the exhibital line graph demonstrates the proportion of cinema goers at lease once a month in four age groups from 1984 to 2003. Generally, the proportion of people falling into all age groups go to cinema at lease once a month ascended over the period shown In adition, 15-24 age bracket continued to become the age group taking the lead in the percentage of people watching film in the cinema once or more a month.
In 1984, the percentage of cinema goers falling into 15-24 age bracket was the highest, taking up approximately one-fifth of the total audiences. This was closely followed by the proportion for 7-14 at lease once a month at around 10%. over the following 20 years, the going level of cinema among 15-24 age category went up steadily to reach a peak of roughly a half in 2004. Take wise, the figure for 7-14 age group surged up but not as dramatically as that of 15-24 age bracket to take a highest at around 30% in the last year.
in the first year of the surveyed period, the percentage of people aged 25-34 was higher at about 5%, which was almost double that of people aged more than 35.