The number of cinema screens per capita reflects the level of economic development of a country as well as the market for films and the cinema going culture of the country.
There are approximately 200,000 cinema screens worldwide. 40,000 of these are in the USA. The USA,being the home of the global film industry based in Hollywood, unsurprisingly has the largest number of cinema screens per capita in the world. France, the birthplace of cinema, is 2nd. Paris has the highest density of cinemas in the world. All the top 5 are developed western countries. Mexico is notably high for a developing country. There is a great passion for cinema-going in Mexico. The passion for films in Mexico has doubtless contributed to the recent success of Mexican film directors in Hollywood. Despite it's high volume of film production, India has a relatively small number of cinema screens per capita.
