Why Aren't You Going To The Movies? 2014 Ticket Purchase Numbers The Lowest In Two Decades

2014 had a lot to offer moviegoers: Blockbuster sequels, challenging dramas, adventurous indies, and out there arthouse efforts. But one thing it didn't have was the audience to see these films. According to early figures, purchased cinema tickets were at a two-decade low in 2014, with 1.26 billion sold in North America (the last time the number was that low was in 1994, when theater patrons bought 1.24 billion tickets). Granted, that's still a lot of people eager for the big screen experience, but it seems a not insignificant portion of the population didn't make the effort in 2014, and we'd reckon both studios and theater owners are concerned. 

Seemingly surefire blockbusters like "The Amazing Spider-Man 2," "Transformers: Age of Extinction" (which earned over $1 billion worldwide), and "The Hunger Games: Mockingjay—Part 1" still raked in cash, but failed to earn as much as their predecessors at the domestic box office. Clearly, the foreign box...