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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.



As of October 2019:



305 Theatre Locations in the USA

549 Total Screens



Number of Operational, permanently constructed, commercially operated US Drive-Ins by State/Territory

(as of October, 2019)

These statistics are updated as UDITOA learns of changes in drive-ins.

State Sites Screens State Sites Screens Alabama 8 16 Nebraska 1 1 Alaska 0 0 Nevada 2 10 Arizona 1 9 New Hampshire 3 7 Arkansas 3 3 New Jersey 1 2 California 15 44 New Mexico 2 4 Colorado 7 11 New York 28 49 Connecticut 2 4 North Carolina 5 7 Delaware 0 0 North Dakota 0 0 Florida 7 25 Ohio 24 44 Georgia 5 10 Oklahoma 5 6 Hawaii 0 0 Oregon 3 3 Idaho 6 6 Pennsylvania 28 45 Illinois 8 11 Puerto Rico 1 1 Indiana 19 35 Rhode Island 1 3 Iowa 4 7 South Carolina 3 8 Kansas 5 6 South Dakota 6 7 Kentucky 7 9 Tennessee 11 19 Louisiana 0 0 Texas 12 28 Maine 7 9 Utah 5 11 Maryland 1 1 Vermont 3 6 Massachusetts 3 6 Virginia 6 7 Michigan 9 21 Washington 5 7 Minnesota 6 10 West Virginia 5 5 Mississippi 1 1 Wisconsin 8 11 Missouri 9 11 Wyoming 1 1 Montana 2 4 TOTALS 305 549

PAST STATS & THE FUTURE OF THE INDUSTRY

YEAR SITES SCREENS August 2018 317 559 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

For stats from December 2011 , 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.