Film Weekly Year Book of the Canadian Motion Picture Industry (1954)

Record Details:

Title:
Film Weekly Year Book of the Canadian Motion Picture Industry
Date:
1954
Publisher:
Toronto : Film Publications of Canada, Ltd.
Volume:
Canadian Film Weekly 1954-55 Year Book of the Canadian Motion Picture Industry
Leaf #:
00040
Language:
English
Collection:
Hollywood Studio System, Year Book, Canada, and Global Cinema
Format:
Periodicals
Contributor:
Media History Digital Library
Sponsor:
Media History Digital Library
Coordinator:
Media History Digital Library
Description:
Date Added:
April 18, 2024
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CANADA’S FIRST MOTION PICTURE TRADE PAPER ESTABLISHED 1915 MOVING PICTURE Cable Raydigest Subscription $5.00 per year FORTIETH YEAR OF PUBLICATION 1915-54 NOW IN ITS 40th YEAR OF PUBLICATION Every week — Saturday — 52 copies a year Hermant Bldg. 21 Dundas Square Toronto, Ontario EMpire 8-8696 JAY L. SMITH Publisher & Editor MAX CHIC Associate Editor Advertising rates on application DRIVE-IN THEATRE STATISTICS Yeor No. Car Cap. Admissions Receipts 1954 43 — Press time Can. Film Weekly Figures — 1953 182 — No figures issued vet for this year — 1952 104 50,497 8,379,586 $4,409,426 1951 82 40,520 6,554,572 3,347,670 1950 60 31,523 4,943,000 2,290,679 1949 30 15,924 3,019,314 1,393,760 1948 15 9,975 1,595,947 658,641 1947 7 5,438 670,583 274,325 1946 3 — No figures were given for this year — 1952 DRIVE-IN STATISTICS BY PROVINCES Province No. Car Cap. Seat Cap. Admissions Receipts PEI 2 * * * * NS 3 * ★ * * NB 4 1,195 310 154,776 $ 78,894 ONT. 52 27,573 100 4,196,492 2,228,257 MAN. 7 4,521 — 647,115 333,330 SASK. 13 4,269 150 722,661 377,097 ALTA. 8 3,945 225 1,129,440 619,448 BC 15 6,104 524 1,377,899 688,408 TOTALS 104 50,497 1,309 8,379,586 $4,409,426 NOTE: * indicates figures are withheld to avoid disclosing individual operations but these are included in the totals. Two provinces did not have drive-in s — Quebec and Newfoundland. The former has none because they are banned by provincial legislation. Amusement Taxes collected on drive-in admissions were $57,702 in 1947; $131,124 in 1948; $245,094 in 1949; $300,028 in 1950; $406,611 in 1951; and $540,390 in 1952. Information used here is from the Dominion Bureau of Statistics, with the exception of the 1953 total and the number in 1954. 38