Cinema industry trends
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2000–2015

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2015: as of December 2015

	Multiplex sites				Capacity
	4–6 screens	7–9 screens	10+ screens	All multiplexes	(seats)
Number
Birch Carroll & Coyle	16	8	7	31	52,367
Dendy¹	1	1	1	3	2,872
Grand¹	5	1	0	6	9,742
Greater Union	3	10	12	25	58,216
Hoyts²	6	17	14	37	70,200
Palace	9	2	2	13	14,633
Reading	8	8	3	19	27,954
Village	4	7	10	21	38,519
Wallis Theatres	1	2	0	3	3,661
Independents¹	39	16	0	55	55,338
Total	92	72	49	213	333,502
Proportion
Birch Carroll & Coyle	17%	10%	17%	15%	17%
Dendy¹	1%	1%	2%	1%	1%
Grand¹	5%	1%	0%	3%	3%
Greater Union	3%	14%	21%	11%	16%
Hoyts²	8%	24%	29%	18%	21%
Palace	10%	3%	4%	6%	4%
Reading	9%	13%	6%	9%	9%
Village	4%	10%	21%	10%	12%
Wallis Theatres	1%	3%	0%	1%	1%
Independents¹	41%	21%	0%	25%	16%
Total	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%

Source: Motion Picture Distributors Association of Australia (MPDAA).

Notes:
Figures may not total exactly due to rounding. They are based on annual data accessed on 5 February 2015 in the MPDAA multiplexes report and do not reflect any subsequent updates by the MPDAA.
1. Before 2008, the screens of AMC, Dendy and Grand were allocated to independents.
2. In 2010, Pacific Equity Partners, owners of Hoyts, acquired Australian Multiplex Cinemas (AMC).

2014: as of December 2014

	Multiplex sites				Capacity
	4–6 screens	7–9 screens	10+ screens	All multiplexes	(seats)
Number
Birch Carroll & Coyle	16	7	8	31	54,783
Dendy¹	1	1	1	3	2,872
Grand¹	5	1	0	6	9,742
Greater Union	3	10	10	23	52,846
Hoyts²	7	17	14	38	70,200
Palace	9	2	2	13	14,633
Reading	8	9	3	20	29,810
Village	4	7	10	21	38,519
Wallis Theatres	1	2	0	3	3,661
Independents¹	38	15	0	53	53,852
Total	92	71	48	211	330,918
Proportion
Birch Carroll & Coyle	17%	10%	17%	15%	17%
Dendy¹	1%	1%	2%	1%	1%
Grand¹	5%	1%	0%	3%	3%
Greater Union	3%	14%	21%	11%	16%
Hoyts²	8%	24%	29%	18%	21%
Palace	10%	3%	4%	6%	4%
Reading	9%	13%	6%	9%	9%
Village	4%	10%	21%	10%	12%
Wallis Theatres	1%	3%	0%	1%	1%
Independents¹	41%	21%	0%	25%	16%
Total	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%

Source: Motion Picture Distributors Association of Australia (MPDAA).

Notes:
Figures may not total exactly due to rounding. They are based on annual data accessed on 5 February 2015 in the MPDAA multiplexes report and do not reflect any subsequent updates by the MPDAA.
1. Before 2008, the screens of AMC, Dendy and Grand were allocated to independents.
2. In 2010, Pacific Equity Partners, owners of Hoyts, acquired Australian Multiplex Cinemas (AMC).

