Focus2006

World Film Market TrendsTendances du Marché Mondial du Film

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Although the term ”globalization ” is carefully avoided by the film community, it nevertheless seems to be the most adapted to describe the evo-lution that the industry has experienced over the past years, an evolution that the Marché du Film is revealing with the phenomenal increase in the Asian and Ibero-American attendance.

This ninth edition of FOCUS sheds essential light on the great movements the film industry is experiencing with the broadening of horizons, the competition of new and huge markets and the stakes involved with digital and piracy issues.

This remarkable work of the European Audio-visual Observatory has been enriched this year with complementary data and a new page setting in order to improve further clarity of reading.

Jérôme PaillardExecutive Director

Bien que le terme « mondialisation » soit soi-gneusement évité par la communauté cinémato-graphique, il parait le mieux adapté pour décrire l’évolution que notre secteur connaît depuis quel-ques années et dont le Marché du Film donne la mesure par la progression phénoménale de la pré-sence asiatique ou ibéro américaine.

Cette neuvième édition de FOCUS apporte un éclairage plus que jamais indispensable pour sentir les grands mouvements que connaît l’industrie du cinéma, à l’heure de l’ouverture et de la concur-rence de nouveaux et immenses marchés et face aux enjeux du numérique et de la piraterie.

Le travail remarquable de l’Observatoire euro-péen de l’audiovisuel s’est enrichi cette année de données complémentaires et d’une nouvelle mise en page afin d’en améliorer encore la lisibilité.

Jérôme PaillardDirecteur Délégué

FOCUS 2006 World Film Market Trends, appears for the ninth consecutive year. We are pleased to collaborate once again with the Cannes Market and value highly our work together.

Wolfgang CLOSSExecutive DirectorEuropean Audiovisual Observatory

The European Audiovisual Observatory was set up in December 1992. It is a public-service body whose mission is to gather and distribute information on the audiovisual industry (film, television, video and multi-media) in Europe. 36 European states are members, along with the European Community represented by the European Commission. The Observatory operates within the framework of an extended partial Agreement of the Council of Europe. It carries out its mission with the help of a network of partners, correspondents and professional organisations. The Observatory provides information on markets, financing and legal aspects of the audiovisual sector.

➦ Internet site (http://www.obs.coe.int)

FOCUS 2006, Tendances du marché mondial du film, paraît pour la neuvième année consécutive. Nous nous réjouissons de cette nouvelle collabora-tion avec le Marché du Film, à laquelle nous por-tons toute l’estime qu’elle mérite.

Wolfgang CLOSSDirecteur exécutifObservatoire européen de l’audiovisuel

Créé en décembre 1992, l’Observatoire européen de l’audiovisuel est un organisme de service public con-sacré à la collecte et à la diffusion de l’information sur l’industrie audiovisuelle (cinéma, télévision, vidéo et mul-timédia) en Europe. 36 Etats européens en sont membres ainsi que la Communauté européenne représentée par la Commission européenne. L’Observatoire fonctionne dans le cadre d’un Accord partiel élargi du Conseil de l’Europe et remplit sa mission avec un réseau de parte-naires, de correspondants et d’organismes profession-nels. L’Observatoire fournit des services d’informations sur les marchés, les financements et le cadre juridique du secteur audiovisuel.

➦ Site Internet (http://www.obs.coe.int)

Editorial

Editor: Susan Newman-Baudaissusan.newman@obs.coe.intAnalyst, Department for Information on Markets and Financing at the European Audiovisual Observatory

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focus 2006Introduction 4

World 7

Europe

EuropeanUnion 10

France 20

Germany 22

Italy 24

Spain 26

UnitedKingdom 28

Austria-Benelux-Switzerland �0

Nordiccountries �2

CentralandSouth-EasternEurope �4

RussianFederation �5

USA �6

Canada 40

LatinAmerica 42

Australia 44

Asia 46

China-India 48

Japan 50

SouthKorea 52

Africa-MiddleEast 54

Sources 56

Contents

4

Introduction

Lesseffectiveblockbusters

TakingNorthAmericaandEuropeasawhole,247millionfewerticketsweresoldin2005thanin2004.Oneexplanationmaylieintheweakerroleplayedbyblockbustersinbringinginthecrowds.OnthisNorthAmericanandEuropeanmarket,thenumberoffilmsseenbymorethan50millionpeoplewas7in2001,8in2002,andasteady6fortheyears200�-2005.Thetopsixfilmswereseenby445.2millionpeoplein200�,comparedwith477millionin2004and40�.�millionin2005.WhereastheleadingfilmShrek 2achievedaboxofficeof11�.4millionticketsin2004,Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith,whichtoppedthelistin2005,onlybroughtin92million.Thatfigurewasneverthelessbetterthanthe85millionviewersforAttack of the Clones.Similarly,thefourthHarry Potterwasseenbynearly4millionmorepeoplethanthethirdfilm.Theaudienceforfantasyandsciencefictionfilmsseemstobeholdingup,buttheatypicalpublicwhosawThe Passion of the Christ probablydidnotcomebacktothecinemain2005,whileyoungchildrencertainlyspreadtheirviewingoveragreaternumberoffilms.

WeakeningofHollywood’smid-rangemovies

AgaininrelationtothemarketconstitutedbyNorthAmericaandEuropetogether,thereisavisibletrendtowardsadropinthenumberoffilmssellingbetween25and50millionticketsincinemas;therewere16ofthemin2002,1�in200�,12in2004,and11in2005.Thetrendisevenclearerforthethirdcategory,i.e.filmssellingbetween20and25millionticketsincinemas:therewere12in200�,

11in2004,andjust4in2005.Itwouldbeworthanalysingthecharacteristicsofthegenreandthesociologyofthisthirdcategoryindetail,asthisisprobablywherethetrueexplanationfortheseriousdropinnumbersin2005lies.In2005therewerenotenoughfilmsonaparwithFahrenheit 9/11or50 First Dates,bothofwhichattractedspecificseg-mentsofthepublicintocinematheatres.

NorunawaysuccessesamongnationalfilmsinEurope

AlmosteverywhereinEurope,nationalfilmsachievedbettermarketsharesontheirownterritorythanin2004.However,thisismoreareflectionoftherelativeweaknessoftheofferingfromHollywoodthananeffusionofstrongnationalofferings.InFrance,thetop-rankingnationalfilm,Brice de Nice,soldjust4.�milliontickets,littlemorethanhalfthefigureof8.�millionachievedin2004byLes Choristes.InGermany,Die weiße Massai sold2.2millionticketsincinemas,comparedwith9.1millionin2004for(T)Raumschiff Surprise - Periode 1.InItaly,Benigni’slatestfilm,La tigre e la neve,sold2.5millionticketsincinemas,lessthanthe2.7millionforIl paradiso all’improvvisoin2004.SimilarlyinSpain�.5mil-lionticketsweresoldforTorrente 3, El protector,lessthanthe4millionforMar Adentroin2004.IntheUnitedKingdom,theUKFilmCouncilexplainsadropincinemaattendancelesssignificantthanelse-where(-�.8%)bythestrongperformanceofBritishfilms,whichaccountedfora��%marketshare;thisfigureincludes,however,anumberof“inwardinvestment”filmswhosefundamentalBritish-nesshasbeenquestionedbythetradepress.

