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Table 2
Profile of the motion picture theatre industry,1 by province and territories, 2006 to 2008

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Profile of the motion picture theatre industry, by province and territories, 2006 to 2008
  Atlantic provinces 2 Quebec Ontario Manitoba Saskat-
chewan		 Alberta British Columbia Territories 3 Canada
  thousands of dollars
Operating revenue  
Total admission receipts  
2008 p x 149,599 327,888 x 20,447 124,145 132,103 x 826,072
2007 r x 137,580 327,128 x 18,914 117,591 129,372 x 797,065
2006 x 136,426 324,323 x 17,840 103,426 107,997 x 752,589
Sales of food and beverages  
2008 p x 58,481 158,846 x 12,577 64,740 59,593 x 394,372
2007 r x 55,058 152,960 x 12,361 61,359 54,909 x 374,576
2006 x 51,665 145,558 x 11,118 57,389 45,273 x 346,157
All other operating revenue  
2008 p x 28,068 48,748 x 3,224 13,519 11,994 x 112,299
2007 r x 18,622 69,574 x 2,318 11,468 11,866 x 119,469
2006 x 22,456 48,861 x 2,647 11,049 10,728 x 101,450
Total operating revenue  
2008 p x 236,148 535,482 x 36,248 202,405 203,689 x 1,332,743
2007 r x 211,260 549,662 x 33,593 190,418 196,148 x 1,291,109
2006 x 210,546 518,743 x 31,605 171,863 163,997 x 1,200,196
Operating expenses  
Salaries, wages and benefits  
2008 p x 38,225 73,585 x 4,506 22,664 23,708 x 179,822
2007 r x 33,064 72,492 x 4,213 20,179 22,682 x 168,359
2006 x 37,739 71,674 x 4,456 21,207 21,171 x 171,292
Cost of goods sold  
2008 p x 13,871 33,060 x 4,336 15,132 22,193 x 97,445
2007 r x 14,449 35,828 x 2,713 12,418 11,234 x 84,049
2006 x 12,079 32,051 x 2,702 13,178 7,703 x 74,503
Film rental and royalty payments  
2008 p x 74,658 166,900 x 10,429 63,532 70,518 x 424,097
2007 r x 68,117 165,395 x 10,349 61,090 67,049 x 406,960
2006 x 66,491 164,221 x 8,782 50,587 55,322 x 378,321
All other operating expenses  
2008 p x 104,073 214,590 x 11,855 61,556 70,177 x 500,019
2007 r x 89,817 217,493 x 11,145 54,000 71,390 x 482,010
2006 x 85,096 219,369 x 10,636 52,238 63,372 x 467,907
Total operating expenses  
2008 p x 230,827 488,134 x 31,127 162,884 186,596 x 1,201,384
2007 r x 205,447 491,209 x 28,421 147,688 172,355 x 1,141,378
2006 x 201,406 487,315 x 26,576 137,210 147,569 x 1,092,023
  number
Theatre operations  
Paid admissions (attendance)  
2008 p x 21,187,423 43,057,080 x 3,084,715 14,163,224 15,319,534 x 106,375,418
2007 r x 20,834,987 41,032,805 x 2,954,251 14,048,615 15,652,455 x 104,464,904
2006 x 20,700,371 41,955,618 x 3,130,483 14,418,135 13,326,854 x 102,927,624
Screens  
2008 p x 636 1,056 x 90 349 346 x 2,739
2007 r x 579 1,002 x 86 344 359 x 2,652
2006 x 633 1,056 x 107 376 380 x 2,831
  percent
Operating profit margin  
2008 p x 2.3 8.8 x 14.1 19.5 8.4 x 9.9
2007 r x 2.8 10.6 x 15.4 22.4 12.1 x 11.6
2006 x 4.3 6.1 x 15.9 20.2 10.0 x 9.0
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: 2010-05-20

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