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MAIN NEW ELEMENTS IN THE
“EUROPEAN CINEMA YEARBOOK – 2004 ADVANCE EDITION”
 
INFORMATION ON THE NEW EDITION OF THE YEARBOOK

The “European Cinema Yearbook – 2004 advance edition” has been officially presented on 14 December 2004 in Rome (Italy), during the Professional Meeting Anec-Anem-Unidim.

The main new elements in this edition, covering the 1989/2003 period, are:

Increase in the number of countries reported on:

  • With the addition of Malta, the Yearbook now collects data on 33 countries instead of 32.

Tables on Western Europe:

  • The percentage variation in gross box office has been added.


Tables on Eastern and Central Europe and the Mediterranean Rim:

  • The percentage variation in admissions, already provided for Western Europe, and the percentage variation in gross box office have been added.
  • The number of domestic films produced in each country (including co-productions) has been added.
  • Screen density in monoscreen, multi-screen cinemas and multiplexes has been added as well as the screen density in multiplexes.

Other additions:

  • concentration of admissions and box office throughout the territory;
  • concentration in exhibition;
  • concentration in distribution.


Section on cinemas worldwide:
A total of nine world markets are analysed in the Yearbook: three countries (Russia, New Zealand and Israel) have been added to the six (United States, Australia, Japan, Canada, Hong Kong and South Korea) for which the Yearbook already collected data in previous editions.

Multiplex section:

  • To the complete list of multiplexes updated at 1st January, information has been added on the year they were opened and their catchment area, as well as the multiplexes operating in Russia.
  • In the table “Admissions per screen in multiplexes and other cinemas” a new indicator has been added regarding the relative effectiveness of screens in multiplexes.
Section on digital cinema:
The complete list of digital cinemas worldwide has been updated as at June 2004.