Year book of motion pictures (1951)

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★ **★*★*★ INDUSTRY STATISTICS******** Asia Film Theaters in Asia Seating Capacity Breakdown of Asian Film Theaters: Seating Theaters Capacity Country Afghanistan Burma . . . Ceylon China .... India Israel 1 150 82 300 . 3.060 94 Japan 2,157 Jordan Korea Lebanon Pakistan Persia . , 4 116 48 228 80 700 170.000 46,100 500,000 1,. 394,000 65,000 1.224,000 1,900 .55,100 24,000 88,000 43.000 Country Philippines . Syria Thailand . . Turkey ... Indonesia . Indo-China Macao Aden Cyprus . . . . Hong: Kong . Malaya & Singapore Seating Theaters Capacity 450 50 118 275 260 60 6 7 41 27 180 27.100 74.700 175.000 117,000 25.000 4.800 4,300 26,000 35,500 70,000 Film Theaters in Europe. Seating Capacity Breakdown of European Film Theaters: Seating Europe Countr.v Albania Austria Belgium Bulgaria Czechoslovakia Denmark . . . . Finland France Germany Greece Hungary Iceland Irish Republic Theaters Capacity 14 240.000 790 1,355 291 2,268 430 471 5,362 5,930 179 526 43 345 Italy 7,500 Liechtenstein Luxembourg Monaco 2 39 4 756,600 96,000 690,000 135,000 133,000 2,650,000 2,400.000 100.000 134.500 11.865 's.'s'oo.ooo 353 20,700 4,000 Country Netherlands . . . Norway Poland Portugal Rumania San Marino . . . Spain Sweden Switzerland . . . USSR United Kingdom Vatican City . . . Yugoslavia .... Gibraltar Malta Trieste .Seating Theaters Capacity 461 250,000 410 120,300 574 230.000 301 177.500 350 108.000 3 1.000 3.583 1,715.000 2,484 720,000 410 140.000 15,200 4,583 '4,281,266 2 736 176,000 3 1,900 26 13,300 33 12,633 North America (excluding the U., S.). .■ Film Theaters in North .America Seating Capacity Breakdown of North American Film Theaters .Seating Country Theaters Capacity Canada 2.200 937,400 Costa Rica 77 36,000 Cuba 51'5 300,000 Dominican Republic 55 22,000 Kl Salvador 28 38,400 Guatemala 42 32,000 Haiti 24 Honduras 28 23,600 Mexico 1,726 1,400,000 Nicaragua 47 43,800 Panama 62 49,300 Guadeloupe 9 2.800 Seating Country Theaters Capacity Martinique 11 West Indies 14 Bermuda 15 Br. Honduras .... 4 Bahamas 6 Barbados 3 Jamaica 28 Leeward Is 6 Trinidad 40 Windward Is 4 Puerto Rico 130 4.860 9.000 4.350 1.600 3.211 2.050 23,000 2,600 27.800 2.750 70.000 Oceania Film Theaters in Oceania Seating Capacity Breakdown of Oceanic Film Theaters: Country Australia . . New Zealand Fr. Oceania . Seating Theaters Capacit.v 1.674 1.403.000 568 276.000 7 2,726 Country New Caledonia Fiji Is Seatin<; Theaters Capacity 6 3.000 15 6.300 6,794 4,171,200 54,708 18,757,851 5,074 3,036,521 2,270 1,689,026 *******★***★*★*★*★★★**★★*★**** 99