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01-08-2007, 01:27 PM
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Record cinema attendances
According to trade sources the last weekend 5.5 million people(self included)went to the cinema setting a new record.I dont know what the start date is for compiling these statistics is but i would point out that in 1946 1 billion admissions were recorded which is around 3 million a day.So that figure would have been surpased at that time.Anyway nice to know that cinema attendances are on the up again.
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13-08-2007, 08:44 AM
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Most of these stories about the popularity of going to the cinema in the UK take 'Year Zero' to be 1984 when admissions were at their lowest in the UK and the industry has often made the point that the cinema is more popular than at any time since the early 1970s. |
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13-08-2007, 11:42 AM
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13-08-2007, 11:58 AM
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The Aaben cinema in Manchester may be familiar to other forum members. A large independent cinema where you could buy a cup of tea (china cup and saucer, no less) a selection of cakes and pastries or a sandwich and take them to your seat. Unfortunately the attendances were less than encouraging - I saw Eraserhead there when it came out, and there were just three other people there.
This became a standing joke hereabouts and sadly the cinema closed many years ago because of lack of patronage. |
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14-08-2007, 09:15 AM
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Forum member ChristineCB who lives in Austin, Texas, USA has mentioned how the cities multiplex cinema has been doing record breaking business over the last few days. Apparently sessions were increased and there were long queues to every performance.
The film being shown? The remastered version of the Beatles 'A Hard Days Night'. Forty years on and the Beatles are STILL packing them in. Just shows that the patrons will eagerly make the effort to visit their local cinema - if the right films are showing. Dave. |
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14-08-2007, 09:52 AM
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To get back to the main theme of this strand, below are the UK cinema attendance figures since 1935. The all time high was 1946 and the all time low was 1984.
UK cinema admissions 1935 to date 1935 to dateMillions each year 1935 912.3 million,1936 917.0m, 1937 946.0 m 1938 987.0 m, 1939 990.0 m,1940 1,027 m, 1941 1,309.0 m, 1942 1,494.0 m, 1943 1,541.0 m 1944 1,575.0 m, 1945 1,585.0 m, 1946 1,635.0 m - all time UK high 1947 1,462.0 m, 1948 1,514.0 m, 1949 1,430.0 m, 1950 1,395.8 m, 1951 1,365.0 m, 1952 1,312.1 m, 1953 1,284.5 m 1954 1,275.8 m, 1955 1,181.8 m, 1956 1,100.8 m, 1957 915.2 m, 1958 754.7 m, 1959 581.0 m, 1960 500.8 m 1961 449.1 m, 1962 395.0 m, 1963 357.2 m, 1964 342.8 m, 1965 326.8 m, 1966 288.8 m, 1967 264.8 m, 1968 237.3 m, 1969 214.9 m, 1970 193.0 m, 1971 176.0 m, 1972 156.6 m, 1973 134.2 m, 1974 138.5 m, 1975 116.3 m, 1976 103.9 m, 1977 103.5 m, 1978 126.1 m, 1979 111.9 m, 1980 101.0 m, 1981 86.0 m, 1982 64.0 m, 1983 65.7 m, 1984 54.0 m, 1985 72.0 m, 1986 75.5 m, 1987 78.5 m, 1988 84.0 m, 1989 94.5 m, 1990 97.37 m, 1991 100.29 m, 1992 103.64 m, 1993 114.36 m, 1994 123.53 m, 1995 114.56 m, 1996 123.8 m, 1997 139.3 m, 1998 135.5 m, 1999 139.75 m, 2000 142.5 m, 2001 155.9 m, 2002 175.9 m, 2003 167.2 m, 2004 171.2 m, 2005 164.6 m, 2006 156.6 m. Last edited by Hugo; 14-08-2007 at 10:23 AM. |
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14-08-2007, 02:07 PM
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Here's the columnar reformat of this great info. (I used the Bracketed CODE and Bracketed Slash-CODE words to surround this table.)
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YEAR__MILLIONS YEAR__MILLIONS 1935 912.3 1971 176.0 1936 917.0 1972 156.6 1937 946.0 1973 134.2 1938 987.0 1974 138.5 1939 990.0 1975 116.3 1940 1,027.0 1976 103.9 1941 1,309.0 1977 103.5 1942 1,494.0 1978 126.1 1943 1,541.0 1979 111.9 1944 1,575.0 1980 101.0 1945 1,585.0 1981 86.0 1946 1,635.0 (all-time-UK-High) 1982 64.0 1947 1,462.0 1983 65.7 1948 1,514.0 1984 54.0 1949 1,430.0 1985 72.0 1950 1,395.8 1986 75.5 1951 1,365.0 1987 78.5 1952 1,312.1 1988 84.0 1953 1,284.5 1989 94.5 1954 1,275.8 1990 97.37 1955 1,181.8 1991 100.29 1956 1,100.8 1992 103.64 1957 915.2 1993 114.36 1958 754.7 1994 123.53 1959 581.0 1995 114.56 1960 500.8 1996 123.8m 1961 449.1 1997 139.3m 1962 395.0 1998 135.5m 1963 357.2 1999 139.75 1964 342.8 2000 142.5m 1965 326.8 2001 155.9m 1966 288.8 2002 175.9m 1967 264.8 2003 167.2m 1968 237.3 2004 171.2m 1969 214.9 2005 164.6m 1970 193.0 2006 156.6m Last edited by ChristineCB; 14-08-2007 at 02:12 PM. |
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14-08-2007, 02:10 PM
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14-08-2007, 02:15 PM
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ChristineCB
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It's surprising that 1946 was a high-water mark. I've heard some people had other things to do than see movies after WWII immediately ended... hmmm...
Then, that 6-year period from 1956 to 1966 - going from 1,100 to 288. That's quite a change in just six years, and to see the '80s representing low-water marks for this 76-year table. |
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14-08-2007, 02:33 PM
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14-08-2007, 02:52 PM
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14-08-2007, 04:05 PM
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Hugo
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Thanks Christine for unscrambling my figures. They are taken from the the website of the Film Distributors Association and got a bit compressed in the transference. I think they make very interesting reading.
In 1946 the UK population was about 50 million, this means that the average number of cinema attendances per head of population that year was 33. I think that this is not only a UK high it has never been equalled in any other country in the world before or since. |
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14-08-2007, 05:15 PM
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Re the 1946 figures, the comparison I find interesting is France. France had much lower figures in 1946 (419 million) but they never fell as far as in the UK and by 1971 France had gone ahead (i.e. not fallen so far) and has remained ahead ever since. Other European countries like Italy and Germany didn't reach their peak until 1955-7 or in the case of Spain, the mid 1960s and Soviet Union the early 1970s (when the Soviets claimed 4.6 billion admissions). (All figures from the Encyclopedia of European Cinema, BFI/Cassell 1995.) A lot of this was to do with postwar reconstruction in Europe and the lead in television penetration in the UK. I once calculated that with the number of films rented or purchased on DVD or paid for on movie subscription channels, current 'paid for' film viewing in the UK is probably much as it was in the 1950s, but that appetite for films (British films in particular) between 1946-56 is still astonishing. |
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