only respondents who reported having each concession "almost always" or "sometimes" while watching films in theaters
Method of interview
Online survey
Supplementary notes
ÌÇÐÄÆÆ½â°æ calculated the figures based on the source's data.
The source defined each generation as follows:
Generation Z: born between 1997 and 2012.
Millennials: born between 1981 and 1996.
Generation X: born between 1965 and 1980.
Baby boomers: born between 1946 and 1964.
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Concessions moviegoers had the most often in theaters in the U.S. 2021, by generation
During an online survey conducted among adults in the United States in November 2021, almost four out of five (or ** percent) of respondents part of Generation Z reported drinking soda almost always or sometimes when they watched a film in a theater. Among responding Baby Boomers, that share stood below ** percent. In the U.S. and Canada, an average of over one-third of the revenue of the cinema chains came from selling food and beverage, known in the cinema market as concessions.
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