INDUSTRIES & MARKETS

Film production worldwide

 Table of Contents

01 Overview 03 United States & Canada

Global box office revenue 2004-2021, by region 04 Movie releases in the U.S. & Canada 2000-2022 24
Leading box office markets worldwide 2021, by revenue 05 Revenue of the film & video production and distribution sector in the U.S. 2005-2021 25
Leading film markets worldwide 2022, by number of tickets sold 06 Feature film production shoot days in L.A. 2017-2022 26
Key data on the movie production & distribution industry worldwide 2022 07 Employment in the motion picture & sound recording industries in the U.S. 2001-2022 27
Forecast filmed entertainment revenue growth in selected markets worldwide 2020-2025 08 Number of domestic movies produced in Canada 2004-2021 28
Forecast filmed entertainment revenue in selected countries worldwide 2025 09 Box office revenue in Canada 2007-2021, by origin of production 29
Movie market revenue worldwide 2002-2020 10
Filmed entertainment revenue in selected countries worldwide 2020 11 04 Europe
Number of movies produced in France 2011-2021 31
02 Asia & Australia Revenues of cinema box office in France 2000-2021 32
Number of feature films produced in China 2007-2021 13 Cinema films produced in Germany 1999-2020 33
Box office revenue in China 2012-2022 14 Cinema revenue in Germany H1 2004-H1 2022 34
Number of Japanese movies shown at theaters in Japan 2013-2022 15 Number of feature films produced in the United Kingdom 1994-2020 35
Box office revenue in Japan 2013-2022 16 Box office revenue in the UK 2010-2021 36
Overseas releases of Indian films 2017-2021 17 Global theatrical market share of British films 2002-2021, by production type 37
Box office revenue in India 2021, by language 18 Number of feature movies produced in Spain 2000-2021 38
Movie export number in South Korea 2013-2021 19 Box office revenue of domestic feature films in Spain 2000-2021 39
Box office revenue in South Korea 2004-2022 20 Number of Italian movies released in Italy 2017-2021 40
Number of movies released in Australia 2014 -2021, by origin of production 21 Box office revenue in Italy 2011-2021 41
Box office revenue in Australia 2013-2021 22

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05 Latin America
Box office revenue in selected countries in Latin America 2021 43
Mexico: domestic movies released 2010-2021 44
Mexico: national movie releases outside of Mexico 2009-2021 45
Box office revenue in Mexico 2010-2022 46
New domestic movies released in Brazil 2009-2021 47
Box office revenue in Brazil 2006-2021 48
Number of domestic movies released in Colombia 2010-2021 49
Box office revenue in Colombia 2010-2020 50
Number of domestic movies released in Argentina 2014-2021 51
Box office revenue in Argentina 2014-2021 52

06 Africa
Nollywood, Bollywood, and Hollywood titles in anglophone West-Africa 2021 54
Nollywood, Bollywood, and Hollywood revenue in West-Africa 2021 55
Films produced by the Nigerian film industry 2017-2021 56
GDP by motion pictures, sound and music production in Nigeria 2019-2021 57

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CHAPTER 01

Overview
 Global box office revenue from 2004 to 2021, by region (in billion U.S.
dollars)
Global box office revenue 2004-2021, by region

Latin America Asia Pacific Europe, Middle East and Africa U.S./Canada
45

40

11.9 11.4
35 11.1
Revenue in billion U.S. dollars

11.1 11.4
10.9 10.4
30 10.8
10.2
10.6 10.6 10.3
25 10.2 10.1
10.6 10.6
9.6 9.6 10 9.8
9.6 10.6
20 10.9
10.7 4.5
10.8
15 10.4 10.4
9.9 9.9 5
9.7 9.7
8.7 16.2 17.8
14.6 15.3 17.1 2.2
10 12.4
10.4 11.1 3.3
8.5 8.5 9 10.9
5 7.2 6.8 6.5 6.8 7.2
5.8
2.1 1.7 1.6 1.6 1.7 2.1 2.6 2.8 3 3 3.4 2.8 3.4 2.7 2.8
0 1.4 0.5 0.9
2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021

4 Description: In 2021, the global box office revenue amounted to approximately 21.3 billion U.S. dollars, out of which more than half - 10.9 billion dollars - came from the Asia Pacific region. In Europe, the Middle East, and Africa - collectively known as EMEA - the box
office revenue added up to five billion dollars or almost one-fourth of the total. Despite the increase when compared to 2020, the 2021 figures remained distant from the 42.3-billion-dollar global revenue recorded in 2019, before the COVID-19 [...] Read more
Note(s): Worldwide; 2004 to 2021
Source(s): MPAA; Various sources
 Leading box office markets worldwide in 2021, by revenue (in billion U.S.
dollars)
Leading box office markets worldwide 2021, by revenue

Box office revenue in billion U.S. dollars

0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

China* 7.3

U.S./Canada 4.5

Japan 1.5

United Kingdom 0.8

France 0.8

Russia 0.6

South Korea 0.5

India 0.5

Australia 0.5

Germany 0.4

Mexico 0.4

Spain 0.3

Italy 0.2

Taiwan 0.2

Netherlands 0.2

5 Description: In 2021, China reported the highest box office revenue worldwide, at approximately 7.3 billion U.S. dollars. This is more than the revenues of the United States, Canada, Japan, and the United Kingdom combined. France ranked fourth alongside the UK,
each grossing around 800 million dollars at the box offices. Read more
Note(s): Worldwide; 2021; * The source adds the following information: "China box office total includes online ticketing fees. The China box office total excluding ticketing fees is no longer made available." Numbers have been rounded. Read more
Source(s): MPAA; Various sources
 Leading film markets worldwide in 2022, by number of tickets sold (in
millions)
Leading film markets worldwide 2022, by number of tickets sold

