133403/https://books.google.com/books?id=hkkeUNdw8gMC&pg=PA290 |url-status=live }} ({{US$|{{To USD|55|HKG|year=2001}}}})

|{{INRConvert|26.66|year=2001|mode=historical}}{{cite web |title=Releases 2001 |url=https://boxofficeindia.com/years.php?year=2001 |website=Box Office India |access-date=16 July 2020 |archive-date=16 July 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200716191726/https://boxofficeindia.com/years.php?year=2001 |url-status=live }}

|¥1,226 (${{#expr:1226/121.529 round 2}})

| rowspan="6" |Dh 30

|

2002

|

|$5.81

|£4.29 (${{To USD|4.29|GBR|year=2002}})

|A$9.13

|

|

|

|{{INRConvert|29.98|year=2002|mode=historical}}{{cite web |title=Releases 2002 |url=https://boxofficeindia.com/years.php?year=2002 |website=Box Office India |access-date=16 July 2020 |archive-date=17 July 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200717015734/https://boxofficeindia.com/years.php?year=2002 |url-status=live }}

|¥1,224 (${{To USD|1224|JPN|year=2002}})

|

2003

|

|$6.03

|£4.44 (${{#expr:4.44/0.61247 round 2}})

|A$9.64

|

|

|

|

|{{INRConvert|35.77|year=2003|mode=historical}}{{cite web |title=Releases 2003 |url=https://boxofficeindia.com/years.php?year=2003 |website=Box Office India |access-date=16 July 2020 |archive-date=17 July 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200717021134/https://boxofficeindia.com/years.php?year=2003 |url-status=live }}

|¥1,252 (${{#expr:1252/115.933 round 2}})

|

2004

|

|$6.21

|£4.49 (${{#expr:4.49/0.54618 round 2}})

|A$9.92

|

|

|

|

|{{INRConvert|42.14|year=2004|mode=historical}}{{cite web |title=Releases 2004 |url=https://boxofficeindia.com/years.php?year=2004 |website=Box Office India |access-date=16 July 2020 |archive-date=17 July 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200717015801/https://boxofficeindia.com/years.php?year=2004 |url-status=live }}

|¥1,240 (${{#expr:1240/108.193 round 2}})

|

2005

|

|$6.41

|£4.71 (${{#expr:4.71/0.55 round 2}})

|A$9.94

|¥12.7 (${{#expr:12.7/8.194 round 2}})

|

|€5.90 (${{#expr:5.90/0.805097 round 2}})

|

|{{INRConvert|49.16|year=2005|mode=historical}}{{cite web |title=Releases 2005 |url=https://boxofficeindia.com/years.php?year=2005 |website=Box Office India |access-date=16 July 2020 |archive-date=17 July 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200717205438/https://boxofficeindia.com/years.php?year=2005 |url-status=live }}

|¥1,235 (${{#expr:1235/110.218 round 2}})

|

2006

|

|$6.55

|£4.87 (${{#expr:4.87/0.54349 round 2}})

|A$10.37

|¥14.9 (${{#expr:14.9/7.973 round 2}})

|

|€5.90 (${{#expr:5.90/0.797153 round 2}}0)

|US$7

|{{INRConvert|53.91|year=2006|mode=historical}}{{cite web |title=Releases 2006 |url=https://boxofficeindia.com/years.php?year=2006 |website=Box Office India |access-date=16 July 2020 |archive-date=17 July 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200717023928/https://boxofficeindia.com/years.php?year=2006 |url-status=live }}

|¥1,233 (${{#expr:1233/116.299 round 2}}0)

|

2007

|

|$6.88

|£5.05 (${{#expr:5.05/0.49977 round 2}}0)

|A$10.57

|¥16.9 (${{#expr:16.9/7.608 round 2}})

|

|€5.90 (${{#expr:5.90/0.730754 round 2}})

