help for cinema In Spain, it increased by 29.7% in 2023with 76.7 million viewers compared to 59.1 million viewers in 2022 and Collection increased by 34.2% According to official cinema statistics, it goes from 367.5 million euros to 493 million euros.
Data released this Thursday by the Institute of Cinematography and Audiovisual Arts (ICAA). increasing trend since the Covid crisis but is still below pre-pandemic levels.
Especially the number of spectators 26.9 percent lower and collections 19.8 percent below 2019When an audience of 104.9 million was recorded, 614.7 million euros remained at the box office.
Something similar happens HE spanish cinemaWatched by 13.4 million viewers It raised 82.4 million euros, 2.3% more than in 2022 (13.1 million) and 6.3% more than in 2022 (77.5 million in 2022).
Compared to 2019, when Spanish cinema recorded 15.9 million viewers and 92.2 million euros, the decrease was 15.7% and 10.6% respectively.
Screen share, which is the percentage of viewers who choose Spanish films out of the total offering 17.5% represents a decrease compared to 2022 (22.1%) but there is an improvement compared to 2019 (15.1%).
More female directors and screenwriters
Statistics also confirm this Reducing the gender gap in the industry. In 2023, women directed or wrote the scripts of 41.9% of Spanish-made feature films; This represents an increase of 5.3 percentage points compared to 2019.
According to statistics, 25.9 percent of Spanish-made feature films were directed or co-directed by a woman; this rate was 20.7 percent in 2019, of which 40.5 percent had 34.7 female participation in the development of the script. % in 2019.