Cinemas in Hungary sold 6.95m tickets in the first eight months of 2009, an increase of 142,000 from the first eight months of 2008, the business daily Napi Gazdasag reported on Friday.
Revenue from the ticket sales reached HUF 7.35bn (EUR 27.3m) in January-August, up HUF 687m yr/yr.
Citing data from the National Office of Cultural Heritage Film Department, the newspaper noted that cinemas in Hungary sold 1.26m tickets in July, the highest monthly total since the beginning of 2008.
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