|US$6.70

|{{INRConvert|60.73|year=2007|mode=historical}}{{cite web |title=Releases 2007 |url=https://boxofficeindia.com/years.php?year=2007 |website=Box Office India |access-date=16 July 2020 |archive-date=16 July 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200716201847/https://boxofficeindia.com/years.php?year=2007 |url-status=live }}

|¥1,216 (${{#expr:1216/117.754 round 2}})

|Dh 35 ($7.90)

|

2008

|

|$7.18

|£5.20 (${{To USD|5.20|GBR|year=2008}})

|A$11.17

|¥20.1 (${{To USD|20.1|CHN|year=2008}})

|

|€6 (${{To USD|6|FRA|year=2008}})

|US$7

|₹69.76{{cite web |title=Releases 2008 |url=https://boxofficeindia.com/years.php?year=2008 |website=Box Office India |access-date=16 July 2020 |archive-date=17 July 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200717080036/https://boxofficeindia.com/years.php?year=2008 |url-status=live }} (${{To USD|69.76|IND|year=2008}}0)

|¥1,214 (${{To USD|1214|JPN|year=2008}})

|$8.40

|

2009

|

|$7.50

|£5.44 (${{To USD|5.44|GBR|year=2009}})

|A$11.99

|¥23.5 (${{To USD|23.5|CHN|year=2009}})

|

|€6.14

|US$7.30

|{{INRConvert|78.63|year=2009|mode=historical}}{{cite web |title=Releases 2009 |url=https://boxofficeindia.com/years.php?year=2009 |website=Box Office India |access-date=16 July 2020 |archive-date=17 July 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200717014105/https://boxofficeindia.com/years.php?year=2009 |url-status=live }}

|¥1,217 (${{To USD|1217|JPN|year=2009}})

|$5.30

|

2010

|

|$7.89

|£5.95 (${{#expr:5.95/0.64718 round 2}})

|A$12.26

|¥35.1 (${{#expr:35.1/6.77 round 2}})

|

| €6.33

|US$7.70

|{{INRConvert|88.60|year=2010|mode=historical}}{{cite web |title=Releases 2010 |url=https://boxofficeindia.com/years.php?year=2010 |website=Box Office India |access-date=16 July 2020 |archive-date=17 July 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200717013720/https://boxofficeindia.com/years.php?year=2010 |url-status=live }}

|¥1,266 (${{#expr:1266/87.78 round 2}})

|$7.20

|

2011

|

|$7.93

|£6.06 (${{To USD|6.06|GBR|year=2011}})

|A$12.87

|¥35.4 (${{To USD|35.4|CHN|year=2011}})

|

|€6.33

|

|₹95.48{{cite web |title=Releases 2011 |url=https://boxofficeindia.com/years.php?year=2011 |website=Box Office India |access-date=16 July 2020 |archive-date=16 July 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200716184712/https://boxofficeindia.com/years.php?year=2011 |url-status=live }} (${{To USD|95.48|IND|year=2011}})

|¥1,252 (${{To USD|1252|JPN|year=2011}})

|$8.80

|

2012

|

|$7.96

|£6.37 (${{To USD|6.37|GBR|year=2012}})

|A$13.10

|¥36.3 (${{To USD|36.3|CHN|year=2012}})

|

|€6.42

|US$8.10

|₹101.74{{cite web |title=Releases 2012 |url=https://boxofficeindia.com/years.php?year=2012 |website=Box Office India |access-date=16 July 2020 |archive-date=16 July 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200716183918/https://boxofficeindia.com/years.php?year=2012 |url-status=live }}

|¥1,258 (${{To USD|1258|JPN|year=2012}})

|$11

|

2013

|

|$8.13

|£6.53 (${{To USD|6.53|GBR|year=2013}}0)

|A$13.41

|¥35.6 (${{To USD|35.6|CHN|year=2013}})