2013: Multiplex sites as of December 2013

	Multiplex sites				Capacity
	4–6 screens	7–9 screens	10+ screens	All multiplexes	(seats)
Number
Birch Carroll & Coyle	15	7	7	29	50,439
Dendy¹	1	1	1	3	2,969
Grand¹	5	1	0	6	9,742
Greater Union	4	10	10	24	55,434
Hoyts²	8	17	15	40	74,539
Palace	10	2	2	14	15,520
Reading	8	9	3	20	30,318
Village	4	7	10	21	38,519
Wallis Theatres	1	2	0	3	3,661
Independents¹	38	13	1	52	54,639
Total	94	69	49	212	335,780
Proportion
Birch Carroll & Coyle	16%	10%	14%	14%	15%
Dendy¹	1%	1%	2%	1%	1%
Grand¹	5%	1%	0%	3%	3%
Greater Union	4%	14%	20%	11%	17%
Hoyts²	9%	25%	31%	19%	22%
Palace	11%	3%	4%	7%	5%
Reading	9%	13%	6%	9%	9%
Village	4%	10%	20%	10%	11%
Wallis Theatres	1%	3%	0%	1%	1%
Independents¹	40%	19%	2%	25%	16%
Total	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%

Source: Motion Picture Distributors Association of Australia (MPDAA).

Notes:
Figures may not total exactly due to rounding. They are based on annual data accessed on 22 January 2014 in the MPDAA multiplexes report and do not reflect any subsequent updates by the MPDAA.
1. Before 2008, the screens of AMC, Dendy and Grand were allocated to independents.
2. In 2010, Pacific Equity Partners, owners of Hoyts, acquired Australian Multiplex Cinemas (AMC).

2012: Multiplex sites as of December 2012

	Multiplex sites								Capacity
	4–6 screens		7–9 screens		10+ screens		All multiplexes		(seats)
	No.	%	No.	%	No.	%	No.	%	No.	%
Total	96	100%	62	100%	49	100%	207	100%	340,695	100%
Birch Carroll & Coyle	15	16%	6	10%	7	14%	28	14%	48,804	14%
Dendy¹	1	1%	1	2%	1	2%	3	1%	2,774	1%
Grand¹	5	5%	1	2%	0	0%	6	3%	9,368	3%
Greater Union	4	4%	10	16%	10	20%	24	12%	54,038	16%
Hoyts²	9	9%	17	27%	15	31%	41	20%	89,349	26%
Palace	11	11%	1	2%	1	2%	13	6%	12,280	4%
Reading	8	8%	8	13%	4	8%	20	10%	31,878	9%
Village	4	4%	7	11%	10	20%	21	10%	41,104	12%
Wallis Theatres	1	1%	2	3%	0	0%	3	1%	3,711	1%
Independents¹	38	40%	9	15%	1	2%	48	23%	47,389	14%

Source: Motion Picture Distributors Association of Australia (MPDAA).

Notes:
Figures may not total exactly due to rounding. They are based on annual data accessed on 21 January 2013 in the MPDAA multiplexes report and do not reflect any subsequent updates by the MPDAA.
1. Before 2008, the screens of AMC, Dendy and Grand were allocated to independents.
2. In 2010, Pacific Equity Partners, owners of Hoyts, acquired Australian Multiplex Cinemas (AMC).

2011: Multiplex sites as of December 2011

	Multiplex sites								Capacity
	4–6 screens		7–9 screens		10+ screens		All multiplexes		(seats)
	No.	%	No.	%	No.	%	No.	%	No.	%
Total	97	100%	62	100%	48	100%	207	100%	340,526	100%
Birch Carroll & Coyle	15	15%	6	10%	5	10%	26	13%	43,501	13%
Dendy¹	2	2%	1	2%	0	0%	3	1%	2,470	1%
Grand¹	5	5%	1	2%	0	0%	6	3%	9,368	3%
Greater Union	4	4%	10	16%	12	25%	26	13%	59,476	17%
Hoyts²	9	9%	17	27%	15	31%	41	20%	89,349	26%
Palace	11	11%	1	2%	1	2%	13	6%	12,280	4%
Reading	8	8%	8	13%	4	8%	20	10%	31,878	9%
Village	5	5%	8	13%	10	21%	23	11%	43,357	13%
Wallis Theatres	1	1%	2	3%	0	0%	3	1%	3,711	1%
Independents¹	37	38%	8	13%	1	2%	46	22%	45,136	13%

Source: Motion Picture Distributors Association of Australia (MPDAA).