Number of tickets sold in millions

0 100 200 300 400 500 600 700 800 900 1,000 1,100

India 981

China 709

United States 699

Mexico 182

Japan 153

France 148

South Korea 135

United Kingdom 131

Brazil 111

Indonesia 99

6 Description: Throughout 2022, box offices in India sold over 981 million movie tickets. The figure surpasses those of China, the United States, Mexico, and Japan altogether. Between 2021 and 2022, the box office revenue in the U.S. and Canada grew by 64.4 percent,
whereas the Chinese box office revenue decreased significantly. Read more
Note(s): Worldwide; 2022
Source(s): Canacine; IHS Screen Digest
 Key data on the movie production and distribution industry worldwide in
2022
Key data on the movie production & distribution industry worldwide 2022

Column1
Annual revenue (in billion U.S. dollars) 76.7
Number of employees (in thousands) 388.77
Number of businesses (in thousands) 57.1

7 Description: The source forecast that, by the end of 2022, the annual revenue of the global film production and distribution industry would amount to 76.7 billion U.S. dollars. As of mid-2022, the sector employed almost 389 thousand people in a little more than 57
thousand businesses worldwide. China, the North American market (a term that includes the United States and Canada and excludes Mexico), and Japan were the world's leading box office markets by revenue in 2021. Read more
Note(s): as of July 2022; Forecast / estimate
Source(s): IBISWorld
 Estimated filmed entertainment revenue growth in selected countries
worldwide between 2020 and 2025
Forecast filmed entertainment revenue growth in selected markets worldwide 2020-2025

Forecast growth rate

0% 50% 100% 150% 200% 250% 300% 350% 400% 450%

Indonesia 433.3%

India 429.7%

Colombia 259.4%

Mexico 199.6%

South Korea 154.6%

China 137.7%

Spain 134.5%

Italy 122.1%

Brazil 119%

France 114.9%

Russia 112.6%

Australia 103.9%

United Kingdom 89.8%

Poland 84.7%

Netherlands 72%

8 Description: The sources forecast that the revenue of the filmed entertainment market in Indonesia would skyrocket by over 433 percent between 2020 and 2025. That would place the Asian country among the top 20 markets by estimated filmed entertainment
revenue in 2025. The source also projected that the revenue of the Indian and Colombian markets would increase by approximately 430 percent and 260 percent over the five-year period, respectively. Read more
Note(s): Worldwide; 2020 and 2021; forecast
Source(s): British Film Institute; Omdia
 Estimated filmed entertainment revenue in selected countries worldwide
in 2025 (in million U.S. dollars)
Forecast filmed entertainment revenue in selected countries worldwide 2025

Revenue in million U.S. dollars

0 5,000 10,000 15,000 20,000 25,000 30,000 35,000 40,000

United States 35,465

China 16,603

Japan 4,855

United Kingdom 4,520

Germany 3,778

France 3,664

India 3,407

South Korea 2,649

Mexico 2,439

Australia 2,137

Brazil 2,068

Canada 2,010

Spain 1,681

Italy 1,521

Russia 1,268

9 Description: The sources forecast that, in 2025, the filmed entertainment revenue in the United States would amount to nearly 35.5 billion U.S. dollars, making that market a global leader. China and Japan would follow with around 16.6 billion and 4.9 billion dollars,
respectively. According to the same sources, those countries were also the top three markets worldwide by filmed entertainment revenue in 2020. Read more
Note(s): Worldwide; 2021; forecast
Source(s): British Film Institute; Omdia
 Theatrical market revenue worldwide from 2002 to 2020 (in billion U.S.
dollars)
Movie market revenue worldwide 2002-2020

45
41.4 41.7
39.4
40 38.2 37.6
35.5 36.1
34.9
35 33.3
31.7
Revenue in billion U.S. dollars

29.5
30 28.2
26.5
24.3
25 23.3 22.7
21.1
19.6
20

15
11.9

10

0
2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020

10 Description: In 2020, the theatrical market revenue of the 60 economies covered by one of the sources amounted to approximately 11.9 billion U.S. dollars, down 71 percent from the 41.7-billion-dollar revenue reported a year earlier. The decline reflects the
restrictions imposed by the COVID-19 outbreak worldwide. Read more
Note(s): Worldwide; 2002 to 2020; total of the takings from the 60 territories' box office reported by Omdia
Source(s): British Film Institute; comScore; Omdia
 Filmed entertainment revenue in selected countries worldwide in 2020 (in
million U.S. dollars)
Filmed entertainment revenue in selected countries worldwide 2020

