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Figures you can quote, tables you can download and a person you can call. Everything here is free to use with a credit to Filmgrail and a link to the page it came from; each figure below comes with a citation and a link to the method and primary sources behind it.
Media contact: John Rush, CEO, Filmgrail
John Rush has worked in cinema technology since 2011. He is CEO of Filmgrail, which builds the digital platform cinemas run on.
Available for comment on cinema technology, ticketing, box office and exhibition trends. johnrush@filmgrail.com
Quote-ready figures
Headline numbers from our research, each with a citation you can paste. Follow the link for the method, the full tables and every primary source.
Cinema scheduling benchmarks
120 in North America, 16 in the UK and Europe, 4 in Australia and New Zealand.
The single busiest hour of the week, on weekdays and weekends alike.
The middle half of cinemas ran between 8 and 54.
A further 19.7% start at quarter past or quarter to.
Source: Filmgrail, "Cinema scheduling benchmarks", September 2026, https://filmgrail.com/research/cinema-scheduling-benchmarks/Cinema website technology report
In 35 countries, led by the US (507), Germany (249) and France (112).
A further 8% only link to a marketplace such as Fandango or Ticketmaster, and 38% show no ticketing link we could identify.
Apps remain rare outside the large circuits, even though most tickets are bought on a phone.
7% declare MovieTheater markup at all.
Source: Filmgrail, "Cinema website technology report", September 2026, https://filmgrail.com/research/cinema-website-technology/Cinema closures and openings 2026
Permanent closures reported this year, most of them in the United States.
New sites, including several announced for later in 2026 or 2027.
Closed venues brought back, often by a new independent operator.
Bankruptcies, acquisitions and strategic reviews.
Source: Filmgrail, "Cinema closures and openings 2026", September 2026, https://filmgrail.com/research/cinema-closures-and-openings/All research
- Cinema industry statistics · Box office, admissions and exhibition figures for the global cinema industry, each with a named primary source and a check date.
- European cinema statistics · European box office and admissions for 2025, with the per-country detail UNIC publishes and what the spread between markets actually shows.
- Largest cinema chains · The world's biggest movie theater chains ranked by screens, with sites, countries and the filing or company source behind every figure.
- Global box office · Worldwide cinema box office from 2015 to 2025, the 2026 forecast, and the latest full-year figures for the fifteen largest markets — every number sourced.
- Cinema scheduling benchmarks · How 140 independent cinemas actually scheduled one week: start times by hour, shows per day, first and last shows, and the films most widely programmed.
- Cinema website technology report · We crawled 1,189 cinema websites in 35 countries to see which ticketing systems they run, how many have an app, and how many are findable in search.
- Cinema closures and openings 2026 · 104 cinema closures, openings, reopenings and circuit deals in 2026 so far, each from a named news or company source.
Download the data
15 CSV files, regenerated whenever the source page changes. Credit "Filmgrail" with a link to the page named in each description.
- US and Canada box office by year: the detail CSV · 15 rows · page
US and Canada box office by year: the detail: 15 rows, Year, Domestic gross, Releases, Change. From the Filmgrail report "Cinema industry statistics" (September 2026). Figures compiled from Box Office Mojo (IMDbPro), UNIC (International Union of Cinemas), UNIC, Cinema United and others; credit the original source where named.
- Europe: the figures behind the change CSV · 2 rows · page
Europe: the figures behind the change: 2 rows, Measure, 2024, 2025, Change. From the Filmgrail report "Cinema industry statistics" (September 2026). Figures compiled from Box Office Mojo (IMDbPro), UNIC (International Union of Cinemas), UNIC, Cinema United and others; credit the original source where named.
- 2025 by country, as reported CSV · 13 rows · page
2025 by country, as reported: 13 rows, Country, Box office, Admissions, Direction. From the Filmgrail report "European cinema statistics" (September 2026). Figures compiled from UNIC (International Union of Cinemas), UNIC, Gower Street Analytics; credit the original source where named.
