Cinema Attendance
- Created by: Simone Harley
- Created on: 10-12-12 18:42
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- Cinema Attendence
- 1930 - 50% of the population went to the cinema once a week
- People would rather go to the cinema than the theatre
- Matinees on a Saturday were £1 and kids could go without parents
- People would go to escape the stress of the war
- It would give people important information and keep people updated with the war
- Hollywood names: Marilyn Monroe, John Wayne, Humphrey Bogart, Lauren Bacall
- Films were in technicolour
- 1960 - popularity started to decline
- Rise in ticket prices - entertainment tax.
- 11 million television sets in Britain in 1961
- Little money to upgrade cinemas
- Tried to keep up attendance with 3D and Smell-O-Vision
- Films that starred pop groups were still popular
- Video Recorder - people could watch films at home
- 54 million visits a year in 1984
- 1990 - bigger audience - special effects, quality sound and stereo
- 3D and IMAX multi-screen cinemas built
- 150 million visits in 2000
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