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A touching moment with a stranger reminded me why I love attending the movies.

According to Screen Australia , cinema attendance has been in steady decline for decades .

At its height, people would attend the cinema around 11 times a year in the early to mid-1990s .

By 2023 , it had dropped to just under five , and only 59% of Australians had visited the movies in the past year .