[Commlist] New Report: Made in Europe - Theatrical distribution of European films across the globe 2015-2024

Made in Europe - Theatrical distribution of European films across the 
globe 2015-2024
By Nicolas Edmery, European Audiovisual Observatory

Download here:
https://rm.coe.int/made-in-europe-2015-2024-december-2025-n-edmery-/4880299b1b

Meet the author, Nicolas Edmery, Film Analyst:
https://www.obs.coe.int/en/web/observatoire/nicolas-edmery

What’s current state of theatrical distribution of European films?

This new edition of the Made in Europe report, just published by the 
European Audiovisual Observatory explores how European films performed 
in 2024, both domestically and internationally, in 53 markets. It also 
highlights key trends in major markets and regions over the last ten 
years. The report includes admissions data from 53 markets worldwide (36 
European and 17 non-European). However, for time series analyses, only 
markets with continuous admissions data between 2015 and 2024 were 
considered (47 markets).


Key findings include:

    On an aggregate level, 2024 was a strong year for European films 
with cumulative admissions increasing by 24% to 311 million tickets sold 
worldwide. While this was the highest level registered since 2019, it 
was still down 16% on pre-pandemic figures.

    193 million admissions (16% more than in 2023) were generated in 
the respective domestic European markets, accounting for 62% of total 
admissions, while 118 million admissions to European films (40% more 
than in 2023) were generated in non-national markets, representing 38% 
of total admissions.

    The two main drivers for this admissions growth were, on the one 
hand, the strong performance of French films in their domestic market, 
and a jump in export admissions to UK films on the other hand.

    Admissions to French films were mainly driven by two breakout 
films: Un P’tit Truc en plus and Le Comte de Monte-Cristo, both of which 
generated more than 11 million tickets worldwide, the vast majority of 
which were in their domestic market.

    Led by The Substance, The Zone of Interest, and Conclave, British 
films tripled their export admissions, cumulatively accounting for 43% 
of total European export admissions.

Other trends already highlighted in last year’s report still held true 
in 2024:

    The number of European films on commercial release in theatres 
worldwide continued to increase, with over 3 400 films in 2024
    The share of admissions to European films with reference to total 
worldwide admissions has remained stable, ranging between 5% and 10% 
over the past 10 years.
    National admissions continued to represent the lion’s share of 
admissions to European films, with generally 62% to 66% of admissions to 
European films stemming from their respective domestic markets (70% to 
74% when excluding UK films).
    Most export admissions (63%) were generated by non-national 
European markets, while 14% were generated in Latin America, 11% in 
North America, 5% in Asia and 7% in the rest of the world.
    European blockbusters have not caught up with pre-pandemic levels: 
The number of films achieving more than one million admissions fell by 
35% in 2024 (from 72 to 47 films) compared to pre-pandemic years.

See
https://www.obs.coe.int/en/web/observatoire/-/admissions-to-european-films-reach-highest-level-since-2019-but-remain-16-under-pre-pandemic-figures


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