AspeciesingreaterdangerthantheEmperorpenguin?

Is the cinema-goer becoming an endangered species, more so than the Emperor penguin? Shrinking audiences in cinema theatres constituted a global phenomenon in 2005 – in the United States figures were down 8.7% compared with 2004, and the corresponding figures elsewhere were -11.4% in the European Union, -21.7% in Brazil, -10.2% in Australia, and -5.7% in Japan. On the other hand, audiences grew in South Korea (+5.8%), Russia and, very probably, China. Such a drop in numbers on most of the world’s major markets is naturally worrying, and not easy to analyse.

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Introduction

Paradoxicalinternationalsuccesses

NationalsuccessesarenotnecessarilythefilmsthataremostsuccessfulonotherEuropeanmar-ketsandoninternationalmarkets,andthiswasparticularlytruein2005.Brice de Nice, Die weiße Massai, La tigre e la neveandTorrente 3, El protectorwerenotwidelydistributedoutsidetheirrespec-tivecountriesoforigin.ThesuccessofEuropeanfilmsinotherEuropeancountriesisprobablylessthaninpreviousyears–only10filmsachievedboxofficesofmorethanonemillionticketsintheEuropeanUnionoutsidetheirnationalmarket,comparedwith12in2004and12in200�.

AmongtheEuropeanfilmsthatcameoutin2005,theonethatwasmostsuccessfulinEuropeoutsideitsnationalmarketwasWoodyAllen’sMatch Point,whichsold2.7millionticketsinEuropein2005evenbeforeitsreleaseintheUnitedKingdomandtheUnitedStates.AlthoughthiswasthemostsuccessfulfilminEurope,itfellbelowthe7.6millionticketssoldin2004inEurope(excludingtheUnitedKingdom)byBridget Jones: The Edge of Reason.ThepleasantsurpriseofaWoodyAllenfilmproducedbytheBBCwassupplementedbytheremarkablesuc-cessesachievedbythreeFrenchfilms(La marche de l’empereur, Transporter 2 andDanny the Dog)inNorthAmerica,wheretheyweretwotothreetimesmoresuccessfulthaninEurope.

Concern

Itisalwaysdifficulttointerpretasignificantdeclineincinemaattendance.Isitmerelyagapcausedbyaweakoffer,orisitinfactthestartofacrisiscausedbyasignificantevolutionincon-sumerhabits?IntheUnitedStates,2005sawfallingnumbersforthethirdyearrunning.Thefiguresavailableforthefirstfewmonthsof2006wouldseemtoindicatethatthistrendiscontinuing,exceptinFrance,whereanumberofsuccessfulnationalfilmshasproducedanupswing.Whatismore,theDVDmarketalsoshowedsignsofslowingdownforthefirsttimein2005.

Atthesametime,video-on-demand(VoD)serviceshavemultipliedandeverythingindicates

thattheunauthorisedexchangeoffilesviatheInternetiscontinuingtoincrease.Thefingerisofcoursepointedatpiracyhere.Itiscommonsensetoarguethatconsumptionfreeofchargeisdamagingtoconsumptionforwhichachargeismade.Commonsensedoesnotalwayscon-stituteproof,however.Thefactthatthedropincinemaattendancehasbeenlesssubstantialincountrieswherebroadbandnetworksarethemostdeveloped(nottomentiontheincreaseinattendanceinSouthKorea,aleadingcountryintermsofnetworks)shoulddiscourageanyonejumpingtoconclusions.AsforthegrowthofVoD,theoperatorsneedtomakemoreofaneffortattransparencyforanaccurateapprecia-tiontobepossible.

Weknowthatpenguins’abilitytosurviveislinkedtotheinstinctthatcausesthemtohuddletogetheratregularintervals…aswellastotheirwillingnesstowalkwhennecessarytojointhegroup.Someyearsarecolderthanothers,andtherenewalofthepopulationismoreuncertain,butthespeciesliveson.Willcinema-goers,amorepuzzlingandunpredictablespecies,demonstratethesamewilltosurvive?

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World

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Averagecostofproductionoffeaturefilms|1995-2005USDmillion.

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Who Brings European Filmsto the Big Screen?

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World

Admissions|1995-2005Inmillions.

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World

Numberofscreens|1995-2005

Worldboxofficetop20|2005USDmillion.

Originaltitle Country NorthAmerican International Total oforigin boxoffice boxoffice 1 StarWarsIII:RevengeoftheSith US �80 468 848 2 HarryPotterandtheGobletofFire(1) GBinc/US 277 5�1 808 � WaroftheWorlds US 2�4 �57 591 4 Madagascar US 19� �40 5�� 5 CharlieandtheChocolateFactory GBinc/US 206 266 472 6 Mr.&Mrs.Smith(1) US 186 282 468 7 TheChroniclesofNarnia(1) US/NZinc 226 202 428 8 KingKong(1) US/NZinc 175 21� �88 9 BatmanBegins US/GBinc 205 166 �7110 Hitch US 178 189 �6711 MeettheFockers(2) US 117 2�0 �4712 FantasticFour US/DE 155 175 ��01� WeddingCrashers US 209 76 28514 Robots US 128 1�� 26115 Constantine US 76 154 2�016 MillionDollarBaby(2) US 99 121 22017 ChickenLittle(1) US 1�2 84 21618 KingdomofHeaven GBinc/DE/ES/US 47 16� 21019 ThePacifier US/CAinc 11� 85 19820 Flightplan(1) US 89 105 194(1) Stillonreleasein2006.(2) 2004release,boxoffice2005only. Source:Variety

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Japan

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European UnionPopulation2004 457,2million

GDP2005 1�442billionUSD

1USD 0,82EUR(April2006)

Admissions2005est 892million

Averageadmissions/inhabitant2005est 1,95

Averageticketprice2004 5,68EUR(=7,05USD)

Screens2004est 29077

Screensinmultiplexes(01/01/2005) 1018�

EuropeanUnionproductionvolumeprogressessteadily

Onthebasisofavailabledata,theEuropeanAudiovisualObservatoryestimatesthatatotalof798filmswereproducedinthe25MemberStatesoftheEuropeanUnionin2005,anincreaseof�7filmsinrelationto2004(761films).MostEuropeanUnioncountriesregisteredeitherstableorincreasingproductionvolumewithrecordlevelsattainedinDenmark,Germany,FranceandSpain.Italywastheonlymajormarkettoregisteradecline,withalossofanestimated52filmsbetween2004and2005.AmongthesmallermarketsFinlandshowedasmalldrop,whilstfirstestimatesforBelgiumwouldalsoappeartoshowasmallreductioninoverallvolume.

