12 May 2014

Box office down in the European Union in 2013 but first quarter of 2014 shows promise: European Audiovisual Observatory

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  • EU gross box office growth ground to a halt in 2013, down 4.3% year-on-year but Q1 figures show promising signs for 2014.
  • Latest instalments of Despicable Me and The Hobbit saga topped the EU charts.
  • Market share for European films down from 28.9% to 26.2%
  • EU film production continued growing to an estimated 1 546 feature films produced
  • 87% of EU screens had converted to digital by the end of 2013