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  2. History of cinema in the United States - Wikipedia

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    The concessions for buying snacks and drinks often represent the theater's primary source of profit (snacks make up 20% of revenue but 40% of profits in the United States theaters, with a box of popcorn generating a profit of 85%) [10] [11] since most of the ticket revenue goes to the film distributor (and onward to the movie studio).

  3. Bit (money) - Wikipedia

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    United States. Banknote for "Twelve and a Half Cents" = $ 1⁄8, Alabama, 1838. In the US, the bit is equal to ¢, a designation which dates from the colonial period, when the most common unit of currency used was the Spanish dollar, also known as "piece of eight", which was worth 8 Spanish silver reales. $ or 1 silver real was 1 "bit".

  4. Economic history of the United States - Wikipedia

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    The largest non-agricultural segment was ship building, which was from 5 to 20% of total employment. [13] About 45% of American made ships were sold to foreigners. [6] Exports and related services accounted for about one-sixth of income in the decade before revolution. [13] Just before the revolution, tobacco was about a quarter of the value of ...

  5. United States dollar - Wikipedia

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    The same coinage act also set the value of an eagle at 10 dollars, and the dollar at 1 ⁄ 10 eagle. It called for silver coins in denominations of 1, 1 ⁄ 2, 1 ⁄ 4, 1 ⁄ 10, and 1 ⁄ 20 dollar, as well as gold coins in denominations of 1, 1 ⁄ 2 and 1 ⁄ 4 eagle. The value of gold or silver contained in the dollar was then converted ...

  6. List of 20th Century Studios films - Wikipedia

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    February 21, 2020. The Call of the Wild. co-production with TSG Entertainment and 3 Arts Entertainment; first film released under the 20th Century Studios name. August 28, 2020. The New Mutants. co-production with Genre Films, Marvel Entertainment, Sunswept Entertainment and TSG Entertainment. October 23, 2020.

  7. List of highest-paid film actors - Wikipedia

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    Highest annual earnings. Sylvester Stallone was the highest-paid actor in 1987, 1988, 1990, and 1995. Dwayne Johnson was the highest-paid actor in 2016, 2019, 2020, and 2021. Julia Roberts was the highest-paid actress in 1998, 1999, and 2000. Forbes publishes yearly lists of the highest-paid actors and actresses based on total earnings from 1 ...

  8. United States one-dollar bill - Wikipedia

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    The United States one-dollar bill ( US$1 ), sometimes referred to as a single, has been the lowest value denomination of United States paper currency since the discontinuation of U.S. fractional currency notes in 1876. An image of the first U.S. president (1789–1797), George Washington, based on the Athenaeum Portrait, a 1796 painting by ...

  9. Quarter (United States coin) - Wikipedia

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    The quarter, formally known as the quarter dollar, is a denomination of currency in the United States valued at 25 cents, representing one-quarter of a dollar. Adorning its obverse is the profile of George Washington, while its reverse design has undergone frequent changes since 1998. Since its initial production in 1796, the quarter dollar has ...