Shown below is a table charting the progress of The Uk cinema attendances.
1951 | 1961 | 1971 | 1981 | 1991 | 2001 | 2009 |
1365 m | 449m | 176m | 84m | 89m | 124m | 173m |
As you can see there is a steady decline from the year 1951 to 1991 with only a slight rise in attendances during the early 2000's. The decline is a result of many factors, he television being most notable. TV's were commercially available from the 1920's, yet very few people had them, many people were content with a wireless. This however changed, the early 1950's saw a dramatic rise in families with televisions, and this is due to The Queen’s Coronation, which took place in 1953. As you can see in the table above in 1951 cinema attendances went down, this can be directly attributed to the rise of the television. The popular demand for televisions led to the continual decline of cinema attendances.
Peoples high standards of living have decrease because of the poor economy and the
Recession, Cinema ticket sales have been affected due to people standards of living dropping.
Many cinemas around the UK are independent businesses; this means that they can close down if sales are low. The lack of money in turn led to the degradation of facilities which again led to attendances plummeting even lower. In recent years Cinemas have joined with each other creating a more stable and facility efficient business. The raised standards of Cinema's nowadays had led to a more positive reputation.
Technology also has an effect on the cinemas in a positive and negative way. For instance new technology for the home such as HD television and sky, has made cinema tickets decrease but new technology in film making has lead to there being a n increase in ticket sales. A great movie for this is "Avatar". Also 3D helped boast the cinema ticket sales.
UK cinema screens
Average number of screens open during the year1911 | : | 1936 | 4,500: | 1961 | 2,711 | 1986 | 1,289 |
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 | ||
1934 | 4,305 | 1959 | 3,414 | 1984 | 1,271 | ||
1935 | 4,410 | 1960 | 3,034 | 1985 | 1,310 |
Many city centre cinemas turned to bingo halls and retail outlets. The mid 80s was the nadir for cinemas. The rise of home video contributed to lose of the cinema tickets sale.
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