Attendance at movie theaters registers a drop of 5% in 2024, with 71 million spectators

‘Del Revés 2’, and ‘Padre no hay más que uno 4’, the highest-grossing foreign and Spanish films

Cinema attendance in 2024 has recorded a drop of 5%with a total of 71 million viewers and a figure of 477 million euros collected at the box office, according to provisional data as of December 29, Comscore.

Thus, after three consecutive years of market growth, 2024 has been marked by the effects of the writers’ and actors’ strike in the United States, which caused the delay to 2025 of a good part of the international premieres planned for this year, so while the first half of the year closed with a drop of 13% compared to the previous year, the second half of the year recovered ground compared to the same period of 2023.

The best premiere of the year has been ‘Inside Out 2’ by Disney-Pixarwhich hit theaters on June 19, with 6.9 million euros in its opening weekend and accumulated more than 45.5 million euros at the box office. In second place is another production from the Disney factory, in this case under the Marvel Studios label, ‘Deadpool and Wolverine’ which achieved almost 24 million euros at the box office. The podium of the most viewed of the year is completed ‘Gru 4 I rude favorite’ from Universal with 20.7 million euros.

On the other hand, regarding the Spanish industry, the new installment of the saga ‘Father there is only one’directed by Santiago Segura, is at the top of the ranking with 13.4 million euros, followed by ‘The Infiltrator’with more than 8 million euros, and ‘Buffalo Kids’ which raised 5.2 million euros. Spanish cinema closes 2024 with a market share of 19%, 2% more than last 2023.

According to data provided by Comscore, the week of the year with the highest attendance of viewers was recorded from June 21 to 27 – movie week – with a total of 2.4 million viewerswhile the day with the highest attendance of the year was July 3 with 656,193 spectators.

Regarding the provinces that lead in number of spectators, Madrid (21.2%), Barcelona (13.9%), Valencia (6.4%), Alicante (4.1%), Seville (3.8%) stands out. %), Málaga (3.8%), Murcia (3.4%), Cádiz (2.5%), Balearic Islands (2.5%) and Vizcaya (2.4%). Furthermore, the animation genre has been the one that has achieved the greatest success this year, followed by action and comedy.

MOST VIEWED SPANISH AND FOREIGN FILMS

The list of the most viewed films in cinemas in Spain is completed by ‘I Hate Summer’, ‘The Beneton Family’, ‘Eight Moroccan Surnames’, The 47′, ‘House on Fire’, ‘Menudas Pieces’ and ‘The Room next door’, in terms of national cinema.

Thus, the 10 films, national and foreign, most viewed in Spain during 2024, have been, in addition to ‘Del Revés 2’, ‘Gladiator II’, ‘Vaiana 2’, ‘Dune: Parte Two’, ‘Padre no hay más than one 4’, ‘Savage Robot’, ‘Kung Fu Panda 4’ and ‘Break the Circle’.