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****** ★♦INDUSTRY STATISTICS********
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 tlie j-ear.
U. S. Total Audience for Serials (estimated)
••ATerace serials plays to 4,000,000 to 5,000,000.
Average Length of American-Produced Features.
Average Screen Time of American-Produced Features
Total U. S. Film Theaters as of Jan. 1, 1951
Seats
U. S. Cities and Towns With Film Theaters as of Jan. 1, 1951
Drive-In Theaters in the U. S. as of Jan. 1, 1951
Xegro Theaters in the U. S. as of Jan. 1, 1951
Breakdown of U. S. Film Theaters as of Jan. 1, 1951: state
Alabama
Arizona
Arkansas
California
Colorado
Connecticut
Delaware
District of Columbia . .
Florida
Georgria
Idaho
Illinois
Indiana
Iowa
Kansas
Kentucky
Louisiana
Maine
Maryland
Massachusetts
Michig'an
Minnesota
Mississippi
Missouri
Montana
Nebraska
Nevada
New Hampshire
New Jersey
New Mexico
New York
North Carolina
North Dakota
Ohio
Oklahoma
Oreg-on
Pennsylvania
Rhode Island
South Carolina
South Dakota
Tennessee
Texas
Utah
Vermont
Virsrinia
Washingrton
West Virginia
Wisconsin
Wyoming
10,000 8,000*
1 2,000,000* •
8,000 ft. 83 mins. 19,796 12,384,150 9,900 3,323 956
Totals 9,900
Negro
Towns
Theaters
Seats
Drive-In
s Theaters
182
322
177.370
73
39
60
101
55,412
15
1
2.32
373
154,004
50
27
437
1,201
931.997
190
27
133
2.34
116.214
38
1
91
206
191.093
21
1
21
40
26,742
5
4
1
71
59.870
1
17
154
390
239,506
109
94
216
370
210,676
101
51
104
150
63,735
31
453
996
713.5,33
126
34
226
490
294.053
119
11
379
553
217.910
43
268
407
194.233
62
4
202
344
172.715
76
6
199
411
220.980
48
62
123
163
92.570
30
108
276
174.552
14
34
179
412
408,227
71
276
706
491,899
94
38
321
508
245,380
32
175
319
121.554
37
55
326
600
363.727
81
19
104
153
64.249
24
255
331
134,812
25
1
31
44
21.209
4
67
95
56,033
24
185
428
452,318
32
14
63
126
62,519
23
o
421
1,356
1,329,903
132
53
281
oil
248,568
197
62
176
211
62,605
10
357
903
615.916
222
33
255
502
236,114
76
23
143
257
131,694
44
549
1,203
883,046
229
31
29
63
63.277
7
138
230
105.487
108
26
164
201
64.067
16
158
329
198,636
71
28
622
1,413
754,566
280
87
97
156
72,827
35
47
70
38,199
17
188
382
212,141
75
61
181
331
185.250
35
1
213
342
151,264
93
9
260
451
271,195
55
1
50
65
30,353
22
9,900
19,796
12,384,150
3,323
956
93