|

|€6.46

|US$8.40

|₹109.75{{cite web |title=Releases 2013 |url=https://boxofficeindia.com/years.php?year=2013 |website=Box Office India |access-date=16 July 2020 |archive-date=16 July 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200716223616/https://boxofficeindia.com/years.php?year=2013 |url-status=live }}

|¥1,246

|$11.30

|

2014{{cite web |title=Cinema ticket price |url=https://www.nationmaster.com/country-info/stats/Cost-of-living/Cinema-ticket-price/International-release |website=NationMaster |access-date=20 June 2020 |archive-date=10 February 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190210044612/https://www.nationmaster.com/country-info/stats/Cost-of-living/Cinema-ticket-price/International-release |url-status=live }}

|$4.74

|$8.17

|£6.72 ($13.30)

|A$13.68

|¥35.7 (${{To USD|35.7|CHN|year=2014}})

|

|€6.38 ($12.29)

|US$8.50

|₹117.89{{cite web |title=Releases 2014 |url=https://boxofficeindia.com/years.php?year=2014 |website=Box Office India |access-date=16 July 2020 |archive-date=27 July 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200727123804/https://boxofficeindia.com/years.php?year=2014 |url-status=live }} ($3.22)

|¥1,285 ($17.67)

|

|

2015

|$4.86

|$8.43

|£7.21

|A$13.60

|¥35

|

|€6.48

|US$10.70

|₹125.97{{cite web |title=Releases 2015 |url=https://boxofficeindia.com/years.php?year=2015 |website=Box Office India |access-date=16 July 2020 |archive-date=28 December 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171228200649/http://www.boxofficeindia.com/years.php?year=2015 |url-status=live }}

|¥1,303

|$11.60

|

2016

|$4.99

|$8.65

|£7.41

|A$13.80

|¥35{{cite news |title=Box Office Revenue In China: How It Works |url=http://chinafilminsider.com/box-office-revenue-china-works/ |access-date=20 February 2019 |work=China Film Insider |date=15 February 2017 |archive-date=21 February 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190221112113/http://chinafilminsider.com/box-office-revenue-china-works/ |url-status=live }}

|

|€6.51

|US$9.80

|₹131.57{{cite web |title=Releases 2016 |url=https://boxofficeindia.com/years.php?year=2016 |website=Box Office India |access-date=16 July 2020 |archive-date=14 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220314181750/https://boxofficeindia.com/years.php?year=2016 |url-status=live }}

|¥1,307

|

|

2017

|$5.11

|$8.97

|£7.49

|A$14.13

|¥34.5

|

|€6.60

|

|₹134.38{{cite web |title=Releases 2017 |url=https://boxofficeindia.com/years.php?year=2017 |website=Box Office India |access-date=16 July 2020 |archive-date=8 August 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220808124431/https://boxofficeindia.com/years.php?year=2017 |url-status=live }}

|¥1,310

|

|

2018

|$5.16

|$9.11

|£7.22

|A$13.86

|¥35.3{{Cite web |date=January 2023 |title=Average cinema ticket price in China from 2015 to 2022 (in yuan) |url=https://www.statista.com/statistics/1238058/china-average-movie-ticket-price/ |access-date=2023-09-14 |website=Statista}}

|

|

|

|

|¥1,315

|

|

2019

|

|$9.01

|£7.11

|A$14.50

|¥37.1

|

|

|

|

|¥1,340

|

|

2020

|

|$9.37

|£6.75

|A$14.23

|¥37

|

|

|

|

|¥1,350

|

|

2021

|

|

|£7.52

|A$15.24

|¥40.3 (${{To USD|40.3|CHN|year=2021}})