Admissionsdipunderthe1billionmilestoneoncemore

AdmissionsintheEuropeanUnionfellbackunderthe1billionmilestonein2005,withatotalof892millionadmissionsregisteredinthe25membercountries.Thisrepresentsadeclineof11.4%inrelationtothehighpointof2004(1007millionadmissions)andisthelowestlevelofattendancesince1999.

Germany(-18.8%),Spain(-12.5%)andFrance(-10.1%)allreporteddouble-digitdrops,whileexcel-lentresultsforthemonthsofJulyandNovemberinItalyandastrongfinalquarterintheUnitedKingdomallowedthesemarketstoresistsome-whatbetter,withdeclinesof-7.5%and-�.8%respectively.

Amongthemid-sizedandsmallermarketsCyprus,theCzechRepublic,Estonia,Finland,Ireland,Lithuania,theNetherlands,SlovakiaandSwedenallreporteddropsinattendanceforthesecondcon-secutiveyear.Thesteepestdropsamongthemid-sizedmarketswereregisteredinAustria(-18.9%)andtheCzechRepublic(-21.�%)andPolishadmis-sionsfellby29.4%inrelationtotheexceptionaltotalregisteredin2004.LeastaffectedamongthesmallermarketswereDenmark,EstoniaandLatvia,alldownby4.7%,withattendanceinIrelandalsofallingbackbyarelativelylimited5%.

Inresponsetotheincreasingdifficultyinidenti-fyingaplausiblecountryoforiginforinternationalproductions,theEuropeanAudiovisualObservatoryhas,afterconsultation,decidedtoadoptanewapproachinthisyear’sFOCUS.FilmsunderstoodtohavebeenproducedinEurope(orelsewhere)withincomingUSinvestmenthavebeenidenti-fiedherebythemention‘inc’nexttothe‘host’countryinthecountryoforigindetails.

Onthisbasis,provisionalestimatesformarketsharesintheEuropeanUnionin2005showthatEuropeanfilmsachievedamarketshareof24.6%.FilmsproducedinEuropeandbenefitingfromincomingUSinvestmentobtainedamarketshareof1�.�%:examplesoffilmsinthiscategoryareHarry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, Charlie and the Chocolate FactoryandUn long dimanche de fiançailles.Onacomparablebasisthecorrespondingmarketsharefiguresfor2004were25.2%ofadmissionsforEuropeanfilmsand5.9%forfilmsproducedinEuropewithUSinvestment.

Source:OBS

Others2,2%

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US59.9%

Europeanfilms24,6%

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EuropeanUnion

Country prov. 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 SourcesAustria Total 17 12 26 20 24 24 OGFMK/FAF Belgium(1) 100%national 10 4 6 5 8 10 MFB/OBS maj.co-prod. 12 6 9 9 12 11 MFB/OBS min.co-prod. 6 13 12 18 26 19 MFB/OBS Cyprus 100%national 0 0 0 0 0 ~ PIO/Min.Ed&Cult. maj.co-prod. 1 4 2 1 ~ 2 PIO/Min.Ed&Cult. min.co-prod. 0 0 0 1 1 1 PIO/Min.Ed&Cult. CzechRep. 100%national 11 12 18 10 19 21 Min.Cult./OBS maj.co-prod. 4 5 1 4 1 1 Min.Cult./OBS min.co-prod. 1 1 0 � 1 1 Min.Cult./OBS Denmark Total 25 27 �2 �8 �� ~ DFI 100%nationalfiction 10 7 11 12 12 16 DFI maj.co-prod.(fiction) 7 12 8 12 7 15 DFI min.co-prod.(fiction) 4 � 4 5 8 ~ DFI Featuredocumentaries 4 5 9 9 6 10 DFI Estonia 100%national 0 2 1 1 2 5 EFSA maj.co-prod. 0 1 1 1 1 1 EFSA Finland(1) Total(fiction) 9 12 10 11 1� 11 FFF Featuredocumentaries 2 4 2 � 5 4 FFF France Total 171 204 200 212 20� 240 CNC 100%national 111 126 106 105 1�0 126 CNC maj.co-prod. �4 46 57 78 �7 61 CNC min.co-prod. 26 �2 �7 29 �6 5� CNC Germany Total 94 107 117 107 121 146 SPIO 100%nationalfiction 47 57 �9 54 60 60 SPIO Co-prod.(fiction) 28 26 45 26 27 4� SPIO Featuredocumentaries 19 24 �� 27 �4 4� SPIO Greece Total 18 2� 19 24 18 ~ GFC/OBS 100%national 14 15 15 21 12 10 GFC/OBS maj.co-prod. 2 � � 2 4 2 GFC/OBS Hungary Total 21 22 24 21 26 26 Min.Cult./AHFD/NFO 100%national 17 20 19 19 19 17 Min.Cult./AHFD/NFO maj.co-prod. 4 2 5 1 4 1 Min.Cult./AHFD/NFO Ireland Total 10 8 2 10 13 12 IFB/OBS Italy(1) Total 10� 10� 1�0 117 1�8 86 OIA 100%national 87 71 97 97 97 59 OIA Co-productions 16 �2 �� 20 41 27 OIA maj.co-prod. 7 21 16 1� 18 15 OIA min.co-prod 9 11 17 7 2� 12 OIA Latvia Total 2 � 1 7 3 2 NFCLV 100%national 2 2 0 7 2 0 NFCLV maj.co-prod. 0 0 1 0 1 2 NFCLV

Lithuania Total 2 0 1 2 1 2 Min.Cult./LK 100%national 0 0 0 1 1 1 Min.Cult./LK maj.co-prod. 1 0 0 0 0 1 Min.Cult./LK

NumberoffeaturefilmsproducedintheEuropeanUnion|2000-2005Inunits.

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EuropeanUnion

Country prov. 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 Sources

NumberoffeaturefilmsproducedintheEuropeanUnion|2000-2005Inunits.

