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Table 2
Profile of the motion picture theatre industry,1 2005 to 2007

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Profile of the motion picture theatre industry, 2005 to 2007
  Atlantic provinces 2 Quebec Ontario Manitoba Saskat-
chewan		 Alberta British Columbia Territories 3 Canada
  thousands of dollars
Operating revenue  
Total admission receipts  
2007 x 137,580 341,283 x 18,914 117,591 129,372 x 811,220
2006 r x 136,426 324,323 x 17,840 103,426 107,997 x 752,589
2005 x 145,053 292,566 x 18,412 105,499 103,061 x 729,308
Sales of food and beverages  
2007 x 55,058 158,449 x 12,361 61,359 54,909 x 380,065
2006 r x 51,665 145,558 x 11,118 57,389 45,273 x 346,157
2005 x 62,089 130,532 x 10,067 50,929 45,993 x 334,238
All other operating revenue  
2007 x 18,622 69,930 x 2,318 11,468 11,866 x 119,824
2006 r x 22,456 48,861 x 2,647 11,049 10,728 x 101,450
2005 x 18,470 41,795 x 1,792 9,715 10,837 x 88,051
Total operating revenue  
2007 x 211,260 569,662 x 33,593 190,418 196,148 x 1,311,109
2006 r x 210,546 518,743 x 31,605 171,863 163,997 x 1,200,196
2005 x 225,612 464,893 x 30,270 166,144 159,891 x 1,151,597
Operating expenses  
Salaries, wages and benefits  
2007 x 33,064 74,139 x 4,213 20,179 22,682 x 170,006
2006 r x 37,739 71,674 x 4,456 21,207 21,171 x 171,292
2005 x 38,290 67,364 x 4,563 21,924 22,141 x 170,359
Cost of goods sold  
2007 x 14,449 36,837 x 2,713 12,418 11,234 x 85,057
2006 r x 12,079 32,051 x 2,702 13,178 7,703 x 74,503
2005 x 18,836 24,957 x 1,972 12,296 9,394 x 74,503
Film rental and royalty payments  
2007 x 68,117 172,750 x 10,349 61,090 67,049 x 414,315
2006 r x 66,491 164,221 x 8,782 50,587 55,322 x 378,321
2005 x 82,747 145,500 x 8,660 53,957 52,547 x 377,098
All other operating expenses  
2007 x 89,817 229,234 x 11,145 54,000 71,390 x 493,751
2006 r x 85,096 219,369 x 10,636 52,238 63,372 x 467,907
2005 x 116,096 208,855 x 9,904 70,770 68,238 x 510,398
Total operating expenses  
2007 x 205,447 512,960 x 28,421 147,688 172,355 x 1,163,129
2006 r x 201,406 487,315 x 26,576 137,210 147,569 x 1,092,023
2005 x 255,970 446,676 x 25,098 158,948 152,320 x 1,132,358
  number
Theatre operations  
Paid admissions (attendance)  
2007 x 20,834,987 41,032,805 x 2,954,251 14,048,615 15,652,455 x 104,464,904
2006 r x 20,700,371 41,955,618 x 3,130,483 14,418,135 13,326,854 x 102,927,624
2005 x 20,590,566 36,718,067 x 3,271,005 16,582,369 13,737,322 x 101,026,816
Screens  
2007 x 579 1,002 x 86 344 359 x 2,652
2006 r x 633 1,056 x 107 376 380 x 2,831
2005 x 666 1,003 x 75 446 348 x 2,826
  percent
Operating profit margin  
2007 x 2.8 10.0 x 15.4 22.4 12.1 x 11.3
2006 r x 4.3 6.1 x 15.9 20.2 10.0 x 9.0
2005 x -13.5 3.9 x 17.1 4.3 4.7 x 1.7
1.
Industry estimates for this table are based on the surveyed portion and exclude establishments that were too small to be eligible for sampling. The surveyed portion includes only data for surveyed establishments weighted to represent other establishments that were eligible for sampling but were not selected. The surveyed portion represents approximately 95% of total industry revenue.
2.
Atlantic provinces include: Newfoundland and Laborador, Prince Edward Island, Nova Scotia, and New Brunswick.
3.
Territories include: Yukon, Northwest Territories and Nunavut.
Note(s):
Based on the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) and includes all establishments classified to 512130 (indoor motion picture theatres, drive-ins and film festivals). Due to rounding, components may not add to total. See "Data source, definitions and methodology" at the end of tables for definition of terms.
Date Modified: 2009-03-25

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