Revenue in million U.S. dollars

0 5,000 10,000 15,000 20,000 25,000

United States 20,926

China 6,984

Japan 3,349

United Kingdom 2,382

Germany 2,306

France 1,705

Canada 1,210

Australia 1,048

South Korea 1,040

Brazil 944

Mexico 814

Spain 717

Italy 685

India 643

Russia 597

11 Description: In 2020, the United States was the largest filmed entertainment market worldwide, with a revenue of almost 21 billion U.S. dollars. China and Japan followed with approximately seven billion and 3.4 billion dollars in revenue, respectively. The filmed
entertainment revenue does not refer solely to box office revenue but also comprises advertising revenue and both physical and digital home video and TV programming revenue. Read more
Note(s): Worldwide; 2020
Source(s): British Film Institute; Omdia
CHAPTER 02

Asia & Australia

 Number of feature films produced in China from 2007 to 2021
Number of feature films produced in China 2007-2021

1,000
902
900 850
798
800 772
745
686
Number of films produced

700
638
618
600 558 565
526 531
500 456
402 406
400

300

200

100

0
2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021

13 Description: In 2021, a total of 565 feature films were produced in China, down from 850 compared to the pre-pandemic level in 2019. Though the competition was intense, some feature films had generated a significant amount of box office revenue. Read more
Note(s): China; 2007 to 2021
Source(s): China Film Administration
 Box office revenue in China from 2012 to 2022 (in billion yuan)
Box office revenue in China 2012-2022

70
64.27
60.98
60 55.91

50 47.26
45.71
Revenue in billion yuan

44.07

40

29.64 30.07
30

21.77
20.42
20 17.07

10

0
2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022

14 Description: In 2022, China's annual box office revenue amounted to 30 billion yuan, still not yet bounced back to the pre-pandemic level in 2019. The pandemic impact can be long-lasting and substantial, as many Chinese movie fans have switched to video streaming
services during the lockdown and are still cautious about visiting cinemas. Read more
Note(s): China; 2012 to 2022
Source(s): China Daily News; China Film Administration
 Number of Japanese movies released to cinemas in Japan from 2013 to
2022
Number of Japanese movies shown at theaters in Japan 2013-2022

800

689
700
634
615 610 613
591 581 594
600

506
490
Number of movies

500

400

300

200

100

0
2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022

15 Description: A total of 634 Japanese movies were released to theaters in Japan in 2022, up from 490 releases in the previous year. Japanese movies outnumbered international movie releases during that year. Read more
Note(s): Japan; 2013 to 2022
Source(s): MPPAJ
 Total box office revenue in Japan from 2013 to 2022 (in billion Japanese
yen)
Box office revenue in Japan 2013-2022

300

261.18
Box office revenue in billion Japanese yen

250 235.51
228.57
217.12 222.51
213.11
207.03
194.24
200

161.89

150 143.29

100

50

0
2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022

16 Description: Movie theaters in Japan recorded a box office revenue of more than 213.1 billion Japanese yen in 2022, up from about 161.9 billion yen in the previous year. The year 2020 saw a significant decrease in the number of moviegoers due to the impact of the
COVID-19 pandemic. The number of admissions improved again in 2021 and 2022, but did not yet reach pre-pandemic levels. Read more
Note(s): Japan; 2013 to 2022
Source(s): MPPAJ
 Overseas releases of Indian films from 2017 to 2021
Overseas releases of Indian films 2017-2021

400

350
350 331 332

300

250
Number of films

200

151
150

100
74

50

0
2017 2018 2019 2020 2021

17 Description: In 2021, the number of overseas releases of Indian films increased twofold from the previous year to 151. This was indicative of a trajectory of recovery since the COVID-19 pandemic negatively impacted the Indian film industry. Read more
Note(s): India; 2017 to 2021
Source(s): EY; FICCI
 Box office revenue across India from 2017 to 2021, by language (in billion
Indian rupees)
Box office revenue in India 2021, by language

Revenue in billion Indian rupees

Bollywood Hollywood South Indian Other languages

0 20 40 60 80 100 120

2017 48 10 40 11

2018 49 12 39 10

2019 52 15 39 7

2020 9.3 0.9 12.3 1.4

2021 8 5 24 2

18 Description: The year 2021 saw the continued decline of box office revenues for Bollywood and other language productions within the Indian film industry. South Indian films recovered with a revenue of 24 billion Indian rupees in that year. Additionally, Hollywood
films also performed relatively well at the box office that year raising five billion Indian rupees in revenue. Read more
Note(s): India; 2017 to 2021
Source(s): EY; FICCI
 Number of exported South Korean films from 2013 to 2021
Movie export number in South Korea 2013-2021

975

802 809
Number of movies

679
650
603
574
529

403

2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021

19 Description: In 2021, the South Korean film industry exported 809 completed movies. This represents a decrease from the previous year, which had seen an unprecedented amount of Korean-made movies exported. Read more
Note(s): South Korea; 2013 to 2021
Source(s): KOFIC; Korea Creative Content Agency
 Box office revenue in South Korea from 2004 to 2022 (in trillion South
Korean won)
Box office revenue in South Korea 2004-2022

2.5
Sales revenue in trillion South Korean won

2.0 1.91
1.81
1.72 1.74 1.76
1.66
1.55
1.46
1.5
1.24
1.16 1.16
1.08
0.97 0.96
1.0 0.89
0.78

0.58
0.51
0.44
0.5

0.0
2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022

20 Description: In 2022, the box office revenue in South Korea amounted to around 1.2 trillion South Korean won. This shows a recovery from the record lows of 2020 and 2021, when the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic first began to slow down ticket sales and box
office revenue. Cinema admissions have been similarly impacted. Read more
Note(s): South Korea; 2004 to 2022
Source(s): KOFIC
 Number of movies released in Australia from 2014 to 2021, by origin of
production
Number of movies released in Australia 2014 -2021, by origin of production