Luxembourg Total 8 10 10 12 13 10 CNA/LFF/OBS 100%national 0 0 1 0 2 1 CNA/LFF/OBS maj.co-prod. ~ ~ ~ 1 1 2 CNA/LFF/OBS min.co-prod. 8 ~ 9 11 10 7 CNA/LFF/OBS Malta Total 0 0 0 1 1 1 MFC/OBS The Total �4 28 29 �� 28 33 NFC/NVF/NVBNetherlands 100%national 27 23 18 21 21 27 NFC/NVF/NVB/OBS(1) maj.co-prod. 3 1 4 3 6 6 NFC/NVF/NVB/OBS Poland Total 22 29 �0 20 20 2� Min.Cult. 100%national 19 27 27 18 17 19 Min.Cult. maj.co-prod. 0 1 0 1 0 2 Min.Cult. min.co-prod. � 1 � 1 � 2 Min.Cult. Portugal Total 1� 17 1� 17 16 ~ ICAM 100%national 4 4 2 6 7 12 ICAM maj.co-prod. 6 10 8 10 5 ~ ICAM Slovakia Total � 4 6 8 � 4 SKFI 100%national 0 2 0 1 2 2 SKFI Co-productions � 2 6 7 1 4 SKFI maj.co-prod. ~ ~ ~ � 0 1 SKFI min.co-prod. ~ ~ ~ 4 1 � SKFI Slovenia Total 5 9 10 7 5 10 SFF 100%national 5 8 9 2 4 7 SFF Co-productions 0 1 1 5 1 � SFF maj.co-prod. ~ ~ ~ 4 0 1 SFF min.co-prod. ~ ~ ~ 1 1 2 SFF Spain Total 98 107 1�7 110 1�� 142 ICAA 100%national 64 67 80 68 92 89 ICAA maj.co-prod. 1� 19 22 16 17 29 ICAA min.co-prod. 21 21 �5 26 24 24 ICAA Sweden Total 44 28 28 �6 42 ~ SFI 100%national 20 16 12 14 22 �1 SFI maj.co-prod. 18 9 9 1� 14 8 SFI min.co-prod. 6 � 7 9 6 ~ SFI United Total 90 8� 84 88 75 78 SFKingdom 100%national 51 52 41 40 28 42 SF maj.co-prod. 1� 12 19 18 19 20 SF min.co-prod. 1� 15 18 21 17 12 SF IncomingUSproduction 11 � 6 5 10 4 SF Otherincomingproduction 2 1 0 4 1 0 SF 100%national 52 51 �7 44 27 �7 UKFCInt. Co-productions ~ ~ 66 99 86 62 UKFCInt. EU25(2) 669 715 727 746 761 798 OBS

Data in italics are estimated.

(1) Revisedseries.(2) Notincludingminorityco-productions,USandforeignproductionintheUnitedKingdom

andfeaturedocumentariesinDenmark,FinlandandGermany.

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EuropeanUnion

Country prov. 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2005/04Austria 16,�0 18,8� 19,�2 17,71 19,�8 15,72 -18,9%

Belgium 2�,55 24,0� 24,�8 22,71 24,12 21,70 -10,0%

Cyprus 0,9� 0,86 0,96 1,00 0,96 0,78 -18,3%

CzechRepublic 8,72 10,�6 10,69 12,14 12,05 9,48 -21,3%

Denmark 10,69 11,97 12,91 12,�0 12,79 12,19 -4,7%

Estonia 1,08 1,�0 1,56 1,27 1,19 1,1� -4,7%

Finland 7,10 6,50 7,70 7,70 6,90 6,00 -13,0%

France 165,76 187,45 184,41 17�,46 195,�� 175,65 -10,1%

Germany 152,5� 177,9� 16�,91 148,96 156,71 127,�2 -18,8%

Greece 13,50 ~ 15,00 15,00 ~ ~ –

Hungary 14,29 15,70 15,28 1�,65 1�,66 12,12 -11,3%

Ireland 14,89 15,94 17,�2 17,4� 17,26 16,40 -5,0%

Italy 104,24 11�,26 115,59 110,45 116,�4 107,70 -7,5%

Latvia 1,46 1,15 1,07 1,1� 1,68 1,60 -4,7%

Lithuania 2,10 1,76 1,�9 1,44 1,40 1,22 -13,1%

Luxembourg 1,�6 1,41 1,4� 1,26 1,�6 1,16 -14,8%

Malta 0,97 1,04 1,06 1,08 1,03 ~ –

Netherlands 21,60 2�,8� 24,09 24,86 2�,04 20,61 -10,6%

Poland 18,70 26,20 25,90 2�,77 ��,40 2�,57 -29,4%

Portugal(1) 17,92 19,47 19,48 18,72 17,14 15,75 -8,1%

Slovakia 2,64 2,84 �,01 2,97 2,90 2,20 - 24,1%

Slovenia 2,22 2,47 2,78 2,97 �,00 2,44 -18,6%

Spain 1�5,�9 146,81 140,72 1�7,47 14�,9� 126,01 -12,5%

Sweden 16,98 18,10 18,�0 18,17 16,61 14,62 -12,0%

UnitedKingdom 142,51 155,91 175,90 167,26 171,25 164,69 -3,8% EU25 897 999 1005 955 1007 892 -11%

Data in italics are estimated or provisional.

(1) Datafrom2004onwardsarenotcomparablewithpreviousyears.

Source:OBS

AdmissionsintheEuropeanUnion|2000-2005Inmillions.

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12,05

9,48

12,0 11,5

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17,017,92

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17,14

15,75

9,25

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Austria

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Finland

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15

EuropeanUnion

BreakdownofEuropeanUnionadmissionsbytheoriginoffilms|2004-2005

Source:OBS/LUMIERENote:‘inc’referstofilmsproducedinEuropewithUSinwardinvestment.

2004

OtherEur2,6% US61,4%

US/EURinc

5,�%

EURinc/US

5,9%

GB4,6%

FR8,8%

DE 4,4%

ES2,4%

IT2,4%

Other2,2%

TotalUS+US/EURinc66,7%

2005prov.

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4,4%

EURinc/US1�,�%

GB4,2%

FR9,6%

DE �,1%

ES2,1%

IT2,9%

Other2,2%

TotalUS+US/EURinc59,9%

16

EuropeanUnion

Top25EuropeanfilmsbyadmissionsinEurope|since1996

Originaltitle Countryoforigin Year Director Admissions 1 BridgetJones’sDiary GB/US 2001 SharonMaguire �0266964 2 NottingHill GB/US 1999 RogerMichell 29692�85 � Bean GB/US 1997 MelSmith 25809024 4 TheFullMonty GB/US 1997 PeterCattaneo 25454041 5 Astérix&Obélix:MissionCléopâtre FR/DE 2002 AlainChabat 22�6�66� 6 AstérixetObélixcontreCésar FR/DE/IT 1999 ClaudeZidi 217�4�76 7 Lecinquièmeélément FR 1997 LucBesson 216806�8 8 Lefabuleuxdestind’AméliePoulain FR/DE 2001 Jean-PierreJeunet 21152051 9 Lavitaèbella IT 1997 RobertoBenigni 20�4542410 BridgetJones:TheEdgeofReason GB/US/FR/DE/IE 2004 BeebanKidron 19�65�4511 LoveActually GB/US 200� RichardCurtis 1620129612 TheOthers ES/US 2001 AlejandroAmenábar 146700281� JohnnyEnglish GB/US 200� PeterHowitt 1452515814 DerSchuhdesManitu DE 2001 MichaelHerbig 1428157015 Taxi2 FR 2000 GérardKrawczyk 1�1592�016 BillyElliot GB/FR 2000 StephenDaldry 1290090017 AboutaBoy GB/US/FR/DE 2002 PaulWeitz,ChrisWeitz 1094185818 Ledînerdecons FR 1998 FrancisVeber 109219�019 Goodbye,Lenin! DE 200� WolfgangBecker 107859��20 (T)RaumschiffSurprise-Periode1 DE 2004 MichaelHerbig 1075940221 Leschoristes FR/CH 2004 ChristopheBarratier 1064990722 Alexander GB/FR/NL/US 2004 OliverStone 95568072� Trainspotting GB/US 1996 DannyBoyle 95064�924 DerUntergang DE/IT 2004 OliverHirschbiegel 950582425 Lepactedesloups FR 2001 ChristopheGans 9092046