Notes:
Figures may not total exactly due to rounding. They are based on annual data accessed on 19 January 2012 in the MPDAA multiplexes report and do not reflect any subsequent updates by the MPDAA.
1. Before 2008, the screens of AMC, Dendy and Grand were allocated to independents.
2. In 2010, Pacific Equity Partners, owners of Hoyts, acquired Australian Multiplex Cinemas (AMC).

2010: Multiplex sites as of December 2010

	Multiplex sites								Capacity
	4–6 screens		7–9 screens		10+ screens		All multiplexes		(seats)
	No.	%	No.	%	No.	%	No.	%	No.	%
Total	98	100%	61	100%	48	100%	207	100%	341,534	100%
AMC¹	0	0%	1	2%	1	2%	2	1%	4,553	1%
Birch Carroll & Coyle	15	15%	6	10%	5	10%	26	13%	44,141	13%
Dendy¹	2	2%	1	2%	0	0%	3	1%	2,470	1%
Grand¹	5	5%	1	2%	0	0%	6	3%	9,368	3%
Greater Union	4	4%	10	16%	12	25%	26	13%	59,736	17%
Hoyts	9	9%	16	26%	14	29%	39	19%	84,950	25%
Palace	11	11%	1	2%	1	2%	13	6%	12,280	4%
Reading	9	9%	8	13%	4	8%	21	10%	32,773	10%
Village	6	6%	7	11%	10	21%	23	11%	43,311	13%
Wallis Theatres	1	1%	2	3%	0	0%	3	1%	3,711	1%
Independents¹	36	37%	8	13%	1	2%	45	22%	44,241	13%

Source: Motion Picture Distributors Association of Australia (MPDAA).

Notes:
Figures may not total exactly due to rounding. They are based on annual data accessed on 25 January 2011 in the MPDAA multiplexes report and do not reflect any subsequent updates by the MPDAA.
1. Before 2008, the screens of AMC, Dendy and Grand were allocated to independents.

2009: Multiplex sites as of December 2009

	Multiplex sites								Capacity
	4–6 screens		7–9 screens		10+ screens		All multiplexes		(seats)
	No.	%	No.	%	No.	%	No.	%	No.	%
Total	100	100%	58	100%	48	100%	206	100%	341,175	100%
AMC¹	1	1%	2	3%	2	4%	5	2%	10,433	3%
Birch Carroll & Coyle	14	14%	6	10%	5	10%	25	12%	42,909	13%
Dendy¹	2	2%	1	2%	0	0%	3	1%	2,470	1%
Grand¹	5	5%	1	2%	0	0%	6	3%	9,368	3%
Greater Union	6	6%	9	16%	12	25%	27	13%	63,259	19%
Hoyts	8	8%	15	26%	13	27%	36	17%	78,943	23%
Palace	11	11%	1	2%	0	0%	12	6%	10,673	3%
Reading	9	9%	7	12%	4	8%	20	10%	31,332	9%
Village	6	6%	7	12%	10	21%	23	11%	43,311	13%
Wallis Theatres	1	1%	2	3%	0	0%	3	1%	3,711	1%
Independents¹	37	37%	7	12%	2	4%	46	22%	44,766	13%

Source: Motion Picture Distributors Association of Australia (MPDAA).

Notes:
Figures may not total exactly due to rounding. They are based on annual data accessed on 1 February 2010 in the MPDAA multiplexes report and do not reflect any subsequent updates by the MPDAA.
1. Before 2008, the screens of AMC, Dendy and Grand were allocated to independents.

