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Cinema, Seating Capacity And Attendances, Annual

Data from Jan 1998 to Dec 2024

Last updated: 14 Aug 2025, 22:01 SGT

SINGSTAT (Singapore Department of Statistics)

Source: SINGAPORE FILM COMMISSION

Data Last Updated: 22/07/2025

Update Frequency: Annual

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

Data explorer

CinemaSeatingCapacityAndAttendancesAnnual.csv (3 rows, 770 B)

Data Series Text	2024 Numeric	2023 Numeric	2022 Numeric	2021 Numeric	2020 Numeric	2019 Numeric	2018 Numeric	2017 Numeric	2016 Numeric	2015 Numeric	2014 Numeric	2013 Numeric	2012 Numeric	2011 Numeric	2010 Numeric	2009 Numeric	2008 Numeric	2007 Numeric	2006 Numeric	2005 Numeric	2004 Numeric	2003 Numeric	2002 Numeric	2001 Numeric	2000 Numeric	1999 Numeric	1998 Numeric
(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%
Cinema Screen	267	277	282	271	274	281	276	257	235	223	233	218	200	180	169	176	174	175	167	146	147	147	145	145	134	144	147
Seating Capacity In Cinemas	35	38	39	40	41	42	41	40	38	39	37	38	37	35	33	37	37	40	38	36	38	38	39	39	40	46	46
Cinema Attendances	8.4	10	9.48	7.63	4.73	18.46	19.58	19.4	21.93	21.9	21.56	22.09	21.17	22.13	20.32	19.64	19.06	17.96	15.59	15.08	15.88	14.64	14.27	13.56	13.44	14.77	16.4

Column legend

Title	Column name	Data type	Unit of measure	Description
Data Series	DataSeries	Text	Number	-
2024	2024	Numeric	Number	-
2023	2023	Numeric	Number	-
2022	2022	Numeric	Number	-
2021	2021	Numeric	Number	-
2020	2020	Numeric	Number	-
2019	2019	Numeric	Number	-
2018	2018	Numeric	Number	-
2017	2017	Numeric	Number	-
2016	2016	Numeric	Number	-

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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 26, 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)