Note:DoesnotincludefilmsproducedinEuropewithUSinwardinvestment. Source:OBS/LUMIERE

Top25filmsbyadmissionsinEurope|since1996

Originaltitle Countryoforigin Year Director Admissions 1 Titanic US 1997 JamesCameron 10�700910 2 TheLordoftheRings:TheFellowship… US/NZinc 2001 PeterJackson 60465107 � HarryPotterandtheSorcerer’sStone GBinc/US 2001 ChrisColumbus 604�5580 4 TheLordoftheRings:TheTwoTowers US/NZinc 2002 PeterJackson 55550059 5 TheLordoftheRings:TheReturn… US/NZinc/DE 200� PeterJackson 54786811 6 HarryPotterandtheChamber… GBinc/US 2002 ChrisColumbus 52558758 7 StarWarsI-ThePhantomMenace US 1999 GeorgeLucas 44845564 8 FindingNemo US 200� A.Stanton&L.Unkrich 4484���8 9 Shrek2 US 2004 Adamson,Asbury&Vernon 445895�210 IndependenceDay US 1996 RolandEmmerich 4259750911 HarryPotterandtheGobletofFire GBinc/US 2005 MikeNewell 4108�85612 HarryPotterandthePrisoner… GBinc/US 2004 AlfonsoCuarón 404686961� TheSixthSense US 1999 M.NightShyamalan �711946614 MeninBlack US 1997 BarrySonnenfeld ��60178915 Spider-Man US 2002 SamRaimi ��54026716 TheMatrixReloaded US 200� A.&L.Wachowski ���556�417 StarWarsIII-RevengeoftheSith US 2005 GeorgeLucas ��06�19418 Gladiator US/GBinc 2000 RidleyScott �2�2706719 Tarzan US 1999 ChrisBuck&KevinLima �171555520 StarWarsII-AttackoftheClones US 2002 GeorgeLucas �12�088021 PiratesoftheCaribbean:TheCurse… US 200� GoreVerbinski �04125�222 BridgetJones’sDiary GB/US 2001 SharonMaguire �02669642� NottingHill GB/US 1999 RogerMichell 29692�8524 Madagascar US 2005 E.Darnell&T.McGrath 2944705525 TheLostWorld:JurassicPark US 1997 StevenSpielberg 28687868

Source:OBS/LUMIERE

Thetablesbelowarebasedonanalysisofaround80%ofadmissionsin�4Europeancountriesfor1996-2004andofadmissionsin24EuropeancountriesincludingTurkeyfor2005.

17

European Union

Top 25 films by admissions in Europe | 2005

Original title Country of origin Year Director Admissions 1 Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire GB inc/US 2005 Mike Newell 41 083 856 2 Star Wars III - Revenge of the Sith US 2005 George Lucas 33 063 194 3 Madagascar US 2005 E. Darnell & T. McGrath 29 447 055 4 War of the Worlds US 2005 Steven Spielberg 23 907 377 5 Charlie and the Chocolate Factory GB inc/US 2005 Tim Burton 20 215 179 6 Meet the Fockers US 2004 Jay Roach 20 012 657 7 The Chronicles of Narnia I US/NZ inc 2005 Andrew Adamson 18 688 817 8 Mr. and Mrs. Smith US 2004 Doug Liman 18 343 767 9 Hitch US 2005 Andy Tennant 15 875 427 10 King Kong US/NZ inc 2005 Peter Jackson 14 114 083 11 Wallace & Gromit: Curse of the… GB inc/US 2005 Nick Park & Steve Box 12 818 548 12 Kingdom of Heaven GB inc/DE/ES/US 2005 Ridley Scott 12 110 415 13 Fantastic Four US/DE 2005 Tim Story 11 053 616 14 Batman Begins US/GB inc 2005 Christopher Nolan 10 521 676 15 Million Dollar Baby US 2004 Clint Eastwood 10 512 504 16 Robots US 2005 C. Wedge & C. Saldanha 9 527 882 17 Ocean’s Twelve (1) US/AU inc 2004 Steven Soderbergh 8 630 547 18 Flightplan US 2005 Robert Schwentke 8 624 879 19 The Aviator US/JP 2004 Martin Scorsese 8 081 638 20 Constantine US 2005 Francis Lawrence 7 651 722 21 Alexander (2) GB/FR/NL/US 2004 Oliver Stone 7 497 599 22 The Interpreter US/GB/FR 2005 Sydney Pollack 7 297 343 23 The Legend of Zorro US 2005 Martin Campbell 7 234 848 24 The Island US 2005 Michael Bay 7 111 678 25 Sin City US 2005 R. Rodriguez & F.Miller 6 936 736(1) 7 690 669 admissions in Europe in 2004. (2) 2 059 208 admissions in Europe in 2004. Source: OBS/LUMIERE

Top 25 European films by admissions in Europe | 2005

Original title Country of origin Year Director Admissions 1 Alexander (1) GB/FR/NL/US 2004 Oliver Stone 7 497 599 2 Pride and Prejudice GB/FR/US 2005 Joe Wright 4 728 894 3 Brice de Nice FR 2005 James Huth 4 585 203 4 La marche de l’empereur FR 2004 Luc Jacquet 4 258 873 5 Der Untergang (2) DE/IT 2004 Oliver Hirschbiegel 4 111 463 6 Oliver Twist FR/CZ/GB 2005 Roman Polanski 3 951 108 7 Torrente 3, El protector ES 2005 Santiago Segura 3 551 138 8 Nanny McPhee GB/US/FR 2005 Kirk Jones 3 517 382 9 Les poupées russes FR/GB 2005 Cédric Klapisch 3 304 198 10 Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason (3) GB/US/FR/DE/IE 2004 Beeban Kidron 3 133 733 11 Hababam Sinifi Askerde TR 2005 Ferdi Egilmez 2 896 425 12 La tigre et la neve IT 2005 Roberto Benigni 2 848 601 13 Match Point GB/US/LU 2005 Woody Allen 2 740 077 14 Iznogoud FR 2005 Patrick Braoudé 2 656 819 15 Manuale d’amore IT 2005 Giovanni Veronesi 2 644 146 16 Transporter 2 FR 2005 Louis Leterrier 2 560 576 17 Palais royal! FR/GB 2005 Valérie Lemercier 2 478 005 18 Natale a Miami IT 2005 Neri Parenti 2 415 433 19 Die weiße Massai DE 2005 Hermine Huntgeburth 2 329 939 20 Sprung! The Magic Roundabout FR/GB 2005 D. Borthwick & J. Duval 2 247 834 21 Joyeux Noël FR/DE/GB/BE/RO 2005 Christian Carion 2 163 412 22 Danny the Dog FR/GB 2005 Louis Leterrier 2 087 917 23 Karol. Czlowiek, ktory zostal Papiezem PL/IT 2005 Giacomo Battiato 1 878 124 24 Espace détente FR 2005 Yvan Le Bolloc’h, Bruno Solo 1 824 739 25 Tout pour plaire FR/BE 2005 Cécile Telerman 1 696 210(1) 2 059 208 admissions in Europe in 2004. (2) 5 394 361 admissions in Europe in 2004. (3) 16 231 612 admissions in Europe in 2004. Note: Does not include films produced in Europe with US inward investment. Source: OBS/LUMIERE

The tables below are provisional rankings on the basis of data from 24 European countries (including Turkey) - around 85% of admissions in the European Union countries are analysed.

