Good news for German films in the domestic market: In the 2017 cinema year, German films recorded a stronger increase in attendance and sales than the overall market. With 28 million tickets sold – one million more than the year before – and sales of 221 million euros (up from 208 million), German films increased by 5 and 6 % compared to the previous year, while the overall market for visitors and at the box office grew by 3%. These figures are in the latest FFA study “Attendance at German Films in 2017,” with which the German Federal Film Board (FFA, Filmförderungsanstalt) explored parts of the previously published study “Cinemagoers in 2017” in detail for the sixth time in a row. More details:
• Nearly a quarter (24%) of all movies shown in German cinemas were German – in comparison, in France and England in the previous year more than every third film (37%) was a national production.
