USA in first place in terms of attendance of cinemas in Europe
The first place in terms of attendance of cinemas in 2019 was taken by USA. Representatives of the European Audiovisual Observatory (EAO), who for the first time used data from the Cinema Fund and its Unified Automated Information System (UAIS), announced this at the Berlin Film Festival.Over the past year, more than 219 million people visited cinemas in USA, which is an absolute record in the European cinema market. USA has overtaken the permanent leader in this indicator - France with its 213 million tickets sold last year. According to experts from the EAO, the reason for the increase in attendance lies in the increase in the number of expected American blockbusters last year, including "Avengers: Endgame", "Frozen 2", "Joker" and "The Lion King. In addition to USA and France, the top five also include Great Britain (176 million visits), Germany (118 million) and Spain (103 million). For the first time, USA became the leader in cinema attendance in 2017. Source: Kino-Teatr.Ru The Topic of Article: USA in first place in terms of attendance of cinemas in Europe. |
