UK new cinema openings 1927-1932

	new screens	seats	av seats/screen
1927	100	95,000	950
1928	70	90,000	1,286
1929	171	200,000	1,170
1930	195	292,000	1,497
1931	100	142,919	1,429
1932	79	101,309	1,282

Source: US Department of Commerce European Motion Picture Industry reports 1927-1932, quoted in Dickinson and Street: Cinema and State [0077]
Average number of seats added

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