Fast facts: Cinema

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Box office and admissions
Box office in 2009	$1,087.5m
Australian films’ share	$54.8m
Admissions in 2009	90.7m
Admissions per capita	4.1
Proportion of Australians who went to the cinema at least once in 2009	69%
Average number of times they went	7.4
Average ticket price in 2009	$11.99
Screens and theatres
Theatres as at February 2010	492
Multiplexes (4+ screens) as at February 2010	100
Capacity as at February 2010	463,000
Screens as at February 2010	1,984
Digital screens as at February 2010	311
Films
Number of titles released in Australian cinemas in 2009	347
From Australia	44
From New Zealand	3
From Asia	59
From France	18
From the United Kingdom	27
From Europe (excl. France and UK)	18
From Canada	3
From the United States	173
From other countries/regions	2
Top-grossing films
All-time highest-grossing film	Avatar
All-time highest-grossing documentary	Michael Jackson’s This Is It
2009’s highest-grossing film	Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince
2009’s highest-grossing Australian film	Mao’s Last Dancer

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