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Cinema: Screens, audiences and takings

Cinema: Screens, audiences and takings Catalonia. 2001
Value Variation (%)
Screens 717 0.8
Spectators 31,860,415 7.6
Takings (thousands of euros) 145,470 12.5
Catalan movies 1,840 84.0
Movies from the rest of the Spanish State 20,710 98.4
Foreign movies 122,920 4.3
Source: Ministry of Culture.
Cinema: Screens, audiences and takings Spain. 2001
Value Variation (%)
Screens 3,770 -37.6
Spectators 146,810,494 8.4
Takings (thousands of euros) 616,429 14.9
Spanish movies 110,183 25.3
Foreign movies 506,246 -37.8
Source: Ministry of Education, Culture and Sport.

Last update: June 1, 2012.

Methodological note

The data on production of full-length films have been prepared on the basis of the information provided by the Catalan Institute for the Cultural Companies.

A Catalan production refers to a film production in which companies registered in Catalonia participate, and that has been qualified for display in movie theatres.

The data on exhibition refer to cinemas in regular operation with one or more screens; that is to say, those that have screened films throughout the year. These statistics have been prepared on thebasis of the administrative data compiled by the Department of Culture.

With respect to the data of Spain, the source of information is the Statistics of Cinematography: Production, Exhibition, Distribution and Promotion, by the Institute for Cinematography and Audiovisual Arts (Ministry of Education, Culture and Sport).