Cinema screens  
Estimates for all cinemas
Licensed public cinemas open at end of the year; screens in multi-screens sites counted individually.

1967	1,772		1972	1,519		1977	1,547		1982	1,439
1968	1,651		1973	1,580		1978	1,563		1983	1,303
1969	1,601		1974	1,588		1979	1,582		1984	1,233
1970	1,553		1975	1,576		1980	1,574
1971	1,510		1976	1,562		1981	1,528

				licensed at
				some time
	new	reopened	closed	during year
1977				1,636
1978				1,631
1979	68	3	44	1,634
1980	55	9	70	1,646
1981	40	8	94	1,622
1982	30	16	135	1,574
1983	10	18	164	1,495
1984	10	19	99	1,332

 

Estimates for cinemas reporting in the annual enquiry

	cinemas	seats			cinemas	seats
		000s				000s
1961	2,711	2,649		1973	1,530	1,097
1962	2,421	2,420		1974	1,535	973
1963	2,181	2,222		1975	1,530	879
1964	2,057	2,104		1976	1,525	827
1965	1,971	2,013		1977	1,510	764
1966	1,847	1,883		1978	1,519	738
1967	1,736	1,757		1979	1,564	721
1968	1,631	1,627		1980	1,562	688
1969	1,581	1,538		1981	1,514	622
1970	1,529	1,466		1982	1,432	568
1971	1,482	1,381		1983	1,293	505
1972	1,450	1,198		1984	1,226	459

Cinema statistics index