We went to the movies tonight as a family to see Narnia - Prince Caspian. I thought it was a good movie and it was fine for Ian, however, the girls are another story. Emily was alternately scared, board or sleepy and Sarah was sad every time someone died {even the bad guys}. What I couldn't get over was the price we paid for our tickets {apparently paying almost $4 for gas has started a hyper awareness and irritation to how much we are paying for things}. The tickets were $10 per adult {luckily I had tickets I bought form Costco for $7.50) and the kids tickets were $7 each. I asked him if the Bridgeport theatre was more expensive or were all the theatres charging that price. Turns out Bridgeport charges more for its movies. I will have to keep that in mind next time we go. I remember years ago {and I really mean years ago} I was on a layover in New York and a bunch of us went to the movies to see A Fish Called Wanda {I said it was LONG ago} and we paid $10 to see a movie and I was shocked because at the time I wasn't even paying $5 on the west coast. I wonder what they are paying now? I couldn't help myself and I checked to see if I could find out the average movie ticket price and I found a list that went all the way back to 1948 when they paid a whooping .38.

AVERAGE U.S. TICKET PRICES

Year      Price
2007   $6.88
2006     6.55
2005     6.41
2004     6.21
2003     6.03
2002     5.80
2001      5.65
2000     5.39
1999      5.06
1998      4.69
1997      4.59
1996      4.42
1995      4.35
1994      4.08
1993      4.14
1992      4.15

1991      4.21

1990     4.22
1989     3.99
1988     4.11
1987     3.91
1986     3.71
1985     3.55
1984     3.36
1983     3.15
1982     2.94
1981     2.78
1980    2.69
1979     2.47
1978     2.34
1977     2.23
1976     2.13
1975     2.03
1974     1.89
1971     1.65
1967    1.22
1963     .86
1958     .68
1954     .49
1948     .36