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Industry Statistics
By CHESTER B. BAHN, Editor THE FILM DAILY
General
Capital Invested in World Film Industry (Estimated) $3,000,000,000
Capital Invested in U. S. Film Industry $2,060,000,000
Breakdown: Studios, $125,000,000: Dist limuion. $-2,'i.00O.O0O : Theaters, $1 .!)00. 000,000 : Non-Theatrical Enterprises. $10,000,000.
Number of People Employed in U. S. Theatrical Film Industry 193,600
Total Theatrical Industry Payroll $322,500,000
Approximate Annual Taxes Paid by the Industry to the Federal Government $160,000,000
Approximate Annual Taxes Paid to State and Local Governments $250,000,000
World Film Industry Expenditure for Advertising in 1941 $185,000,000
U. S. Film Industry Expenditure for Advertising in 1941 $110,750,000
Film Industry Expenditure for U. S. Advertising in 1941 $80,750,000
Breakdown: Newspapers, niasazines, etc . $01!, 700, 000 : Outdonr Advertisin?, $H. 000. 000;
Aceessories and Dircet Mail, $0,050.(100.
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 46
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 1941 Stock and Bond Sales of New York Markets:
stock Market, 0,00':. 100 shares; Curh Market, 45,S.OO0 shares: Bond Market, $2,881,000,
Estimated Cost of U. S. Studio Expansion in 1941 $3,000,000
Annual Expenditures for Insurance in the U. S $30,000,000
Breakdown: Theaters. 'JO'r : Prnduction and nistrih\ition, 1 0 . Number of Hollywood Correspondents and Staff Photographers on Duty as of Jan. 1,
1942 439
Breakdown: Wire services, 22: newspapers, 98: trade pnblieations, .'{8; national magazines, 37: fan magazines and free-lance writers, 08: foreign publications. 07: radio news gatherers. 21; photographers, 24.
Average Weekly Film Theater World Attendance in 1941, Exclusive of the U. S 150,000,000
Number of British Film Theaters, os of Jan. 1, 1942 5,173
Average Weekly Attendance of British Film Theaters in 1941 23,000,000
1941 Total British Gross (CEA estimate) £60,000.000
Production
Hollywood Studio Investment $125,000,000
1941 U. S. Production Costs (including all non-theatrical) $215,600,000
Hollywood Production Costs for 1942 (estimated) $185,000,000
Number of People Employed in U. S. Production in 1941 31.000
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 1941 545
Directors Under Term Contracts to Major Coast Studios in 1941 121
Writers Under Term Contracts to Major Coast Studios in 1941 405
Producers Under Term Contracts to Major Studios in 1941 134
Annual Hollywood Payroll (estimated) $143,000,000
Annual U. S. Production Payroll Outside of Hollywood (estimated) $5,000,000
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