Appendices
Appendix A — Statistics Showing the Scope of the Motion Picture Industry
| 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. | |
| Practically every State and Federal Penitentiary, Penal Institution and House of Detention in the U. S. shows motion pictures regularly to their inmates. |