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4,800
Number of British Film Theaters Operating on Jan. 1, 1950 ( estimated )
Note: Of these. 414 are owned by Associated British Corp., 252 by Gaumont
British. and 310 by Odeon.
Average Weekly British Attendance ( estimated ) 28,000,000
London West End Admision Price Range 3 s. 9 d. to 11 s. 6 d.
Average British Admission Charge Outside of London West End 1 s. 9 d.
New U. S. Features Distributed in England in 1919 " 251
New British Features Distributed in England in 1949 121
Valuation of British Film Imports from the U. S. in 1949, and British
Film Remittances to the U. S. in the Same Year ( estimated ) £6,000,000
British Film Production Cost Range £130,000 to £300,000
Annual Total Entertainment Tax Paid by British Film Theaters £38,500,000
U. S. Gross in Britain in 1949 ( estimated ) $ 60,000,000
Operations Cost $ 16,000,000
Net $ 44,000 000
Remitted $1 7,000,000-plus
Frozen and Unexpended or Invested on fan. 1, 1950 § 6,000,000
Frozen Remittances in 15 Countries of British Producers as of fan. 1,
1950 ( estimated ) £770,840
(Of this total. Germ -ny led with £366.316. plus £1.400 in old marks, followed by Japan with £100.000).
Number of British Films Registerd With the Board of Trade in 1949. ... 81
Number of Foreign Films Registered With the Board of Trade in 1949. . 283
Canada
1948 Canadian Film Theaters Gross 3
Canadian Film Theaters Gross, 1947-1933:
1947
$62,865,279
19 42:
$46.461 .097
1937:
$32,499,300
1946
$59,888,972
1941 :
$41,369,259
1936:
$29,610,300
1945
$55.430,71 1
1940:
$37,858,955
1 935 :
$27,173,400
1944
$53,173,325
1 939 :
$34,010,115
1 934 :
$25,338,100
1943
$52,567,989
1 938 :
$33,635,052
1 933 :
$24,954,200
Cana
dian Film Rentals
adian
Film Rentals, 1947
1933:
1947
$19,464,706
1942:
$13,892,093
1937:
$9,471,100
1946
$18,652,892
1941 :
$12,368,446
1 936 :
$8,358,900
1945
$17,490,264
19+0:
$11,445,167
1 935 :
$7,404,500
1944
$16,516,073
1939:
$10,315,500
1 934 :
$7,370,200
1943
$15,163,355
1 938 :
$10,21 8.700
1 933 :
$6,797,600
1948 Canadian Film Theater Attendance
Canadian Film Theater Attendance, 1934-1947:
1034. 107.354,509: 19.35, 117,520.795: 1936. 126,913.547 1937, 133,668.450:
1938. 127,381,280: 1939. 137.898.668: 1940. 15'. 590. 799: 1941. 161.677.731:
1942, 182.845,765; 1943, 204.677.550 1914. 208.167.180: 1945. 215.573.267:
1946. 227,538.798: 1947. 220.857,594.
1948 Total Canadian Film Theaters
Drive-In Theaters in Canada in 1949
Canadian Film Theaters, 1933-1947:
1933, 792: 1934. 796: 1935. 859: 1936. 956: 1937. 1.044: 1938, 1,130
1939. 1.183: 1940. 1.229: 1941, 1.240 1942, 1,247: 1943, 1.265: 1944, 1.298;
1945. 1.323: 1946. 1,477; 1947, 1,693.
Annaul U. S. Film Revenue from Canada (estimated) $
Annual British Film Revenue from Canada ( estimated )
69,657 248
21,660,399
69,657,248
1,950
20
17,000,000
3,000,000
France
Number of French Film Theaters as of Jan. 1, 1949 ( estimated ) 10,587
Breakdown: Permanent 35 mm. Theaters, 5.163: 16 mm. theaters, 5,424.
Average Weekly French Film Attendance 8.000,000
French Film Gross for 1947-48 20,400,000,000 francs
Number of French Film Studios in Operation 14
Breakdown: Paris, 11; Bordeaux, Marseille, Nice, one each.
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