The line graphs provide information about the cinema attendance and spending on cinema tickets between 1980 and 2015, with the former given in percentages and the latter in AUD. Overall, both cinema attendance and expenditure on tickets followed an upward trend, with the former experiencing a more significant change. Additionally, the cinema attendance increased, albeit at varying rates.
Focusing on cinema attendance first, the figure started at around 34% in 1980, after which it rose moderately, reaching 43% by 1990, and this was followed by a further increase to 52% in 2000. After dropping to just under 50% in 2005, a noticeable rise was observed in cinema attendance, peaking at 72% in 2010, despite decreasing slightly to almost 70% in the final year.
Regarding the expenditure on cinema tickets, the figure followed a similar pattern. Starting at 200 AUD in 1980, the spending on cinema tickets underwent a considerable rise to just over 400 AUD by 1990. In addition, the figure remained stable at 400 AUD over the next 15 years, after which it increased sharply between 2010 and 2015, finishing at over 1200 AUD in the final year.