|

|

|

|

|¥1,410

|

|

2022

|

|

|£7.69

|A$16.26

|¥42.1

|

|

|

|

|¥1,402

|

|

Distributor rentals

Box-office figures are reported in the form of either gross receipts or distributor rentals, the latter being especially true of older films. Commonly mistaken for home video revenue, the rentals are the distributor's share of the film's theatrical revenue i.e. the box office gross less the exhibitor's cut.{{cite book |last=Cones |first=John W. |title=The feature film distribution deal: a critical analysis of the single most important film industry agreement |publisher=Southern Illinois University Press |year=1997 |isbn=978-0-8093-2082-0 |page=[https://books.google.com/books?id=EoeJ7VmwnDIC&pg=PA41 41] |quote=Distributor rentals: It is also important to know and recognize the difference between the distributor's gross receipts and the gross rentals. The term "rentals" refers to the aggregate amount of the film distributor's share of monies paid at theatre box offices computed on the basis of negotiated agreements between the distributor and the exhibitor. Note that gross receipts refers to amounts actually received and from all markets and media, whereas gross rentals refers to amounts earned from theatrical exhibition only, regardless of whether received by the distributor. Thus, gross receipts is the much broader term and includes distributor rentals. The issue of film rentals (i.e., what percentage of a film's box office gross comes back to the distributor) is of key importance...More current numbers suggest that distributor rentals for the major studio/distributor released films average in the neighborhood of 43% of box office gross. Again, however, such an average is based on widely divergent distributor rental ratios on individual films.}}{{cite book |last=Marich |first=Robert |title=Marketing to moviegoers: a handbook of strategies used by major studios and independents |publisher=Southern Illinois University Press |edition=2 |year=2009 |orig-date=1st. pub. Focal Press:2005 |isbn=978-0-8093-2884-0 |page=[https://books.google.com/books?id=_6USFaYxyeUC&pg=PA252 252] |quote=Rentals are the distributors' share of the box office gross and typically set by a complex, two-part contract.}} Historically, the rental price averaged at 30–40% when the distributors owned the theater chains, equating to just over a third of the gross being paid to the distributor of the film.{{cite book |last=Balio |first=Tino |title=The American film industry |publisher=University of Wisconsin Press |year=2005 |isbn=978-0-299-09874-2 |page=[https://books.google.com/books?id=OBpDf_uUp30C&pg=PA296 296] |quote=Film Rentals as Percent of Volume of Business (1939): 36.4}} {{As of|1997}}, rental fees varied greatly, depending on a number of factors, with films from the major studios averaging 43% of gross receipts.

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|+ Annual rentals % of box office gross receipts

! Year

! United States{{cite book |last1=Vogel |first1=Harold L. |chapter=Table 3.4. Motion picture theater industry statistics, 1965-2009 |title=Entertainment Industry Economics: A Guide for Financial Analysis |date=2010 |publisher=Cambridge University Press |isbn=978-1-139-49732-9 |pages=88–9 |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BfyFFCyRvX0C&pg=PA88 |access-date=2020-07-08 |archive-date=2023-01-18 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230118133403/https://books.google.com/books?id=BfyFFCyRvX0C&pg=PA88 |url-status=live }}

! United States and Canada

! Japan{{cite web |title=Statistics of Film Industry in Japan (Year 1955–1999) |url=http://www.eiren.org/statistics_e/index.html |website=Eiren |publisher=Motion Picture Producers Association of Japan |access-date=17 February 2019 |archive-date=5 May 2005 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050505192057/http://www.eiren.org/statistics_e/index.html |url-status=live }}

