Before the Nickelodeon "d0e17936"

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Appendix A
Edison Manufacturing Company Statements of Profit and Loss: 1893-1911

(Figures rounded off to the nearest dollar)
Year	Film Sales⁴	Film Sales &Inventory	Film Costs	Film Profits	Kineto. Sales
1893-1895¹	25,882	30,132	17,809	12,324	149,549^*5
1895-1896²	18,616	23,820	19,519	4,302	30,110^*6
1896-1897	84,771	87,564	63,000	24,564	21,159
					3,317^*
1897-1898	75,250	76,864	52,425	24,439	27,186
					1,923^*7
1898-1899	41,207	42,904	26,800	16,104	15,963⁸
1899-1900	38,991	40,529	27,628	12,901	22,426⁹
1900-1901³	49,756	52,575	32,297	20,278	23,033
1901-1902	82,108	97,483	60,049	37,434	34,685
1902-1903	75,695	103,913	75,385	28,528	33,967
1903-1904	91,122	119,087	94,274	24,813	36,651
1904-1905	106,984	135,722	95,973	39,748	51,597
1905-1906	116,829	153,884	93,173	60,660	78,829
1906-1907	191,908	227,999	131,472	96,527	182,135
1907-1908	205,243	244,484	127,571	116,912	418,893
1908-1909	554,359	569,394	339,012	230,383	341,848
1909-1910	675,306	720,738	485,940	234,798	265,761
1910-1911	762,240	815,626	613,377	202,250	275,499
^* Figures for peep-hole kinetoscope; all other figures in this column for projecting machines.
¹ November 1893 to 1 March 1895.
² Business years run from 1 March to end of February for this and subsequent entries.
³ Combines figures for private and corporate entity.
⁴ Sales and Inventory also includes general expenses and depreciation.
⁵ Loss on kinetoscope sundries is $441 on sales of $2,426.
⁶ Loss on kinetoscope sundries is $717 on sales of $1,170.

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Year	Proj. Kineto Sales & Inv.	Kineto Costs	Kineto.Profits	Total Sales	Total Costs¹⁰ Total Profits¹⁰
1893-1895¹	155,585^*	82,130^*	73,455^*	268,080	215,12289,090
1895-1896²	30,401^*	29,845^*	556^6*	138,343	145,31724,650
1896-1897	22,570	21,037	1,534	201,266	193,15936,566
	3,623^*	4,070^*	(447)^*
1897-1898	27,802	22,976	4,826	211,908	205,09341,018
	2,318^*	2,720^*	(401)^*
1898-1899	17,059	10,861	6,198	217,277	169,40681,018
1899-1900	24,909	14,854	10,056	277,828	196,515118,134
1900-1901³	25,475	15,018	10,457	283,995	230,104120,151
1901-1902	36,341	20,870	15,471	438,413	285,762192,473
1902-1903	37,290	22,774	14,545	458,742	319,280210,062
1903-1904	40,321	24,684	15,637	421,193	326,634171,378
1904-1905	55,168	32,848	22,321	353,870	296,919125,001¹¹
1905-1906	82,706	47,897	34,809	430,745	314,538195,725
1906-1907	195,628	108,400	87,228	641,234	446,213296,372
1907-1908	445,399	224,776	220,622	887,421	578,966413,172
1908-1909	371,193	190,616	180,577	1,228,121	785,106550,289
1909-1910	290,184	151,676	138,507	1,445,888	1,013,826571,446
1910-1911	294,242	162,089	132,153	1,621,279	1,173,121589,789
⁷ Does not include kinetophone attachments with sales of $193 and profits of $11. ⁸ Does not include kinetophone attachments with sales of $50 and losses of $74. ⁹ Does not include kinetophone attachments with sales of $576 and profits of $26. ¹⁰ Costs + Profits = Sales & Inventory. Total costs and profits include products such as batteries and fans. ¹¹ Other balance sheets for 1904-5 give profits of $136,199. Difference in figures involves batteries.

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