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| Box office rebound - Variety 3/6/07 Box office rebound 1.45 billion tickets sold in U.S. in 2006
By Ian Mohr
Variety
March 6, 2007 Quote:
The Motion Picture Association of America unveiled stats Tuesday revealing that U.S. box office rebounded in 2006, up 5.5% to finish the year at $9.49 billion in revenues, as compared to $8.99 billion in 2005.
Additionally, MPAA said that 1.45 billion movie tickets were sold in the U.S. in 2006, ending a three-year downward trend in ticket sales.
Org added that foreign auds helped boost B.O. to an all-time high of $25.8 billion. That mark was up 11% from 2005, when global B.O. hit $23.3 billion.
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