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1. GENERAL SITUATION
Changes in Number of Screens 1993-2018
The number of screens in 2018 was 3570, an increase by 40 from that in 2017. During the last 10 years from 2009 to 2018, thetotal number of screens of multi-screen theaters increased by 675 to 3154, occupying 88.3% of the total number of screensin Japan. Other types of theaters have been decreasing to 416 screens and 232 theaters in 2018. During the last 10 years, 413
screens were added at 39 multi-screen theaters. 241 screens decreased at other types of theaters, and 143 other types oftheaters decreased during the last 10 years. As a whole, the number of theaters decreased by 104, while that of screensincreased by 172. In 2009, there were 313 multi-screen theaters and 375 other types of theaters. At present, there are more
multi-screen theaters, occupying 60% of the total number of theaters in Japan.
During the years from 2017 to 2018, 25 theaters (147 screens) opened. Among them, 14 theaters and 129 screens belong tomulti-screen theaters. As was the case in the previous year, many multi-screen theaters were added in city centers such as
TOHO Cinemas Hibiya in Tokyo (13 screens) and United Cinemas Fukuoka (11 screens). In Miyagi Prefecture, Theater Forte
was closed in 2011 and reopened in 2018 as United Cinemas Forte Miyagi Ogawara (7 screens). In Iwaki City of Fukushima
Prefecture, Pole Pole Cinemas Iwaki Onahama (9 screens) opened. In addition, Aeon Cinema again opened 2 sites (AeonCinema Tsuminami and Aeon Cinema Hiroshima Nishi Kaze Shinto) with 18 more screens.
18 screens were added at 11 other types of theaters (including re-openings). Uplink Kichijoji in Tokyo (5 screens) opened in2018 attracting attention as a “multi-screen mini theater.” New types of theaters have been increasing, presenting“something more” such as an accompanying bakery, café, bookstore (small library), live house and so on. These theaters
aspire to provide “a place for film” closely related to their communities, making a distinction from the conventional movie
houses. In 2018, Gashima Cinema (in Sadogashima Island) and Yui Road Theater (in Ishigakijima Island) opened, and eachpresents a unique profile, endeavoring to find new ways of theater operation.

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Changes in Attendance 2009-2018
In 2018, the Japanese nationwide attendance was 169,210,000, and its box office income was 222,511,000,000 yen. Thesenumbers were smaller than those in 2017 when popular animation series movies were immensely successful such as
DETECTIVE CONAN, DORAEMON, and DISPICABLE ME 3. Nonetheless, both the nationwide attendance and box officeincome in 2018 showed a solid result thanks to the unexpected success of BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY, SHOPLIFTERS andONE CUT OF THE DEAD. These numbers from 2018 are in line with the record numbers from 2016 and 2017.

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Changes in Number of Theaters and Screens according to Theater Type 2009-2018
During the last 10 years, the number of theaters has fallen to 584, decreasing by 104, about 15% from 688 theaters. On theother hand, the number of screens has increased by 172, from 3398 to 3570.
Multi-screen theaters have increased the most, with a current total number of 349 theaters and 3,109 screens, occupying
88% of the total number of 3570 screens. The number has increased by 39 theaters and 413 screens during the last 10 years.
Between 2000 and 2008, 20 to 30 new multi-screen theaters were created ever year, and the number constantly increased.
After 2008, the pace slowed down and 5 to 10 new theaters have appeared annually. It is noteworthy that during the last 10years, 72 new multi-screen theaters opened while 23 closed.
Conventional theaters have decreased to less than a half during the last 10 years to 74 theaters and 172 screens, decreasingby 101 theaters and 202 screens. Multi-screen theaters have increased in the city centers where conventional theaters haveclosed. In 2018 in Tokyo, TOHO Cinemas Nichigeki, popular among film fans for a long time, closed. TOHO Cinemas Hibiya
opened including TOHO Cinemas Scala-za and Miyuki-za. In the local area, Fukui Cinema closed after nearly 100 years ofoperation.
The total number of mini-theaters and repertory theaters has remained relatively steady during the last 10 years, and thecurrent numbers are 120 theaters and 200 screens. In 2018, theaters popular within the community, such as Yokohama NewTheatre, Sakurai Pharmacy Central Hall and Tokamachi Cinema Paradise closed. Some conventional theaters changed
themselves to mini- and repertory theaters (Hikari-za Theater in Utsunomiya City, Chiba Theater, Shiojiri Azuma-za Theater,Nagano Roxy Theater, Shintomi-za, etc.), and some closed and later re-opened as mini- and repertory theaters (Ueda Eigeki,Onariza Theater, Yokohama Cinemarine, Takada Sekaikan, Toyooka Gekijo, Theater Shiema, Hita Liberte, etc.). The total
number of conventional, mini- and repertory theaters has remained relatively steady, while the percentages of each havechanged. The boundary between conventional theaters and mini- and repertory theaters has become ambiguous.
The number of adult film theaters has decreased to less than half during the last 10 years, to 39 theaters and 45 screens,decreasing by 44 theaters and 49 screens.
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Changes in Numbers of Theaters and Screens according to Theater Type in Local Areas 2009-2018
In 2018, the total number of movie theaters in Japan was 584, decreasing by 104 (about 15%) during the last 10 years.
Meanwhile, the total number of screens in Japan has increased by 413 to 3,570 and its increase rate is slightly lower. Only in
the Hokkaido and Tohoku Region, these numbers have both decreased. Their population has also decreased by 5.5%,
higher than that in other regions where the number of theaters has decreased and the number of screens has increasedslightly.
When comparing the number of screens to population in the Kanto and Chubu Regions, their screen rate is higher thantheir population rate. Particularly in Chubu, where they have 20.2% of the nation’s screens and 16.8% of the nation’spopulation, a difference is approximately 3%.
Multi-screen theaters have increased in all regions in both the number of theaters and the number of screens. The pace ofincrease has been slow after 2008, compared with the period between 2000 and 2008 when 20-30 theaters opened
annually. Nonetheless, in the Kanto Region, the number of theaters has increased by 10 and the number of screens by 116; inthe Kinki Region, the number of theaters has increased by 10 and the number of screens by 113.
In contrast, the number of conventional theaters has decreased by 33 and the number of screens by 63 in Kanto; thenumber of theaters has decreased by 19 and the number of screens by 44 in Kinki; and the number of theaters has
decreased by 21 and the number of screens by 35 in Chubu. In their early days, multi-screen theaters were built along themajor highways in the suburbs, however during the last 10 years, they have spread to the city centers. During this same time,
conventional theaters in big city’s centers of Tokyo, Osaka and Hyogo Prefectures began to close.
A large number of mini- and repertory theaters are concentrated in Kanto (89 screens out of the nationwide number of 200,making 44.5%). After 2009, several in Tokyo around Shibuya began to close, which made media headlines. During the year
from 2017 to 2018, the number of screens in Kanto increased by 3 when Uplink Kichijoji and Kokoro wo Ugokasu Eigakan ◯opened in Tokyo, along with Maebashi Cinema House, Amaya-za (Naka City in Ibaragi Prefecture), Cine-koya (Fujisawa Cityin Kanagawa Prefecture) and others opened.
The number of adult film theaters has decreased in all areas, however, Okura Theater in Ueno re-opened in 2010 after its
renovation.

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Film Theater Map 2009

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Film Theater Map 2018