Cinema visits per head of population
annual average
| 1926 |
: |
|
1941 |
28.01 |
|
1956 |
22.11 |
|
1971 |
3.25 |
| 1927 |
: |
|
1942 |
31.82 |
|
1957 |
18.29 |
|
1972 |
2.89 |
| 1928 |
: |
|
1943 |
32.67 |
|
1958 |
15.02 |
|
1973 |
2.47 |
| 1929 |
: |
|
1944 |
33.23 |
|
1959 |
11.49 |
|
1974 |
2.54 |
| 1930 |
: |
|
1945 |
33.29 |
|
1960 |
9.83 |
|
1975 |
2.14 |
| 1931 |
: |
|
1946 |
34.19 |
|
1961 |
8.74 |
|
1976 |
1.91 |
| 1932 |
: |
|
1947 |
30.43 |
|
1962 |
7.62 |
|
1977 |
1.90 |
| 1933 |
: |
|
1948 |
31.37 |
|
1963 |
6.86 |
|
1978 |
2.31 |
| 1934 |
: |
|
1949 |
29.50 |
|
1964 |
6.54 |
|
1979 |
2.05 |
| 1935 |
: |
|
1950 |
28.67 |
|
1965 |
6.19 |
|
1980 |
1.85 |
| 1936 |
20.09 |
|
1951 |
27.90 |
|
1966 |
5.45 |
|
1981 |
1.52 |
| 1937 |
20.63 |
|
1952 |
26.75 |
|
1967 |
4.97 |
|
1982 |
1.17 |
| 1938 |
21.42 |
|
1953 |
26.11 |
|
1968 |
4.43 |
|
1983 |
1.20 |
| 1939 |
21.38 |
|
1954 |
25.84 |
|
1969 |
4.00 |
|
1984 |
1.06 |
| 1940 |
22.08 |
|
1955 |
23.85 |
|
1970 |
3.79 |
|
1985 |
1.25 |
In the mid 1940s this means that every person in the UK attended the cinema on average once every 10.6 days. In 1984 the corresponding figure was once every 344 days (11 months 10 days). Of course, in neither case did the entire population visit the cinema, so those who did attend more frequently. In 1946 the typical cinemagoer attended at least one a week.
Cinema statistics index
