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Exhibition
U. S. Film Theater Investment (estimated)
Number Employed in U. S. Exhibition Field (estimated)
Exhibition Payroll in 1947 (estimated)
U. S. Film Theaters Gross in 1947 (Exclusive of Federal and State
Admission Taxes) (estimated)
U. S. Film Theaters Gross Since 1933 (revised estimates):
1946: $1,560,000,000
1945: $1,285,000,000
1944: $1,185,000,000
1943: $1,170,000,000
1942: $1,025,000,000
1941: $1,113,840,000 1936
1940: $1,002,560,000 1935
1939: $1,016,600,000 1934
1938: $1,016,600,000 1933
1937: $1,052,480,000
$1,144,000,000 $ 988.400.000 $ 837.200.000 $ 717,600.000
Average U. S. Film Theater Admission Price in 1947 (estimated)
Average U. S. Tax on Theater Admissions in 1947 (estimated)
Average Total Admission Cost in 1947 (estimated)
Average U. S. Theater Admission Cost Since 1933 (revised estimates):
§2,474,976,406 162,000 $175,190,450
$1,565,000,000
33.4 cents 7.0 cents 40.4 cents
Year
Admission
Tax
Total
Year
Admission Tax
Total
1946 .
. . . 33.3c
7.0c
40.3 %c
1939 .
23c
1945 .
. . 29.1c
6.1c
35.2c
1938 .
23c
1944 .
. . 26.8c
4.9c
31.7c
1937 . .
23c
1943 .
. . 26.5c
2.9e
29.4c
1936 . .
25c
1942 .
. . 24.6c
2.7c
27.3c
1935 . .
24c
1941 . .
25.2c
1934 .
23c
1940 . .
24.1c
1933 .
23c
Average Weekly Attendance of U. S. Film Theaters in 1947 (estimated) . . Average Weekly Attendance of U. S. Film Theaters Since 1922 (revised estimates):
1946. 90 million 1945. 85 million 1944. 85 million 1943. 85 million 1942. 85 million 1941. 85 million 1940, 80 million 1939. 85 million 1938. 85 million
1937. 1936. 1935. 1934. 1933, 1932. 1931. 1930,
88 million
88 million
80 million
70 million
60 million
60 million
75 million
90 million
1929. 1928, 1927, 1926, 1925, 1924,
80 million
65 million
57 million
50 million
46 million
46 million
1923. 43 million
1922. 40 million
Average Daily Attendance per U. S. Film Theater
Average Seating Capacity of U. S. Film Theaters
Total U. S. Film Theaters as of Jan. 1, 1948 ,
Seats
U. S. Film Theaters Operating as of Jan. 1, 1948
Seats
U. S. Film Theaters Closed as of Jan. 1, 1948 _
Seats
U. S. Cities and Towns With Film Theaters as of Jan. 1, 1948
Drive-In Theaters in the U. S. as of Jan. 1, 1948
Newsreel Theaters in the U. S. as of Jan. 1, 1948
Xegro Theaters in the U. S. as of fan. 1. 1948
Affiliated Circuit Theaters
Cities in Which All First-runs Are Affiliated:
Albany. Boston, Brooklyn, Charlotte. Chicago, Cincinnati. Cleveland. Dallas. Des Moines. Houston. Kansas City. Memphis. Milwaukee. Minneapolis. Newark. New Haven. New Orleans. Oklahoma City. Philadelphia. Salt Lake City. St. Paul. Washington. More than 80 per cent of all metropolitan first-runs are affiliated: out of 92 cities with population over 100.000. affiliated circuits control exhibition in 73: in 200 of 283 cities with population between 25.000 and 100.000. affiliated . circuits operate one or more theaters.
Approximate Xumber of First-Run Theaters in 95 Cities of Over 100.000
Population
U. S. Film Theaters Regularly Using Westerns (estimated)
U. S. Film Theaters Regularly Using Serials (estimated)
• Includes about 2,000 houses which do not use serials 52 weeks of the year. U. S. Total Audience for Serials (estimated)
** Average serials plays to 4,000,000 to 5,000,000.
65
90.000,000
804 635 19,207 12,196,988 18,351 11,796,072 856 400,916 9,636 295 36 622 2.617
450 10,000 8,000*
12,000,000*