18

EuropeanUnion

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19

EuropeanUnion

Source:OBS

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UnitedKingdom

FranceSpainGermany

FilmsproducedinEuropewithUSinwardinvestment

USfilms

RestoftheworldEuropeanfilms

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20

Population2005 62,7million

GDP2004 2047billionUSD

1USD 0,82EUR(March2006)

Admissions2005 175,65millionprov.

Averageadmissions/inhab.2005 2,80

Averageticketprice2004 5,82EUR(=7,2�USD)

Screens2004 5�02

Screensinmultiplexes2004 �0,9%

Admissionsinmultiplexes2004 51,6%

France

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Numberofofficiallyrecognisedfeaturefilmsproduced|1995-2005

Admissionsandgrossboxoffice|1995-2005

Others17,2%

Marketshares2005est

National�6,8%

US45,9%

‘Frenchinitiative’

100%national

Maj.co-prod.Min.co-prod.

Admissions(millions)

Grossboxoffice(EURmillion)

21212121

France

Top20filmsbyadmissionsinFrance|2005

Originaltitle Countryoforigin Director Admissions 1 HarryPotterandtheGobletofFire(1) GBinc/US MikeNewell 7248158 2 StarWars:EpisodeIII-RevengeoftheSith US GeorgeLucas 7246422 � BricedeNice FR JamesHuth 4�42215 4 CharlieandtheChocolateFactory(1) GBinc/US TimBurton 4150910 5 WaroftheWorlds US StevenSpielberg �905089 6 MillionDollarBaby US ClintEastwood �210799 7 Madagascar(1) US EricDarnell&TomMcGrath �178180 8 Mr.andMrs.Smith US DougLiman 2968850 9 Lespoupéesrusses(1) FR/GB CédricKlapisch 289480�10 Iznogoud FR PatrickBraoudé 249887711 Palaisroyal!(1) FR ValérieLemercier 242�08012 KingKong(1) US/NZinc PeterJackson 22899871� FantasticFour US/DE TimStory 222�59014 Wallace&Gromit:CurseoftheWere-Rabbit GBinc/US NickPark&SteveBox 219�10815 LegendofZorro US MartinCampbell 21�708616 Hitch US AndyTennant 210858117 Lamarchedel’empereur(1) FR LucJacquet 186751818 JoyeuxNoël(1) FR/DE/GB/BE/RO ChristianCarion 184017219 TheChroniclesofNarniaI(1) US/NZinc AndrewAdamson 181�55420 Espacedétente FR YvanLeBolloc’h&BrunoSolo 178716�

(1) Stillonreleasein2006. Source:Lefilmfrançais

Production

ProductionvolumereachedanewrecordinFrancein2005,withatotalof240featuresreceivingofficialrecognition,�7filmsmorethanin2004and28filmsmorethanthepreviousrecordof212filmsin200�.Theincreaseisprincipallyduetoasurgeinthenumberofco-productionsinvolvingFrenchproducers.61filmsweremadeasmajorityco-productionsin2005,24filmsmorethanin2004.Minorityco-productionsalsorosesteeply,passingfrom�6in2004to5�in2005.Amongtheco-productionsamarkedincreaseinthenumberoffilmsproducedundertheEuropeanConventiononCinematographicCo-produc-tionwasnoted(�9in2005,asopposedto25in2004).BelgiumandItalywerethepreferredco-productionpartnersandthenumberofproduc-tionswithCanadashowedasteepincrease(10in2005,1in2004).

TheoverallvolumeofinvestmentinFrenchproductionin2005was9��.7millionEUR,a4.6%increaseonthefigurefor2004.Averagebudgetsperfilmfellbackto4.99millionEUR(5.�4millionEURin2004)butthisfigurestillremainssupe-riortothoseoftheyearspriorto2004.Lower

budgetedfilms(lessthan1millionEUR)wereonceagainanimportantcomponentofproduc-tionvolumein2005afterasignificantdeclinein2004.Amongthe41filmswithabudgetunder1millionEURin2005,19weredocumentaries.12filmshadbudgetsinexcessof15millionEUR,asopposedto9in2004.

Distributionandexhibition

175.65millionticketsweresoldinFrenchcin-emasin2005,a10.1%dropinrelationtothehighpointof195.��millionadmissionsin2004,butstilla1.�%increaseinrelationto200�.IncommonwithmanyotherEuropeanmarkets,admissionsweredownyear-on-yearforthefirst11monthsof2005,androsesignificantlyinDecember,endingtheyearonapositivenote.Around64.8millionoftheticketssoldin2005wereforFrenchfilms,givinganationalmarketshareof�6.8%(�8.6%in2004).USfilmscapturedanestimated45.9%ofthemarket,whilefilmsofotheroriginsrepre-sented17.2%.

Source:CNC

22

Population2005 82,5million

GDP2004 2741billionUSD

1USD 0,82EUR(March2006)

Admissions2005 127,�million

Averageadmissions/inhab.2005 1,54

Averageticketprice2005 5,85EUR(=7,27USD)

Screens2005 4889

Screensinmultiplexes2004 26,�%

Admissionsinmultiplexes2004 41,9%

Germany

Source:SPIO

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NumberofGermanfeaturefilmsonfirstrelease|1995-2005

100

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Marketshares2005

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Total

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Germany

Top20filmsbyadmissionsinGermany|2005

Originaltitle Countryoforigin Director Admissions 1 HarryPotterandtheGobletofFire(1) GBinc/US MikeNewell 7�12059 2 Madagascar US EricDarnell&TomMcGrath 6686992 � StarWars:EpisodeIII-RevengeoftheSith US GeorgeLucas 5609645 4 Hitch US AndyTennant 4��4077 5 Mr.&Mrs.Smith US AlfredHitchcock �566570 6 MeettheFockers US JayRoach �1�9471 7 TheChroniclesofNarniaI(1) US/NZinc AndrewAdamson 2722661 8 WaroftheWorlds US StevenSpielberg 2715259 9 DieweißeMassai DE HermineHuntgeburth 21569�410 KingdomofHeaven GBinc/DE/ES/US RidleyScott 1950�5411 Flightplan US RobertSchwentke 19�845812 KingKong(1) US/NZinc PeterJackson 1790�861� Robots US C.Wedge&C.Saldanha 168780614 DiewildenKerleII DE JoachimMasannek 157981215 Barfuss DE TilSchweiger 15065�416 Wallace&Gromit:CurseoftheWere-Rabbit GBinc/US NickPark,SteveBox 144709�17 DerkleineEisbär2-DiegeheimnisvolleInsel DE T.Rothkirch&P.deRycker 1�2�72118 Siegfried DE SvenUnterwaldtJr. 1�2144�19 TheIncredibles(2) US BradBird 1�0198220 ThePacifier US/CAinc AdamShankman 1244891(1) Stillonreleasein2006.(2) 2199987in2004. Source:FFA

