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Cinema: Cinema screens

Top 20 countries ranked by number of cinema screens, 2003–2007

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Australia had been no. 14 in the world since 2004 in terms of total number of screens but fell to no. 15 in 2007, overtaken by South Korea.

Rank (2007)	Country	Screens
Rank (2007)	Country	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007
1	US	35,786	36,652	38,852	38,415	38,974
2	China	42,000	40,308	39,425	37,753	36,112
3	India	11,000	10,500	10,500	11,183	10,189
4	France	5,295	5,302	5,366	5,632	5,398
5	Germany	4,868	4,870	4,889	4,848	4,832
6	Spain	4,253	4,390	4,398	4,299	4,296
7	Italy	3,628	3,762	3,865	3,987	4,071
8	Mexico	3,197	3,248	3,544	3,762	3,936
9	UK	3,433	3,475	3,486	3,569	3,596
10	Japan	2,681	2,825	2,926	2,926	3,221
11	Canada	2,822	2,980	2,933	2,986	2,992
12	Russian Federation	1,809	1,986	2,236	2,499	2,710
13	Brazil	1,817	1,988	2,081	2,175	2,355
14	South Korea	1,130	1,451	1,634	1,847	2,058
15	Australia	1,907	1,909	1,943	1,964	1,941
16	Turkey	945	1,059	1,280	1,480	1,464
18	Argentina	1,003	1,034	1,078	1,157	1,191
17	Sweden	1,170	1,178	1,178	1,093	1,049
19	Poland	940	870	855	980	931
20	South Africa	n.a.	n.a.	799	815	831

Source: Screen Digest, September 2004, September 2005, October 2006, October 2007 and September 2008.

Notes:
n.a. Data not available.