With the exception of Spain and Italy, the two countries hit the worst by the economic downturn, 2011 was a record high year for gross box office movie ticket sales despite the increasing number of legal streaming and rental VOD offers online.
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First, we halved the box office of each film (to approximate the studio's share of ticket sales) and added those numbers to calculate gross box office.
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Despite a slow opening two weeks ago, Shrek held onto the No. 1 spot last weekend amid the worst Memorial Day ticket sales in nine years, according to Box Office Mojo.
To calculate our payback figures, we took half of each film's worldwide box office (to roughly approximate the studio's cut of each ticket).
To determine payback figures, we first calculated the movie's gross income by subtracting the movie's budget (excluding the actor's compensation) from half of each film's worldwide box office (to roughly approximate the studio's cut of each ticket).
Ticket sales for The Enchanted Forest have broken all previous box office records, according to the company behind the event.
In South Korea, ticket sales to local movies accounted for about 10% or 20% of box-office revenue in the 1990s.
Nolan's box office figures have been achieved without the financial fillip of 3D cinema screenings, which incur a higher ticket price.
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After adjusting grosses to reflect changed ticket prices (as in the chart below), five of the top 25 box office earners have won the top award.
Helping the box office was the increasing percentage of movies that came in the 3D and IMAX formats as they bumped up ticket prices.
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Charing Cross Theatre said it was not reasonable to require them to include the commission fee in ticket prices because the website also gave theatre-goers the option to book in person at the box office, where no commission was payable.
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