A Look at the First Five Months

First five months of 1993 (through May 31): $1.68 billion

329 million tickets

based on a Times projected average ticket price of $5.10

First five months of 1992 (through May 31): $1.77 billion

350 million tickets

based on average ticket price of $5.05

Memorial Day weekend 1993: 17.2 million tickets

Memorial Day weekend 1992: 18.6 million tickets

While Memorial Day weekend was the second best on record in terms of movie grosses, attendance still fell 5% from 1992 and has been off throughout the year thus far, the continuation of a three-year trend.

SOURCE: MPAA and five-month box-office grosses from Entertainment Data Inc.