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★ ★★★★★★★INDUSTRY STAT 1ST ICS ***★★*★*
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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
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