Fast facts: Cinema

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Box office and admissions
Box office in 2008	$945.4m
Australian films’ share	$35.5m
Admissions in 2008	84.6m
Admissions per capita	4
Proportion of Australians who went to the cinema at least once in 2008	66%
Average number of times they went	7.3
Average ticket price in 2008	$11.17
Screens and theatres
Theatres as at February 2009	493
Multiplexes (4+ screens) as at February 2009	206
Capacity as at February 2009	456,000
Screens as at February 2009	1,980
Digital projectors as at February 2009	54
Films
Number of titles released in Australian cinemas in 2008	301
From Australia	33
From New Zealand	0
From Asia	40
From France	20
From the United Kingdom	24
From Europe (excl. France and UK)	15
From Canada	7
From the United States	158
From other countries/regions	4
Top-grossing films
All-time highest-grossing film	Titanic
All-time highest-grossing documentary	Fahrenheit 9/11
2008’s highest-grossing film	The Dark Knight
2008’s highest-grossing Australian film	Australia

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