They can use the gift certificates for the movie ticket and snacks.

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But that doesn't mean he can stop innovating in the company's animation technologies to meet the changing tastes of consumers, who want ever more wow when they pay for a movie ticket.

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And those that did ended up competing for movie screens and ticket sales with 600 movies released in 2006.

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The film had more than 1, 500 midnight screening sellouts in the United States and finished as the No. 2 all-time movie for advance ticket sales at MovieTickets.com.

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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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When location manager John Latenser found the right Nebraska house for the 2002 movie "About Schmidt, " the elderly resident asked for a plane ticket to visit her daughter in Baltimore.

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For less than the cost of one movie ticket per month your whole family can stream thousands of movies and TV shows.

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Even stranger, 1 percent listed "lead actress" as their reason for buying a ticket -- and that 1 percent gave the movie a harsh "B-" grade.

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Alternatively it could be co-hosting premieres, or your products as prizes for those with proof of advance ticket purchase to bring a group of their friends to the movie, the first week it is out.

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