12.28. 2009 MONEY + NUMBERS counting the news... |
Average # of text messages Americans sent in the first half of 2009
740 billion
740 billion
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Average number of text messages each user sent per day in 2009
17
Average # of text messages Americans sent in the first half of 2008
386 billion
•386 billion
Average number of text messages each user sent per day in 2009
17
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# of texts it took Swedes to break their Christmas Day texting record
76 million
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Record-breaking number of box-office tickets sold
37.3 million
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Total theatrical receipts for Hollywood's box-office breaking weekend record
$278 million
•Record-breaking number of box-office tickets sold
37.3 million
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Avatar's worldwide ten-day box-office receipts
$615 million
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Sherlock Holmes's record-breaking Christmas Day domestic box-office receipts
$24.9 million
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Avatar's Christmas Day domestic box-office receipts
$23.6 million
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Sources: The Wireless Association, IMDB, AP NewsSip
Photo Credit: Daniel Case
