Year book of motion pictures (1951)

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★ ★★★★★★★INDUSTRY STAT 1ST ICS ***★★*★* FOREIGH Great Britain 1950 United Kingdom Film Gross (estimated) £107,000,000 Number of British Film Theaters Operating on Jan. 1, 1951 (eslimoted) 4,583 Total Seating Capacity (estimated) 4,221,200 Average Seating Capacity (estimated) 921 Note: Of these. 414 are owned by Associated British Corp.: 228 by GaumontBritish. and 326 by Odeon. Single Feature Theaters in the U. K. (estimated) 1,173 Average Weekly British Film Attendance (estimated) 26,000,000 London West End Admission Price Range 3s. Id. to lls6d. Average Britii^h Admission Charge Outside of London West End Is. 9d. New U. S. Features Registered in England in 1950 440 New British Features Registered in England in 1950 132 Total Number of Features Exhibited in Britain in 1950 644 Valuation of British Film Imports from the U. S. in 1950 (estimated). . . . £6,000,000 British Film Production Cost Range £125,000 to £300,000 Annual Total Entertainment Tax Paid by British Film Theaters £37,000,000 Canada 1949 Canadian Film Theaters Gross $ 78,599,779 Canadian Film Theaters Gross, 1948-1933: 1948: $69,667,248 1942: $46,461,097 19,37: $32,499,300 1947: $62,865,279 1941: $41,369,259 1936: $29,610,300 1946: $69,888,972 1940: $37,858,955 1935: $27,173,400 1945: $65,430,711 1939: $34,010,115 19.34: $25,338,100 1944: $63,173,325 1938: $33,636,062 1933: $24,964,200 1943 ' $52 567 989 1949 Canadian Film Rentals $ 24,995,374 Canadian Film Rentals, 1948-1933: 1948: $21,660,399 1942: $13,892,093 1937: $9,471,100 1947: $19,464,706 1941: $12,368,446 1936: $8,358,900 1946: $18,652,893 1940: $11,445,167 1936: $7,404,600 1945: $17,490,264 1939: $10,316,600 1934: $7,370,200 1944: $16,516,073 1938: $10,218,700 1933: $6,797,600 1943: $15,163,355 1949 Canadian Film Theater Attendance 232,998,545 Canadian Film Theater Attendance, 1948-1934: 1948: 222,469.224 1943: 204,677,550 1938: 137,381,280 1947: 220,857,694 1942: 182.845,765 1937: 133.668.450 1946: 227.538,798 1941: 161.677.731 1936: 126.913.547 1945: 215.573.267 1940: 151.590.799 1935: 117.520.795 1944: 208,167,180 1939: 137,898,668 19.34: 107,354,509 1949 Total Canadian Film Theaters 2,200 1949 Total Canadian Drive-ln Theaters 30 Total Canadian Film Theaters, 1948-1933: 1948: 1,950 1944: 1,298 1940: 1,229 1936: 956 1947: 1.693 1943: 1,265 1939: 1.183 19.36: 859 1946: 1.477 1942: 1.247 1938: 1.130 1934: 796 1945: 1.323 1941: 1,240 1937: 1,044 1933: 763 Annual U. S. Film Revenue from Canada (estimated) $ 18,000,000 France Total French Film Theaters as of Jan. 1, 1951 (estimated) 10,742 Breakdown: Permanent 36 mm. Theaters. 6,363; 16 mm. Theaters. 6.380. Average Weekly French Film Attendance 7,000,000 ★★★**★★★★★*★★★★*★★★*★★★*★***★* 9a