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Theatrical export of European films in 2010

Key Statistics
A sample analysis of the distribution of European films in 10 non-European markets

Report in English with an Executive Summary in English, French and German

A report by
Martin Kanzler
European Audiovisual Observatory

 

Success of European films in major non-European markets

For the first time, the European Audiovisual Observatory has analysed the relative fortunes of European films released outside the EU. The report analyses the success of European films released in 10 major non-European markets as tracked by Rentrak Corporation, the international leading reference source on box office and admission.

 

 

Geographical scope
Ten markets were analysed:
US/Canada, Australia, Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, South Korea, Mexico, New Zealand and Venezuela.
Key Points
  • Only 103 European films had a theatrical commercial release outside of Europe in 2010.
  • The main non-European foreign markets represent about 18% of the world admissions for European films.
  • Outside of Europe, European films accounted in 2010 for around 3% of the total admissions, while their market share in Europe was 26%.
Content

Executive Summary (Synthèse - Zusammenfassung)

Number of European film releases
Admissions to European films
GBO for European films
Leading European film export countries
In which world markets were European films most successful?


  1. Data sources & methodology

Data sources
Methodology
Data scope
Definitions

  1. Market volume of European films
    First releases
    Films on release
    Admissions
    GBO
  1. Leading European film export countries
    In terms of “dependency” on non-European markets
    In terms of admissions
    In terms of releases
  1. Market share of European films
    In terms of releases
    In terms of admissions
  1. Top 100 European films outside of Europe 2010
  1. Profiles of 10 non-European markets
    6.1 Markets overview (market size, number of releases, admissions, GBO)

6.2 – 6.11. The profiles of 10 non-European markets:

AR – Argentina
AU - Australia
BR – Brazil
CL – Chile
CO – Columbia
KR – South Korea
MX – Mexico
NZ – New Zealand
US/CA - United States & Canada
VE – Venezuela

For each of the selected 10 markets indication of:
- 2010 at a glance
- First releases by region of origin
- European film releases by origin
- Admissions & GBO to European films
- Admissions by region of origin

  1. Key indicators – time series
  1. GB inc films

FIGURES AND TABLES
Executive Summary

Top 5 European export countries by no. of releases – 2010
Top 5 European export countries by cumulative admissions in 10 non-European sample markets - 2010
Top 5 non-European markets by first releases of European films – 2010
Top 5 non-European markets by GBO & admissions to European films – 2010 (ranked by GBO)

Chapter 2
Figure 1: No. of European first release- 2010
Figure 2: Admissions to European films in sample market regions - 2010
Figure 3: GBO generated by European films in sample market regions - 2010
Figure 4: No of European first releases outside of Europe - 2010
Figure 5: Admissions to European films outside of Europe - 2010
Figure 6: GBO to European films outside of Europe - 2010

Chapter 3
Table 1: Top European film exporting countries by releases outside of Europe – 2010
Table 2: Top European film exporting countries by admissions outside of Europe - 2010
Table 3: Share of national / non-national European / non-European admissions to films from the top 10 European film exporting countries - 2010

Chapter 4
Figure 1: First releases: Share of European films - 2010
Figure 2: Admissions: Share of European films - 2010

Chapter 5
Table 1: Top 100 European films in terms of admissions generated outside of Europe 2010

Chapter 6
Table 1: Total admissions, GBO and average ticket prices - 2010
Table 2: Inhabitants, screens and inhabitants per screen - 2010
Table 3: Number of European films released outside of Europe – 2010
Table 4: Number of European films on release outside of Europe – 2010
Table 5: Admissions to European films on release outside of Europe – 2010
Table 6: GBO to European films on release outside of Europe – 2010

Figure 1: Admissions: Market shares by region / country of origin – 2010

For all ten export-markets examined the following tables and figures are given:

  • First releases by region of origin
  • European film releases by origin
  • Admissions by region of origin
  • Admissions & GBO to European films
  • Top 25 films by admissions – 2010
  • Top 25 European films by admissions – 2010
  • Appendix

Chapter 7
Table 1: Number of European first releases outside Europe
Table 2: Number of European films on release
Table 3: Admissions to European Films outside Europe
Table 4: Market share of European films in terms of admissions

Chapter 8
Table 1: UK inward investment (GB INC) film considered as European films in this report
Table 2: UK inward investment (GB INC) films considered as US or non-European films in this report


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