Year book of motion pictures (1951)

Record Details:

Title:
Year book of motion pictures
Date:
1951
Publisher:
New York : The Film Daily
Volume:
The thirty-third edition of the film daily year book of motion pictures : nineteen fifty-one
Leaf #:
00086
Language:
English
Collection:
Hollywood Studio System and Year Book
Format:
Annuals
Contributor:
Media History Digital Library
Sponsor:
Media History Digital Library
Coordinator:
Media History Digital Library
Description:
Date Added:
March 21, 2024
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flDUSIRy SIflTISIICS ******* ************** By CHESTER B. BAHN and WINFIELD ANDRUS Editor, THE FILM DAILY News Editor, THE FILM DAILY Capital Invested in the U. S. Film Industry (estimated) 12,922,600,000 Breakdown: Studios, $141,000,000: Distribution, $25,600,000: Theaters, ineluding Drive-ins, $2,740,000,000; Non-Theatrical, including Television. $16,000,000. Number of People Employed in the U. S. Theatrical Film Industry (estimated) 210,000 Breakdown: Production, 17.500; Distribution. 12,500; Exhibition. 180.000. f Total Industry Payroll (estimated) $ 487,870,000 Breakdown: Production in Hollywood. $240,000,000: Production Outside of Hollywood, $10,000,000: Distribution, $36,450,000; Exhibition, $201,420,000. ' World Gross of American Motion Pictures (estimated) 52,220,500,000 Breakdown: United States. $1,320,000,000; Foreign Markets, $900,500,000. Total Film Theaters in the World 95,155 Seating Capacity 43,908,788 Breakdown of World Film Theaters: Seating Seating Area Theaters Capacity Area Theaters Capacity Africa 1.331 831.200 South America . 5.182 3.038,830 Asia 6.794 4.171.200 Oceania 2.270 1,689,026 Europe 54.708 18.757.851 United States . . 19.796 12.384.150 North America . 5.074 3,036.521 U. S. 1950 Film Remittances from Abroad (estimated) S 120,000,000 Film Industry Expenditures for U. S. Advertising in 1950 (estimated). ... ? 66,750,000 Breakdown: Newspapers. $50,000,000: Radio-Television, $12,000,000: Magazines, $3,000,000; Accessories and Direct Mail, $1,250,000; Outdoor, $500,000. Number of Ads Placed Daily in Various U. S. Media (estimated) . 15,700 Annual Industry Expenditures for Insurance in the U. S. (estimated). ... ยง 51,250,000 Estimated Annual Consumption of Raw Stock by U. S. Film IndustryFeet 2,000.000,000 Value of 1950 Exports of Film and Equipment S 24,155,221 Comparable 1949 Total $ 24,844,203 Breakdown: 1950 1949 Linear Feet Dollars Linear Feet Dollars (Rawstock) : 35-mm. Positive 186.456.609 2,618,876 242,128,171 3,142,401 35-mm. Negative 52.876.018 1.695,725 50,508.615 1,702,082 16-mm. Positive 37,367.453 537.482 32,176.686 452.995 16-mm. Negative 38.464.000 1.015.233 37.283.519 890.029 8-mm. Positive 506.572 32.931 845,981 .53,973 8-mm, Negative 4 986.423 338.909 3,964.489 300.336 Total 320.657,075 0,239,156 366,907,461 6.541,816 Exposed or Developed Motion Picture Feature Films: 35 mm. Negative features .... 9.802,241 621.198 11.038.059 541.703 16-mm. Negative features 1,887,195 90,7.39 2,694,681 137,7^1 36 mm. Positive features 245.954.832 6.901.263 240,361.529 7.026,.339 16-mm. Positive features .... 23,956,900 702,754 29,580,184 842,963 Total 271,601,228 8,315,954 283,674,453 8,548,716 ****************************** 82