C-144 Part 4: Case Studies
Exhibit 4U.S. Demographic & Admission Trends2014 Admissions2014 PopulationEst. 2035 PopulationChange
2014 − 2035ProjectionsAge Segment% of Tickets PurchasedAdmissions Per Capita% of Frequent Movie Goers1# (mil.)%# (mil.)%# (mil.)%# Increase per existing screen2New annual admissions per screen3% of New Admissions2 to 11 yrs12%3.37%43.214%50.013%6.816%17056310%12 to 17 yrs14%6.415%25.48%30.68%5.321%13284315%18 to 24 yrs16%6.219%31.110%35.79%4.615%11470813%25 to 39 yrs20%3.719%64.421%73.319%8.914%22382715%40 to 49 yrs13%3.615%41.913%48.713%6.816%17061111%50 to 59 yrs12%3.111%43.914%43.812%(0.1)0%−2−70%60 yrs+13%2.414%63.720%97.326%33.653%8392,01336%100%Simple Avg. = 4.1U.S. Avg. = 3.7100%313.6100%379.5100%65.819%1,6465,55814%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.