2014 was the worst year for movie ticket sales in two decades

The number 1.26 billion might not seem like a small number, but that’s the smallest that movie theater ticket sales have been since 1995, where the number was around 1.21 billion. While many would say that the rise of piracy and legitimate online streaming services may have taken a bite out of ticket sales, the sales numbers have historically fluctuated this way due to the varying popularity of blockbusters released every year.