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921 articles available in total starting from 19/06/2002. Last article published on 11/07/2019.

Flemish cinema enjoys remarkably stable audience figures

While the year 2008 ended triumphantly with the runaway success of Erik Van Looy and Bart De Pauw’s Loft (900,000 viewers in 2008), the odds were that 2009 would compare unfavourably, and figures...  

19/01/2010 | Box Office | Belgium

Local market share down 8% in 2009

After three years above 20%, the 2009 domestic market share for Finnish films fell back to the 2005 level of 15%, down 8% on the 23% share in 2008. General admissions also fell by 2.4%, to 6.7...  

18/01/2010 | Box Office | Finland

Domestic market share drops while admissions soar in 2009

A spectacular 30% rise in general admissions offset a 7% drop in market share for homegrown titles in 2009. Greek films brought in 1.7 million viewers, a drop of 200,000 from 2008, for 12.6% of...  

18/01/2010 | Box Office | Greece

Avatar breaks records, Verdone and Virzì going strong

No film has ever grossed so much in its opening weekend in Italy: after Friday's release, with figures at over €2m, Avatar earned almost €4m on Saturday to reach just over €9.6m in three days...  

18/01/2010 | Box Office | Italy

2009 best in seven years

The recession seems to have sent British and Irish punters flocking to the cinemas as 2009 figures released by the Cinema Exhibitors’ Association (CEA) reveal. The year was the best for UK cinemas...  

18/01/2010 | Box Office | UK/Ireland

Verdone grosses over €8m

After an excellent debut on January 5 (over €3m in two days), Carlo Verdone’s comedy Io, loro e Lara (“Me, Them and Lara”) closed the weekend at the top of the box office, with another €4.69m, a...  

11/01/2010 | Box Office | Italy

2009 closes with record audience figures

Although the Ministry of Culture’s official figures will not be published until the beginning of March, provisional data from Nielsen EDI reveal that 2009 was a record year, with box office...  

11/01/2010 | Box Office | Spain

Record year with good results for domestic film

Over 38m admissions were garnered in Polish theatres in 2009, which marks a new record and an impressive increase compared to the previous year’s 34m viewers. It is also a symbolic result,...  

11/01/2010 | Box Office | Poland

Total 200.85m admissions in 2009

Having ended with a bang in December with 22.04m admissions (+23% over the same month in 2008), 2009 recorded an exceptional total of 200.85m viewers in French theatres, according to estimations...  

08/01/2010 | Box Office | France

A good year at the Dutch wickets

Last year was an excellent year for cinema-going in the Netherlands, with a record-setting 27.2m tickets sold for regular screenings, an increase of 15.2% when compared to 2008. With higher ticket...  

07/01/2010 | Box Office | Netherlands

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