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Economy

Cinema, Seating Capacity And Attendances, Annual

Data from Jan 1998 to Dec 2023

Last updated: 14 Jul 2025, 23:01 SGT

SINGSTAT (Singapore Department of Statistics)

Source: SINGAPORE FILM COMMISSION

Data Last Updated: 23/09/2024

Update Frequency: Annual

Footnotes: The low cinema attendance numbers in 2020, 2021 and 2022 were attributed to mandatory closure of cinemas from 27 March to 12 July 2020 (which coincided with the nationwide circuit breaker in Singapore from 7 April to 1 June 2020) and Safe Management Measures (SMM) imposed on cinema operators during the COVID-19 pandemic period. After cinemas reopened on 13 July 2020, they were subject to prevailing capability guidelines (https://www.imda.gov.sg/news-and-events/media-room/media-releases/2020/advisories-on-covid-19-situation) of each post-circuit breaker phase. The SMM on cinema capacity were lifted on 29 August 2022 and there was a gradual increase in cinema attendance in 2023.

Adapted from: https://tablebuilder.singstat.gov.sg/table/TS/M891221

Data explorer

CinemaSeatingCapacityAndAttendancesAnnual.csv (3 rows, 722 B)

Data Series
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2023
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2022
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2021
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2020
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2019
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2018
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2017
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2016
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2015
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2014
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2013
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2012
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2011
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2010
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2009
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2007
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2006
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2005
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2004
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2003
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2002
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2001
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2000
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1999
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1998
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Cinemas277282271274281276257235223233218200180169176174175167146147147145145134144147
Seating Capacity3839404142414038393738373533373740383638383939404646
Attendances109.487.634.7318.4619.5819.421.9321.921.5622.0921.1722.1320.3219.6419.0617.9615.5915.0815.8814.6414.2713.5613.4414.7716.4

Column legend

Title
Column name
Data type
Unit of measure
Description
Data SeriesDataSeriesTextNumber Of Screens-
20232023NumericNumber Of Screens-
20222022NumericNumber Of Screens-
20212021NumericNumber Of Screens-
20202020NumericNumber Of Screens-
20192019NumericNumber Of Screens-
20182018NumericNumber Of Screens-
20172017NumericNumber Of Screens-
20162016NumericNumber Of Screens-
20152015NumericNumber Of Screens-
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Sample OpenAPI query

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import requests
          
dataset_id = "d_db2db28d64339467a1d44f4026f0dd7a"
url = "https://data.gov.sg/api/action/datastore_search?resource_id="  + dataset_id 
        
response = requests.get(url)
print(response.json())

Citation

This dataset can be reused and cited in research publications.

Singapore Department of Statistics. (2024). Cinema, Seating Capacity And Attendances, Annual (2025) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved August 5, 2025 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_db2db28d64339467a1d44f4026f0dd7a/view

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Created on

24 Oct 2024

Licence

Free forever for personal or commercial use, under the Open Data Licence.

Agency

SINGSTAT (Singapore Department of Statistics)