Year book of motion pictures (1944)

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Theater Attendance by Days of the Week: Monday. 10 per cent: Tuesday. 10 per cent: Wednesday. 10 per cent: Thursday. 10 per cent: Friday, 15 per cent: Saturday, 20 per cent: Sunday. 25 per cent. Ratio of Population to Seats in Cities of 100,000 and Over 9 U. S. DeLuxe First-Run Rental per Picture (Weekly) $5,000 to $35,000 U. S. Amusement Tax Receipts in 1943 (Approximately 90 per cent of This Tax is Derived from Film Theaters) $168,746,625 U. S. Amusement Tax Receipts Since 1930: 1942. $146,372,271: 1941. $87,819,000: 1940. $43,483,372: 1939. $19,876,312: 1938. $19,661,337; 1937. $20,974,031.33: 1936. $18,457,482.07: 1935. $16,406.021.90; 1934, $15,243,342.55: 1933. $14,097,910.43: 1932. $9,295,017.83: 1931. $2,474,531.30: 1930. $3,544,554.70. United States Theaters (by States): f e | T B — X • CD 00 • . , !? ■ .-i ■ Si i » — J £ CO -< OJ CO • 0> C* E m a ■ ~ CO ■ — C CO • OJ W • IE CO • »IQ«HH ■ C> CC • ■ IS < >o-§<s CO THXXTpajjKOQ^tco»©obSHionQQ'tiaHHwnbC!:!i'0)"crct*r.HQCiarHC!:f:(»iCT)i s:ot-icOHHEHMOcnt!«!!:c;i-bCOQM''i'<.oMio»oei< q oq c •* t is x x_ co t> e» < -* co to so io .S is w ^" io ^* c? ^* ^ i> x" is" «* x* oo * c* x cd co* co cc i> is* ci x co* ei c oi is i** x' i cc* cc x' cc d "~ c is do co" co HTfowojc-wicio" iat~t-^t~cct~t-co©co,HC»coiQ«,H^cc-<rcccc is co cc — cc t* i;; t -t . c ic ic p: ic :( — r-, X — . h:! CD OJ 0? w r< r* -f ,ji o» CO H CC X ~ — ~ t ~ IS -rtHCl c, = z i;ithx:Qoa*w(-t'«eixsKxir:Hioio>rtBciocKi-i«:,-tc: ; II---: — h a 09 a cc r; ~ -* t E x -t * cc co co c f -ih is cc x x ^ ^ ci cc co t~ oi is o cc x cc -t cc X) c i rH cc cc U5 c. x t~ © x cc cj x © ci in 3 s hd :j;h« coco— '©•tcccccjcc — o? coccc-ojis,-ico co N^rta^nH — — o? c? — c> o* co •+ T ; CC • XOHOiO ai X CC 5 x h " H 13 O co Ci |Q C< CO 59 CD O CI 00 CO o co co t> 59 HilXICl* o o N o CC CC l> « io io t* ia X X r. X 01 CO CC! c CO cc co •* -t — — — rH X X r. c s 05 cc © -r is IS cc Ol r. — i> I! O x a d CO X 01 CO E" CC IS i c: i IS iS X rH o o ~ X «axc! -.0 cc CC CO X o c X t> IS ■* 5 o X IS r-l © t W CO ^ "9 i> r-l t~ X X c ' O x ■<(< Of IS c t> t CO X X 00 H CD lO X CQ lO to co CO C! OJ — EC cc o X c. i OJ ~. t 33 i a X ^ X CO o CO O CO lO N >H O r)> CO C. IS c c? i IS IS Tt< CC IS iS IS o* N -H CO X X iS 04 C! CSt X Hont CJ CO IS X CO OJ IO r. o* • t X C. CO T}l CO X t t CO X is c ♦ Xt; r" Is c> o X cc OJ C! IS h n cr 59 CO C! 'S — cc 01 ■* N c OI OJ N cc <jo*rft-ic«oOoo(-xt-iC't'Cc:c:i-st-c«*t-c!Ot--c!HeM-'tiicc::i«xo: gt»lOCOCCCOXCO~COCOXrtt>COO)OC. QClt-lOOOOKt-VMSOlCCCn-OtCvOOCrO' j S x cs ci o o -i-HC!wtjio^«oo5t>N^cso; — h c; n * o ic o t-cxcococsttccc: _ — grtrn — co-o T)<ojio<»<x>t"-t>:omio-''*,iot~-Jc!T»<x cs co — o; o: f o isil — H <: < < o B o ■ — CO , | § s 5 M M CO Q u J. O — C3 . is £ i g CO S C5 . a ; a = "7 2 §■= s s a £ g z 51 D d cc ■ = 5 ? = ~ 1 r 1 1 -S g I : 2 >>> — c occt£ = s;^-*c:cci^; z z z z z oooaaxxc-ciD lOia^o-t-i-o *n'o^xooc:iQC".c;^t-c:ci*nHccccc::fCioicc:if:c:o. -t^rH0>c*u9O^n*00^i ~ COlSl-OiXCCCOlS ! ^ CO IS CO Of Of IS o* cs ¥ x c c c; cmc lc c i c ^ ic r c ~ ™ ^ r: i c c i ( : ' r: c " cc c. c. c t-co O^ lOttH c-co^ia c c c :-/:-:: c : : .--.'/ r .c c x — c <~ — c • r. — r. i-. c c z c • z E .c .c • ^JCC-'CCrtC'CI CCCCC'COlOt^^COCOOfOi^t-rJIOil-OJCO OfOJCOCOO! OJCOCO* w js _' w « ih H cCOCOCC^C!W01--iSCO^iSXi>(^COCOCOCOCOiSCCCt^CC9^wO{-COlOlSt*W > x co oc — -cc1 oc -r co ^ co ot cc — oc x cc r. x cc cc x cc cc cc cc is cc i~ cc -r cc cc cc : * cc -* cc c • -r x i c ■ t 5— — . — hnh^NiOCChhh ^ M CC H W H K « ^NHCCNHiC ^WrtT^^ HHNN d 2 5 r 5 CO t> > I c < Ct w'