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CROATIAN BUREAU OF STATISTICS
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ISSN 1334-0565

 

YEAR: XLVI.

ZAGREB, 18 JUNE, 2009

NUMBER: 8.3.4.

 

 

OBLIGED TO NOTIFY DATA SOURCE

 

 

CINEMAS, 2008

 

In the year 2008 there were 81 cinemas operating, which means there were 8 cinemas less than in 2007. Out of the total number of permanent cinemas, 63 were equipped with 1 screen, 4 of them with 3―6 screens and 3 of them with 8 or more screens. There were 7 autonomous cinemas and 74 cinemas that were parts of other business entities, as follows: 20 of them operated as parts of film showing companies, 43 as parts of cultural-educational institutions (homes of culture, public and open universities etc.) and 11 as parts of other institutions/companies. Out of the total number of cinemas, 45.7% had screenings during the whole year and 14.8% for two months or less.

 

As compared to 2007, the number of screenings increased by 47.7% and attendance by 32.2%. The share of domestic film screenings was 2.7%, while in 2007 it was 3.3%.

 

Out of the total of 203 cinema projectors, 38.4% were produced in 1991 and afterwards, while 28.6% were produced before 1970.

 

 

1.   CINEMAS, SEATS, SCREENINGS, ATTENDANCE AND PERSONS IN EMPLOYMENT, BY COUNTIES, 2008

 

Cinemas

Seats

Number of

 screenings

Attendance

Persons in employment

Total

Of that, full-time employment

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Republic of Croatia

  81

 34 201

 83 677

3 282 900

  365

  305

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

County of Zagreb

  6

 1 983

 1 046

 21 439

  18

  16

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

County of Sisak-Moslavina

  4

 1 370

  449

 10 340

  14

  14

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

County of Karlovac

  1

  507

  90

  915

  5

  5

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

County of Varaždin

  5

 1 596

 1 170

 22 357

  17

  10

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

County of Koprivnica-Križevci

  2

  563

 1 086

 19 698

  7

  7

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

County of Bjelovar-Bilogora

  3

  824

  623

 10 006

  9

  9

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

County of Primorje-Gorski kotar

  7

 5 110

 14 114

 518 823

  41

  28

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

County of Lika-Senj

  2

  536

  153

 2 680

  4

  3

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

County of Virovitica-Podravina

  1

  517

  98

 3 050

  4

  4

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

County of Zadar

  5

 2 698

 4 365

 156 608

  56

  54

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

County of Osijek-Baranja

  5

 1 476

 2 110

 96 017

  14

  13

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

County of Šibenik-Knin

  6

 1 335

  604

 18 725

  11

  3

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

County of Vukovar-Sirmium

  1

  502

  21

  316

  2

  2

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

County of Split-Dalmatia

  11

 3 829

 12 828

 357 977

  46

  42

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

County of Istria

  6

 1 371

 1 459

 54 172

  14

  11

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

County of Dubrovnik-Neretva

  7

 1 950

 1 296

 55 847

  20

  14

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

County of Međimurje

  2

  864

  692

 24 421

  20

  18

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

City of Zagreb

  7

 7 170

 41 473

1 909 509

  63

  52

 

 

2.   CINEMAS, BY TYPE, ORGANISATIONAL FRAME AND BY NUMBER OF SCREENS, 2008

 

Cinemas

By organisational frame

Number of screens

Total

Out of this, private

Autonomous

As part of

Film showing
companies

Cultural-educational institutions

Other institutions/
companies

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Total

81

22

7

20

43

11

123

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Permanent, with one screen

63

11

3

8

37

9

63

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Permanent, with more screens

7

7

1

6

-

-

49

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Open-air

10

3

-

3

5

2

10

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mobile

1

1

-

-

1

-

1

 

3.   CINEMAS, BY TYPE AND BY NUMBER OF MONTHS WHEN SCREENINGS WERE SHOWN, 2008

 

Total

Cinemas, by months when screenings were shown

Occasionally

2 months and less

3 ― 4

5 ― 6

7 ― 8

9 ― 10

11

During whole year

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Total

81

3

9

7

5

3

13

4

37

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Permanent, with one screen

63

2

3

4

4

1

13

4

32

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Permanent, with more screens

7

-

1

-

-

2

-

-

4

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Open-air

10

-

5

3

1

-

-

-

1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mobile

1

1

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

 

 

4.   CINEMAS, BY TYPE AND BY AVERAGE NUMBER OF SCREENINGS PER WEEK, 2008

 

Total

Cinemas, by average number of screenings per week

Occasionally

1

2

3

4 ― 10

11 ― 20

21 ― 40

  and more

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Total

81

3

11

12

5

30

8

5

7

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Permanent, with one screen

63

2

11

12

4

21

8

5

-

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Permanent, with more screens

7

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

7

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Open-air

10

-

-

-

1

9

-

-

-

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mobile

1

1

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

 

 

5.   CINEMAS, BY TYPE, NUMBER OF SEATS, SCREENINGS AND ATTENDANCE, 2008

 

Cinemas

Seats

Number of screenings

Attendance

Total

Domestic films

Foreign films

Total

Domestic films

Foreign films

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total

81

34 201

83 677

2 234

81 443

3 282 900

58 783

3 224 117

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Permanent, with one screen

63

20 222

16 595

657

15 938

499 662

24 460

475 202

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Permanent, with more screens

