C-144 Part 4: Case Studies
Exhibit 4
U.S. Demographic & Admission Trends
2014 Admissions
2014 Population
Est. 2035 Population
Change
2014 − 2035
Projections
Age Segment
% of Tickets Purchased
Admissions Per Capita
% of Frequent Movie Goers
1
# (mil.)
%
# (mil.)
%
# (mil.)
%
# Increase per existing screen
2
New annual admissions per screen
3
% of New Admissions
2 to 11 yrs
12%
3.3
7%
43.2
14%
50.0
13%
6.8
16%
170
563
10%
12 to 17 yrs
14%
6.4
15%
25.4
8%
30.6
8%
5.3
21%
132
843
15%
18 to 24 yrs
16%
6.2
19%
31.1
10%
35.7
9%
4.6
15%
114
708
13%
25 to 39 yrs
20%
3.7
19%
64.4
21%
73.3
19%
8.9
14%
223
827
15%
40 to 49 yrs
13%
3.6
15%
41.9
13%
48.7
13%
6.8
16%
170
611
11%
50 to 59 yrs
12%
3.1
11%
43.9
14%
43.8
12%
(0.1)
0%
−2
−7
0%
60 yrs+
13%
2.4
14%
63.7
20%
97.3
26%
33.6
53%
839
2,013
36%
100%
Simple Avg. = 4.1U.S. Avg. = 3.7
100%
313.6
100%
379.5
100%
65.8
19%
1,646
5,558
14%
Notes:
Source: Data: US Census (2008), https://www.census.gov/population/projections/data/national/2008/downloadablefiles.html and author estimates.
1 Frequent movie goer defined by MPAA as one who attends the cinema at least once per month. 2 Based on 2014’s 40,000 screens, actual # (not in mil.). 3 Based on 2014 per capita admission rates by age group.