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Features Released by Majoi" Companies 1934-1950 (calendar years):
1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1911 1912 1943 1914 19J5 19J« 1917 1948 1»49 1950
Columbia 43 49 52 52 53 55 51 61 59 47 51 38 51 49 39 52 59
Fox Film Corp. 52 52
M-G-M 43 47 45 51 46 50 48 47 49 33 30 31 25 29 24 30 38
Paramount ... 55 63 68 61 50 58 48 45 44 30 32 23 23 29 25 21 23
RKO Radio ... 46 40 39 53 43 49 S3 44 39 44 31 33 40 36 31 25 32
20th Cent-Fox. .. .. 57 61 56 59 49 50 51 33 36 27 33 27 45 31 32
United Artists. . 20 19 17 25 16 18 20 26 26 28 20 17 20 26 26 21 18
Universal 44 37 28 37 46 46 49 58 56 53 53 46 42 33 35 29 33
Warner Bros.
First National 58 49 56 68 53 53 45 48 34 21 19 19 20 20 23 25 28
361 356 362 408 362 388 363 379 358 289 263 234 252 249 248 234 263
Foreign Features Released in U. S. in 1950 239
Breakdown: By Majors, 21; By Independents, 218. Imported from; Mexico. 61; England, 47; Italy. 34; France, 32; Germany, 25; Austria. 9; U. S. S. R., 6; Ireland, 4; Africa, 3: Czechoslovakia, 3; Spain, 2; Yug^oslavia, 2; Argentina, Poland. China, Switzerland, India. Philippines, Denmark, Cuba. Sweden. Hungary, and Israel, one each.
Estimated Maximum Audience for a Feature Film 33,000,000
Estimated Average Audience for a Class A Feature Film 23,000,000
Estimated Average Audience for a Feature Film 13,000,000
Number of Nation-Wide Distributing Companies 11
Number of Theatrical Film Distributors in the U. S 138
Number of Theatrical Film Exchanges in the U. S 503
Number of Theatrical Film Exchanges in Six Canadian Cities 119
Number of U. S. Exchanges of Major Distributors:
RKO Radio, 33; Universal-International, 32; 20th Century-Fox, 32; Paramount. 31; Loew'B, 32; Columbia, 32; Warners. 32; United Artists. 27.
Film Footage Handled Daily by Exchanges 27,000 miles
Average Storage Vault Capacity of Exchanges 750 cu. ft.
Average Number of Prints Required per Feature:
Majors 300
Indies 130
Average Number of Prints Required for Newsreels (per company) 1,093
Estimated 1950 U. S. Film Rentals $462,000,000
(An estimated 83% of U. S. distributor receipts comes from some 3,800 theaters, which can be covered by a sales force in 110 deals.)
Average Distribution Cost for the U. S. Industry {estimated) 29%
General Minimum Booking .-Accounts per Feature Picture 2.000
General Maximum Booking Accounts per Feature Picture 15.000
Number of Distribution Areas in the United States 31
Average Number of Bookings per Print 100
Average Cost of Each Positive Print $223
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U. S. Film Theater Investment {estimated) $2,740,000,000
Number Employed in U. S. Exhibition Field {estimated) 180 000
Exhibition Payroll in 1950 {estimated) § 201,420,000
New Theater Projects and Alteration Projects Involving Major Structural
Changes in 1950 in 37 Eastern States 366
Valuation (Not Including Refurbishing Projects) $ 24,475,000
Normal Maximum Number of Simultaneous Daily Runs per Feature 250
Average Screen Times per Print 200
Average Number of Showings 21/9 daily
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