Production

ProductionvolumesinGermanycontinuedtorisein2005,withatotalof146newtitlesreleasedduringtheyear.Thisrepresentsa21%increaseonthe2004totalof121films.Internationalco-productionsanddocumentaryfeaturesweretheprinciplecontributorstogrowth,with4�fictionco-productionsreleased,upfrom27in2004.25outofthese4�filmsinvolvedaGermanco-producerasaminoritypartner,whilst18wereGermanmajorityco-productions.Renewedinterestindocumentaryproductionwasconfirmedin2005,withatotalof4�documentarytitlesreleased(from�4in2004).12ofthese2005documentaryfea-tureswereco-productions,ofwhich9involvedaGermanco-producerasmajoritypartner.

ChangestotheincometaxcodeapplicablefromNovember2005broughtadefinitiveendtotheGermanmediafunds,generallyconsideredasbenefitingprincipallyUSproduction.Undertheincomingcoalitiongovernment,discussionsopenedondevelopingalternativefinancingstruc-tures,possiblyalongthelinesofthefiscalincen-tivesystemsalreadyinoperationinanumberofotherEuropeancountries.

Exhibition&distribution

Germanywasoneofthecountrieshardesthitbyfallingticketsalesin2005,withadmissionssinkingby18.8%,bringingattendancebacktothelevelof1995.Grossboxofficeshowedaslightlysmallerdropof16.6%.PoorperformancesbyanumberofUSfilmswashighlightedasaprob-ablecausethoughtherewasalsoconcernoverthecontinuedshrinkageofthewindowfromthe-atricaltovideorelease.InAugust2005anumberofexhibitorstemporarilyblockedthescreeningof2filmsdistributedbyBuenaVistaInternationalinprotestataDVDwindowshortenedto4ratherthan6months.

Localproductionearnedanoverallmarketshareof17.1%ofadmissions,adropinrelationtothe2�.8%registeredin2004,butstilloneofthebetterscoresofthedecade.ThreelocalproductionshadfeaturedintheTop10filmsof2004butin2005onlyonelocalfilm,Die weiße Massai,foundaplaceintheTop10.UIP(2�.4%),Warner(16.9%)andBuenaVista(14,6%)wereonceagainthetop�distributors,whileConstantinwastheleadingindependent,in6thplacewithamarketshareof6.4%.

Sources:SPIO/FFA/Blickpunkt

24

Population2005 58,5million

GDP2004 1678billionUSD

1USD 0,82EUR(March2006)

Admissions2005est 108million

Averageadmissions/inhab.2005est 1,84

Averageticketprice2005est 5,70EUR(=7,08USD)

Screens2004 �171

Screensinmultiplexes2004 24,1%

Admissionsinmultiplexes2004 �5,1%

Italy

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NumberoffeaturefilmsproducedinItaly|1995-2005

Admissionsandgrossboxoffice|1995-2005

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Admissions(millions)

Grossboxoffice(EURmillion)

GB12,5%

100%national

Co-productions

Total

25

Italy

Top20filmsbyadmissionsinItaly|2005

Originaltitle Countryoforigin Director Admissions 1 Madagascar US EricDarnell&TomMcGrath �622864 2 HarryPotterandtheGobletofFire(1) GBinc/US MikeNewell �227512 � Latigreelaneve IT RobertoBenigni 2499964 4 NataleaMiami(1) IT NeriParenti 24154�� 5 MeettheFockers US JayRoach 2�69757 6 Manualed’amore IT GiovanniVeronesi 2�45815 7 WaroftheWorlds US StevenSpielberg 2196864 8 CharlieandtheChocolateFactory GBinc/US TimBurton 1850959 9 Tiamointuttelelinguedelmondo(1) IT LeonardoPieraccioni 1682�5910 BridgetJones:TheEdgeofReason GB/US/FR/DE/IE BeebanKidron 164�05911 SharkTale US Bergeron,Jenson&Letterman 152758512 FantasticFour US/DE TimStory 152680�1� Shrek2(2) US Adamson,Asbury&Vernon 1409��414 Alexander GB/FR/NL/US OliverStone 1�9595215 StarWars:EpisodeIII-RevengeoftheSith US GeorgeLucas 1�8481916 TheChroniclesofNarniaI(1) US/NZinc AndrewAdamson 1�6087217 MillionDollarBaby US ClintEastwood 1�204�718 KingdomofHeaven GBinc/DE/ES/US RidleyScott 1259�5519 Hitch US AndyTennant 12511�520 BatmanBegins US/GBinc ChristopherNolan 116�26�(1) Stillonreleasein2006.(2) 2270718in2004. Source:Cinetel

Production

ThevolumeoffeaturefilmproductioninItalyslippedbackin2005incomparisontoarecordhighof1�8filmscompletedin2004.Anesti-mated86filmswereproducedin2005,52lessthanintheprecedingyear.59ofthesefilmswereentirelynationallyfinancedand27wereco-pro-ductions.Announcementsinautumn2005offurtherbudgetarycutstotheStatesupportfundfortheentertainmentindustryweregreetedwithdismaybyindustryprofessionalsandprovokedanationwidestrikeinOctober2005.

Distribution

TheItalianmarketappearstohavebeenlessaffectedbytheprevailingtrendtowardsdecliningadmissionsthantheothermajorcontinentalmar-ketsin2005.EstimatesbytheOsservatorioitalianodell’audiovisivosituatetotalattendancein2005ataround108millionadmissions(116millionin2004)onthebasisofa7.5%declineobservedintheCinetel-trackedsample.Totalboxofficeisestimatedat614millionEUR,downfrom661mil-lionin2004.

Despitedecliningadmissionsandboxoffice,2005wasapositiveyearfornationallyproducedfilms.Around22.5millionticketsweresoldtoItalianfilms(includingco-productions)in2005,2.4millionmorethanweresoldin2004(20.1mil-lion).Asaresult,themarketsharefornationalfilmsmovedupwardstoreach24.7%oftotaladmissions(20.�%in2004).Thisrepresentsthebestscoresince1998.

ThemostpopulardomesticfilmoftheyearwasRobertoBenigni’s La tigre e la neve,whichsold2.5millionticketsandfiguredatthirdplaceintheannualranking.ThreeotherItalianfilmsfiguredinthetop10,ChristmascomedyNatale a Miamiat4thplaceandromanticcomediesManuale d’amoreandTi amo in tutte le lingue del mondoin6thand9thplacerespectively.

InNovember2005anItalianmobilephonenetworkplannedtoofferafeaturefilmforviewingontelephonesjustoneweekafteritstheatricalrelease.Protestsfromexhibitorsandwithdrawalofthefilmfromanumberofscreensledtothewith-drawaloftheoffer,buttheincidenthasprompteddiscussionbothinItalyandelsewhereonboththelegalownershipofrightstomobiledistribu-tionandtheregulationofwindows.

