Graph A illustrates the proportion of the cinema market in the United Kingdom and Australia in 2001, while the line chart provides information about cinema admissions in both countries over a 30-year period, beginning in 1976.
Overall, a prominent feature of bar chart A is that US films were watched the most in both the UK and Australia, while Australian films had the least viewership in both countries. In contrast, the UK experienced a substantial increase in cinema admissions, particularly starting in the second decade and continuing to the end of the decade.
Conversely, Australia’s increase in admissions was more modest. A closer look at chart A reveals that the percentage of US films watched was higher in the UK than in Australia, at approximately 77% and 68%, respectively. Additionally, the share of UK films in the UK was nearly three times greater than that of Australian films. Similarly, the proportion of Australian films watched was larger than the share of UK films; however, the number of other Australian films watched was close to four times that of the UK. Australians watched roughly 18% of these films, while the figure for the UK was around 4%.
Turning to chart B, we see that cinema admissions in the UK were recorded at just over 100 million in 1975. Subsequently, this number saw a moderate decline to 57 million in 1985. In contrast, UK admissions doubled with an increase of approximately 102 million from 1985 to 2005. Meanwhile, Australia’s admissions started at roughly 25 million in 1975 and showed gradual growth, rising from nearly 40 million in 1980 to just above 80 million in 2005.