Key statistics
for the film exhibition industry, 1979/80, 1986/87, 1993/94, 1996/97
and 1999/00
Updates not available
No.
businesses
Employment
Total
expenses ($m)
Gross
income1 ($m)
No. males
No. females
Total
1979/80
460
3,495
3,386
6,881
n.a.
174.6
1986/87
202
2,099
2,373
4,472
241.1
259.6
1993/94
224
2,505
3,224
5,729
560.1
635.3
1996/97
188
3,437
4,302
7,739
713.2
832.2
1999/00
173
4,120
5,162
9,282
934.3
1046.1
Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Motion
Picture Exhibition Australia 1999–2000(cat. no. 8654.0).
Notes:
1. For 1993/94, 1996/97 and 1999/00, gross income included relatively
small amounts of non-operating income such as receipts from interest,
royalties, dividends and franchise income. These items were not included
in gross income for 1979/80 and 1986/87.