Average cinema ticket price by country
What a cinema ticket costs on average in 22 countries, the European Union and Europe as a whole, in local currency and US dollars. Each figure is box office divided by admissions for the latest year, from the national film agency, statistics office or trade body. Where we did the division ourselves, the row says so.
The headline
- Switzerland has the most expensive cinema tickets of the 22 markets here: CHF 16.39 on average in 2025, about $19.77 [16] [2]. The Nordic countries follow, between $13.78 (Norway) and $15.51 (Denmark).
- The US average was $11.31 in 2025 [3], close to Germany's €10.05 ($11.36) [6] and Australia's A$17.90 ($11.54) [17].
- The UK averaged £8.01, from £989.5 million of box office on 123.5 million admissions [4]. That is about $10.57.
- Europe as a whole averaged about €7.90 ($8.93): €6.88 billion of box office on 870.2 million admissions across 39 territories [1]. France, the largest market by admissions, sits below that at €7.42 [5].
- The cheapest markets in the list are China (CNY 41.87, $5.83) and Poland (PLN 22.44, $5.98) [20] [1].
Each figure is box office divided by admissions for the latest full year. Where the national body publishes the average itself, that figure is used. Where it publishes only the two totals, we did the division and the row says "derived". Every conversion to US dollars uses the ECB's annual average reference rates for the same year [2].
Average cinema ticket price by country, in US dollars
Box office divided by admissions. Converted at the ECB annual average rate for the year shown.
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| Country | Average ticket price (USD) |
|---|---|
| Switzerland (2025) | $19.77 |
| Denmark (2025) | $15.51 |
| Finland (2025) | $15.37 |
| Sweden (2025) | $14.60 |
| Norway (2025) | $13.78 |
| Austria (2025) | $12.35 |
| Netherlands (2025) | $12.23 |
| Belgium (2025) | $12.01 |
| Australia (2025) | $11.54 |
| Germany (2025) | $11.36 |
| United States (2025) | $11.31 |
| United Kingdom (2025) | $10.57 |
| Ireland (2025) | $10.13 |
| Japan (2025) | $9.72 |
| Canada (2024) | $9.18 |
| France (2025) | $8.38 |
| Czech Republic (2025) | $8.24 |
| Italy (2025) | $8.21 |
| Spain (2025) | $7.88 |
| Portugal (2025) | $7.27 |
| Poland (2025) | $5.98 |
| China (2025) | $5.83 |
All countries, in local currency and US dollars
Sorted by the US dollar figure. "Derived" means the source published box office and admissions and we divided one by the other.
| Country | Year | Average price (local) | In US dollars | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Switzerland | 2025 | CHF 16.39 | $19.77 | BFS |
| Denmark | 2025 | DKK 102.42 | $15.51 | UNIC (derived); DST gives DKK 84.74 excl. VAT (derived) |
| Finland | 2025 | €13.60 | $15.37 | Finnish Film Foundation |
| Sweden | 2025 | SEK 143 | $14.60 | Swedish Film Institute |
| Norway | 2025 | NOK 142.84 | $13.78 | UNIC box office ÷ SSB admissions (derived) |
| Austria | 2025 | €10.93 | $12.35 | UNIC (derived) |
| Netherlands | 2025 | €10.82 | $12.23 | NVBF |
| Belgium | 2025 | €10.63 | $12.01 | UNIC (derived) |
| Australia | 2025 | A$17.90 | $11.54 | Screen Australia (derived) |
| Germany | 2025 | €10.05 | $11.36 | FFA |
| United States | 2025 | $11.31 | $11.31 | The Numbers |
| United Kingdom | 2025 | £8.01 | $10.57 | UK Cinema Association / Comscore (derived) |
| Ireland | 2025 | €8.96 | $10.13 | UNIC (derived) |
| Japan | 2025 | ¥1,454 | $9.72 | Eiren |
| Canada | 2024 | C$12.57 | $9.18 | Statistics Canada (derived) |
| France | 2025 | €7.42 | $8.38 | CNC |
| Czech Republic | 2025 | CZK 179.94 | $8.24 | UNIC (derived) |
| Italy | 2025 | €7.26 | $8.21 | ANICA / Cinetel (derived) |
| Spain | 2025 | €6.97 | $7.88 | Comscore via Spain Audiovisual Hub (derived) |
| Portugal | 2025 | €6.44 | $7.27 | UNIC (derived) |
| Poland | 2025 | PLN 22.44 | $5.98 | UNIC (derived) |
| China | 2025 | CNY 41.87 | $5.83 | China Film Administration (derived) |
| Europe, 39 UNIC territories | 2025 | €7.90 | $8.93 | UNIC (derived) |
| European Union | 2025 | €8.06 | $9.11 | UNIC (derived) |
USD conversion: ECB annual average reference rates, 2025 (2024 for Canada). 1 EUR = 1.1300 USD, 0.8568 GBP, 11.717 NOK, 11.066 SEK, 7.4634 DKK, 0.9370 CHF, 1.7518 AUD, 169.04 JPY, 8.1185 CNY, 4.2397 PLN, 24.688 CZK; 2024: 1 EUR = 1.0824 USD, 1.4821 CAD. Prices derived from UNIC use admissions rounded to 0.1 million. Spain's average is €6.89 in CNC's report, which uses the ICAA's 66.6 million admissions; the €6.97 here uses Comscore's provisional 65 million. Denmark's UNIC figure includes VAT; Statistics Denmark's excludes it and counts only sold tickets.
