Cinemas

National Statistical Institute

Education and Culture Statistics Department

Eli Stefanova

Chief Expert

2, P. Volov Str.; 1038 Sofia, Bulgaria

[email protected]

+ 359 2 9857 602

Data refers to the number of cinemas, screens, seats. The survey includes indicators for the number of films screened according to their nationality, number of screenings, visitors and the revenue from tickets.

· Type of the cinema;

· Nationality of the film;

· Nomenclature of territorial units for statistical purposes in Bulgaria (NUTS).

Cover the activities of all cinemas in cities and villages.

Existing permanent seats (cinemas) of any type where a film was screened (motion picture films) to the general public from the following types: stationary cinema theaters - indoor and outdoor.

• Stationary cinema theatres:

- indoor cinema theatres (with a permanent fixed roof over most of the seats);

- outdoor cinema theatres (open-air cinema theatres);

Units of observation are cinemas.

Cinemas.

The Republic of Bulgaria.

2003 - 2022

Not applicable.

Cinemas.

Yearly.

Data are collected via statistical questionnaire "Report on the activities of cinemas". Respondents send the questionnaire by mail.

In the head office of the NSI is being done:

· Logical control of data when entering;

· Logical control of micro data;

· Logic control of aggregate data.

Data processing is performed with statistical software.

Not applicable.

Not applicable.

Not applicable.

The main users of statistical information are:

· Ministry of Culture;

· National Film Center;

· Users - including media interested in cinema activities in the Republic of Bulgaria.

Not applicable.

High degree of completeness is ensured according by the methodology.

Not applicable (census).

The survey is exhaustive. There have been several estimates for incomplete or missing data, using final methods when it is possible.

Not applicable.

Not applicable (census).

Not applicable.

Not applicable (census).

Not applicable (census).

Not applicable (census).

Not applicable (census).

Not applicable (census).

Not applicable (census).

Not applicable (census).

Not applicable (census).

Not applicable (no imputations).

Not applicable (census).

Not applicable (no seasonal adjustments).

Not applicable (preliminary data not published).

Not applicable (preliminary data not published).

Not applicable (only final data is published).

The data for cinema activities are available in the form of tables 5 months after the end of the data collection.

18 weeks

Not applicable (only final results published).

The terms of the previous position are strictly observed.

Not applicable (data published on exact date).

Not applicable.

Not applicable (no flows).

The data are comparable.

From 2003.

Not applicable.

Not applicable (annual survey).

Not applicable.

Not applicable.

Regular press release.

· Statistical Yearbook;

· Statistical Reference Book;

· 'Bulgaria' (brochure);

· Regions, districts and municipalities in the Republic of Bulgaria.

Data on cinemas are available to all users of the NSI website under the heading Culture - Cinemas: https://www.nsi.bg/en/node/4605 and Informational System "Infostat": https://infostat.nsi.bg/infostat/pages/module.jsf?x_2=129

Not available.

Anonymised individual data can be provide for scientific and research purposes, and for individual request according to the Rules for the provision of anonymised individual data for scientific and research purposes.

Information service on request, according to the Rules for the dissemination of statistical products and services to NSI.

Not available.

Survey Methodology: https://www.nsi.bg/sites/default/files/files/metadata/Culture_3_Methodology_en.pdf

100%.

Quality documents are under preparation.

The average length for filling the statistical report by the respondents is about 45 minutes.

· Law on Statistics;

· Regulation (EC) No 223/2009 on European statistics (recital 24 and Article 20(4)) of 11 March 2009 (OJ L 87, p. 164), stipulates the need to establish common principles and guidelines ensuring the confidentiality of data used for the production of European statistics and the access to those confidential data with due account for technical developments and the requirements of users in a democratic society.

Individual data are not published in accordance with article 25 of the Law on Statistics. The publishing of individual data can be performed only in accordance with article 26 of the same law.