[hinterlands]

> All the 'box office records' since then are the result of charging way more to a continually plummeting audience size.

I don't think that going to the movies has gotten more expensive in real terms. It's just that the records are usually not adjusted for inflation, so a film with the same audience and the same inflation-adjusted admission price will appear to make 80% more at the box office compared to 2002.

[IAmBroom]

In fact... it looks like they've slightly dropped.

https://www.reddit.com/r/boxoffice/comments/14kznfv/movie_ti...

[xnorswap]

Dropped? You've produced a graph showing they've been on the increase for the past 30 years.