User:JM.Beaubourg/subarticles/Movie Ticket Price Inflation

Adjusting box office results for movie ticket price inflation.

Average Ticket Price

This list is taken from Box Office Mojo (on February 28, 2007). They cite the MPAA as source.

year	ticket price in US$
2007	6.58 US$
2005	6.40 US$
2004	6.21 US$
2003	6.03 US$
2002	6.58 US$
2001	5.81 US$
2000	5.39 US$
1999	5.08 US$
1998	4.69 US$
1997	4.59 US$
1996	4.42 US$
1995	4.35 US$
1994	4.18 US$
1993	4.14 US$
1992	4.15 US$
1991	4.21 US$
1990	4.23 US$
1989	3.97 US$
1988	4.11 US$
1987	3.91 US$
1986	3.71 US$
1985	3.55 US$
1984	3.36 US$
1983	3.15 US$
1982	2.94 US$
1981	2.78 US$
1980	2.69 US$
1979	2.51 US$
1978	2.34 US$
1977	2.23 US$
1976	2.13 US$
1975	2.05 US$
1974	1.87 US$
1973	1.77 US$
1972	1.70 US$
1971	1.65 US$
1970	1.55 US$
1969	1.42 US$
1968	1.31 US$
1967	1.20 US$
1966	1.09 US$
1965	1.01 US$
1964	0.93 US$
1963	0.85 US$
1962	0.70 US$
1961	0.69 US$
1960	??? US$
1959	0.51 US$
1958	??? US$
1957	??? US$
1956	0.50 US$
1955	??? US$
1954	0.45 US$
1953	0.60 US$
1952	??? US$
1951	0.53 US$
1950	??? US$

See also

• inflation
• consumer price index
• list of highest-grossing films

External links

Movie business

• All Time Top Movies in the United States Since 1977 (Inflation Adjusted) at The Numbers
• All Time Box Office Adjusted for Ticket Price Inflation at Box Office Mojo
• Adjusting for Movie Ticket Price Inflation at Box Office Mojo

Economics

• United States Bureau of Labor Statistics Consumer Price Index homepage
• Current Value of Old Money - discusses changes in the value of money over time.
• Various inflation calculators - US Dollars (1790-2005), UK pounds (1830-2004), price of gold (1257-2001)
• US Inflation calculator - Based on consumer price indexes (1800-2005).

Lists

Star Trek movies

Adjusted for 2007 (using [1], [2] and [3] on February 28, 2007):

movie title	release date	actual domestic B.O.	inflation adjusted B.O.
Star Trek: The Motion Picture	7 December 1979	82 mio US$	213 mio US$
Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan	4 June 1982	80 mio US$	176 mio US$
Star Trek III: The Search for Spock	1 June 1984	76 mio US$	148 mio US$
Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home	26 November 1986	110 mio US$	191 mio US$
Star Trek V: The Final Frontier	9 June 1989	52 mio US$	85 mio US$
Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country	6 December 1991	75 mio US$	116 mio US$
Star Trek: Generations	18 November 1994	76 mio US$	120 mio US$
Star Trek: First Contact	22 November 1996	92 mio US$	135 mio US$
Star Trek: Insurrection	11 December 1998	70 mio US$	96 mio US$
Star Trek: Nemesis	13 December 2002	43 mio US$	48 mio US$