(Excerpts) WHILE the cricket kept many entertained at home, Gold Coasters also embraced another great Boxing Day tradition yesterday — spending the day in front of the silver screen.

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Robert Olive, the manager at Harbour Town’s Reading Cinemas, said admissions increased by 10 per cent each year.

”New technology such as the roll-out of 3D movies, better sound quality and bigger screens has made viewing experiences even more superior,” he said.

”I expect admissions to increase further in the future as more and more people realise watching a film at home can’t beat watching a film on the big screen.”

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According to ABS figures, attending the movies seems to be favoured among young people, with 93 per cent of 15 to 17-year-olds going at least once in 2009-10, compared with 71 per cent of 35 to 44-year-olds and 32 per cent of people aged 75 and over.

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