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    Press Play with Madeleine Brand

    Why Aren’t Young People Going to the Movies Like They Used To?

    The film “Finding Dory” is expected to bring in a massive $115 million for Disney when it opens this weekend. That is a lot of money, but impressive opening weekend numbers like that obscure the fact that the number of movie tickets sold this year is down, especially among younger people.

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    By Madeleine Brand • Jun 17, 2016 • 1 min read

    The film “Finding Dory” is expected to bring in a massive $115 million for Disney when it opens this weekend. That is a lot of money, but impressive opening weekend numbers like that obscure the fact that the number of movie tickets sold this year is down, especially among younger people. Why aren’t millennials going to movie theaters as much as young people of decades past?

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      Madeleine Brand

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    California Funds Gun Violence Research Center
    1. 0:00California Researches Gun Violence
    2. 12:33Tree Deaths, Fires and the Drought
    3. 22:05The End of An Era for Times Mirror Square?
    4. 29:07Friday Film Roundup
    5. 40:37Why Aren’t Young People Going to the Movies Like They Used To?You’re reading this
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