This statistic shows the number of digital cinema screens worldwide from 2006 to 2017. In 2017, the number of digital cinema screens amounted to 169,275, an increase from the 35,063 in 2010. The region with the most digital 3D cinema screens in 2017 was the Asia Pacific region, followed by the EMEA (Europe/Middle East/Africa) region.
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This statistic shows the number of digital cinema screens worldwide from 2006 to 2017. In 2017, the number of digital cinema screens amounted to 169,275, an increase from the 35,063 in 2010. The region with the most digital 3D cinema screens in 2017 was the Asia Pacific region, followed by the EMEA (Europe/Middle East/Africa) region.
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This statistic shows the number of digital cinema screens worldwide from 2006 to 2017. In 2017, the number of digital cinema screens amounted to 169,275, an increase from the 35,063 in 2010. The region with the most digital 3D cinema screens in 2017 was the Asia Pacific region, followed by the EMEA (Europe/Middle East/Africa) region.
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- 2006 to 2017
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- Figures before 2013 come from previous years' reports.
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- Survey time period
- 2006 to 2017
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