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Table 422 (Soc., Infra., Media)
Film Industry  (1986-1996, 1999 - 2008)
Soc 422e
                       Year               Item 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996
Film Released  150 172 176 118 132 122 120 104 110 92 96
   Sinhala 18 18 15 12 20 25 26 25 26 24 24
   Tamil 20 28 23 12 18 30 25 18 23 26 28
   English 112 126 138 94 77 63 66 57 56 38 36
   Hindi - - - - 4 3 3 3 5 4 8
   Other Films - - - - 13 1 - 1 - - -
Locally Produced Films 18 18 - - - 38 49 57 58 45 8
Imported Films 176 153 200 96 122 80 123 50 46 84 77
   England 42 29 26 11 46 - 1 - - - -
   U.S.A. 75 59 50 11 17 37 56 22 24 37 24
   India 20 28 10 8 29 41 55 5 25 39 47
   Hong Kong 27 25 16 3 12 - 4 14 2 2 2
   Others 11 11 98 59 17 2 6 9 5 6 4
Cinemas (Theaters) 313 274 258 258 251 253 258 262 263 252 245
Seat Capacity 122,660 131,221 138,604 144,996 138,348 140,301 134,589 110,103 120,638 120,231 128,210
   Balcony 14,856 13,207 16,792 16,953 16,560 16,808 17,441 15,205 18,083 18,140 21,002
   Reserved Class  24,151 22,977 24,602 26,053 24,628 34,824 35,822 38,590 45,142 45,594 48,487
   First Class 39,464 30,725 40,475 42,210 41,035 42,012 42,454 33,859 36,101 36,077 38,684
   Second Class 36,027 29,520 41,975 43,985 41,005 38,137 35,940 21,408 19,967 19,275 19,097
   Gallery 8,162 4,729 14,760 15,795 15,120 8,520 2,932 1,041 1,345 1,145 940
Patrons (Mn) - - - - - 31 29 28 24 23 19
Average Daily Attendance 102,075 102,000 - - - 88,075 83,623 78,035 69,363 66,176 53,188
Film Studios - - - - - 2 3 4 3 3 3
                       Year               Item 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007    2008(a)
Imported Films 104 186 35 30 30 18 177 25 31 28
   Sinhala 21 18 6 6 5 5 15 20 17 19
   Tamil 40 90 9 15 10 5 56 5 12 9
   English 38 71 20 7 12 7 70        - 1        -
   Hindi 5 7        - 2 2 1 36        - 1        -
   Other Films        -        -        -        - 1        -        -        -        -        -
Nationally Produced Films 19 20 28 22 24 24 39 20 32 36
Imported Films 85 161 144 200 143 181        -        -        -        -
   England 2 3 n.a. n.a. n.a. 74        -        -        -        -
   U.S.A. 3 3 n.a. n.a. n.a. 3        -        -        -        -
   India 40 9 n.a. n.a. n.a. 10        -        -        -        -
   Hong Kong 29 60 n.a. n.a. n.a. 94        -        -        -        -
   Others 11 5 n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a.        -        -        -        -
Cinemas 226 234 217 221 221 226 235 159 157 154
Seat Capacity 105,617 115,664 30,348 30,348 30,348 34,266 115,539 20,857 20,857 20,857
Balcony 17,636 18,903 5,906 5,906 5,906 7,074 18,772        -        -        -
Reserved & O.D.C. 42,291 52,556        -        -        -        -
86,556 (b)
       -        -        -
O.D.C. & First Class 32,530 33,994 16,822 16,822 16,822 19,572        -        -        -
Second Class 12,836 9,721 7,620 7,620 7,620 7,620 9,721        -        -        -
Gallery 324 490        -        -        -        - 490        -        -        -
Patrons (Mn) 14.8 17.4 1.3 1.5 4.3 14        -        -        -        -
Average Daily Attendance 40,740 47,875 35,947 45,926 34,744 39,775        -        -        -        -
Cinema Studios 3 1 1 1 2 3 2 2 2 2
© ２０１０， KRI (Kusaka Research Institute)  Revised:  2010(y)/05(m)/30(d)
Source:  Chief Editor:
Economic & Social Statistics of Sri Lanka (1998) Dr. Milton Rajaratne (B.Com., M.Sc., Ph.D.)
Key:      The former Head, Department of Management Studies
(a) Provisional      University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka
(b) Include Reserved, ODC and First Class.