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TABLE XXXI
Number of Motion Picture Theatres, Classified "by Type of Ownership, 1933-1935
Total Circuit Theatres Independent Theatrec
Year Numher Per Cent Affiliated Unaffiliated
of Total Num Per Cent Num Per Cent Numher Per Cent
her of Total her of Total of Total
1933 19,251 100.0
1934 18,371 100.0
1935 18,263 100.0
2,266 11.8 3,189 1,954 10.6 2,846 2,073 11.4 3,070
16.6 13,796 71.6 15.5 13,571 73.9 16.8 13,120 71,8
Source: Motion Picture Producers and Distributors of America, Inc., as of January 1, each year.
TABLE XXXII
Number of Motion Picture Theatre Seats, Classified "by Type of Ownership, 1933-1935
Tear To tal ^ Circuit t Independent
Numher Per Cent Affiliated Unaffiliated Num Per Cent
(000* s) of Total Theatres Theatres m her of Total
Hum Per Cent Mum Per Cent (000's) her of Total her of Total (000' s) (000' s)
1933 11,086 100.0
1934 11,029 100.0
1935 11,032 100.0
2,938 26.5 2,562 2,587 23.5 2,493 2,719 24,4 2,539
23.1 5,586 50.4
22.6 5,949 53.9
22.8 5,874 52.8
Source: Motion Picture producers and Distributors of America, Inc., as of January 1, each year.
a/ It will he noted that the total numbers of seats is not identical with
those given hy the source cited in Table XXX ahove.
Total Theatre Receipts and Attendance
The total estimated "box-office receipts from 1929 through 1934, inclusive, are shown in^Tahle XXXIII. Receipts fell from $1,100,000,000 in 1929 and 1930 to approximately half this amount in 1933. fflhile average estimated admission prices fell from 30 cents in 1929 to 28 cents in 1930, the increased attendance was sufficient to keep the total estimated receipts at the 1929 level, namely, $1,100,000,000. The estimated average admission price fell from 30 cents in 1929 to 20 cents in 1933 and 1934, or a drop of one-third.
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