Thursday 9 May 2019

Movies are as popular as ever, but rising ticket prices may be shutting many people out of the cinema

The UK cinema association announced late in 2018 that movie admissions were on course to hit 176m for the year, 6m more than in 2017 and the highest since the 1970s when blockbusters such as Star Wars and Jaws had people queuing round the block. This in an era of streaming, online sharing platforms and on-demand, on-the-go access to virtually any film, anywhere.

* This article was originally published here