2008: Multiplex sites as of December 2008

	Multiplex sites								Capacity
	4–6 screens		7–9 screens		10+ screens		All multiplexes		(seats)
	No.	%	No.	%	No.	%	No.	%	No.	%
Total	102	100%	57	100%	47	100%	206	100%	339,903	100%
AMC¹	1	1%	2	4%	2	4%	5	2%	10,433	3%
Birch Carroll & Coyle	15	15%	6	11%	6	13%	27	13%	47,740	14%
Dendy¹	2	2%	1	2%	0	0%	3	1%	2,470	1%
Grand¹	5	5%	1	2%	0	0%	6	3%	9,368	3%
Greater Union	4	4%	9	16%	10	21%	23	11%	56,010	16%
Hoyts	8	8%	16	28%	13	28%	37	18%	80,903	24%
Palace	11	11%	1	2%	0	0%	12	6%	10,673	3%
Reading	10	10%	7	12%	4	9%	21	10%	32,120	9%
Village	6	6%	7	12%	10	21%	23	11%	43,311	13%
Wallis Theatres	1	1%	2	4%	0	0%	3	1%	3,711	1%
Independents¹	39	38%	5	9%	2	4%	46	22%	43,164	13%

Source: Motion Picture Distributors Association of Australia (MPDAA).

Notes:
Figures may not total exactly due to rounding. They are based on annual data accessed on 6 February 2009 in the MPDAA multiplexes report and do not reflect any subsequent updates by the MPDAA. In 2010, the MPDAA reported a revised total capacity for 2008: see Total screens, seating capacity and theatres in Australia. A revised breakdown of multiplexes is not available.
1. Before 2008, the screens of AMC, Dendy and Grand were allocated to independents.

2007: Multiplex sites as of December 2007

	Multiplex sites								Capacity
	4–6 screens		7–9 screens		10+ screens		All multiplexes		(seats)
	No.	%	No.	%	No.	%	No.	%	No.	%
Total	98	100%	56	100%	47	100%	201	100%	335,281	100%
Birch Carroll & Coyle	15	15%	6	11%	6	13%	27	13%	47,740	14%
Greater Union	4	4%	9	16%	10	21%	23	11%	56,010	17%
Hoyts	7	7%	17	30%	13	28%	37	18%	81,471	24%
Palace	9	9%	1	2%	0	0%	10	5%	9,050	3%
Reading	9	9%	6	11%	4	9%	19	9%	29,671	9%
Village	7	7%	6	11%	10	21%	23	11%	42,939	13%
Wallis Theatres	1	1%	2	4%	0	0%	3	1%	4,106	1%
Independents	46	47%	9	16%	4	9%	59	29%	64,294	19%

Source: Motion Picture Distributors Association of Australia (MPDAA).

Notes:
Figures may not total exactly due to rounding. They are based on annual data accessed on 14 January 2008 in the MPDAA multiplexes report and do not reflect any subsequent updates by the MPDAA.

2006: Multiplex sites as of December 2006

	Multiplex sites								Capacity
	4–6 screens		7–9 screens		10+ screens		All multiplexes		(seats)
	No.	%	No.	%	No.	%	No.	%	No.	%
Total	97	100%	56	100%	48	100%	201	100%	341,947	100%
Birch Carroll & Coyle	15	15%	7	13%	6	13%	28	14%	49,856	15%
Greater Union	4	4%	9	16%	10	21%	23	11%	57,179	17%
Hoyts	8	8%	18	32%	13	27%	39	19%	85,341	25%
Palace	8	8%	1	2%	0	0%	9	4%	8,163	2%
Reading	9	9%	6	11%	4	8%	19	9%	29,671	9%
Village	7	7%	6	11%	11	23%	24	12%	45,113	13%
Wallis Theatres	2	2%	1	2%	0	0%	3	1%	4,885	1%
Independents	44	45%	8	14%	4	8%	56	28%	61,739	18%

Source: Motion Picture Distributors Association of Australia (MPDAA).

Notes:
Figures may not total exactly due to rounding. They are based on annual data accessed in January 2007 in the MPDAA multiplexes report and do not reflect any subsequent updates by the MPDAA.