How much ticket prices rose from 2019 to 2025
Nominal change in each country's own currency, so exchange rates play no part. Not adjusted for inflation.
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| Country | Change 2019 to 2025 |
|---|---|
| United States | +23.5% |
| Australia (derived) | +23.4% |
| Sweden | +18.2% |
| Germany | +16.5% |
| Denmark, excl. VAT (derived) | +15.1% |
| Italy (derived) | +12.8% |
| France | +9.3% |
| Japan | +8.5% |
| Switzerland | +6.0% |
Multiplexes charge more than small cinemas
Three national bodies split the average by type of cinema. The gap inside one country is often larger than the gap between countries.
| Country | Smaller cinemas | Multiplexes | National average |
|---|---|---|---|
| France (2025) | €4.94 single-screen; €5.89 two or three screens | €8.34 all multiplexes; €8.60 twelve screens or more | €7.42 |
| Germany (2025) | €9.53 regular cinemas | €10.79 | €10.05 |
| Switzerland (2025) | CHF 14.12 single-screen; CHF 15.76 two to seven screens | CHF 17.87 eight screens or more | CHF 16.39 |
Sources: CNC Bilan 2025, chapter 2.1; FFA Kinoergebnisse nach Kinoform 2025; BFS, average admission price by cinema type. Sweden's SFI gives a different split: SEK 120 for Swedish films against SEK 143 overall, because the biggest Swedish titles of 2025 were children's films.
Why the numbers are not quite comparable
All of these are averages of what cinemas actually took per admission, not list prices. That makes them useful, but several things differ between countries.
- VAT and ticket taxes. France and Germany publish their averages including VAT [5] [6]. Statistics Denmark publishes box office excluding VAT [15], which is why we show the VAT-inclusive UNIC figure in the chart and the DST figure in the notes. VAT rates on cinema tickets also differ, so part of any gap between two countries is tax, not price.
- Subscriptions. Unlimited cards pull the average down. France's CNC counts admissions made on unlimited passes, such as UGC Illimité, and values them at a reference price [5]. The other sources used here do not say how they treat Pathé's CinéPass, AMC Stubs A-List or similar schemes, so a market with heavy subscription use may look cheaper than its box office prices.
- Premium formats. IMAX, 3D, recliner and VIP seats raise the average without any change to standard prices. CNC attributes the higher average for American films in France partly to 3D and premium-screen showings of Avatar: Fire and Ash [5], and SFI names VIP rooms and IMAX as the expensive end of the Swedish range [12].
- Discounts and children. A strong year for family films lowers the average. Sweden's average for Swedish films fell to SEK 120 in 2025 for that reason [12].
- What counts as an admission. Free tickets are left out in France and Denmark [5] [15]. Australia's admissions are themselves estimated from the average price [17]. Germany's 2025 total includes drive-ins, open-air screenings and festivals [8].
- Exchange rates. The dollar ranking moves with exchange rates from year to year. Compare the local-currency change over time, not the dollar ranking, when you want to know whether a market is getting more expensive.
What operators can take from this
National averages are a sense check, not a price list. Inside one country the spread between a single-screen town cinema and a city multiplex is wider than the spread between most of the countries above. Set prices against your own competition, rooms and dayparts, and track your own average ticket price by screen and showtime rather than one site-wide number.
- To see how many tickets a show needs to sell at a given price, use the screening break-even calculator.
- To see what a price change does to the whole year, with film rent and concessions, use the movie theater profit calculator.
- For charging more at busy times and less when rooms are empty, see dynamic pricing.
- For the US series back to 2000, see US movie theater attendance and ticket prices. For admissions and box office by European country, see European cinema statistics.
If you want ticket prices you can change by showtime, format and seat type without a developer, that is what our cinema ticketing software does.
Sources
Every figure on this page comes from one of these. Where two sources disagree, the disagreement is stated rather than averaged away.
- UNIC (International Union of Cinemas), Annual Report 2026, Cinema-going across UNIC territories in 2025. unic-cinemas.org/fileadmin/user_upload/Publications/2026/UNIC_Annual_Report_2026.pdf.
- European Central Bank, Euro foreign exchange reference rates, annual averages (EXR dataset). data-api.ecb.europa.eu/service/data/EXR/A.USD+GBP+NOK+SEK+DKK+CHF+AUD+CAD+JPY+CNY+PLN+CZK.EUR.SP00.A?format=csvdata&startPeriod=2024&endPeriod=2025.
