If you feel like the time you spend sitting in movie theaters has been getting longer, you're not imagining it — you are.
This past holiday, if you went to theaters to see "Les Misérables," "Django Unchained," and "The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey" you spent 492 minutes (537 if you account for an added 45 minutes of trailers and previews). That's nearly nine hours!
We've compared the length of the highest-grossing films and big theatrical releases of the past few years. The findings show we're more inclined to sit in theaters longer today to see the most-anticipated films of the year. And, the trend shows no sign of stopping.
Looking at the average movie length of the ten highest-grossing movies of each year for the past decade, Hollywood blockbuster's have gone from just under two hours to more than 130 minutes in length.
| "Aladdin" | 90 minutes |
| "Home Alone 2" | 120 minutes |
| "Batman Returns" | 126 minutes |
| "Lethal Weapon 3" | 118 minutes |
| "A Few Good Men" | 138 minutes |
"The Avengers" | 143 minutes |
| "The Dark Knight Rises" | 165 minutes |
| "The Hunger Games" | 142 minutes |
| "Skyfall" | 143 minutes |
| "The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 2" | 115 minutes |
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