Year book of motion pictures (1951)

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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