ONCE AGAIN, 'ART FILMS' LOSE OUT TO ACTION FLICKS "The school's-out movie season concludes this weekend, and domestic ticket sales so far total $3.9 billion, up a little more than 1% from last year's record summer, according to Media by Numbers. Year-to-date revenues stand at $6.7 billion, down slightly from 2007, but up from the three earlier years, the tracking firm says. Higher ticket prices mean theaters are selling fewer total admissions, but few distributors and exhibitors are complaining — except for those handling what has become Hollywood's trickiest sell: the art film."