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Film, video and audio-visual distribution and videocassette and DVD wholesaling by primary market1
  2000/2001 2003/2004 2004/2005 2003/2004 to 2004/2005
  $ million % change
Revenue        
Domestic distribution 1,070.9 1,194.5 1,256.8 5.2
Movie theatres 390.6 382.7 446.3 16.6
Pay TV 81.2 105.6 134.6 27.5
Conventional TV 409.6 433.6 404.4 -6.7
Home video 165.8 244.9 246.6 0.7
Other (educational institutions, governments, etc.) 23.7 27.7 24.9 -10.1
Foreign distribution 222.3 321.0 331.9 3.4
Total distribution revenue 1,293.1  1,515.5  1,588.7  4.8
Wholesaling videocassettes and DVDs 1,399.4 1,816.1 1,817.1 0.1
Other revenue 120.6 106.1 133.8 26.1
Total revenue 2,813.1  3,437.6  3,539.6  3.0
Expenses        
Licensing costs (rights, royalties and other fees) 806.7 838.8 847.0 1.0
Videocassette and DVD wholesaling costs 660.7 745.1 673.6 -9.6
Salaries and benefits 144.6 153.2 166.9 8.9
Other costs 853.9 950.0 1,050.0 10.5
Total expenses 2,465.9  2,687.1  2,737.5  1.9
Profit (% of total revenue) 12.3  21.8  22.7   
1.Figures may not add to total due to rounding


Canadian and foreign content share of revenue in the domestic market1
   2003/2004  2004/2005
  Canadian content Foreign content Canadian content Foreign content
Domestic distribution 11.1  88.9  10.7  89.3 
Movie theatres 4.2 95.8 4.3 95.7
Pay TV 24.0 76.0 24.0 76.0
Conventional TV 17.2 82.8 16.4 83.6
Home video 3.3 96.7 3.7 96.3
Other (educational institutions, governments, etc.) 30.3 69.7 32.7 67.3
Domestic wholesaling of videocassetes and DVDs 2.4  97.6  4.2  95.8 
1.Figures may not add to total due to rounding.