Dinner and a ... DVD?

The following medianote was presented on Wednesday, Jan. 9.

Today's medianote came from a recent Los Angeles Times article about movie box office revenues and attendance at movie theaters. Here's the big picture: the number of tickets sold is down versus five years ago, but in 2007 movie ticket revenues increased a bit due to higher prices. However, the article provided a good jumping off point for a discussion about whether going out to the movies is a slowly dying pastime in the U.S.