Asia United States Australia UK France Other European countries Canada New Zealand Other markets
800

700

600
Number of releases

500

400

300

200

100

0
2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021

21 Description: In 2021, movie theaters in Australia released 457 films, out of which 52 - or 11.4 percent - were domestic productions. A year earlier, 401 films were released across the country, and 39 of them (9.7 percent) were made in Australia. Cinema attendance in
Australia grew by over 40 percent in 2021. Read more
Note(s): Australia; 2014 to 2021
Source(s): MPDAA; Screen Australia
 Box office revenue in Australia from 2013 to 2021 (in million Australian
dollars)
Box office revenue in Australia 2013-2021

1,400
1,259.3 1,245.1
1,226.3 1,228.7
1,201.3
Box office gross in million Australian dollars

1,200
1,099.6 1,074.8

1,000

800

605.2
600

401.2
400

200

0
2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021

22 Description: In 2021, box office gross in Australia amounted to 605.2 million Australian dollars, up 51 percent from the 401.2-million-dollar revenue recorded a year earlier. Still, the 2021 figure amounts to little less than half of the 1.23 billion dollars reported in 2019,
before the COVID-19 outbreak. In 2021, the average cinema ticket price in Australia stood at 15.24 dollars. Read more
Note(s): Australia; 2013 to 2021
Source(s): MPDAA; Screen Australia
CHAPTER 03

United States & Canada

 Number of movies released in the United States and Canada from 2000 to
2022
Movie releases in the U.S. & Canada 2000-2022

950
873

850
792

737 742
Number of movies released

750 708 708

687
669
631
650 608 607 601
551 547 538
550 507 520
480
449
450 406
371
355
334
350

250
2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022

24 Description: In 2022, a total of 449 movies were released in the United States and Canada, up from 406 in the previous year. Still, the 2022 figures amounts to about 56.7 percent of the 792 titles released in 2019, before the COVID-19 outbreak. Read more
Note(s): Canada, United States; 2000 to 2022
Source(s): Box Office Mojo
 Estimated revenue of the motion picture and video production and distribution
industry in the United States from 2005 to 2021 (in billion U.S. dollars)
Revenue of the film & video production and distribution sector in the U.S. 2005-2021

90
81.11
80 74.95 74.92
70.9
Estimated revenue in billion U.S. dollars

69.23
70 66.13 67.3
65.03 63.94
61.91 61.14 61.89
59.17 59.41 59.63
60 56.83 55.83

50

40

30

20

10

0
2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021

25 Description: After decreasing by five percent in 2020 - the first year of the pandemic - the revenue of the motion picture and video production and distribution industry in the United States rose 14.4 percent in 2021 to over 81 billion U.S. dollars. The number of movie
tickets sold in the U.S. and Canada in 2021 amounted to only 40 percent of the attendance recorded two years earlier, before the COVID-19 outbreak. Read more
Note(s): United States; 2005 to 2021; includes all taxable employer firms
Source(s): US Census Bureau
 Number of shoot days spent on feature film production in Greater Los
Angeles from 1st quarter 2017 to 4th quarter 2022
Feature film production shoot days in L.A. 2017-2022

1,400
1,301

1,172 1,184
1,200
1,078 1,100
1,067 1,052
986 969
1,000 933 907 898
Number of shoot days

814 824 828

760
800 729 708
665
621
575 594
600

400 352

200

3
0
Q1 '17Q2 '17Q3 '17Q4 '17Q1 '18Q2 '18Q3 '18Q4 '18Q1 '19Q2 '19Q3 '19Q4 '19Q1 '20Q2 '20Q3 '20Q4 '20Q1 '21Q2 '21Q3 '21Q4 '21Q1 '22Q2 '22Q3 '22Q4 '22

26 Description: In the fourth quarter of 2022, Greater Los Angeles reported 760 days spent shooting feature films, while the fourth quarter of the previous year accounted for 907 days in total. There was a decline of about ten percent between 2021 and 2022. Read more
Note(s): United States; Q1 2017 to Q4 2022
Source(s): FilmL.A.
 Total employment in the motion picture and sound recording industries in
the United States from 2001 to 2022 (in 1,000s)
Employment in the motion picture & sound recording industries in the U.S. 2001-2022

500

450

400

350
Employment in 1,000s

300

250

200

150

100

50

0
2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022

27 Description: In January 2022, approximately 422.4 thousand people worked in the motion picture and sound recording industries in the United States, up 35 percent from the 311.8 thousand employees recorded a year earlier. Despite the increase, the 2022 figure
stood 2.5 percent below the 433.3-thousand workforce reported in early 2020, shortly before the global outbreak of COVID-19. Read more
Note(s): United States; 2001 to 2022; as of January of the respective year
Source(s): Bureau of Labor Statistics
 Number of Canadian theatrical movies produced in Canada from fiscal
year 2004/05 to 2020/21
Number of domestic movies produced in Canada 2004-2021

