This table shows the attendance to cinemas around the UK, by looking at the table it is clear that when cinemas were first introduced they were very popular. However the figures drop over the years due to developments in technology:
- 1950s – Invention of colour television.
- 1972 – 50% of homes have colour televisions.
- 1976 – The first video player is invented. 1982 – Dolby digital surround sound is introduced
- 1991 - Home video and Multiplex cinemas were invented
These developments in technology may have made people want to stay at home and watch TV rather than go to the cinema as having a TV in colour at home would have been very new and therefore very exciting to young people. Another reason for decline in cinema attendances might be the lack of amount of screen across the country. Many of the cinemas around the UK were closed down because most of them were converted into Bingo Halls and Retail Outlets. During the 1950s the average of screens across the UK was 4807 and the average of screens during the 21st century is 3406.
One of the mains reasons that the cinema audience is on decline at the moment is the major advances in technology. There used to be only three ways of watching a film; the cinema, a video or on the television, however this has changed. There are now more ways of viewing and purchasing films:
- DVD
- Bought online
- Downloaded illegally online before the film is released on DVD
- Smartphones
- On the Ipad
This development in technology could potentially kill the cinema industry, there is now a way of getting new box office films for free before they are released on DVD, as teenagers no longer need to pay to watch films they consequently do not need to go the cinema anymore.
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