Originally Posted by kane

With my buddy I am sure they are losing ticket sales. There was a time a few years ago when he lived in a place where the only internet access he could get was dial-up and it sucked. At that point he and his wife went to the movies at least once per month (sometimes more depending on what was out etc). They then moved to where he got broadband, a friend showed him how the torrent sites work and he has rarely gone since.

There is no way of knowing exactly if or by how much piracy has effected sales of movie tickets. I am just assuming it is. Logic tells me that is plays a part in the whole puzzle, the question is how big of a part.