160

139
140 131
128
Number of domestic movies produced

123 126
122 122
116 114 117
120 111
106 103 100
100
84
80 75

60 56

40

20

0
2004/05 2005/06 2006/07 2007/08 2008/09 2009/10 2010/11 2011/12 2012/13 2013/14 2014/15 2015/16 2016/17 2017/18 2018/19 2019/20 2020/21
Fiscal year

28 Description: Between April 1, 2020 and March 31, 2021, moviemakers in Canada produced 75 feature films, down from 126 in the previous fiscal year - an annual decrease of over 40 percent amidst the COVID-19 outbreak. Canada's box office revenue declined by
almost 80 percent in 2020. Read more
Note(s): Canada; 2004/05 to 2020/21; estimates; each fiscal year starts on April 1 and ends on March 31
Source(s): AQPM; Canadian Heritage (CAVCO); CMPA; Nordicity (for CMPA); Telefilm Canada
 Box office revenue in Canada from 2007 to 2021, by origin of production
(in million Canadian dollars)
Box office revenue in Canada 2007-2021, by origin of production

United States Foreign Canada Other foreign

1,200
Box office gross in million Canadian dollars

1,000

800

600

400

200

0
2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021*

29 Description: In 2021, total box office revenue in Canada increased by over 45 percent. While the box office gross of foreign movies grew by almost 44 percent, standing at 325 million Canadian dollars, domestic films grossed around 18 million dollars at the box office -
125 percent more than in 2020. Read more
Note(s): Canada; 2007 to 2021; * Starting in 2021, the source included the United States in the "Foreign" category. Data prior to that year was retrieved from earlier releases. Numbers have been rounded. Read more
Source(s): Canadian Heritage (MTAC); CMPA
CHAPTER 04

Europe
 Number of feature films produced in France from 2011 to 2021
Number of movies produced in France 2011-2021

360
340
340

320
300 300 300 301
Number of movies

300
283
279
280 271 269
258
260

237
240

220

200
2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021

31 Description: Over the past decade, the number of movies produced in France has stayed relatively stable and has fluctuated just under the 300 mark. Despite the pandemic, which deeply impacted cinema attendance, a total of 340 feature films were produced in 2021
in France, its highest value yet over the period considered. Read more
Note(s): France; 2011 to 2021
Source(s): Centre national du cinéma et de l’image animée
 Revenues of movie theaters in France from 2000 to 2021 (in million euros)
Revenues of cinema box office in France 2000-2021

1,500

1,300
Revenue in million euros

1,100

900

700

500

300
2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021

32 Description: In 2020, the revenues of French movie theaters recorded a sharp decrease of around billion euros in comparison to the previous year. That value slightly increased and reached a total of 663.7 million euros in 2021. Read more
Note(s): France; 2000 to 2021
Source(s): Centre national du cinéma et de l’image animée; CESP
 Number of cinema films produced in Germany from 1999 to 2020
Cinema films produced in Germany 1999-2020

450
400
400
348 353 350
350 340
331
311 310
Number of films produced

300 285
268 276

250 229 235

184 188 192

200
164
149
150 124 129 130 130

100

50

0
1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020

33 Description: This statistic shows the number of cinema films produced in Germany from 1999 to 2020. A total of 235 cinema films were produced in Germany in 2020. Read more
Note(s): Germany; 1999 to 2020
Source(s): Formatt Institut; Goldmedia GmbH Strategy Consulting; Hamburg Media School
 Cinema revenue in Germany from H1 2004 to H1 2022 (in million euros)
Cinema revenue in Germany H1 2004-H1 2022

600
544.6
518.5
496.3
500 481.8
452.3 462.7 461.5
441.9 449.9 439.1
419.6 421.4
Revenue in million euros

400 383.9
364.2 372.4
352.6

305.7
300

220.1
200

100

6.4
0
2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022

34 Description: This statistic shows data on the cinema revenue in Germany from the first half of 2004 to the first half of 2022. From January to June 2022, German cinemas generated a revenue of roughly 305.7 million euros, according to the German Federal Film Board
(FFA). This figure is more comparable to those from before the pandemic suggesting that the cinema industry is making a recovery. Read more
Note(s): Germany; H1 2004 to H1 2022; Gross revenue
Source(s): FFA
 Number of feature films produced in the United Kingdom from 1994 to
2020
Number of feature films produced in the United Kingdom 1994-2020

400
374 376 374 372 370 369
366
349
350 334
317
295
300 281
Number of features

250 241
214 221
209
196
200

150 134
119
98 104
92
100 83 80 74
46 48
50

0
1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020

35 Description: In 2020, the United Kingdom (UK) produced 134 feature films, down from 281 in the previous year - an annual decrease of over 50 percent. Meanwhile, the box office revenue generated at cinemas in the UK declined by over 76 percent between 2019 and
2020. Read more
Note(s): United Kingdom; 1994 to 2020; including co-productions
Source(s): British Film Institute
 Box office revenue in the United Kingdom from 2010 to 2021 (in million
GBP)
Box office revenue in the UK 2010-2021

1,400
1,278.7 1,277.1
1,240.4 1,246.6 1,251.8

1,200
1,099.1 1,082.1
1,038 1,057.7
988
1,000
Revenue in million GBP

800

600 556.9

400
296.7

200

0
2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021

36 Description: In 2021, the box office revenue in the United Kingdom added up to approximately 556.9 million British pounds, up from 296.7 million pounds a year earlier - an annual growth of about 88 percent. Still, the 2021 figure amounts to just 44.5 percent of the
1.25-billion-pound box office revenue recorded in 2019, before the COVID-19 outbreak. Read more
Note(s): United Kingdom; 2010 to 2021
Source(s): Cinema Advertising Association; comScore; UK Cinema Association
 Share of worldwide box office revenue generated by UK films from 2002 to
2021, by production type
Global theatrical market share of British films 2002-2021, by production type

