The cinemas in Saxony sold fewer tickets last year. However, the decline was not as sharp as the national average. Cinemas in the Free State counted just under 4.3 million visitors. This was a decline of 1.8 percent, according to the Berlin-based German Federal Film Board (FFA). Nationwide, there was a drop of 5.8 percent.
The turnover of the local cinemas also fell accordingly. According to the figures, they took in almost 40.4 million euros (-1.4 percent). Contrary to the national trend (-0.8 percent), the average ticket price in Saxony rose slightly by 0.4 percent to 9.40 euros.
At the same time, the statistics show a slight increase in the number of cinemas in Saxony. However, the number of cinemas and screens decreased by six to 242.
Children's films are in demand
Around 90.1 million tickets were sold nationwide in 2024, while cinema revenue fell to around 868.4 million euros (2023: 929.1 million euros), according to the FFA. Children's films were in demand: six made it into the top ten most popular films of 2024. "Children's films are doing quite well anyway, but the fact that they are actually so strong now is very special this year," explained FFA Team Leader Market Research and Statistics Norina Lin-Hi.
At the top of the German box office was the second part of the animated film "Alles steht Kopf" - with more than 5.7 million tickets sold. It was followed by "Ich - Einfach unverbesserlich 4" (more than 4.3 million tickets). In third place was the children's film "Vaiana 2" with around 3.6 million admissions. The top 10 includes only two German productions, "Chantal im Märchenland" and "Die Schule der magischen Tiere 3".
FFA CEO Peter Dinges categorized the drop in ticket sales as "moderate". "We not only had to deal with the European Football Championships in our own country and the Olympic Games, but also with the consequences of the Hollywood strikes," he said. The industry can look forward to 2024 with satisfaction,
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