If you thought watching a film in an Indian cinema hall is expensive, think twice. A new survey has revealed that India and the US are the cheapest countries to buy movie tickets, when compared to earnings.

According to the cinema index from market researcher Screen Digest, tickets in India cost an average of  19 cents

which means moviegoers here have to work for just 16 minutes to earn enough to buy a ticket, reports BBC.

In India, workers earn an average of  70 cents an hour, whereas, across the globe, the average working time needed to  pay for cinema admission is 57 minutes.

Cheapest countries for cinema tickets, according to the survey, are:

1. India - 16 minutes' wages

2. US - 24 minutes' wages

3. China - 26 minutes' wages

4. Luxembourg - 28 minutes' wages

5. Ireland - 30 minutes' wages

Most expensive countries for cinema tickets:

1. Bulgaria - 123 minutes' wages

2. Estonia - 118 minutes' wages

3. Thailand - 109 minutes' wages

4. Lithuania - 106 minutes' wages

5. Russia [Images] - 105 minutes' wages