The graph presents the percentage of visitors, who visited the cinema once or more, separated by age group, over a 19-year period between 1984 and 2003.
Overall, what stands out from the graph is that there were considerable upward trends in visitors of 15-24, 7-14, 25-35, while the visitors of 35 and over was far less than other group.
The group of 15-24 started a trend at 16% in 1984, and increased significantly to just over 30% in 1992. Despite considerable fluctuates between 1992 and 2000, the figure increased to approximately 38%. Then the percentage of visitors reached a peak in 2003 at about 53%. The visitors aged 7-14 fluctuated significantly between 1984 and 1996 from 10% to 20%. The figure from 1996 to 2002 rose to 38%, before dipping to 25% in 2000. It reached a peak in 2002, and then fell slightly in 2003 to 35%.
The group aged 25-35 experienced a slight increase between 1984 and 2000. Having rosen significantly to just over 30% in 2002, the visitors declined substantially to approximately 33%. The group aged 35 and older experienced a slight increase between 1984 to 2000 from 1% to about 8%. Following this, the figure reached just over 10% in 2003.
