Cinema ticketing software for Italy
The best cinema ticketing software for most Italian cinemas is Filmgrail on top of the approved biglietteria you already run. Keep your box office at the counter, and let Filmgrail run your own branded website, native iOS and Android apps and online checkout, for a flat price per screen with no per-ticket fees.
Cinema software in Italy: what cinemas run today
Italian cinemas issue tickets through an automated box office recognised by the Agenzia delle Entrate and SIAE. Online, many sell through a shared national booking portal rather than their own site.
| System | What it is | Who uses it | Filmgrail runs on top |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vista | Enterprise cinema management with web, mobile and kiosk channels | Odeon Cinemas Group, owner of UCI Cinemas Italia, signed to move its European circuits to Vista Cloud | Yes, integrated |
| Webtic | Online booking platform for cinema tickets across Italy, powered by CREA Informatica, with seat maps and a consumer app | Cinemas and national circuits listed on one shared portal | Alternative: your own site and app instead |
| Cinebot | Automated box office for single and multi-screen cinemas and theatres, recognised by the Agenzia delle Entrate and SIAE | Cinemas and theatres | Not yet integrated; scoped in writing, about a month |
Our September 2026 crawl does not publish an Italian breakdown, so this table lists systems by what each vendor says about itself. Vendor facts checked on each vendor's own website (vista.co, webtic.it, cinebot.it) on 26 September 2026. Vendors change their products; confirm anything decision-critical with them directly.
What that means for an Italian cinema
Your approved biglietteria is what keeps each ticket fiscally and SIAE compliant, and Filmgrail does not replace it. We read films, sessions, seats and prices from your box office and write each online sale back, so the counter and your fiscal reporting stay as they are.
The part worth changing is where your audience buys. On a shared national portal, your cinema is one listing among hundreds, next to the multiplex down the road. On Filmgrail it is your own website on your own domain, your own app on the phone, and a customer record that belongs to you. Circuits on Vista can start from our Vista integration and Vista alternatives.
Why Italian cinemas choose Filmgrail
The national circuits sell under national brands. Filmgrail gives a cinema d'essai, a multisala or a regional group the same tools under its own name, without replacing the biglietteria.
Your brand, not a shared booking page
Your own website on your own domain, a proper page for every film, your seasons and events, and a checkout in your colours. Not a booking page that looks the same for every venue on the system.
Native iOS and Android apps included
Your cinema on the moviegoer's home screen, on the same CMS as the website, with push when a saved film goes on sale. In our crawl of 1,189 cinema websites, only 7% linked to an app.
Flat price, no per-ticket fees
From $200 to $20,000 a year, flat per screen. Our price does not rise with your attendance, and we never take a cut of a ticket.
Your box office stays
Filmgrail sits in front of your approved biglietteria. It reads films, sessions, seats and prices and writes each sale back, so the counter, your SIAE reporting and your accounts do not change.
Live in weeks
A few weeks when we already integrate your box office and payment provider; about a month when we connect a new one.
Loyalty, push and Insights built in
Member pricing, push campaigns and audience analytics in the same customer record as the sale, plus a planning tool for your programme and a festival platform if you run one.
The Italian market
UNIC reports a 2025 Italian box office of €496.6m, up 0.5%, on 68.4m admissions (see European cinema statistics). UCI Cinemas Italia, part of AMC's Odeon Cinemas Group, runs 344 screens on 34 sites (see the largest cinema chains).
Italian moviegoers pay online by card, PayPal and Satispay as well as Apple Pay and Google Pay. We integrate your payment provider rather than forcing ours on you.
The exhibitors' association ANEC, led by president Fabrizio Larini for 2026 to 2029, runs the Giornate Professionali di Cinema in Sorrento with ANICA from 1 to 4 December 2026; cinema d'essai operators meet at FICE's Incontri del Cinema d'Essai in Lucca. We list cinema industry events in Italy and the people behind its associations in who's who in cinema.
Proof: who runs on Filmgrail
We do not yet have an Italian cinema live. The closest comparables: Bergen Kino runs 18 halls with its website, native apps and online ticketing on Filmgrail; Edda Kino, a five-hall cinema centre, is the main venue of the Norwegian film festival; and Ster-Kinekor, southern Africa's largest circuit, runs its website, ticketing and loyalty on the same platform.
Italian festivals can run on our festival platform, as BIFF and the Haugesund festival do.
Published pricing in US dollars, from a single screen to a large circuit.
We never take a cut of your tickets. A sold-out weekend costs you nothing extra.
A few weeks if we already integrate your box office and payment provider; about a month for a new one.
Festival website, apps, passes and ticketing on the same flat logic, with no per-ticket fee.