US studio-backed UK films Independent UK films

30%

25%
Share of global box office revenue

20%

15%

10%

5%

0%
2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021

37 Description: In 2021, movies produced in the United Kingdom by studios based in the United States accounted for around 17.5 percent of the box office revenue recorded in 23 countries across the world. Films produced independently in the UK held a share of 1.5
percent. Also in 2021, British movies' global box office gross amounted to 3.6 billion U.S. dollars. Read more
Note(s): United Kingdom; 2002 to 2021; based on worldwide gross calculated from the box office revenues of 23 territories as reported by Comscore for films released within each year
Source(s): British Film Institute; comScore
 Number of domestic feature films produced in Spain from 2000 to 2021
Number of feature movies produced in Spain 2000-2021

300
273
266 265
255 254
250 241
231
222
216
200 199
200 186 182
Number of movies

172 173

150
150 137 142
133

106 110
98
100

50

0
2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021

38 Description: In 2021, moviemakers in Spain produced 273 feature films, up from 222 in the previous year. This represents an annual increase of about 23 percent. It is also the highest annual figure in the 21st century. The number of movie tickets sold in Spain in 2021
amounted to only 40 percent of the cinema attendance recorded in 2019, before the COVID-19 outbreak. Read more
Note(s): Spain; 2000 to 2021; including films fully produced in Spain and co-productions
Source(s): Instituto de la Cinematografía y de las Artes Audiovisuales; The Ministry of Education, Culture and Sport
 Box office revenue of domestic feature films in Spain from 2000 to 2021
(in million euros)
Box office revenue of domestic feature films in Spain 2000-2021

140 131.8

119.9
120 111.7 111.2
110.2
106.2 104.4
101 103 103.1
Box office gross in million euros

98.4 99.1
100 92.9 92.2
85.5 86.7
81.6 80.3
80
70.2

60 53.7

39.4 39.7
40

20

0
2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021

39 Description: In 2021, feature films made in Spain grossed around 39.7 million euros at the Spanish box office, up 0.8 percent from the 39.4-million-euro revenue recorded a year earlier. Despite the slight increase, the 2021 figure amounts to only 43 percent of the box
office gross reported in 2019, before the COVID-19 outbreak. In 2021, 273 feature films were produced in Spain, the highest number in the current century. Read more
Note(s): Spain; 2000 to 2021; not adjusted for inflation
Source(s): Instituto de la Cinematografía y de las Artes Audiovisuales; The Ministry of Education, Culture and Sport
 Number of domestic films released in Italy from 2017 to 2021
Number of Italian movies released in Italy 2017-2021

300
273

250 235
217

200
Number of movies

153
150
125

100

50

0
2017 2018 2019 2020 2021

40 Description: Throughout 2021, a total of 153 films made in Italy were released in that European country, including co-productions. This number is 22.4 percent higher than the 125 premieres reported a year earlier. Still, the 2021 figure amounts to only 56 percent of
the 273 movie releases recorded in 2018, before the COVID-19 pandemic. The number of 3D movies released in Italy also increased between 2020 and 2021. Read more
Note(s): Italy; 2017 to 2021; including co-productions
Source(s): CINETEL
 Total box office revenue in Italy from 2011 to 2021 (in million euros)
Box office revenue in Italy 2011-2021

700 660.73 661.3

636.97 635.94
608.66 617.96
600 574.53 584.55
555.67

500
Revenue in million euros

400

300

200 182.51 169.4

100

0
2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021

41 Description: In 2021, the box office revenue in Italy amounted to around 169.4 million euros, down from 182.51 million euros a year earlier - an annual decrease of 7.2 percent. Meanwhile, the global box office revenue grew by over 80 percent between 2020 and 2021.
Read more
Note(s): Italy; 2011 to 2021
Source(s): CINETEL
CHAPTER 05

Latin America
 Box office revenue in selected countries in Latin America in 2021 (in
million U.S. dollars)
Box office revenue in selected countries in Latin America 2021

Box office revenue in million U.S. dollars

0 50 100 150 200 250 300 350 400

Mexico 380.53

Brazil 176.35

Colombia 78.4

Argentina 60.29

Ecuador 38.27

Chile 31.71

Peru 25.49

Bolivia 17.72

Costa Rica 16.14

Panama 14.87

Guatemala 11.87

El Salvador 8.16

Dominican Republic 7.76

Honduras 6.41

Uruguay 3.92

43 Description: In 2021, Mexico recorded the highest box office revenue in Latin America, with over 380 million U.S. dollars. That was more than the second (Brazil), third (Colombia), fourth (Argentina), and fifth-placed (Ecuador) markets combined. The most-viewed Ibero-
American film in Mexico's theaters in 2021 was "The Vault," a co-production between Spain and France that sold about 220 thousand tickets in that North American country. Read more
Note(s): LAC; 2021
Source(s): EGEDA
 Number of domestic movies released in Mexico from 2010 to 2021
Mexico: domestic movies released 2010-2021

