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Boxoffice Statistics
In 1952, says the Dominion Bureau of Statistics, Canadian movie exhibition rang up a record cash figure of $118,434,481, of which $12,975,298 was for provincial amusement taxes. The non-tax total, $105,459,183, compared with $96,319,583 in 1951, an increase of $9,139,600. The drive-ins' share was $4,409,426, which does not include amusement taxes oS $540,390.
There were 3,416 places of all types where films were shown, with 1,843 being regular theatres, 104 drive-ins, 657 community enterprises and 812 halls.
Paid admissions, at 262,950,000, numbered 10,791,000 more than in 1951, 8,379,586 being to drive-ins, an increase of 1,725,000 over the previous! year.
The gain in receipts for regular theatres was nine pet cent, while it was 32 per cent for Canada's drive-ins, 22 of which were added in 1952. Admissions to standard theatres were up four per cent and 32 per cent for drive-ins.
Combining all sources of theatre receipts and admissions, the figures show Canada's grand totals in 1952, without amusement taxes, as
$105,459,183 and 262,950,000
To get the actual total of the amount spent by the public for motion picture entertainment in 1952 the amusement tax for that year should be added. The tax figure and the overall total which included it were respectively
$12,975,298 and 8118,434,481
In the table below only Itinerant Operators are excluded and receipts and admissions from all other sources are given. Itinerant figures can be found in the "16 Mm. Statistics Table"1 in the 16 Mm. Section. From 1946 on the table below includes drive-ins, the first of which was opened in Canada that year. For a complete breakdown of drive-in figures see the "Drive-in Theatre Statistics" table.
Year
Theatres
Receipts
Admissions
1930
907
$ 38,479,500
1933
762
24,954,200
1934
796
25,338,100
107,354,509
1935
859
27,173,400
117,520,795
1936
956
29,610,300
126,913,547
1937
1,044
32,499,300
133,668,450
1938
1,130
33,635,052
137,381,280
1939
1,183
34,010,115
137,898,668
1940
1,229
37,858,955
151,590,799
1941
1,240
41,369,259
161,677,731
1942
1,247
46,461,097
182,845,765
1943
1,265
52,567,989
204,677,550
1944
1,298
53,173,325
208,167,180
1945
1,323
55,430,711
215,573,267
1946
1,477
59,888,972
227,538,798
1947
1,693
63,139,604
221,528,177
1948
1,950
70,315,889
224,055,171
1949
2,200
79,953,539
236,017,859
1950
2,387
86,249,752
240,824,982
1951
2,440
95,833,340
250,547,499
1952
2,500
104,963,599
261,475,867
The above fiaures include the Yukon and Northwest Territories, which are serviced from British Columbia. Newfoundland was included for the first time in 1949, the year it became Canada's tenth province.
ITINERANT OPERATORS: These are defined as projectionists who carry their equipment with them and travel from place to place, usually on a regular schedule.
(Table of drive-in statistics on page 38)
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