The sales of German cinemas returned to the pre-corona era
In the first three months of 2023, German cinemas were able to return their sales to almost the level before the outbreak of Corona.
Charso Press: According to Screen, the sales of 229.9 million euros of German cinemas in the first three months of 2023 show that the condition of the country’s cinemas has completely improved and is only 1.9% less than the same period in 2019 and before the pandemic.
In the first three months of 2022, when there were still restrictions on the capacity of cinemas in many parts of Germany, the revenues of the first three months increased by 72.9% compared to the previous year.
Disney’s second film “Avatar” alone was the most successful film of the quarter with sales of 65.4 million euros and 4.7 million viewers, followed by Universal’s “Puss in Boots: The Last Wish”. It managed to attract 1.4 million viewers and increase its sales to 11.5 million euros.
Of course, “Avatar: The Way of Water” had started its release before the new year, and considering the sales in 2022, this movie brought 10.1 million people to the theaters with its release in Germany and registered sales of 137.5 million euros. did
The third place is also a German film titled “Third??? Legacy of the Dragon, the most successful German-made film to date, was released by Sony Pictures at the end of January and earned €10.6 million from 1.4 million tickets sold.
The special position of James Cameron’s blockbuster movie “Avatar: Waterway” made Disney to take 36% of the total share of the cinema market in the first season of the year and was a factor for 28.3% of the audience to go to the theaters.
The second most successful distributor was Warner Bros., which had only one-third of Disney’s market share, 12% of sales, and brought audiences to theaters with “Creed 3: Rocky’s Legacy.” Universal, Leonine and Sony followed them.
The box office share of German film sales in the first three months was 21.6%, which is more than 15.4% for the same period in 2022. 3 films accounted for almost 50% of the 49.7 million euros of German film sales and drew 6 million people to theaters.
Next to “these three??? Legacy of the Dragon, which sold more than 10 million euros, “The Sun and the Concert”, which was shown at the Berlinale with 8.9 million euros, and “Manta Manta – Part II”, the latest comedy by Till Schweiger, with sales of 6 million euros, was the third highest-grossing German film of the year. .