First Release

Year: LIX.
Zagreb, 25 May 2022
KUL-2022-4-1

ISSN 1334-0557

CINEMATOGRAPHY, 2021

In 2021, there were 76 cinemas operating. Out of the total number of permanent cinemas, 46 were equipped with one screen and 24 with more screens. There were 19 autonomous cinemas and 55 cinemas that were parts of other business entities, as follows: 12 of them operated as parts of film showing companies, 33 as parts of cultural/educational institutions (homes of culture, public and open universities, etc.) and 12 as parts of other institutions/companies.

Gradual recovery of cinemas in 2021

After 2020, when it was impossible for all holders of cultural activities to work for the most part of the year due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the year 2021 was a move in the positive direction. Most cinemas were open throughout the year, with the exception of seasonal cinemas and cinemas in areas of the County of Sisak-Moslavina struck with the earthquake. Compared to 2020, the number of screenings in 2021 increased by 68% and of attendances by 64%. However, in spite of the fact that the number of screenings and attendances significantly increased in 2020, it still did not reach the 2019 figures. Hence, there was still a decrease of 12% in the number of screenings and as much as 51% in the number of attendances, as compared to 2020.

In open-air cinemas, in which the number of screenings and attendances mildly increased in 2020, that number decreased in 2021 compared to the year before. The relaxing of measures and opening of indoor cinemas caused that the trend of open-air cinemas decreased by 66% in the number of screenings and by 48% in the number of attendances, as compared to the previous year. In addition to open-air cinemas, four cinemas with permanent screens, apart from their standard indoor screenings, had guest open-air screenings.

Concerning domestic films, the share of screenings was 4% and of attendances it was 6% in 2021.

Ticket sale revenue in cinemas

The increase in screenings and attendances was followed by an increase in ticket sale revenue. The total gross revenue of all cinemas was 87% higher than in 2020. The largest growth of revenues was recorded in cinemas equipped with more screens, of even 96%, while cinemas equipped with one screen recorded a growth of 14%. A decline in the ticket sale revenue, which was expected due to the reduced number of attendances, was recorded in three open-air and mobile cinemas, of as much as 12% compared to 2020.

As compared to 2019, one year before the crisis caused by the COVID-19 pandemic started, the total gross ticket sale revenue in 2020 was still by 45% lower. Data for 2021 showed a gradual recovery after 2020, the year which was full of challenges in all cultural activities.

G-1 CINEMAS, BY COUNTIES, 2021

1 CINEMAS, SEATS, SCREENINGS, ATTENDANCE AND PERSONS IN EMPLOYMENT, BY COUNTIES, 2021

County Cinemas Screens Seats Number of screenings Attendance Persons in employment
Total Of that, full-time 
Republic of Croatia   76   180  34 461  166 739 2 466 331   455   435
Zagreb   3   4   838  2 385  31 261   18   18
Krapina-Zagorje   1   1   234   151  3 219   3   2
Sisak-Moslavina   3   3   858   340  10 511   25   25
Karlovac   3   3   858   199  6 526   6   6
Varaždin   3   8  1 162  8 241  110 009   12   12
Koprivnica-Križevci   1   1   192   991  15 276   4   4
Bjelovar-Bilogora   2   2   433   866  25 402   9   9
Primorje-Gorski kotar   9   19  3 903  11 315  189 594   53   53
Lika-Senj   2   2   467   152  2 639   6   6
Virovitica-Podravina   1   2   316   423  9 098   7   7
Požega-Slavonia   1   1   290   110  1 576   5   1
Slavonski Brod-Posavina   1   4   512  5 933  58 097   8   8
Zadar   1   6   980  8 712  87 980   7   7
Osijek-Baranja   5   14  2 566  15 363  173 602   29   28
Šibenik-Knin   2   6   857  7 566  54 832   9   8
Vukovar-Sirmium   1   3   419  4 437  31 897   7   7
Split-Dalmatia   15   33  5 817  30 538  395 446   84   74
Istria   6   8  1 857  6 301  108 862   26   24
Dubrovnik-Neretva   6   11  2 395  5 486  65 524   41   41
Međimurje   2   2   864   610  9 946   26   25
City of Zagreb   8   47  8 643  56 620 1 075 034   70   70