7

10 044

66 369

1 564

64 805

2 752 396

33 966

2 718 430

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Open-air

10

3 935

702

13

689

27 842

357

27 485

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mobile

1

-

11

-

11

3 000

-

3 000

 

 

6.   CINEMAS, BY TYPE, PERSONS IN EMPLOYMENT BY SEX AND WORKING TIME, PROJECTIONISTS AND VOLUNTEERS, 2008

 

Persons in employment

Full-time

Volunteers

Total

Of that

Total

Of that

Women

Projectionists

Women

Projectionists

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Total

365

161

99

305

138

79

28

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Permanent, with one screen

219

93

66

173

73

52

28

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Permanent, with more screens

125

61

24

120

59

24

-

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Open-air

20

7

8

12

6

3

-

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mobile

1

-

1

-

-

-

-

7.   CINEMAS AND CINEMA PROJECTORS, BY TYPE AND YEAR OF PRODUCTION, 2008

 

Cinemas by number of projectors

Projectors

Total

With one projector

With two projectors

With three or more projectors

Total

By film width

By year of production

16 mm

35 mm

70 mm

Digital

Up to 1970

1971. – 1990.

1991. – 2008.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
Total

81

19

43

19

203

2

191

3

7

58

67

78

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
Permanent, with one screen

63

11

41

11

132

1

128

3

-

48

63

21

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
Permanent, with more screens

7

-

-

7

56

-

49

-

7

-

-

56

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
Open-air

10

7

2

1

14

-

14

-

-

9

4

1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
Mobile

1

1

-

-

1

1

-

-

-

1

-

-

 

 

 

8.   FILM PRODUCTION, BY PRODUCER AND FILM CATEGORY, 2008

 

Film producers

Film category

Total

Feature films

Documentaries

Cartoons

Commercials

Teaching films

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
Total

8

165

5

92

53

11

4

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
Film production companies

2

53

-

-

53

-

-

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TV centres1)

6

112

5

92

-

11

4

 

 

1)    Films were produced by Croatian Television, TV Varaždin, TV Čakovec, TV Pazin and TV Plus.

 

 

9.   FILMS AND VIDEO FILMS PROVIDED, BY COUNTRY OF ORIGIN, 2008

 

Films − total1)

Country of origin

Croatia

Australia

Bosnia
 and Herzegovina

France

Hong Kong

Italy

Japan

Canada

Germany

USA

Serbia

Spain

United Kingdom

Other countries

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Film distributors

406

20

4

2

38

5

2

6

12

10

252

1

4

21

292)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Video film distributors

2 676

129

22

15

147

17

47

37

42

89

1 722

27

54

192

1363)

 

.

 

1)    Data refer to all films provided in 2008, irrespective of when rights for their commercial exploitation have been bought.

2)    In 2008, Brazil, Finland, India, Iran, Israel, Kazakhstan, China, Lithuania, the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Mexico, Netherlands, Romania and Slovenia 

      provided one film each, Argentina, Austria, Denmark. Ireland and Korea provided two films each and the Czech Republic provided six films.

3)    In 2008, Luxemburg, Hungary, the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Norway, Turkey and Uruguay provided one video film each, Austria, the Czech Republic,

      Israel, Poland and Portugal provided two video films each, Argentina, Finland, Iran, South Africa, the Russian Federation and Slovenia provided three video films           each, Brazil, New Zealand, Romania, Sweden and Thailand four video films each, Denmark, India and Ireland six video films each, Mexico nine video films, Belgium
      ten video films and China, Korea and Netherlands provided fifteen video films each.

 

 

NOTES ON METHODOLOGY

 

Source and methods of data collection

 

Data are the result of the processing of annual reports filled in by cinemas on the KINO-1 form, the Annual Report on Cinemas, then by film production institutions/companies on the KINO-2 form, the Annual Report on Film Production, by business entities engaged in the distribution of films on the KINO-5 form, the Annual Report on the Distribution of Feature Films and publishers of video works on the NKL-5/1 form, the Annual Report on Audiovisual Works. Data on the production of TV films are collected on the Annual Report of TV Institutions (TV-1 form).

 

Coverage and comparability

 

The statistical survey covers all cinemas, film production institutions/companies, business entities engaged in turnover/distribution of films, publishers of video works and TV centres on the territory of the Republic of Croatia. Data are comparable to those from previous years.

 

Definitions and explanations

 

Cinema is an auditorium or an open-air space equipped with facilities for public showing of films.

 

Permanent cinemas show films in a fixed auditorium equipped with a cinema projector, film screen and seats.

 

Open-air cinemas show films on a fixed open-air space.        

Mobile cinemas do not have a fixed auditorium, but show films in or out the place of headquarters, either in an auditorium or at an open-air space.

 

Cinema show is a public screening of a film programme, a projection of a feature film, with or without an addition, lasting for approximately 120 minutes.

 

Film producing companies and TV centres produce feature-length and short films either on their own or in co-production.      

Audio-visual works (films and video films) are cinematographic or similar works that are filmed by using a method corresponding to cinematography, irrespective of the filming technique and contents.

 

Territorial constitution

 

Data on counties are given according to the Act on the Territory of Counties, Cities and Municipalities in the Republic of Croatia (NN, Nos. 86/06) with the situation as on 31 December 2008.

 

Abbreviations

 

etc.       and so on (from Latin: et cetera)

mm       millimetre

NN        Narodne novine, official gazette of the Republic of Croatia

USA      United States of America

 

Symbols

 

-   no occurrence