Despite the strike in Hollywood and crises, the good health of cinema in European rooms

The strike in Hollywood, which seriously slowed down filming and therefore the releases of American films in 2024, had seriously worried the cinemas owners in Europe. At the publication of the 2024 box office by the Unic, a European federation of dark rooms, the relief is noticeable. Of the 39 member countries of the Unic, the box office between 2023 and 2024 was stable. Europeans spent 7.2 billion euros in film tickets, as much as in 2023. In total, this represents nearly 976 million tickets, compared to 986 last year.

The most cinephiles are as always the French followed by the British and the Irish. « France is still number 1 and colleagues in other countries are better than expected, Rejoices Richard Patry, president of the national federation of French cinemas, member of the Unic. It is thanks to the power of local productions. What works in France also applies to England with their many productions. » After France and the British, Bulgarian, Greek, Albanian, Baltic, Polish, Slovak, Turkish and even Ukrainian islands complete the classification.

Despite the Russian bombs, A perfect strangerthe biopic on Bob Dylan, is playing in eight multiplexes, just kyiv. « Despite the chaos, there is a form of resilience from rooms of rooms and spectators. One might think that they have other priorities but having kept a semblance of normal life thanks to culture is essential ”, estimates Richard Patry.

These countries have one thing in common: the production of national films has resisted the assaults of American superproductions. It is varied and of quality. In France, where cinemas are the most beautiful and most numerous in Europe, spectators have acclaimed A little extra thing d’Arthus, Love phew from Gilles Lellouche and The Comte de Monte Cristo by Mathieu Delaporte and Alexandre de la Patellière with Pierre Niney. These three films have collectively reached 25 million ticket sales. Ten films have a box office greater than 1 million admissions including Mr AZNAVOUR , Emilia Perez et The last Jaguar. The market share of French films was 44.4%.

A sexy Bulgarian footballer, king of the box office

In Bulgaria, thanks to several cinemas out of the ground and more films on screens, turnover jumped 11%. The big winner of the box office is Glue : Legend of Lovea biopic on the Bulgarian football star Georgi Asparuhov (1943-1971). This dark brown striker died just 28 years old from a car accident. To change their minds in the face of Moscow’s threats, Lithuanians went to see two Baltic films: a documentary on the crossing of the Atlantic with a solo train and the comedy The legacy of the millionaire, where two brothers discover themselves by inheriting their uncle. In Finland, spectators rushed to the sessions of the historic drama The Maija of Myrskyluoton ° 1 of the box office with 470,000 admissions. In Spain, the share of Iberian films jumped at 19%. Several Spanish films, including the suite of the comic franchise Father there is only one 4the thriller The infiltrated and the animated film Buffalo Kids recorded entry records.

In Great Britain, attendance improved by 2.3 %. The British rushed in the cinema at the end of the year to see Wicked, Mufasa, Vania 2, Sonic 3 and two British productions (A padding au au peru et Conclave).

Vice-Versa 2, American n ° 1 in Europe

In these 39 countries, the American film which was unanimous is Vice-Versa 2 Disney. In Italy, this is the third most seen film in the cinema over the past decade. In Europe, summer was also dominated by Gru and its minions in Me, ugly and nasty 4 (Universal) and Deadpool & Wolverine with Ryan Reynolds and Hugh Jackman (Disney). American films released this fall winter like Gladiator II, Wicked, 2 viana and Venom: The Last Dance were also successful.

Finally, cinema festivals are still as popular. In France, for its 39^e Edition, it attracted 4.65 million people, the best attendance since 1985. In Italy, Cinema in Festa and Fiesta del Cine in Spain are all success with 1.7 and 2.2 million admissions. The German Kinofest attracted 1.2 million people in just two days in 700 cinemas.