In the 1970s, the number of movie theaters in the Soviet Union outnumbered the number in the United States by a factor of more than ten to one. This ratio decreased over the 1970s and 1980s, but even in 1988 there were more than six theaters in the USSR for every one in the U.S..
Number of movie theaters in the U.S. and Soviet Union in select years between 1970 and 1989
(in thousands)
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US Census Bureau. (August 1, 1991). Number of movie theaters in the U.S. and Soviet Union in select years between 1970 and 1989 (in thousands) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved January 06, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1249587/movie-theaters-us-ussr-cold-war/
US Census Bureau. "Number of movie theaters in the U.S. and Soviet Union in select years between 1970 and 1989 (in thousands)." Chart. August 1, 1991. Statista. Accessed January 06, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1249587/movie-theaters-us-ussr-cold-war/
US Census Bureau. (1991). Number of movie theaters in the U.S. and Soviet Union in select years between 1970 and 1989 (in thousands). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: January 06, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1249587/movie-theaters-us-ussr-cold-war/
US Census Bureau. "Number of Movie Theaters in The U.S. and Soviet Union in Select Years between 1970 and 1989 (in Thousands)." Statista, Statista Inc., 1 Aug 1991, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1249587/movie-theaters-us-ussr-cold-war/
US Census Bureau, Number of movie theaters in the U.S. and Soviet Union in select years between 1970 and 1989 (in thousands) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1249587/movie-theaters-us-ussr-cold-war/ (last visited January 06, 2025)
Number of movie theaters in the U.S. and Soviet Union in select years between 1970 and 1989 (in thousands) [Graph], US Census Bureau, August 1, 1991. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1249587/movie-theaters-us-ussr-cold-war/
