Mediagazer: Global Ticket Sales for Movies Rise 6% (Michael Cieply/New York Times)

11:05 PM ET, March 21, 2013

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Michael Cieply / New York Times:

Global Ticket Sales for Movies Rise 6% — LOS ANGELES — Movie ticket sales around the world rose 6 percent last year, to $34.7 billion from $32.6 billion in 2011, as China became the world's second-biggest market for theatrical films after the United States, according to statistics released …

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