2005: Multiplex sites as of December 2005

	Multiplex sites								Capacity
	4–6 screens		7–9 screens		10+ screens		All multiplexes		(seats)
	No.	%	No.	%	No.	%	No.	%	No.	%
Total	99	100%	64	100%	51	100%	214	100%	n.a.	n.a.
Birch Carroll & Coyle	15	15%	7	11%	6	12%	28	13%	n.a.	n.a.
Greater Union	4	4%	10	16%	8	16%	22	10%	n.a.	n.a.
Hoyts	8	8%	19	30%	12	24%	39	18%	n.a.	n.a.
Palace	7	7%	2	3%	1	2%	10	5%	n.a.	n.a.
Reading	9	9%	6	9%	4	8%	19	9%	n.a.	n.a.
Village	7	7%	6	9%	11	22%	24	11%	n.a.	n.a.
Wallis Theatres	3	3%	1	2%	0	0%	4	2%	n.a.	n.a.
Independents	46	46%	13	20%	9	18%	68	32%	n.a.	n.a.

Source: Motion Picture Distributors Association of Australia (MPDAA).

Notes:
Figures may not total exactly due to rounding. They are based on annual data accessed in January 2006 in the MPDAA multiplexes report and do not reflect any subsequent updates by the MPDAA. In 2010, the MPDAA reported a revised total capacity for 2005: see Total screens, seating capacity and theatres in Australia. A revised breakdown of multiplexes is not available.

2004: Multiplex sites as of December 2004

	Multiplex sites								Capacity
	4–6 screens		7–9 screens		10+ screens		All multiplexes		(seats)
	No.	%	No.	%	No.	%	No.	%	No.	%
Total	91	100%	58	100%	41	100%	190	100%	331,738	100%
Birch Carroll & Coyle	15	16%	7	12%	6	15%	28	15%	50,113	15%
Greater Union	3	3%	10	17%	7	17%	20	11%	48,974	15%
Hoyts	10	11%	20	34%	11	27%	41	22%	92,480	28%
Palace	6	7%	1	2%	0	0%	7	4%	6,195	2%
Reading	9	10%	5	9%	4	10%	18	9%	27,951	8%
Village	7	8%	7	12%	10	24%	24	12%	44,896	13%
Wallis Theatres	3	3%	1	2%	0	0%	4	2%	5,640	2%
Independents	38	42%	7	12%	3	7%	48	25%	55,489	17%

Source: Motion Picture Distributors Association of Australia (MPDAA).

Notes:
Figures may not total exactly due to rounding. They are based on annual data accessed in January 2005 in the MPDAA multiplexes report and do not reflect any subsequent updates by the MPDAA. In 2010, the MPDAA reported a revised total capacity for 2004: see Total screens, seating capacity and theatres in Australia. A revised breakdown of multiplexes is not available.

2003: Multiplex sites as of December 2003

	Multiplex sites								Capacity
	4–6 screens		7–9 screens		10+ screens		All multiplexes		(seats)
	No.	%	No.	%	No.	%	No.	%	No.	%
Total	93	100%	54	100%	38	100%	185	100%	329,794	100%
Birch Carroll & Coyle	16	17%	7	13%	6	16%	29	16%	51,797	16%
Greater Union	7	8%	10	19%	6	16%	23	12%	57,309	18%
Hoyts	11	12%	18	33%	11	29%	40	22%	85,859	26%
Palace	6	6%	1	2%	0	0%	7	4%	5,852	2%
Reading	7	8%	3	6%	3	8%	13	7%	20,901	6%
Village	10	11%	6	11%	10	26%	26	14%	48,810	15%
Wallis Theatres	2	2%	0	2%	0	0%	3	2%	4,885	1%
Independents	34	37%	8	15%	2	5%	44	24%	51,381	16%

Source: Motion Picture Distributors Association of Australia (MPDAA).

