Throughout 2024, movie theaters across the United States and Canada sold about 823 million tickets, down from just over 830 million tickets in the previous year. Yet the 2023 figures corresponds to around two-thirds of the nearly 1.23 billion movie tickets sold in 2019.
Number of movie tickets sold in the United States and Canada from 2001 to 2024
(in millions)
Characteristic
Number of tickets sold in millions
2024
823.09
2023
829.96
2022
702.46
2021
443.93
2020
219.99
2019
1,225.3
2018
1,311.4
2017
1,225.63
2016
1,302.61
2015
1,323.28
2014
1,257.28
2013
1,339.17
2012
1,377.2
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