TEN COLOMBIAN FILM INDUSTRY BULLETIN
A project designed by Fedesarrollo for Proimágenes
1. Evolution of Colombian Film Market
- Admissions in 2015 grew by 26.4% compared to 2014, for a total of 58.805.761 admissions.
- In 2015, per capita admissions (admissions/inhabitants) increased by 24.98% compared to 2014.
- Admissions increased by 30.51% in the first half of 2015 and by 22.27% in the second half of 2015, compared to the first half and second half of 2014.
- In the first half of 2015, 155 films were exhibited, while 183 were exhibited in the second half of the year. This demonstrates that a greater number of films exhibited does not necessarily result in a greater number of admissions.
- Box office receipts in 2015 exceeded 2014 revenues by108,166,943,077 pesos, an increase of 28.17%. The dollar value of box office receipts was 179,212,055, which was affected by the devaluation of the Colombian peso.
- In 2015, 338 films were released, 64 more than in 2014.
- In 2015, 36 Colombian films were released, 8 more than in 2014. In the first half of 2015, 15 films were released, while 21 were released in the second half of the year.
- Colombian film accounted for 10.65% of the total of films shown in national cinemas in 2015.
- The number of screens increased by 65 from 2014 to 2015.
- In 2015 film admissions increased in all cities, compared to 2014. Bogota remained in the top spot for admissions, with a total of 20,630,299.
- Cali was the city with the most film admissions after Bogota, with 5,492,982, followed by Medellin (5,200,287), Bucaramanga (2,770,303), and Barranquilla (2,554,452). Cali went from 81 screens in 2014 to 87 in 2015, while Medellin had 7 new cinema screens for 2015.
- Admissions in all other cities in the country (“All Others”) added up to 22,157,438. These cities showed a greater growth in admissions (42.34%) thanks to an increased number of cinema screens.
- Of the five major cities, Medellin had the greatest growth in admissions, with an increase of 28.06%.
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