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	:		1961	2,711		1986	1,289
1912	4,000		1937	:		1962	2,421		1987	1,295
1913	:		1938	:		1963	2,181		1988	1,416
1914	3,170		1939	4,800		1964	2,057		1989	1,559
1915	:		1940	:		1965	1,971		1990	1,685
1916	:		1941	4,415		1966	1,847		1991	1,789
1917	:		1942	4,492		1967	1,736		1992	1,845
1918	:		1943	4,569		1968	1,631		1993	1,890
1919	:		1944	4,646		1969	1,581		1994	1,969
1920	3,941		1945	4,723		1970	1,529		1995	2,052
1921	:		1946	:		1971	1,482		1996	2,215
1922	:		1947	:		1972	1,450		1997	2,383
1923	:		1948	4,706		1973	1,530		1998	2,638
1924	:		1949	4,800		1974	1,535		1999	2,825
1925	:		1950	4,583		1975	1,530		2000	2,954
1926	4,041		1951	4,581		1976	1,525		2001	:
1927	:		1952	4,568		1977	1,510		2002	:
1928	3,760		1953	4,542		1978	1,519		2003	:
1929	:		1954	4,509		1979	1,564		2004	:
1930	5,361		1955	4,483		1980	1,576
1931	:		1956	4,391		1981	1,533
1932	:		1957	4,194		1982	1,439
1933	:		1958	3,996		1983	1,304
1934	4,305		1959	3,414		1984	1,271
1935	:		1960	3,034		1985	1,311

Source: Kinematograph Yearbooks, Board of Trade, industry estimates

See also  Cinema sites

Cinema statistics index