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# [Box Office Ticket Sales Had an Overall Decrease in 2019](https://www.nationalinvestornetwork.com/consumer-services/box-office-ticket-sales-had-an-overall-decrease-in-2019)

 Written by [Haley Moore](https://www.nationalinvestornetwork.com/consumer-services/author/haley-moore) | Dec 29, 2019 2:46:13 AM

Movie ticket sales in 2019 [decreased by 4 percent from 2018.](https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/22/movies/star-wars-box-office.html)

Although sales were down this year, it is not the biggest blow to the movie industry. They played a fair game against streaming services releasing their own content and movies. 

**David Gross, Franchise Entertainment Research, explains, **“It’s hard to know if this is a secular, permanent phenomenon related to audience viewing habits or movie title-specific."

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