Interestin’ News: ’09 Biggest Summer Yet, In Domestic-Grosses At Least.

According to Variety, 2009’s $4.7 billion over the summer (so far) has broken the previous record held by 2007’s $4.6 billion take. The official end of the summer session is Labor Day, and this weekend is supposed to add close to $100 million more to the final tally alone, which could end with a 3% higher number than 2007’s. However, Box Office Mojo shows that average ticket prices in 2007 were $6.88 while 2009’s (so far) averages $7.18. That is an increase of 4.36%, which, as shown, would mean that based on amount of tickets sold, 2009 wouldn’t be higher unless the rest of the week and weekend pulls in much more than expected.

You likely won’t see that information posted on the web though, as “new summer record” is a better headline than “almost new summer record”. Just the same, follow me after the jump to see the box office grosses of the top 10 summer films, so far.