| Motion picture theatres in the United States |
15,000 |
| Seating capacity (one show) |
7,605,000 |
| Average weekly attendance at picture theatres |
50,000,000 |
| Admissions paid annually |
$520,000,000 |
| The average number of reels used for one performance |
8 |
| Average number of seats in picture theatres |
507 |
| Number of persons employed in picture theatres |
105,000 |
| Persons employed in picture production |
50,000 |
| Permanent employees in all branches of picture industry |
300,000 |
| Investment in motion picture industry |
$1,250,000,000 |
| Approximate cost of pictures produced annually |
$200,000,000 |
| Salaries and wages paid annually at studios in production |
$75,000,000 |
| Cost of costumes, scenery, and other materials and supplies used in production annually |
$50,000,000 |
| Average number of feature films produced annually |
700 |
| Average number of short reel subjects, excluding news reels, annually |
1,500 |
| Taxable motion picture property in the United States |
$720,000,000 |
| Percentage of pictures made in California (1922) |
84% |
| Percentage of pictures made in New York (1922) |
12% |
| Percentage of pictures made elsewhere in United States (1922) |
4% |
| Foreign made pictures sent here for sale (1992) |
425 |
| Foreign made pictures sold and released for exhibition |
6 |
| Theatres running six to seven days per week |
9,000 |
| Theatres running four to five days per week |
1,500 |
| Theatres running one to three days per week |
4,500 |
| Lineal feet of film exported in 1921 |
140,000,000 |
| Lineal feet of film exported in 1913 |
32,000,000 |
| Percentage of American films used in foreign countries |
90 |
| Film footage used each week by news reels |
1,400,000 |
| Combined circulation of news reels weekly |
40,000,000 |
| Number of theatres using news reels weekly |
11,000 |
| Amount spent annually by producers and exhibitors in newspaper and magazine advertising |
$5,000,000 |
| Amount spent annually by producers in photos, cuts, slides, and other accessories |
$2,000,000 |
| Amount spent annually by producers in lithographs |
$2,000,000 |
| Amount spent annually by producers in printing and engraving |
$3,000,000 |
| Hospitals and charitable institutions in U. S. equipped for showing motion pictures, Jan. 1, 1923 |
7,000 |
| The number of schools and churches in U. S. equipped for showing motion pictures, Jan. 1, 1923, almost equals the number of theatres. |
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| Practically every State and Federal Penitentiary, Penal Institution and House of Detention in the U. S. shows motion pictures regularly to their inmates. |
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