2 CINEMAS, BY TYPE, ORGANISATIONAL FRAME AND NUMBER OF SCREENS, 2021

    Cinemas By organisational frame Number of screens
Total Digitised Autonomous As part of
Film showing companies Cultural/ educational institutions Other institutions/ companies
Total 76 76 19 12 33 12 180
Permanent, with one screen 46 46 8 1 27 10 46
Permanent, with more screens 24 24 10 11 3 - 129
Open-air 5 5 1 - 3 1 5
Mobile 1 1 - - - 1 -

3 CINEMAS, BY TYPE AND NUMBER OF MONTHS WHEN SCREENINGS WERE SHOWN, 2021

      Total Cinemas, by months when screenings were shown
Occasionally 2 months and less 3 – 4 5 – 6 7 – 8 9 – 10 11 During whole year
Total 76 - 4 7 5 1 7 11 41
Permanent, with one screen 46 - 2 4 4 1 6 10 19
Permanent, with more screens 24 - - 1 - - - 1 22
Open-air 5 - 2 1 1 - 1 - -
Mobile 1 - - 1 - - - - -

4 CINEMAS, BY TYPE AND AVERAGE NUMBER OF SCREENINGS PER WEEK, 2021

   Total Cinemas, by average number of screenings per week
1 – 3 4 – 10 11 – 20 21 – 40 41 – 100 101 – 200 201 and more
Total 76 27 25 4 3 5 7 5
Permanent, with one screen 46 23 19 3 1 - - -
Permanent, with more screens 24 1 3 1 2 5 7 5
Open-air 5 3 2 - - - - -
Mobile 1 - 1 - - - - -

5 CINEMAS, BY TYPE, NUMBER OF SEATS, SCREENINGS AND ATTENDANCE, 2021

   Cinemas Seats Number of screenings Attendance
Total Domestic films Foreign films Total Domestic films Foreign films
Total   76  34 461  166 739  5 911  160 828 2 466 331  145 588 2 320 743
Permanent, with one screen   46  11 841  11 148   626  10 522  248 195  18 831  229 364
Permanent, with more screens   24  21 660  155 266  5 254  150 012 2 197 579  123 760 2 073 819
Open-air   5   960   279   27   252  17 417  2 862  14 555
Mobile   1 -   46   4   42  3 140   135  3 005

5.1 CINEMAS WITH OCCASIONAL OPEN-AIR SCREENINGS, 2021

    Cinemas Number of locations Number of screenings Attendance
Total   4   4   36  1 729
Permanent, with one screen   4   4   36  1 729

6 CINEMAS, BY NUMBER OF SEATS, 2021

Cinemas Number of seats
100 and less 101 – 200 201 – 300 301 – 400 401 – 500 501 – 600 601 – 1 000 1 001 – 1 500 1 501 – 2 000 2 001 and more
75 5 13 23 8 6 6 7 3 3 1
  Structure, %
100 7 17 31 11 8 8 9 4 4 1

7 CINEMAS, BY TYPE, PERSONS IN EMPLOYMENT BY SEX AND WORKING TIME, PROJECTIONISTS AND VOLUNTEERS, 2021

   Persons in employment Full-time  Volunteers
Total Of that Total Of that
Women Projectionists Women Projectionists
Total 455 244 65 435 235 64 36
Permanent, with one screen 233 115 47 213 106 46 22
Permanent, with more screens 197 119 16 197 119 16 -
Open-air 20 8 2 20 8 2 11
Mobile 5 2 - 5 2 - 3

8 CINEMAS AND CINEMA PROJECTORS, BY TYPE AND YEAR OF PRODUCTION, 2021

    Cinemas by number of projectors Projectors
Total With one projector With two projectors With three or more projectors Total By film width By year of production
16 mm 35 mm 70 mm Digital Until 1990 1991 – 2010 2011 – 2021
Total 76 38 15 23 211 2 19 - 190 8 37 164
Permanent, with one screen 46 31 12 3 70 2 15 - 53 8 12 48
Permanent, with more screens 24 1 3 20 135 - 4 - 131 - 25 110
Open-air 5 5 - - 5 - - - 5 - - 5
Mobile 1 1 - - 1 - - - 1 - - 1

