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A look at the economics around Fringe:
85%
increase in the price of a movie from 1989 ($7) to 2008 ($12.95)
100%
increase in the price of a Fringe show from 1989 ($5) to 2008 ($10)
131%
increase in the top ticket price of a Canadian Stage show from 1989 ($38.50) to 2008 ($89)
164%
increase in the top ticket price of a concert comedy show from 1989 (Jay Leno at Roy Thomson Hall, $26.50) to 2008 (Sandra Bernhard at Massey Hall, $70)
264%
increase in the advance ticket price for a hot overseas band in 1989 (Happy Mondays at the Apocalypse, $7) and 2008 (Mogwai at the Phoenix, $25.50)