140

120 115

101 101
100
90 88
Number of releases

80
80
68 70
67
62
60 56
47

40

20

0
2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021

44 Description: Throughout 2021, movie theaters in Mexico released 70 domestic films, up from 47 during the previous year. Despite the increase, the 2021 figure still falls behind the numbers recorded in 2019 and 2018 - before the COVID-19 outbreak - both above 100.
Read more
Note(s): Mexico; 2010 to 2021
Source(s): Ministry of Culture (Mexico) (Instituto Mexicano de Cinematografía – Imcine)
 Number of Mexican movie releases outside of Mexico from 2009 to 2021
Mexico: national movie releases outside of Mexico 2009-2021

180

160 154

140 131 132

121
120 116
110 109
Number of movies

101
100
80
80 75
65
58
60

40
25
20

0
2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021

45 Description: Throughout 2021, 58 movies made in Mexico were released in other countries, up from 25 a year earlier. Despite the increase, the 2021 figure is still below the annual numbers seen between 2013 and 2019 - before the COVID-19 outbreak - when more
than 100 Mexican films were released internationally every year. Meanwhile, 70 domestic movies were released in Mexico in 2021. Read more
Note(s): Mexico; 2009 to 2021
Source(s): comScore; Ministry of Culture (Mexico) (Instituto Mexicano de Cinematografía – Imcine)
 Box office revenue in Mexico from 2010 to 2022 (in billion Mexican pesos)
Box office revenue in Mexico 2010-2022

25

20 19.05
Revenue in billion Mexican pesos

16.66 16.81
15.25
15 13.79
11.91 12.01 12.03
10.69
9.77
10 9.06
7.5

5 3.69

0
2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022

46 Description: In 2022, the box office revenue in Mexico amounted to around 12 billion Mexican pesos, up from 7.5 billion pesos one year before - an annual increase of 60 percent. Since the drastic drop in eenues caused by the coronavirus pandemic in 2020, the
Mexican box office market is slowly inching back to pre-pandemic levels. However, the box office revenue share generated by domestic movies in Mexico keeps declining since 2020. Read more
Note(s): Mexico; 2010 to 2022
Source(s): Canacine; comScore
 Number of new domestic movies released in Brazil from 2009 to 2021
New domestic movies released in Brazil 2009-2021

200
183
180
167
160
160
142
140 133
129
Number of releases

120
120 114
100
100
84 83
80 74
60
60

40

20

0
2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021*

47 Description: Throughout 2021, Brazil released 120 domestic movies - twice as much as in the previous year. Despite the increase, the box office revenue generated by domestic productions in Brazil declined by about 92 percent between 2020 and 2021. Read more
Note(s): Brazil; 2009 to 2021; * From January 1 to December 27, 2021. Data prior to 2021 was retrieved from earlier releases. Numbers have been rounded. Read more
Source(s): Agência Nacional do Cinema; O Globo
 Box office revenue in Brazil from 2006 to 2021 (in million Brazilian reals)
Box office revenue in Brazil 2006-2021

3,000
2,790.34
2,717.66
2,599.33
2,458.27
2,500 2,351.59
Revenue in million Brazilian reais

1,955.91
2,000 1,825.38
1,753.2
1,613.98
1,437.8
1,500
1,260.37

969.78 919.08
1,000
694.97 712.62 729.52
622.7

500

0
2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022

48 Description: In 2022, the box office revenue in Brazil amounted to 1.83 billion Brazilian reals, up from 919 million reals in the previous year - an annual growth of 98 percent. Meanwhile, the box office revenue in the United States and Canada more than doubled
between 2020 and 2021. Read more
Note(s): Brazil; 2006 to 2022
Source(s): Agência Nacional do Cinema
 Number of domestic movies released in Colombia from 2010 to 2021
Number of domestic movies released in Colombia 2010-2021

60

50 48
44
41 41
40
36
Number of movies

30
30 28 27
23

20 18 17

10
10

0
2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021

49 Description: Throughout 2021, 30 domestic films premiered in Colombia, up from 27 a year earlier. Despite the increase, the 2021 figure amounts to less than two-thirds of the 48 Colombian movies released in 2019, before the COVID-19 outbreak. Similarly, in 2021,
box office gross in Colombia amounted to only 44 percent of the revenue reported two years before. Read more
Note(s): Colombia; 2010 to 2021
Source(s): Proimágenes Colombia
 Box office revenue in Colombia from 2010 to 2021 (in billion Colombian
pesos)
Box office revenue in Colombia 2010-2020

700
628.69

600 570.42
Box office gross in billion Colombian pesos

558.99 562.43 553.57

500 465.67
442.43
419.96
385.93
400
351.38

300 258.36

200

112.55
100

0
2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021

50 Description: In 2021, box office revenue in Colombia totaled nearly 258.4 billion Colombian pesos, up from less than 113 billion pesos a year earlier - an annual growth of almost 130 percent. Still, the 2021 figure amounted to only 41 percent of the box office gross
recorded in 2019, before the COVID-19 outbreak. Read more
Note(s): Colombia; 2010 to 2021; not adjusted for inflation
Source(s): Proimágenes Colombia
 Number of domestic movies released in Argentina from 2014 to 2021
Number of domestic movies released in Argentina 2014-2021

