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German box-office takings in 2023 rose by almost 25% compared to the previous year, according to provisional figures collated by Comscore.

Ticket sales for the period from January 5, 2023 to January 3, 2024 totalled €859m, up 23.7% on the result for 2022, while total admissions increased year-on-year by 18.5% to 87.2m.

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When comparing the cinemas’ performance in 2023 to that before the pandemic, Comscore reported box-office takings were 11% below the level for 2019 and 20.7% fewer admissions were registered in the past year than in 2019.

Warner Bros’ Barbie was the year’s most successful release with a gross of €55.3m, closely followed by Universal Pictures’ The Super Mario Bros. Movie...

German producer-distributor announces measures to improve working environment for filmmakers.

Leading German producer-distributor Constantin Film has announced a package of measures “to guarantee a professional and respectful working environment for filmmakers” after the publication of an independent investigation into allegations of abuse and bullying by actor-director Til Schweiger during production of Manta Manta - Zwoter Teil (MM2).

Constantin commissioned the investigation from Munich law film Skw Schwarz after German weekly news magazine Der Spiegel reported that, among other things, Schweiger had been intoxicated on set on several occasions, had assaulted a staff member of Constantin Film, and forced a female...

Takings rise 42% in first six months with The Super Mario Bros. Movie the most successful release during the period.

German cinemas took a total of €422.3m from 41.5m admissions in the first six months of 2023, according to provisional figures collated by Comscore.

The first half-year’s box office takings represent a huge 42.1% year-on-year increase on the same period for last year (2022) – and are almost back to the same level as for the first six months in 2019 before the pandemic

Universal’s The Super Mario Bros. Movie was the most successful new release between January and the end of June with...

The total gross was down just 1.9% on the same period in 2019.

Box-office takings of €229.9m for German cinemas in the first quarter of 2023 were only 1.9% below the same period for the first quarter of 2019, according to provisional figures collated by Comscore.

The first quarter’s takings represented a 72.9% year-on-year increase on the first three months of 2022 when restrictions on seating capacity in cinemas still held sway in many parts of Germany.

Disney’s Avatar - The Way Of Water was the first quarter’s most successful film, grossing € 65.4m and garnering 4.7m admission - bringing the film’s cumulative takings...