A film will not normally start to yield a return on the initial investment until a million cinemagoers have paid to watch it.
But it would be rash, indeed almost impossible, to forecast numbers, because this depends on the quality of films and the habits of cinemagoers.
That is partly due to the lack of reinvestment in modern facilites of the kind that most modern cinemagoers want to enjoy as part of an evening out.
The number of cinemagoers and the number of films made record a constant increase, especially after 1958.
In 1970, the numbers of cinemas and cinemagoers rose spectacularly.
The pure watchfulness of cinemagoers mimics the controlling relationship diabetic characters must endure.
Perhaps its only then that it will be able to rise from serving pedestrian fare to cinemagoers to providing quality cinema.