1939

|36.4%

|{{N/A}}

|{{N/A}}

1955

|{{N/A}}

|{{N/A}}

|{{#expr:31916/54657*100 round 1}}%

1956

|{{N/A}}

|{{N/A}}

|{{#expr:34837/61899*100 round 1}}%

1957

|{{N/A}}

|{{N/A}}

|{{#expr:37588/68153*100 round 1}}%

1958

|{{N/A}}

|{{N/A}}

|{{#expr:39406/72346*100 round 1}}%

1959

|{{N/A}}

|{{N/A}}

|{{#expr:39123/71141*100 round 1}}.0%

1960

|{{N/A}}

|{{N/A}}

|{{#expr:39731/72798*100 round 1}}%

1961

|{{N/A}}

|{{N/A}}

|{{#expr:38869/73003*100 round 1}}%

1962

|{{N/A}}

|{{N/A}}

|{{#expr:38096/75983*100 round 1}}%

1963

|{{N/A}}

|{{N/A}}

|{{#expr:36715/77734*100 round 1}}%

1964

|{{N/A}}

|{{N/A}}

|{{#expr:34324/76937*100 round 1}}%

1965

|27.6%

|29.8%

|{{#expr:33758/75506*100 round 1}}%

1966

|{{N/A}}

|{{N/A}}

|{{#expr:31992/75750*100 round 1}}%

1967

|{{N/A}}

|{{N/A}}

|{{#expr:32312/78943*100 round 1}}%

1968

|{{N/A}}

|{{N/A}}

|{{#expr:32963/82026*100 round 1}}%

1969

|{{N/A}}

|{{N/A}}

|{{#expr:33423/83805*100 round 1}}%

1970

|26.7%

|28.6%

|{{#expr:31112/82488*100 round 1}}%

1971

|{{N/A}}

|{{N/A}}

|{{#expr:30413/79280*100 round 1}}%

1972

|{{N/A}}

|{{N/A}}

|{{#expr:28719/76971*100 round 1}}%

1973

|{{N/A}}

|{{N/A}}

|{{#expr:35212/92682*100 round 1}}.0%

1974

|{{N/A}}

|{{N/A}}

|{{#expr:44484/117107*100 round 1}}.0%

1975

|29.7%

|32.7%

|{{#expr:51536/130750*100 round 1}}%

1976

|28.3%

|31.3%

|{{#expr:56807/145709*100 round 1}}.0%

1977

|36.6%

|39.4%

|{{#expr:60769/152373*100 round 1}}%

1978

|42.4%

|45.3%

|{{#expr:66113/160509*100 round 1}}%

1979

|37.8%

|40.5%

|{{#expr:61613/158177*100 round 1}}.0%

1980

|43.0%

|46.4%

|{{#expr:63454/165918*100 round 1}}%

1981

|39.2%

|42.2%

|{{#expr:61820/163259*100 round 1}}%

1982

|38.9%

|41.8%

|{{#expr:65268/169522*100 round 1}}%

1983

|34.5%

|37.0%

|{{#expr:78773/186300*100 round 1}}%

1984

|32.6%

|35.3%

|{{#expr:68206/172202*100 round 1}}%

1985

|29.6%

|31.6%

|{{#expr:69375/173438*100 round 1}}.0%

1986

|30.7%

|33.1%

|{{#expr:72636/179428*100 round 1}}%

1987

|29.3%

|31.5%

|{{#expr:63736/161155*100 round 1}}%

1988

|31.7%

|34.5%

|{{#expr:65525/161921*100 round 1}}%

1989

|35.4%

|38.4%

|{{#expr:67155/166681*100 round 1}}%

1990

|36.4%

|39.4%

|{{#expr:71082/171910*100 round 1}}%

1991

|38.5%

|41.3%

|{{#expr:66534/163378*100 round 1}}%

1992

|41.2%

|43.8%

|{{#expr:62361/152000*100 round 1}}.0%

1993

|38.8%

|41.3%

|{{#expr:71811/163700*100 round 1}}%

1994

|37.8%

|40.2%

|{{#expr:64152/153590*100 round 1}}%

1995

|43.6%

|45.6%

|{{#expr:68473/157865*100 round 1}}%

1996

|40.9%

|43.4%

|{{#expr:63338/148870*100 round 1}}%

1997

|41.5%

|44.2%

|{{#expr:78522/177197*100 round 1}}%

1998

|40.1%

|42.6%

|{{#expr:87360/193499*100 round 1}}%

1999

|41.9%

|44.7%

|{{#expr:82794/182835*100 round 1}}%

2000

|37.2%

|39.7%

|{{N/A}}

See also

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References

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