Film-Tech Forum ARCHIVE: Did the general election affect cinema attendance in the UK tonight?

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Posted by Leo Enticknap (Member # 534) on 05-05-2005, 04:55 PM:

Needless to say, this is not in any way an invitation for political comment.

This is the fifth election night in my adult life, and the first in which I haven't either been working in a cinema or in one as a member of the audience. In '92 the NFT audience was about average, at a guess; in '97 attendance was possibly down a bit at the Exeter Picture House; and in '01 it was a fuller house than I'd have expected at City Screen York (people escaping the tedium of an utterly predictable result?). Any thoughts on this time, anyone?

Posted by Alexander Smith (Member # 1769) on 05-06-2005, 02:22 AM:

I don't know if the election affected our ticket sales yesterday, because admissions have been very poor since the start of the year. I suspect it might be the "bust" of the proverbial "boom-and-bust" cycle of most industries.

Alex.