Boxoffice: Youth in Revolt

10:00 PM PST 2/2/2011 by Pamela McClintock

The under-25 crowd is staying away from the multiplex in mass numbers as studios struggle to understand why.

The kids aren’t all right. A significant drop in the number of people younger than 25 going to the movies is sparking alarm across Hollywood, and it’s part of the reason why domestic box-office revenue has been down since before Christmas (the decline isn’t just about last year’s Avatar spike).