In Washington County, attendance at the movies is just large enough for the cinema operators to make modest profits  The size of the county's population is stable and is not expected to increase much
Yet there are investors ready to double the number of movie screens in the county within five years, and they are predicting solid profits both for themselves and for the established cinema operators
Spending on video purchases, as well as spending on video rentals, has been increasing modestly each year for the past ten years.