Pricing and setup
Pricing is published and flat: from $200 a year for a single screen to $20,000 a year for a large circuit, per screen, with no per-ticket fees (see pricing). Prices are in US dollars. A mid-size film festival pays about $5,000 a year. If we already integrate your box office and payment provider you can be live in a few weeks; a system we have not connected before takes about a month, and we confirm the scope in writing before anything is signed.
See your own cinema on it before you talk to anyone: the free cinema website prototype builds a version of your site from its current address. Then book a demo against your real programme.
Frequently asked questions
What is the best cinema ticketing software in Italy?
For most Italian cinemas, Filmgrail on top of the approved biglietteria you already run. You keep the box office and its fiscal and SIAE compliance, and gain your own branded website, native iOS and Android apps, loyalty and push, for a flat price per screen with no per-ticket fees, live in weeks.
Does Filmgrail work with Vista?
Yes. Filmgrail already integrates with Vista. We read programme, sessions, seats and prices from Vista and write each sale back, so you can be live in a few weeks.
Does Filmgrail work with Cinebot or other Italian box office systems?
Not yet. We have not connected to an Italian box office before, so we start by checking what your installation exposes and give you a written scope before anything is signed. A new box office integration takes about a month.
Should we leave the Webtic portal?
You do not have to. Many cinemas keep a portal listing for reach. The difference is where your regulars buy: on Filmgrail, it is your own website and app, and the customer relationship stays with you.
How much does Filmgrail cost?
From $200 a year for a single screen to $20,000 a year for a large circuit, flat per screen and priced in US dollars, with no per-ticket fees. A mid-size film festival pays about $5,000 a year. Payment processing stays with your own payment provider.
Filmgrail in other countries
United Kingdom
Branded website, apps and checkout on top of Savoy, Admit One, Tapos or Spektrix, with no per-ticket fees.
MarketIreland
Branded website, apps and checkout on Ticketsolve, MyCloudCinema, Spektrix or Vista. No per-ticket fees.
MarketUnited States
Movie theater website, apps and ticketing on top of Veezi, AgileTix, RTS or Omniterm. No per-ticket fees.
MarketCanada
Movie theatre website, apps and ticketing on top of Veezi, Omniterm, RTS or Vista. No per-ticket fees.
MarketAustralia
Branded website, apps and checkout on top of Vista or Veezi, as Wallis Cinemas runs. No per-ticket fees.
MarketNew Zealand
Branded website, apps and checkout on top of Vista or Veezi. Flat per screen, no per-ticket fees.
MarketSouth Africa
The platform behind Ster-Kinekor's website, ticketing and loyalty, on top of your box office.
MarketSingapore
Branded website, apps and checkout for Singapore cinemas and festivals, on top of your box office.
MarketNorway
Home market: Bergen Kino, Trondheim Kino, BIFF and a dozen more Norwegian venues run on Filmgrail.
MarketSweden
Branded website, apps and checkout on your box office, as Bio Bristol runs. No per-ticket fees.
MarketDenmark
Your own website, apps and checkout on top of your box office, from a Nordic supplier. No per-ticket fees.
MarketFinland
Branded website, apps and checkout on top of MyCloudCinema or your box office. No per-ticket fees.
MarketGermany
Your own website, apps and checkout on top of COMPESO or your Kinokasse, not a portal widget.
MarketAustria
Your own website, apps and checkout on top of your Kinokasse. Flat per screen, no per-ticket fees.
MarketSwitzerland
Multilingual website, apps and checkout on top of COMPESO or your box office. No per-ticket fees.
MarketNetherlands
Branded website, apps and checkout for bioscopen and filmtheaters, on your kassasysteem.
MarketBelgium
Bilingual website, apps and checkout on top of your box office. Flat per screen, no per-ticket fees.
MarketFrance
Website, apps and online sales on top of your CNC-approved billetterie. Flat price, no per-ticket fees.
MarketSpain
Website, apps and online sales on top of your ICAA-approved box office. Flat price, no per-ticket fees.
MarketPortugal
Website, apps and online sales for cinemas and cine-teatros. Flat price, no per-ticket fees.
MarketPoland
Website, apps and online sales for Polish cinemas and kina studyjne. Flat price, no per-ticket fees.
MarketCzech Republic
Website, apps and online sales on top of MyCloudCinema or your box office. No per-ticket fees.
MarketUnited Arab Emirates
Website, native apps, loyalty and online sales on top of your box office. No per-ticket fees.
MarketSaudi Arabia
Website, native apps, loyalty and online sales for Saudi cinemas. Flat price, no per-ticket fees.
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