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Facts: UK Cinema Admissions 1933-2003
 

Year

Figure in millions

   

1933

903.00

1934

950.00

1935

912.33

1936

917.00

1937

946.00

1938

987.00

1939

990.00

 

1940

1,027.00

1941

1,309.00

1942

1,494.00

1943

1,541.00

1944

1,575.00

1945

1,585.00

1946

1,635.00

1947

1,462.00

1948

1,514.00

1949

1,430.00

 

1950

1,395.80

1951

1,365.00

1952

1,312.10

1953

1,284.50

1954

1,275.80

1955

1,181.80

1956

1,100.80

1957

915.20

1958

754.70

1959

581.00

 

1960

500.80

1961

449.10

1962

395.00

1963

357.20

1964

342.80

1965

326.60

1966

288.80

1967

264.80

1968

237.30

1969

214.90

 

1970

193.00

1971

176.00

1972

156.60

1973

134.20

1974

138.50

1975

116.30

1976

103.90

1977

103.50

1978

126.10

1979

111.90

 

1980

101.00

1981

86.00

1982

64.00

1983

65.70

1984

54.00

1985

72.00

1986

75.50

1987

78.50

1988

84.00

1989

94.50

 

1990

97.37

1991

100.29

1992

103.64

1993

114.36

1994

123.53

1995

114.56

1996

123.80

1997

139.30

1998

135.50

1999

139.75

2000

142.50

2001

155.91

2002

176.91

2003

167.30

Source: bfi Film & Television Handbook.