Cinema ticketing software for Spain
The best cinema ticketing software for most Spanish cinemas is Filmgrail on top of the ICAA-approved box office you already run. Keep your taquilla system 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.
En español: Filmgrail para cines en España: venta de entradas, página web, app y precios.
Cinema software in Spain: what cinemas run today
Spanish cinemas sell through a box office approved by the ICAA, the film institute that collects box office data. The large circuits run Vista; independents and regional groups run Spanish systems.
| System | What it is | Who uses it | Filmgrail runs on top |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vista | Enterprise cinema management with web, mobile and kiosk channels | Odeon Cinemas Group (Cinesa) uses Vista's managed services in Spain; Cinépolis signed to move Cine Yelmo to Vista Digital | Yes, integrated |
| Kinetike | ICAA-approved ticketing: taquilla, kiosks, reservations, web and mobile sales, digital passes | Installed in more than 300 screens across more than 100 complexes, by its own count | Not yet integrated; scoped in writing, about a month |
| EVENTIM.Cine | ICAA-approved cinema ticketing platform with box office software, CRM, a custom app and website design | Exhibitors, circuits and independent cinemas | Alternative for the online layer |
Our September 2026 crawl does not publish a Spanish breakdown, so this table lists systems by what each vendor says about its own Spanish installs. Vendor facts checked on each vendor's own website (vista.co, kinetike.es, eventim.es) on 26 September 2026. Vendors change their products; confirm anything decision-critical with them directly.
What that means for a Spanish cinema
Your ICAA-approved taquilla is what keeps your box office returns compliant, and there is rarely a good reason to change it. Filmgrail does not. We read films, sessions, seats and prices from your box office and write each online sale back, so the counter and the ICAA reporting stay exactly as they are.
What changes is everything your audience sees. Several Spanish systems sell websites and apps alongside the box office; Filmgrail is built for nothing else. You get an editorial website with its own CMS, film pages built to rank for a film in your town, native apps with push and loyalty, and a checkout measured on completion rate. Circuits on Vista can start from our Vista integration; read Vista alternatives and Filmgrail vs Vista for the detail.
Why Spanish cinemas choose Filmgrail
The national circuits sell under national brands. Filmgrail gives an independent or regional Spanish cinema the same digital tools under its own name, without replacing the taquilla.
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 ICAA-approved box office. It reads films, sessions, seats and prices and writes each sale back, so the counter, your ICAA returns and your reporting 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 Spanish market
UNIC reports a 2025 Spanish box office of €453m, down 3%, on 65m admissions, down 11% (see European cinema statistics). Cinesa, part of AMC's Odeon Cinemas Group, runs 411 screens on 35 sites (see the largest cinema chains). A falling admissions year is when a cinema's own channel matters most: the regular who gets a push from you is not browsing a marketplace.
Spanish moviegoers expect Bizum alongside cards, Apple Pay and Google Pay. We integrate your payment provider rather than forcing ours on you. Content and interface strings are translatable in the CMS, so a cinema can run in Spanish and Catalan, Basque or Galician.
The exhibitors' federation FECE is chaired by Álvaro Postigo, general director of MK2 in Spain. Barcelona hosts CineEurope, UNIC's official convention, and the Europa Cinemas Network Conference from 26 to 29 November 2026. We list cinema industry events in Spain and the people behind its associations in who's who in cinema.
Proof: who runs on Filmgrail
We do not yet have a Spanish cinema live. The closest comparables: Bergen Kino runs 18 halls with its website, native apps and online ticketing on Filmgrail, and Ster-Kinekor, southern Africa's largest circuit, runs its website, ticketing and loyalty on the same platform. Classic Cinemas runs around sixteen theatres in the Chicago area, from restored single screens to multiplexes.
Spain's festivals are a natural fit for our festival platform, which runs BIFF, Norway's largest film festival.
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 Spain?
For most Spanish cinemas, Filmgrail on top of the ICAA-approved box office you already run. You keep the taquilla and your ICAA returns, 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, which Spain's largest circuits run. 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 Kinetike?
Not yet. We have not connected to Kinetike 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.
Does Filmgrail replace my ICAA-approved box office?
No. Tickets are still issued and reported by your approved box office. Filmgrail is the moviegoer-facing layer in front of it: website, apps, checkout, loyalty and push.
Can Spanish moviegoers pay with Bizum?
Filmgrail uses your own payment provider under your own merchant agreement, so the methods on offer are the ones your provider supports. Tell us your provider and we confirm what the checkout can show before you sign.
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.
MarketItaly
Website, apps and online sales on top of your approved biglietteria. 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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