From the statistics elaborated by MEDIA Salles it emerges that in the 32 countries for which figures are already available, from Iceland to Cyprus, from Russia to Portugal, there were 1,210.5 million spectators, with a 5.2% rise compared to the 1,151.0 million of 2014.”2015 was a good year for European cinemas. The increases in admissions and box-office concerned practically all the countries analysed by MEDIA Salles, unlike those years in which – as in 2014 – a generally positive result for Europe concealed marked differences, with some countries recording growth and other territories dips, even considerable ones,” comments Paolo Protti, President of MEDIA Salles.The 18 countries in Western Europe – with a total of 866.0 million admissions compared to the 816.5 in 2014 – record a 6.1% increase, whilst the 14 in Central and Eastern Europe and the Mediterranean Rim close the year with a 3.0% rise and a total of 344.5 million tickets sold compared to the 334.5 million in 2014. It is the tenth consecutive year of growth in this part of Europe, which has made it possible to more or less double the numbers of spectators in one decade.
formerly Mad Cornish Projectionist.