- The Numbers (Nash Information Services), Movie Market Summary 1995 to 2026. web.archive.org/web/20260124035736/https://www.the-numbers.com/market.
- UK Cinema Association, UK box office holds firm in 2025. www.cinemauk.org.uk/2026/01/uk-box-office-holds-firm-in-2025.
- CNC (Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée), Bilan 2025 du CNC. www.cnc.fr/professionnels/etudes-et-rapports/bilans/bilan-2025-du-cnc_2589800.
- FFA (Filmförderungsanstalt), Kino- und Filmergebnisse 2025. www.ffa.de/files/dokumentenverwaltung/Kinoergebnisse-ab-2025/1%20Kino-%20und%20Filmergebnisse/Kino-%20und%20Filmergebnisse%202025.pdf.
- FFA (Filmförderungsanstalt), Kinoergebnis 2019. www.ffa.de/files/dokumentenverwaltung/Kinoergebnisse/1-Kinoergebnis/Kinoergebnis_2019.pdf.
- FFA (Filmförderungsanstalt), Kinoergebnisse nach Kinoform 2025. www.ffa.de/files/dokumentenverwaltung/Kinoergebnisse-ab-2025/3%20Kinoergebnisse%20nach%20Kinoform/Kinoergebnisse%20nach%20Kinoform%202025.pdf.
- ANICA / Cinetel, Il cinema in sala nel 2025: i dati del box office. www.anica.it/multimedia/files/allegati/Conferenza_Stampa_Mercato_Cinema_2025.pdf.
- Spain Audiovisual Hub (Government of Spain), Comscore: asistencia a salas de cine en España 2025. spainaudiovisualhub.digital.gob.es/es/actualidad/comscore--resultados-anuales-2025.
- NVBF (Nederlandse Vereniging van Bioscopen en Filmtheaters), Jaarverslag 2025. www.denvbf.nl/files/2025-jaarverslag-nvbf.pdf.
- Swedish Film Institute, Filmåret i siffror 2025. www.filminstitutet.se/globalassets/2.-fa-kunskap-om-film/analys-och-statistik/publikationer/filmaret-i-siffror/filmaret-i-siffror-2025.pdf.
- Finnish Film Foundation (SES), Elokuvavuosi 2025 / Facts & Figures. www.ses.fi/wp-content/uploads/SES-elokuvavuosi-2025-facts-and-figures.pdf.
- Statistics Norway (SSB), Film og kino. www.ssb.no/kultur-og-fritid/kultur/kulturstatistikk/film-og-kino.
- Statistics Denmark, StatBank table BIO2, activity in Danish cinemas. www.statbank.dk/BIO2.
- Swiss Federal Statistical Office (BFS), Durchschnittlicher Eintrittspreis nach Kinotyp, 1997–2025. www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/en/home/statistics/catalogues-databases.assetdetail.36456792.html.
- Screen Australia, Box office: number of Australian cinema admissions and gross box office, 1976–2025. www.screenaustralia.gov.au/insights-and-trends/cinema-industry-trends/box-office.
- Statistics Canada, Tables 21-10-0181-01 (motion picture theatres, sales) and 21-10-0180-01 (theatre operations). www150.statcan.gc.ca/t1/tbl1/en/tv.action?pid=2110018101.
- Motion Picture Producers Association of Japan (Eiren), 2025年 全国映画概況. www.eiren.org/toukei/index.html.
- China Film Administration, 2025年全国电影票房518.32亿元. www.chinafilm.gov.cn/xwzx/gzdt/202601/t20260105_944809.html.
Frequently asked questions
What is the average cinema ticket price in the UK?
About £8.01 in 2025. UK cinemas took £989.5 million from 123.5 million admissions, according to the UK Cinema Association and Comscore. That is roughly $10.57 at the 2025 average exchange rate. Prices in London and in premium seats are well above the average.
What is the average cinema ticket price in Europe?
About €7.90 in 2025, or $8.93. UNIC counted €6.88 billion of box office and 870.2 million admissions across 39 European territories. Within the European Union alone it was about €8.06. Switzerland and the Nordic countries are far above the average; Poland, Portugal and Spain are below it.
What is the average cinema ticket price worldwide?
No organisation publishes an agreed global figure, because countries count admissions and taxes differently. In the 22 markets on this page, the 2025 average ran from about $5.83 in China to $19.77 in Switzerland. The US average was $11.31.
What is the average cinema ticket price in Germany and France?
Germany: €10.05 in 2025, including VAT, according to the FFA, up from €8.63 in 2019. France: €7.42 in 2025, including VAT, according to the CNC, up from €6.79 in 2019. France's figure includes admissions on unlimited subscription cards, valued at a reference price.
How much is a cinema ticket in Australia?
A$17.90 on average in 2025, about $11.54. Screen Australia reports A$970.0 million of box office and 54.2 million admissions. The average was A$14.51 in 2019.
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