- All circuits over roughly 150 screens CSV · 29 rows · page
All circuits over roughly 150 screens: 29 rows, Circuit, Screens, Sites, Countries, Headquarters, As of, Source. From the Filmgrail report "Largest cinema chains" (September 2026). Figures compiled from sec.gov, prnewswire.com, uniquex.com, static.cninfo.com.cn and others; credit the original source where named.
- Brands inside the groups CSV · 13 rows · page
Brands inside the groups: 13 rows, Brand, Part of, Screens, Sites, As of, Source. From the Filmgrail report "Largest cinema chains" (September 2026). Figures compiled from sec.gov, prnewswire.com, uniquex.com, static.cninfo.com.cn and others; credit the original source where named.
- The fifteen largest markets, 2025 CSV · 15 rows · page
The fifteen largest markets, 2025: 15 rows, Market, Box office (local), Box office (USD), Admissions, Screens. From the Filmgrail report "Global box office" (September 2026). Figures compiled from Motion Picture Association (MPA), Gower Street Analytics, UNIC, Bastille Post (citing China Film Administration) and others; credit the original source where named.
- The week, day by day CSV · 7 rows · page
The week, day by day: 7 rows, Day, Cinemas with shows, Median shows, Median first show, Median last show, Share of week's shows. From the Filmgrail report "Cinema scheduling benchmarks" (September 2026).
- The most widely programmed titles that week CSV · 12 rows · page
The most widely programmed titles that week: 12 rows, Title, Cinemas, Shows. From the Filmgrail report "Cinema scheduling benchmarks" (September 2026).
- Every ticketing system found CSV · 17 rows · page
Every ticketing system found: 17 rows, System, Sites, Share of all sites. From the Filmgrail report "Cinema website technology report" (September 2026). Figures compiled from Filmgrail research, Wikidata; credit the original source where named.
- Marketplaces and general event ticketing CSV · 5 rows · page
Marketplaces and general event ticketing: 5 rows, Service, Sites, Share of all sites. From the Filmgrail report "Cinema website technology report" (September 2026). Figures compiled from Filmgrail research, Wikidata; credit the original source where named.
- Every market has different leaders CSV · 5 rows · page
Every market has different leaders: 5 rows, Country, Sites, Most common ticketing systems (sites). From the Filmgrail report "Cinema website technology report" (September 2026). Figures compiled from Filmgrail research, Wikidata; credit the original source where named.
- Circuit deals, bankruptcies and reviews CSV · 10 rows · page
Circuit deals, bankruptcies and reviews: 10 rows, Date, Type, Cinema, Operator, Location, Country, Screens, What happened [source]. From the Filmgrail report "Cinema closures and openings 2026" (September 2026). Figures compiled from Variety, Wirral Globe, ABC 10News San Diego, KTRE and others; credit the original source where named.
- Every closure, opening and reopening CSV · 94 rows · page
Every closure, opening and reopening: 94 rows, Date, Type, Cinema, Operator, Location, Country, Screens, What happened [source]. From the Filmgrail report "Cinema closures and openings 2026" (September 2026). Figures compiled from Variety, Wirral Globe, ABC 10News San Diego, KTRE and others; credit the original source where named.
- Cinema industry events calendar CSV · 316 rows · page
316 trade shows, exhibitor conventions, film markets and technical events worldwide, with dates where announced and the organiser's website. Compiled and checked by Filmgrail.
- Cinema directory CSV · 10,748 rows · page
10,748 current cinemas in 24 countries with operator, screens, seats and website where recorded. From Wikidata (CC0), plus corrections from cinemas.
Live pages worth bookmarking
Updated continuously and safe to link: the weekend box office by country, the film release calendar, the cinema closures and openings tracker, cinema industry news, the industry events calendar, the who's who of exhibition and the cinema directory.
About Filmgrail
Filmgrail builds the digital platform cinemas run on: websites, native apps, ticketing and checkout, loyalty, push campaigns, programming tools and audience analytics. Filmgrail AS is a Norwegian company founded in 2012, headquartered in Oslo with further presence in Wilmington, Delaware and Istanbul. Its platform runs for cinemas, cultural centres and film festivals in Norway, the United States and Australia. More about the company.
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