Year book of motion pictures (1947)
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Number of British Film Theaters Operating on Jan. 1, 1947 (estimated) 4,850
Note: Of theee 447 are owned by Associated British Picture Corp.: 352 by Oaumont-British and 308 by Odeon.
Average Weekly British Attendance (estimated) 30,000,000
Average Annual British Entertainment Tax Paid by Theaters During 1946 £9,500
London Admission Price Range Is. to 3s. 6 d.
Average British Admission Charge Outside of London 1 s. 6 d.
Valuation of British Film Imports from the U. S. in 1946, and British
Film Remittances to the U. S. in the Same Year £18,000,000
Estimated Weekly World Attendance at Film Theaters. 235,000,000
European Film Theaters Operating as of Jan. 1, 1947 48,833
Breakdown: Austria, 684; Belgium, 1,103: Czechoslovakia, 2,000; Denmark, 368; Eire. 280; Finland, 439; France, 7,460; German, 3,621; Gibraltar, 5; Greece, 300; Hungary, 460; Italy, 2,000; Malta, 20: Netherlands, 410; Norway. 291; Poland, 460; Portugal. 246; Rumania, 168; Russia, 17,500; Spain, 3,013; Sweden, 2,176: Switzerland, 350; Turkey, 260; United Kingdom, 4,850; Yugo■layia, 400; Lichenstein, 2.
African Film Theaters Operating as of Jan. 1, 1947 1,357
Breakdown: Algeria, 244; Angola, 13; Belgian Congo. 20; Egypt, 174; Eritrea, 23; Ethiopia, 10; French Equatorial Africa, 4; French Morocco, 53; French West Africa, 60; Gold Coast, 12; Kenya, 12; Liberia, 1; Madagascar, 20; Mozambique, 7; Nigeria, 15; South Africa, 600; Spanish Morocco, 27; Tunisia, 72.
British West Indies Film Theaters Operating as of Jan. 1, 1947 82
Breakdown: Granada. 1; Leeward Islands. 6; Barbados. 3; Jamaica. 18; Trinidad, 34; Bahamas, 3; Bermuda, 14; St. Lucia, 2; St. Vincent, 1.
Caribbean Area Film Theaters Operating as of Jan. 1, 1947 596
Breakdown: Cuba. 486; British Guiana. 30; Dominican Republic, 40; Haiti, 9; French West Indies, 20; French Guiana, 3; Netherlands West Indies, 4; Surinam, 5.
far East Film Theaters Operating as of Jan. 1, 1947 5,663
Breakdown: Australia, 1.570; Ceylon, 46; China, 60; Fiji Islands, 9; India, " 1,900; Japan, 1,193; Netherlands East Indies, 26; New Caledonia, 3: New Zealand, 551; Philippines, 310; Society Islands, 6.
Near East Film Theaters Operating as of Jan. 1, 1947 235
Breakdown: Afghanistan 1; Arabia, 6; Iran, 55; Iraq, 35; Palestine, 48; SyriaLebanon, 71; Singapore, 19.
Atlantic Islands Film Theaters Operating as of Jan. 1, 1947 77
Breakdown: Azores, 2: Cape Verdes, 3; Greenland, 3; Canary Islands, 33; Iceland, 24; Madeira. 3; Newfoundland, 8; St. Pierre-Miquelon, 1.
Latin American Film Theaters as of Jan. I, 1947 6,710
Breakdown: Argentina. 1,690; Bolivia, 48; Brazil, 1,619; Colombia, 300; Ecuador, 40; El Salvador, 43; Paraguay, 20; Peru, 266; Venezuela, 262; Mexico, 1,450; Cuba, 430; Dominica, 32; UrugTiay, 163; Puerto Rico, 130; Haiti, 10: Costa Rica, 48; Guatemala. 34; Honduraa, 30; Nicaragua, 26; Panama, 66; Bahamas, four; Bermudas, 10.
Canadian Box Office Receipts, 1955-1939:
1945, $65,000,000: 1944. $53,000; 1943. $52,667,268; 1942. $45,661,097;
1941, $42,182,000; 1940, $37,868,956; 1939, $34,010,116.
Number of French Film Theaters as of Jan. 1, 1947 (estimated) 7,450
Breakdown: Permanent 36mm. Theaters. 4.660; permanent 16mm. theaters, 1.100; mobile theaters. 1.700.
Average French Film Attendance Weekly 8,000,000
French Fihn Gross for 1945-46 8,000,000,000 Francs
Number of French Film Studios in Operation as of Jan. 1, 1947 14
Breakdown: Paris. 11; Bordeaux. Marseille. Nice, one each.
Number of French Film Producers as of Jan. 1, 1947 93
Average Cost per Feature of French Films Produced in 1946 25,883,000 Francs
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