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STATISTICS
The following statistics are
compiled from a variety of resources, including personal visits
and research, telephone recordings, websites, UDITOA member
information, and on-line movie listings. Because of the
constant flux of numbers (closings, addition of screens, change in
ownership, etc.) sometimes, despite best efforts, a
theatre will be erroneously tallied as operating (or not
operating) that season.
Number of Operational,
permanently constructed, commercially operated US
Drive-Ins by State/Territory
(as of
December 30, 2011)
These statistics are updated
as UDITOA learns of changes in drive-ins.
| State |
Sites |
Screens |
|
State |
Sites |
Screens |
| Alabama |
10 |
16 |
|
Nebraska |
2 |
2 |
| Alaska |
0 |
0 |
|
Nevada |
2 |
9 |
| Arizona |
2 |
10 |
|
New Hampshire |
3 |
7 |
| Arkansas |
3 |
3 |
|
New Jersey |
1 |
2 |
| California |
19 |
47 |
|
New Mexico |
1 |
1 |
| Colorado |
8 |
14 |
|
New York |
28 |
50 |
| Connecticut |
2 |
4 |
|
North Carolina |
6 |
6 |
| Delaware |
0 |
0 |
|
North Dakota |
1 |
1 |
| Florida |
7 |
24 |
|
Ohio |
31 |
48 |
| Georgia |
5 |
11 |
|
Oklahoma |
5 |
5 |
| Hawaii |
0 |
0 |
|
Oregon |
4 |
4 |
| Idaho |
10 |
10 |
|
Pennsylvania |
33 |
54 |
| Illinois |
12 |
16 |
|
Puerto Rico |
1 |
1 |
| Indiana |
21 |
36 |
|
Rhode Island |
1 |
3 |
| Iowa |
4 |
4 |
|
South Carolina |
3 |
5 |
| Kansas |
7 |
8 |
|
South Dakota |
6 |
6 |
| Kentucky |
13 |
18 |
|
Tennessee |
15 |
22 |
| Louisiana |
0 |
0 |
|
Texas |
16 |
25 |
| Maine |
5 |
6 |
|
Utah |
6 |
14 |
| Maryland |
1 |
1 |
|
Vermont |
4 |
7 |
| Massachusetts |
3 |
6 |
|
Virginia |
10 |
11 |
| Michigan |
8 |
18 |
|
Washington |
6 |
13 |
| Minnesota |
6 |
10 |
|
West Virginia |
9 |
9 |
| Mississippi |
1 |
1 |
|
Wisconsin |
9 |
11 |
| Missouri |
12 |
17 |
|
Wyoming |
1 |
1 |
| Montana |
3 |
5 |
|
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TOTALS
| 366 |
606 |
PAST STATS & THE FUTURE OF THE INDUSTRY
|
YEAR |
SITES |
SCREENS |
| December 30, 2011 |
366 |
606 |
| September 19, 2010 |
374 |
618 |
| July 23, 2009 |
382 |
629 |
| July 26, 2008 |
383 |
635 |
| July 31, 2007 |
383 |
636 |
| July 27, 2006 |
397 |
650 |
| July 26, 2005 |
402 |
649 |
|
July 2004 |
403 |
641 |
|
July 2003 |
401 |
635 |
| summer 2002 |
433 |
667 |
| summer 2001 |
441 |
684 |
| summer 2000 |
443 |
684 |
| summer 1999 |
447 |
684 |
For stats from July 2005,
click here
For stats from January 2006,
click here
For stats from August 2006, click here
For stats from July 2007, click here
For stats from July 2008, click here
For stats from September 2010,
click here
Industry resources list the high figure for
drive-ins as 4063 in 1958. The 1978-1988 time period was
particularly hard on the industry, with over 1000 screen
closings. Closings were commonly due to land value increases that
made selling for redevelopment attractive financially, aging
owners who wished to retire, difficulty obtaining first run
product during the time period, and increasing entertainment
options (video, multiplexes, other activities).
But by the
1990s, new drive-ins were being built and re-openings were
becoming more common. The numbers have leveled off from their
rapid drop in the 1980s. Some owners who want to retire now are
seeking someone to purchase it to keep it as a drive-in instead of
selling the property for development. Though drive-in numbers will
never be as high as they were in the 1950s, the industry seems to
be on an upswing.
Click here for a list of
NEW BUILDS AND RE-OPENED DRIVE-INS
