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APPENDICES

APPENDIX A
 STATISTICS SHOWING THE SCOPE OF THE MOTION PICTURE INDUSTRY

Motion picture theatres in the United States

15,000

Seating capacity (one show)

7,605,000

Average weekly attendance at picture theatres

50,000,000

Admissions paid annually

$520,000,000

The average number of reels used for one performance

8

Average number of seats in picture theatres

507

Number of persons employed in picture theatres

105,000

Persons employed in picture production

50,000

Permanent employees in all branches of picture industry

300,000

Investment in motion picture industry

$1,250,000,000

Approximate cost of pictures produced annually

$200,000,000

Salaries and wages paid annually at studios in production

$75,000,000

Cost of costumes, scenery, and other materials and supplies used in production annually

$50,000,000

Average number of feature films produced annually

700

Average number of short reel subjects, excluding news reels, annually

1,500

Taxable motion picture property in the United States

$720,000,000

Percentage of pictures made in California (1922)

84%

Percentage of pictures made in New York (1922)

12%

Percentage of pictures made elsewhere in United States (1922)

4%

Foreign made pictures sent here for sale (1992)

425

Foreign made pictures sold and released for exhibition

6

Theatres running six to seven days per week

9,000

Theatres running four to five days per week

1,500

Theatres running one to three days per week

4,500

Lineal feet of film exported in 1921

140,000,000

Lineal feet of film exported in 1913

32,000,000

Percentage of American films used in foreign countries

90

Film footage used each week by news reels

1,400,000

Combined circulation of news reels weekly

40,000,000

Number of theatres using news reels weekly

11,000

Amount spent annually by producers and exhibitors in newspaper and magazine advertising

$5,000,000

Amount spent annually by producers in photos, cuts, slides, and other accessories

$2,000,000

Amount spent annually by producers in lithographs

$2,000,000

Amount spent annually by producers in printing and engraving

$3,000,000

Hospitals and charitable institutions in U. S. equipped for showing motion pictures, Jan. 1, 1923

7,000

The number of schools and churches in U. S. equipped for showing motion pictures, Jan. 1, 1923, almost equals the number of theatres.

 

Practically every State and Federal Penitentiary, Penal Institution and House of Detention in the U. S. shows motion pictures regularly to their inmates.