UK cinema screens
Average number of screens open during the year
London had 90 cinemas in 1909. Manchester had 11 in 1913 (the highest cinema density per head of population at the time).
Official Board of Trade statistics began in 1948 as a result of the introduction of the Eady Levy, which was abolished in 1985.

1911	:		1936	4,500:		1961	2,711		1986	1,289		2011	3,824
1912	4,000		1937	4,600		1962	2,421		1987	1,295
1913	:		1938	4,700		1963	2,181		1988	1,416
1914	3,170		1939	4,800		1964	2,057		1989	1,559
1915	3,300		1940	4,600		1965	1,971		1990	1,685
1916	3,450		1941	4,415		1966	1,847		1991	1,789
1917	3,600		1942	4,492		1967	1,736		1992	1,845
1918	3,750		1943	4,569		1968	1,631		1993	1,890
1919	3,925		1944	4,646		1969	1,581		1994	1,969
1920	3,941		1945	4,723		1970	1,529		1995	2,052
1921	4,100		1946	4,705		1971	1,482		1996	2,215
1922	4,125		1947	4,710		1972	1,450		1997	2,383
1923	4,150		1948	4,706		1973	1,530		1998	2,638
1924	4,150		1949	4,800		1974	1,535		1999	2,825
1925	4,100		1950	4,583		1975	1,530		2000	3,039
1926	4,041		1951	4,581		1976	1,525		2001	3,248
1927	3,995		1952	4,568		1977	1,510		2002	3,402
1928	3,760		1953	4,542		1978	1,519		2003	3,433
1929	4,561		1954	4,509		1979	1,564		2004	3,475
1930	5,361		1955	4,483		1980	1,576		2005	3,486
1931	5,090		1956	4,391		1981	1,533		2006	3,569
1932	4,825		1957	4,194		1982	1,439		2007	3,596
1933	4,570		1958	3,996		1983	1,304		2008	3,661
1934	4,305		1959	3,414		1984	1,271		2009	3,696
1935	4,410		1960	3,034		1985	1,311		2010	3,741

Source: Kinematograph Yearbooks, Board of Trade, CAA, Terra Media research, industry estimates

See also  Cinema sites

Cinema statistics index