9 TICKET SALE REVENUE, COMPARISON BETWEEN 2020 AND 2021

  Ticket sale revenue, 2020 Ticket sale revenue, 2021
Regular cinema content Alternative content, gross Regular cinema content Alternative content,gross revenue
Gross Net Gross Net
Total 47 474 883 45 219 145  252 302 88 668 045 84 521 652  721 447
Permanent, with one screen 4 275 031 4 085 886  39 119 4 866 548 4 690 508  609 929
Permanent, with more screens 42 573 429 40 537 756  208 758 83 250 652 79 306 550  111 518
Open-air and mobile  626 423  595 503  4 425  550 845  524 594 -

10 FILMS AND VIDEO FILMS PROVIDED, BY COUNTRY OF ORIGIN, 2021

     Films − total1) Country of origin
Croatia Denmark France Hong Kong – China Italy Canada Norway Germany Romania USA Spain Switzerland United Kingdom Other countries
Film distributors   745   16   14   70   4   21   40   6   31   4   370   10   5   62 922)
Video film distributors  1 022   10   29   113   24   23   24   28   50   14   377   22   15   96 1973)

1) Data refer to all films provided in 2020, irrespective of when rights for their commercial exploitation have been bought.
2) Other countries: Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Chile, China, Finland, Hong Kong – China, Hungary, India, Iran, Ireland, Iceland, Japan, the Republic of Korea, Lebanon, Malaysia, Morocco, the Netherlands, Peru, Philippines, Poland, the Russian Federation, Serbia, South Africa and Sweden.
3) Other countries: Afghanistan, Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Bulgaria, Cambodia, Colombia, the Czech Republic, China, Finland, Georgia, Greece, Hungary, India, Iran, Ireland, Iceland, Israel, Japan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, the Republic of Korea, Lebanon, Lithuania, Mexico, Mongolia, Morocco, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, the Russian Federation, Serbia, Singapore, Sweden, Switzerland, Thailand, Tunisia, Turkey, Ukraine, Saudi Arabia and Somalia.

NOTES ON METHODOLOGY

Sources and methods of data collection

Data are the result of the processing of annual reports filled in by cinemas on the KINO-1 form, the Annual Report on Film Production, by business entities engaged in the distribution of films on the KINO-5 form, the Annual Report on the Distribution of Feature Films and publishers of video works on the NKL-5/1 form, the Annual Report on Audio-Visual Works.

Coverage and comparability

The statistical survey covers cinemas, business entities engaged in distribution of films and publishers of video works. Data are comparable to those from previous years.

Definitions and explanations

Cinema is an auditorium or an open-air space equipped with facilities for public showing of films.

Permanent cinemas show films in a permanent auditorium equipped with a cinema projector, film screen and seats.

Open-air cinemas show films on a permanent open-air space.

Mobile cinemas do not have a fixed auditorium, but show films at their headquarters or outside of it, either in an auditorium or at an open-air space.

Cinema show is a public screening of a film programme, a projection of a feature film, with or without an addition, lasting for approximately 120 minutes.

Film production companies and TV centres produce feature and short films independently or in co-production.

Audio-visual works (films and video films) are cinematographic or similar works that are filmed by using a method corresponding to cinematography, irrespective of the filming technique and contents.

Territorial constitution

Data by counties are presented according to the Act on the Territories of Counties, Towns and Municipalities in the Republic of Croatia (NN, Nos 86/06, 125/06, 16/07, 95/08, 46/10, 145/10, 37/13, 44/13, 45/13 and 110/15) with the situation as on 31 December 2021.

Abbreviations  
   
COVID-19 COrona VIrus Disease-19
mm millimetre
NN Narodne novine, official gazette of the Republic of Croatia
USA United States of America
   
Symbols  
   
- no occurrence

 

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