More than 61 million spectators went to the cinema in 2022, 45% more than last year

The best debut of the year was 'Avatar: The Sense of Water', which opened in cinemas on December 16th, with 21.8 million euros, and the week of the year with the highest number of spectators was recorded in the month of December , from Friday the 23rd to Thursday the 29th (film week), with a total of 2.4 million viewers. Wednesday, December 28th, being the record attendance day of the post-pandemic period with more than 620,000 spectators.

Despite the growth in attendance at movie theaters this year, the market is still halfway to recovering pre-pandemic numbers. Comparing 2022 data to pre-pandemic box office and spectator averages from 2015-2019, theater attendance and box office are still -39% below the pre-pandemic period average.

The 10 provinces with the highest number of spectators were: Madrid (20.6%), Barcelona (14.2%), Valencia (6.5%), Alicante (4.1%), Seville (3.8%), Malaga (3.8% ), Murcia (3.3 %), Cádiz (2.9%), Balearic Islands (2.4%) and Vizcaya (2.4%).

The film 'Padre no hay más que uno 3', by Santiago Segura, is at the top of the national cinema ranking, followed by 'Tadeo Jones 3: The Emerald Table' and 'Los renglones torcidos de Dios'. Spanish cinema closes 2022 with a market share of 22%.

On a general level, 'Avatar: The Sense of Water' was the highest-grossing film of the year, followed by 'Minions: The Rise of Gru' and “'Urassic World: Dominion'. For the first time since 2019, the ten most watched films of the year all surpassed the 10 million euros barrier in revenue. The action genre was the most predominant this year, followed by animation and comedy.