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Number of multiplex sites of various sizes, and multiplex seating capacity, by exhibitor

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2008 | 2007 | 2006 | 2005 | 2004 | 2003 | 2002 | 2001 | 2000

2008: Multiplex sites as of December 2008

	Multiplex sites								Capacity
	4–6 screens		7–9 screens		10+ screens		All multiplexes		(seats)
	No.	%	No.	%	No.	%	No.	%	No.	%
AMC¹	1	1%	2	4%	2	4%	5	2%	10,433	3%
Birch Carroll & Coyle	15	15%	6	11%	6	13%	27	13%	47,740	14%
Dendy¹	2	2%	1	2%	0	0%	3	1%	2,470	1%
Grand¹	5	5%	1	2%	0	0%	6	3%	9,368	3%
Greater Union	4	4%	9	16%	10	21%	23	11%	56,010	16%
Hoyts	8	8%	16	28%	13	28%	37	18%	80,903	24%
Palace	11	11%	1	2%	0	0%	12	6%	10,673	3%
Reading	10	10%	7	12%	4	9%	21	10%	32,120	9%
Village	6	6%	7	12%	10	21%	23	11%	43,311	13%
Wallis Theatres	1	1%	2	4%	0	0%	3	1%	3,711	1%
Independents¹	39	38%	5	9%	2	4%	46	22%	43,164	13%
Total	102	100%	57	100%	47	100%	206	100%	339,903	100%

Source: Motion Picture Distributors Association of Australia (based on MPDAA theatre and screens data accessed on 6 February 2009).

Notes:
Figures may not total exactly due to rounding.
1. Before 2008, the screens of AMC, Dendy and Grand were allocated to independents.

2007: Multiplex sites as of December 2007

	Multiplex sites								Capacity
	4–6 screens		7–9 screens		10+ screens		All multiplexes		(seats)
	No.	%	No.	%	No.	%	No.	%	No.	%
Birch Carroll & Coyle	15	15%	6	11%	6	13%	27	13%	47,740	14%
Greater Union	4	4%	9	16%	10	21%	23	11%	56,010	17%
Hoyts	7	7%	17	30%	13	28%	37	18%	81,471	24%
Palace	9	9%	1	2%	0	0%	10	5%	9,050	3%
Reading	9	9%	6	11%	4	9%	19	9%	29,671	9%
Village	7	7%	6	11%	10	21%	23	11%	42,939	13%
Wallis Theatres	1	1%	2	4%	0	0%	3	1%	4,106	1%
Independents	46	47%	9	16%	4	9%	59	29%	64,294	19%
Total	98	100%	56	100%	47	100%	201	100%	335,281	100%

Source: Motion Picture Distributors Association of Australia (based on MPDAA theatre and screens data accessed on 14 January 2008).

2006: Multiplex sites as of December 2006

	Multiplex sites								Capacity
	4–6 screens		7–9 screens		10+ screens		All multiplexes		(seats)
	No.	%	No.	%	No.	%	No.	%	No.	%
Birch Carroll & Coyle	15	15%	7	13%	6	13%	28	14%	49,856	15%
Greater Union	4	4%	9	16%	10	21%	23	11%	57,179	17%
Hoyts	8	8%	18	32%	13	27%	39	19%	85,341	25%
Palace	8	8%	1	2%	0	0%	9	4%	8,163	2%
Reading	9	9%	6	11%	4	8%	19	9%	29,671	9%
Village	7	7%	6	11%	11	23%	24	12%	45,113	13%
Wallis Theatres	2	2%	1	2%	0	0%	3	1%	4,885	1%
Independents	44	45%	8	14%	4	8%	56	28%	61,739	18%
Total	97	100%	56	100%	48	100%	201	100%	341,947	100%

Source: Motion Picture Distributors Association of Australia (based on MPDAA theatre and screens data as published in January each year).

2005: Multiplex sites as of December 2005

	Multiplex sites								Capacity
	4–6 screens		7–9 screens		10+ screens		All multiplexes		(seats)
	No.	%	No.	%	No.	%	No.	%	No.	%
Birch Carroll & Coyle	15	15%	7	11%	6	12%	28	13%	n.a.	n.a.
Greater Union	4	4%	10	16%	8	16%	22	10%	n.a.	n.a.
Hoyts	8	8%	19	30%	12	24%	39	18%	n.a.	n.a.
Palace	7	7%	2	3%	1	2%	10	5%	n.a.	n.a.
Reading	9	9%	6	9%	4	8%	19	9%	n.a.	n.a.
Village	7	7%	6	9%	11	22%	24	11%	n.a.	n.a.
Wallis Theatres	3	3%	1	2%	0	0%	4	2%	n.a.	n.a.
Independents	46	46%	13	20%	9	18%	68	32%	n.a.	n.a.
Total	99	100%	64	100%	51	100%	214	100%	n.a.	n.a.

Source: Motion Picture Distributors Association of Australia (based on MPDAA theatre and screens data as published in January each year).

