Film Industry By the Numbers
Click twice on the photo at left to check out a really amazing graphic. It breaks down the 2009 domestic and worldwide box office revenue by various categories: rating, studio, audience demographic, etc.
A couple of interesting things to note? Only one Rated R film made it into the echelons of top-grossing movies, and that was “The Hangover.” Also, people went to the movie theater five times more often in 2009 than to amusement parks, and ten times more often than to sporting events.
