Colombia. Proimágenes Colombia presented its balance sheet on cinema in the country for 2024. It is worth noting that in the previous year, attendance at movie theaters decreased by 7.9% compared to 2023 for a total of 49.63 million viewers.
He pointed out that, when considering this attendance figure with respect to the historical maximum reached in 2019, the value is 23 million spectators below, that is, around 67.9% of the attendance at movie theaters obtained in that year.
Additionally, when comparing the value of 2024 with the figure of the average attendance obtained between 2015 and 2019, the value is at 77.5%. This exercise suggests that the levels of attendance obtained in years prior to 2019 have not yet been reached.
In addition, he stressed that 2024 was a historic year for local cinematography by reaching 79 premieres of feature films in movie theaters, thus surpassing the historical maximum of 2023 with 7 more premieres; 31 were drama, 28 documentary, 11 comedy, 5 horror, 1 action, 1 experimental, 1 fantasy and 1 suspense. These feature films were distributed through 24 Colombian distribution companies.
2025 follows the trend
A preliminary balance on attendance at movie theaters in Colombia during the first quarter of 2025 indicated that it was 9.4 million spectators, the lowest figure for this period since 2022.
In terms of Colombian film releases, 6 films were released (4 documentaries, 1 drama, and 1 comedy), which represents a significant decrease compared to the 16 and 17 premieres in the same quarter in 2023 and 2024, respectively.
This bulletin is prepared with information from the Cinematographic Information and Registration System - SIREC and CADBOX, owned by the Colombian Association of Cinematographic Film Distributors - ACDPC.
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