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Trade Statistics
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65 per cent of Britain's school children see films once a week or more.
23 per cent of the film-going public attend the same kinema week after week irrespective of the film.
48 per cent attend regularly — 29 per cent, whenever there is a film which particularly appeals to them.
Entertainment Tax
Entertainment tax represents roughly an increase of 700 per cent, over 1938.
Actual payment to Treasury on account of kinema E.T. : — To March 31, 1947. £41,390,000 1946. £41,000,000. 1938. £5,600,000.
1938 rate of tax was 16 per cent on income, in 1947 over 40 per cent.
Film Programmes
Practically all circuit and first run kinemas play one programme a week.
Most second run and smaller kinemas normally have a bi-weekly change, but a proportion of small houses present three programmes a week.
Import Duty
A new clause in the 1947 Finance Bill (Statutory Rules and Orders, 1947, No. 1,690 Customs. Additional Import Duties (No. 2) ) imposed as from August 6, an ad valorem duty of 300 per cent, (about 75 per cent, of the total profits) on the value of all imported films (see page 134).
It assumes that a renter will take no more than 30 per cent, of gross proceeds for " costs, charges and expenses (except Customs duty on the film) and profit."
Previous tax on foreign features was 5d. per ft. on the first copy.
No foreign film has been imported since the imposition of the duty.
Films Registered
1945. 1946. 1947.
British Long Films 67
„ Short „ 157
Foreign Long Films 377
Short „ 354 To the year ending March 31, 1947,
exhibitors showed 20.9 per cent
British films.
Quota Requirements 1944-1948
Renters' Quota.
Long. Short. 1947. 25 per cent25 per cent
1946. 221 „ „ 25 ,,
1945. 20 ,, 22i fj
1944. 20 ,, ,, 15 ,,
Exhibitors' Quota.
Long. Short.
1947 20 per cent 22* per cent
1946 171 ,, 22* „ „ 1945 15 „ „ 1944 15 „ „
22i 20" 12J
Exhibitors' Quota Defaults.
1945. 1946. 1947.
1120. 1149. 681.
British Board of Film Censors
Annual Income (1947)— £13-14,000. Viewing charges, £3 10s. a reel. Subjects examined : —
1941 ... 1,426 1944 ... 1,220
1942 ... 1,497 1945 ... 1,256
1943 ... 1,239 1946 ... 1,543
British Studios
16 studios, comprising 53 sound stages containing a total of 524,697 sq. ft. of production space.
Comparable Hollywood figures : 8 major studios : 160 stages with 2,406,000 sq. ft. of space.
The Arthur Rank organisation controls : 5 studios, 24 sound stages, 248,429 sq. ft. of space.
U.S. companies control : 5 studios, 15 sound stages, 187,915 sq. ft. of space.
British studios made 49 major features in 1947, excluding second features and " featurettes "
British studios have been estimated by the Kine. as likely to produce 53 major films this year (1947).
Average production time during last 12 months has been 15 weeks.
Hollywood producers usually turn out a feature in 40 to 50 days.
Consumption of raw stock (prewar) was 308,000,000 ft. annually, of which 30 per cent, was used by newsreels.