Key statistics on the cinema industry in Australia Screens and theatres Total screens, theatres and seating capacity By type of location Screens and theatres by state Seating capacity by state Capacity by exhibitor By state and exhibitor Multiplexes: By state Multiplexes: By exhibitor Historical admissions Overview of cinema admissions since 1901 1901–32 1942–53 1954–74 1975 to present Before 1900 About the data Box office Gross box office and admissions Distributors’ market share Ticket prices Australian share of the Australian box office State shares Films screened Number of Australian and overseas films released in Australian cinemas since 1984 Australian release strategies for local films compared to overseas films Top film each year since 1972 Top 50 each year since 1992 Top 50 films of all time Top documentaries of all time About the data Notes on sources of data for this section Other data sources As well as the data published and updated by Screen Australia, information on cinema is also available from other sources. Find out more In the archive Pages no longer updated by Screen Australia. Ongoing data may be available from the original source. Find out more