article_snippet: Sales of the animals themselves dropped from $2.23 billion in 2013 to $2.15 billion in 2014, which was expected because spending in the category has fallen slightly each of the past several years, Vetere said.
article_snippet: The box office firm Rentrak estimated that ticket sales from 2014 totaled $10.4 billion, a 5.2 percent drop from 2013.
highlights_snippet: Sales of the animals themselves dropped from $2.23 billion in 2013 to $2.15 billion in 2014 .