The film daily year book of motion pictures (1941)

INDUSTRY STATISTICS ^= By CHESTER B. B^HN, Editor THE FILM DAILY s^Si General Capital Invested in World Film Industry S3,000,000,000 Capital Invested in U. S. Film Industry 52,097,100,000 Breakdown: Studios. $135.(1110.000: Di:-tribution. S;J5.000,0()() : Theatfrs. $1,927,100,000: Non-Theatrical Enterprise.;. SI 0.000.000. Number of People Employed in U. S. Film Industry 282,000 Total Industry Payroll 5407,560,000 Approximate Annual Taxes Paid by the Industry to the Federal Government 5100,000,000 Approximate Annual Taxes Paid to State and Local Governments 5250,000,000 World Film Industry Expenditure for Advertising in 1940 5185,000,000 U. S. Film Industry Expenditure for Advertising in 1940 5110,000,000 Film Industry Expenditure for U. S. Advertising in 1940 580,000,000 Breakdown: Xewspapei-.s. mairazim-. i-t. .. .^OO.ooii.oi lo : Outdoor Advertisin?. $8,000,000: Accessories and Direct Mail. Siti.diio.udo, Rank of U. S. Film Industry in National List of Total Expenditures for Advertising, Publicity, Promotion (estimated) Fifth Number of Trade and Fan Publications in the U. S 49 Rank of U. S. Film Industry in Nation's Business 34th Number of Ads Placed Daily in Various U. S. Media 16,000 Summary of 1940 Stock and Bond Sales of New York Markets: Stock Market. :i.S!).5.440 sliaies: Curb Maikcl, 4.i';.:i75 shares: Bond Market. S7.(IHK.O00. Estimated Cost of U. S. Studio Expansion in 1940 54,500,000 Annual Expenditures for Insurance in the U. S 530,000,000 Breakdown: Theaters. i>()'', : Produitiori ami Distribution. 10'^. Number of Hollywood Correspondents and Staff Photographers on Duty as of Jan. 1, 1941 395 Breakdown: Wire services. '^0: newspapers. S<): trade publications. 4.'i: national masrazines. .32: fan masrazines and free-lance writers. 77: foreiirii publications, (i:!: radio iieweratherers. 17: photographers. 20. Average Weekly Film Theater World Attendance in 1940, Exclusive of the U. S 150,000.000 Number of British Film Theaters, as of Jan. 1, 1941 4,940 Average Weekly Attendance of British Film Theaters in 1940 21,300,000 Number of German Film Theaters, as of Jan. 1, 1941 8,250 Average Weekly Attendance of German Film Theaters in 1940 19,250,000 Production Hollywood Studio Investment 5135,000,000 U. S. Production Costs, 1940-41 (esUmated) 5150,000,000 Breakdown: Features. $140,000,000: Short Subji-r-t-, $10. 000. 000. Number of People Employed in U. S. Production in 1940 29,000 Producers of Features in the U. S 57 Producers of Short Subjects (Theatrical) in the U. S 47 Producers of Cartoon Films in the U. S 9 Producers of News Reels in the U. S 5 Number of Industrial and Advertising Film Producers in U. S 113 Number of Theatrical Shorts Produced Annually (estimated) 600 Actors Under Term Contracts to Major Coast Studios in 1940 590 Directors Under Term Contracts to Major Coast Studios in 1940 114 Writers Under Term Contracts to Major Coast Studios in 1940 340 Annual Hollywood Payroll (estimated) 5130,000,000 Weekly Hollywood Payroll (estimated) 52,500,000 Weekly U. S. Production Payroll Outside of Hollywood (estimated) 5100,000 Total Positive and Negative Footage Used Annually in U. S. (estimated) 2,100,000,000 Features Produced by Majors in the U. S. in 1940 348 Features Produced by Indies in the U. S. in 1940 (including foreign language features) 129 Foreign Features Released in the U. S. in 1940 196 Breakdown: Released b.v Majors. 1 .t : t).v T. S, Indies, IHl. Total Number of Feature and Shorts Film Titles Used Since Birth of the U. S. Film Industry to Jon. 1, 1941 42,866 Number of Feature and Shorts Film Titles Registered with MPPDA in 1940 3,214 Features Approved by the Production Code Authority in 1940 (including 7 re-issues). . . 530 Breakdown: West Coast Ollice, 48.5: East Coast Oflicc, 4,,. 35