The average price of a movie ticket in 2008 was $7.18/ticket. Taking your whole family to the movies could certainly be quite expensive. 1.363 billion movie tickets were sold last year in the US. This means that the average American went to the movies about 5 times during the course of the year. This area of the budget is one where a person can save a substantial amount of money, without having to sacrifice the fun of watching video entertainment. If a 25 year old couple with two children decided that they were going to find a way to reduce their movie expenditures by only 50%, this decision could be worth nearly $150,000 by retirement. Explore the links below to see how you could save a substantial amount on video entertainment