2004: Multiplex sites as of December 2004

	Multiplex sites								Capacity
	4–6 screens		7–9 screens		10+ screens		All multiplexes		(seats)
	No.	%	No.	%	No.	%	No.	%	No.	%
Birch Carroll & Coyle	15	16%	7	12%	6	15%	28	15%	50,113	15%
Greater Union	3	3%	10	17%	7	17%	20	11%	48,974	15%
Hoyts	10	11%	20	34%	11	27%	41	22%	92,480	28%
Palace	6	7%	1	2%	0	0%	7	4%	6,195	2%
Reading	9	10%	5	9%	4	10%	18	9%	27,951	8%
Village	7	8%	7	12%	10	24%	24	12%	44,896	13%
Wallis Theatres	3	3%	1	2%	0	0%	4	2%	5,640	2%
Independents	38	42%	7	12%	3	7%	48	25%	55,489	17%
Total	91	100%	58	100%	41	100%	190	100%	331,738	100%

Source: Motion Picture Distributors Association of Australia (based on MPDAA theatre and screens data as published in January each year).

2003: Multiplex sites as of December 2003

	Multiplex sites								Capacity
	4–6 screens		7–9 screens		10+ screens		All multiplexes		(seats)
	No.	%	No.	%	No.	%	No.	%	No.	%
Birch Carroll & Coyle	16	17%	7	13%	6	16%	29	16%	51,797	16%
Greater Union	7	8%	10	19%	6	16%	23	12%	57,309	18%
Hoyts	11	12%	18	33%	11	29%	40	22%	85,859	26%
Palace	6	6%	1	2%	0	0%	7	4%	5,852	2%
Reading	7	8%	3	6%	3	8%	13	7%	20,901	6%
Village	10	11%	6	11%	10	26%	26	14%	48,810	15%
Wallis Theatres	2	2%	0	2%	0	0%	3	2%	4,885	1%
Independents	34	37%	8	15%	2	5%	44	24%	51,381	16%
Total	93	100%	54	100%	38	100%	185	100%	329,794	100%

Source: Motion Picture Distributors Association of Australia (based on MPDAA theatre and screens data as published in January each year).

2002: Multiplex sites as of December 2002

	Multiplex sites								Capacity
	4–6 screens		7–9 screens		10+ screens		All multiplexes		(seats)
	No.	%	No.	%	No.	%	No.	%	No.	%
Birch Carroll & Coyle	16	18%	7	13%	6	17%	29	16%	51,797	16%
Greater Union	7	8%	10	19%	6	17%	23	13%	57,309	18%
Hoyts	13	14%	19	35%	9	25%	41	23%	84,872	27%
Palace	6	7%	1	2%	0	0%	7	4%	5,132	2%
Reading	7	8%	3	6%	3	8%	13	7%	20,901	7%
Village	10	11%	6	11%	10	28%	26	14%	48,810	15%
Wallis Theatres	2	2%	0	0%	0	0%	2	1%	3,513	1%
Independents	29	32%	8	15%	2	6%	39	22%	47,204	15%
Total	90	100%	54	100%	36	100%	180	100%	319,538	100%

Motion Picture Distributors Association of Australia (based on MPDAA theatre and screens data as published in January each year).

2001: Multiplex sites as of December 2001

	Multiplex sites								Capacity
	4–6 screens		7–9 screens		10+ screens		All multiplexes		(seats)
	No.	%	No.	%	No.	%	No.	%	No.	%
Birch Carroll & Coyle	17	18%	7	14%	5	14%	29	16%	50,905	16%
Greater Union	7	7%	9	18%	6	17%	22	12%	57,309	18%
Hoyts	14	15%	17	33%	9	26%	40	22%	84,872	26%
Palace	6	6%	1	2%	0	0%	7	4%	5,852	2%
Reading	10	11%	6	12%	4	11%	20	11%	20,901	7%
Village	12	13%	5	10%	10	29%	27	15%	49,899	16%
Wallis Theatres	2	2%	0	0%	0	0%	2	1%	3,513	1%
Independents	26	28%	6	12%	1	3%	33	18%	47,098	15%
Total	94	100%	51	100%	35	100%	180	100%	320,349	100%

Motion Picture Distributors Association of Australia (based on MPDAA theatre and screens data as published in January each year).

2000: Multiplex sites as of December 2000

	Multiplex sites								Capacity
	4–6 screens		7–9 screens		10+ screens		All multiplexes		(seats)
	No.	%	No.	%	No.	%	No.	%	No.	%
Birch Carroll and Coyle	16	17%	7	15%	5	14%	28	16%	51,283	17%
Greater Union	6	6%	7	15%	6	17%	19	11%	48,761	16%
Hoyts	16	17%	16	35%	10	29%	42	24%	86,024	28%
Reading	6	6%	2	4%	3	9%	11	6%	18,046	6%
Village	12	13%	5	11%	9	26%	26	15%	47,538	15%
Wallis Theatres	2	2%	0	0%	0	0%	2	1%	3,513	1%
Independents	35	38%	9	20%	2	6%	46	26%	52,086	17%
Total	93	100%	46	100%	35	100%	174	100%	307, 251	100%

Motion Picture Distributors Association of Australia (based on MPDAA theatre and screens data as published in January each year).