Notes:
Figures may not total exactly due to rounding. They are based on annual data accessed in Jnauary 2004 in the MPDAA multiplexes report and do not reflect any subsequent updates by the MPDAA. In 2010, the MPDAA reported a revised total capacity for 2003: see Total screens, seating capacity and theatres in Australia. A revised breakdown of multiplexes is not available.

2002: Multiplex sites as of December 2002

	Multiplex sites								Capacity
	4–6 screens		7–9 screens		10+ screens		All multiplexes		(seats)
	No.	%	No.	%	No.	%	No.	%	No.	%
Total	90	100%	54	100%	36	100%	180	100%	319,538	100%
Birch Carroll & Coyle	16	18%	7	13%	6	17%	29	16%	51,797	16%
Greater Union	7	8%	10	19%	6	17%	23	13%	57,309	18%
Hoyts	13	14%	19	35%	9	25%	41	23%	84,872	27%
Palace	6	7%	1	2%	0	0%	7	4%	5,132	2%
Reading	7	8%	3	6%	3	8%	13	7%	20,901	7%
Village	10	11%	6	11%	10	28%	26	14%	48,810	15%
Wallis Theatres	2	2%	0	0%	0	0%	2	1%	3,513	1%
Independents	29	32%	8	15%	2	6%	39	22%	47,204	15%

Source: Motion Picture Distributors Association of Australia (MPDAA).

Notes:
Figures may not total exactly due to rounding. They are based on annual data accessed in January 2003 in the MPDAA multiplexes report and do not reflect any subsequent updates by the MPDAA.

2001: Multiplex sites as of December 2001

	Multiplex sites								Capacity
	4–6 screens		7–9 screens		10+ screens		All multiplexes		(seats)
	No.	%	No.	%	No.	%	No.	%	No.	%
Total	94	100%	51	100%	35	100%	180	100%	320,349	100%
Birch Carroll & Coyle	17	18%	7	14%	5	14%	29	16%	50,905	16%
Greater Union	7	7%	9	18%	6	17%	22	12%	57,309	18%
Hoyts	14	15%	17	33%	9	26%	40	22%	84,872	26%
Palace	6	6%	1	2%	0	0%	7	4%	5,852	2%
Reading	10	11%	6	12%	4	11%	20	11%	20,901	7%
Village	12	13%	5	10%	10	29%	27	15%	49,899	16%
Wallis Theatres	2	2%	0	0%	0	0%	2	1%	3,513	1%
Independents	26	28%	6	12%	1	3%	33	18%	47,098	15%

Source: Motion Picture Distributors Association of Australia (MPDAA).

Notes:
Figures may not total exactly due to rounding. They are based on annual data accessed in January 2002 in the MPDAA multiplexes report and do not reflect any subsequent updates by the MPDAA.

2000: Multiplex sites as of December 2000

	Multiplex sites								Capacity
	4–6 screens		7–9 screens		10+ screens		All multiplexes		(seats)
	No.	%	No.	%	No.	%	No.	%	No.	%
Total	93	100%	46	100%	35	100%	174	100%	307, 251	100%
Birch Carroll and Coyle	16	17%	7	15%	5	14%	28	16%	51,283	17%
Greater Union	6	6%	7	15%	6	17%	19	11%	48,761	16%
Hoyts	16	17%	16	35%	10	29%	42	24%	86,024	28%
Reading	6	6%	2	4%	3	9%	11	6%	18,046	6%
Village	12	13%	5	11%	9	26%	26	15%	47,538	15%
Wallis Theatres	2	2%	0	0%	0	0%	2	1%	3,513	1%
Independents	35	38%	9	20%	2	6%	46	26%	52,086	17%

Source: Motion Picture Distributors Association of Australia (MPDAA).

Notes:
Figures may not total exactly due to rounding. They are based on annual data accessed in January 2001 in the MPDAA multiplexes report and do not reflect any subsequent updates by the MPDAA.