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The INTERNATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHER
June, 1935
Motion Pictures Statistics To Date
Compiled by N. D. Golden, Department of Commerce; Daniel C. Roper, Secretary; Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce, Claudius T. Murchison, Director
{Important — The statistics listed below have been prepared from statements by trade organizations and the trade press as of April 1, 1935. This Department cannot assume any responsibility for their accuracy . In the absence of official figures the following data do, however, show the magnitude of the motion picture industry in the United States.
Industry' $ Investment
World capital investment $2,500,000,000
United States investment 2,000,000,000
Annual expenditures for insurance in
United States 30,000,000
Theaters 90f/f
Production and distribution 10%
Approximate annual taxes paid by motion
picture industry to Government 100,000,000
Employment
Approximate number employed in industry in
United States 270,000
(a) In production 28,000
(b) In distribution 8,000
(c) In theaters 234,000
(d) Extras placed in Hollvwood
^ daily 758
(e) Extras placed in Hollywood
yearly 250,000
Hollywood's annual pay roll $75,000,000
Hollywood's weekly pay roll 1,384,000
Exhibition
Average weelclv attendance at movie theaters: 1922—40,000,000 1928— 65,000,000 1923—43,000,000 1929— 95,000,000 1924—46,000,000 1930—110,000,000 1925—48,000,000 1931— 75,000,000 1926—50,000,000 1932— 60,000,000 1927—57,000,000 1933— 60,000,000 1934—70,000,000
Approximate world attendance weekly 200,000,000
Feature films released in United States dining 1934 662
American 480
Foreign 182
Short subjects, practically all American 1,000
Estimated annual admissions in the United
States 1934 $700,000,000
Estimate for 1935 715,000,000
Estimated annual film rentals 220,000,000
Average attendance per theater 500
Average daily receipts per theater $125.00
Average daily admissions per theater .25
Average daily shows per theater 2.25
Average daily film rental per theater 25.00
Average daily receipts per show 5000
Average daily attendance per theater per
show 226
Average daily film rental per theater per
show 10.00
Annual expenditure for theater accessories
(new and replacement) 22,500,000
New theaters constructed in 1933-34, estimated 145
Total expenditure in theater construction in
1929, 1930, 1931, 1932, 1933 and 1934.. 337,000,000
Theaters, United States ( Based upon Bureau of Census Survey, December, 1934).
Film and Vaudeville — 10,143.
Legitimate — 1 22.
Theaters, United States (Based upon Film Year Book, 1935, January 1, 1935).
Wired Theaters, 15,273 ; Closed, 1,887 ; Wired Open, Tan. 1, 1935, 13,386; Wired Open, Jan. 1, 1934, 12,574; Wired Open, Jan. 1, 1933, 12,480.
Theaters, United States (Based upon Film Board of Trade Estimates).
Seating Total Capacity Sound Silent Closed Open
1932—20,100 10,767,411 14,805 5,295 5,350 14,750
1933—19,311 11,161,193 15,231 4,080 5,895 13,416
1934 — 18,371 11,028,950 15,652 2,719 4,635 13,736
1935—18,263 11,132,595 16,325 1,938 3,711 14,552
Capacity 9,719,531
There is one motion picture theatre seat for every 13 inhabitants in the United States.
Production
Studio capital investment $95,000,000
Estimated number of feature films produced,
1933-34 480
Major producers 361
Independent producers 119
Estimated number of short subjects to be
produced, 1934-35 1,000
Estimated cost of production, 1933-34 $119,000,000
Number of prints required for each feature.... 200-250
Cost per print 200
American pictures shown to the extent of
the world's screen time 70%
Average negative cost of feature produc
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