250

209 209
197
200 192
183
169
Number of movies

150
126

100

50
30

0
2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021

51 Description: In 2021, out of all 288 movies released in theaters in Argentina, 126 (or about 44 percent) were domestic films. A year earlier, 30 movies made in Argentina were released in cinemas in the South American country. Read more
Note(s): Argentina; 2014 to 2021
Source(s): INCAA; SICA
 Box office revenue in Argentina from 2014 to 2021 (in billion Argentine
pesos)
Box office revenue in Argentina 2014-2021

9 8.5

7
Revenue in billion Argentine pesos

6 5.58
5.35
4.83
5

3.94
4
3.16
3
2.01 1.94
2

0
2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021

52 Description: In 2021, box office revenue in Argentina stood at approximately 5.35 billion Argentine pesos, up 176 percent from 1.94 billion pesos a year earlier. Still, the 2021 figure amounts to less than two-thirds of the 8.5-billion-peso gross recorded in 2019, prior to
the COVID-19 outbreak. Argentina is one of the key markets for the film industry in Latin America. Read more
Note(s): Argentina; 2014 to 2021
Source(s): INCAA; SICA
CHAPTER 06

Africa
 Number of titles released by the main film industries in Ghana, Liberia,
and Nigeria in 2021
Nollywood, Bollywood, and Hollywood titles in anglophone West-Africa 2021

120

103
100

80
Number of titles

65

60

40

20
8 6
3
0
Nollywood Hollywood Bollywood Ghollywood Others

54 Description: In 2021, 103 titles released in movies across Liberia, Ghana, and Nigeria were produced by Nollywood, the main Nigerian film industry. Hollywood productions added up to 65, while Bollywood ranked third. Moreover, Ghollywood, Ghana's main film
industry, released six movies. Nollywood movies accounted for the largest share of revenue generated by film industries in Liberia, Ghana, and Nigeria, with 45 percent of the revenue. Read more
Note(s): Ghana, Liberia, Nigeria; 2021
Source(s): FilmOne Entertainment; WarnerMedia
 Distribution of revenue generated by the main film industries in Ghana
and Nigeria as of 2021
Nollywood, Bollywood, and Hollywood revenue in West-Africa 2021

Nollywood 45%
Hollywood 55%

55 Description: In 2021, Hollywood movies accounted for the largest share of revenue generated by the film industry in Ghana and Nigeria. Hollywood productions held 55 percent of the total share. Nollywood, on the other hand, accounted for 45 percent of the revenue.
Read more
Note(s): Ghana, Liberia, Nigeria; 2021
Source(s): FilmOne Entertainment; WarnerMedia
 Number of movies produced and censored by Nollywood from 2017 to the
2nd quarter of 2021
Films produced by the Nigerian film industry 2017-2021

3,000

2,599
2,500

2,000
Number of movies

1,500

1,051
1,000
700
565
450
500

0
2017 2018 2019 2020 2021

56 Description: Nollywood is the main Nigerian movie production and releases most of the titles in English-speaking West Africa. Despite the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, the film industry in Nigeria did not stop. On the contrary, it even increased the number of
productions significantly in 2020, producing and censoring 2.6 thousand movies. Furthermore, only between January and June 2021, Nollywood produced 1,051 movies. Read more
Note(s): Nigeria; 2017 to Q2 2021
Source(s): NBS (Nigeria)
 Gross Domestic Product (GDP) generated by the industry of motion pictures, sound
recording and music production in Nigeria from 2019 to 2021 (in million Naira)
GDP by motion pictures, sound and music production in Nigeria 2019-2021

1,400,000 1,321,381
1,300,830
1,270,992

1,200,000
GDP in million Nigerian naira

1,000,000

800,000

600,000

400,000

200,000

0
2019 2020 2021

57 Description: In 2021, Nigeria's GDP amounted to around 173.5 trillion Naira, over 407 billion U.S. dollars. About 0.8 percent of GDP was generated by the industry of motion pictures, sound recording, and music production. In absolute figures, this added up to roughly
1.3 trillion Naira, approximately three billion U.S. dollars. Nigeria has a large film industry, called Nollywood, which releases the largest number of movie titles in English-speaking countries in Africa. Read more
Note(s): Nigeria; 2019 to 2021
Source(s): NBS (Nigeria)
 Sources

Agência Nacional do Cinema Formatt Institut

AQPM Goldmedia GmbH Strategy Consulting
Box Office Mojo Hamburg Media School
British Film Institute IBISWorld
Bureau of Labor Statistics IHS Screen Digest
Canacine INCAA
Canadian Heritage (CAVCO) Instituto de la Cinematografía y de las Artes Audiovisuales
Canadian Heritage (MTAC) KOFIC
Centre national du cinéma et de l’image animée Korea Creative Content Agency
CESP Land Nordrhein-Westfalen
China Daily News Ministerio de Educación, Cultura y Deporte (España)
China Film Administration MPAA
Cinema Advertising Association MPDAA
CINETEL MPPAJ
CMPA NBS (Nigeria)
comScore Nordicity (for CMPA)
EGEDA O Globo
EY Omdia
FFA Proimágenes Colombia
FICCI Screen Australia
FilmL.A. Secretaría de Cultura (Mexico) (Instituto Mexicano de Cinematografía – Imcine)
FilmOne Entertainment SICA

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 Sources

Telefilm Canada
UK Cinema Association
US Census Bureau
Various sources
WarnerMedia

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