BY THE NUMBERS
<i> Arts and entertainment reports from The Times, national and international news services and the nation's press</i>
Factory sales of consumer electronics: Videocassette recorders, 1981 $1,127,000,000
Videocassette recorders, 1986 $5,326,000,000
Blank videocassettes, 1981 $159,000,000
Blank videocassettes, 1986 $1,480,000,000
Source: Electronic Industries Assn.
Total theatrical box office grosses: 1981 $2,986,600,000
1986 $3,778,000,000
Source: Motion Picture Assn. of America