Sources:OIA/ANICA/Cinetel/GiornaledelloSpetacollo

26

Population2005 44,1million

GDP2004 1040billionUSD

1USD 0,82EUR(March2006)

Admissions2005 126,0million

Averageadmissions/inhab.2005 2,86

Averageticketprice2005 4,98EUR(=6,19USD)

Screens2005 4�8�

Screensinmultiplexes2004 54,5%

SpainMarketshares2005

0

60

90

120

150

30

9 5 9 6 9 8 9 9 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 3 0 4 0 59 7

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110

1��142

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46

64 66

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25 2519

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126,0

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Admissionsandgrossboxoffice|1995-2005

NumberoffeaturefilmsproducedinSpain|1995-2005

Co-productions

Total

100%national

Admissions(millions)

Grossboxoffice(EURmillion)

Others�%

National17%

US60%

OtherEuropeanUnion20%

27

Spain

Top20filmsbyadmissionsinSpain|2005

Originaltitle Countryoforigin Director Admissions 1 StarWars:EpisodeIII-RevengeoftheSith US GeorgeLucas �672541 2 Torrente�,Elprotector ES SantiagoSegura �5511�8 � HarryPotterandtheGobletofFire(1) GBinc/US MikeNewell �449468 4 WaroftheWorlds US StevenSpielberg ��25�62 5 Madagascar US EricDarnell&TomMcGrath 2821752 6 MeettheFockers US JayRoach 2699605 7 FantasticFour US/DE TimStory 26178�4 8 Mr.andMrs.Smith US DougLiman 2548112 9 TheChroniclesofNarniaI(1) US/NZinc AndrewAdamson 25�959110 MillionDollarBaby US ClintEastwood 245996911 KingdomofHeaven GBinc/DE/ES/US RidleyScott 2�7466112 Alexander GB/FR/NL/US OliverStone 22014501� CharlieandtheChocolateFactory GBinc/US TimBurton 170�26014 ChickenLittle(1) US MarkDindal 16471��15 KingKong(1) US/NZinc PeterJackson 160�59�16 LegendofZorro US MartinCampbell 158�90917 Flightplan US RobertSchwentke 157925718 Robots US C.Wedge&C.Saldanha 154557119 TheIsland US MichaelBay 149614920 BatmanBegins US/GBinc ChristopherNolan 1451915

(1) Stillonreleasein2006. Source:ICAA

Distributionandexhibition

AttendanceatSpanishcinemasfellbackby12.5%in2005,with126millionticketssold(14�.9millionin2004).Boxofficereceiptstotalled627.�millionEUR,adropof9.�%inrelationto2004.Whilein20049filmshadcrossedthe�millionadmissionsmark,in2004only4filmsenteredthiscategory,withthehighestrankedfilmStar Wars: Episode IIIselling�.7milliontickets,comparedtothe6.2millionsoldforShrek 2in2004.

Marketsharefornationalfilmswashigherthanintheprecedingyear,reaching16.7%(1�.4%in2004).Spanishco-productionsKingdom of HeavenandSaharaareincludedinthistotal.The2005resultrepresentsthesecondbestscoreofthelast15years,withtheexceptionof2001whennationalmarketsharereached17.8%.Themostpopularlocalfilmin2005wascomedyTorrente 3, El protector,with�.5millionadmis-sions,bringingitintosecondplaceintheoverallrankingbehindStar Wars: Episode III.Withco-production Kingdom of Heavenatnumber11,Torrente 3 wasoneofonlytwoSpanishfilmstoenterthetop20in2005.

Production

142featurefilmsinvolvingaSpanishpro-ducerwerecompletedin2005,anadditional9filmsinrelationtothetotalfor2004(1��).89entirelynationalfilmswereproduced,main-tainingthistypeofproductionattheveryhighlevelobservedin2004(92films).However,theincreaseinvolumecameprincipallyfromgrowthinthenumberofco-productionsinvolvingSpanishco-producers(from41in2004to5�in2005).France,theUnitedKingdomandItalywerethepreferredEuropeanco-productionpartnersandthenumberofco-productionswithArgentinaandChilewasalsoontheincrease.

Inaninnovatorymove,theSpanishgovernmentannouncedattheendof2005thecreationofanewmutualguaranteefundfortheaudiovisualsector,withtheaimofprovidingeasieraccesstobankloansforsmallandmediumsizebusinesseswishingtofinanceactivityintheproduction,dis-tribution,exhibitionandtechnicalsectors.Withaninitialcapitalofover6millionEUR,thefundstartedoperationinearly2006.

Sources:ICAA/Cineporlared

28

Population2004 59,8million

GDP2004 21��billionUSD

1USD 0,57GBP(March2006)

Admissions2005 164,7million

Averageadmissions/inhab.2005 2,75

Averageticketprice2005 4,68GBP(=8,51USD)

Screens2005 �486

Screensinmultiplexes2004 65,0%

United KingdomUK&Irelandmarketshares2005est

GB&GB/US��%

Others67%

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NumberoffeaturefilmsproducedintheUnitedKingdom|1995-2005

Admissionsandgrossboxoffice|1995-2005

Total

100%national

Majorityco-productionMinorityco-productionUSandforeignproduction

Admissions(millions)

Grossboxoffice(GBPmillion)

29

UnitedKingdom

Originaltitle Countryoforigin Director Grossbox office(GBP) 1 HarryPotterandtheGobletofFire(1) GBinc/US MikeNewell 46967491 2 StarWars:Ep.III-RevengeoftheSith US GeorgeLucas �94��98� � CharlieandtheChocolateFactory GBinc/US TimBurton �7462140 4 TheChroniclesofNarniaI(1) US/NZinc AndrewAdamson �6148�21 5 Wallace&Gromit:CurseoftheWere-Rabbit(1)GBinc/US SteveBox&NickPark �1980281 6 WaroftheWorlds US StevenSpielberg �0648�15 7 MeettheFockers US JayRoach 28925095 8 KingKong(1) US/NZinc PeterJackson 2�919605 9 Madagascar US E.Darnell&T.McGrath 2265487810 Hitch US AndyTennant 17�9�84811 NannyMcPhee(1) GB/US/FR KirkJones 16461�5112 BatmanBegins US/GBinc ChristopherNolan 164201401� PrideandPrejudice GB/FR/US JoeWright 1456812814 Mr.&Mrs.Smith US DougLiman 1�59224415 WeddingCrashers US DavidDobkin 1�16�61416 FantasticFour US/DE TimStory 1270802417 Ocean’sTwelve US/AUinc StevenSoderbergh 1257617718 Robots US C.Wedge&C.Saldanha 1248121619 TheHitchhiker’sGuidetotheGalaxy GBinc/US GarthJennings 1066971420 Valiant GBinc/US GaryChapman 85169�8

(1) Stillonreleasein2006. Source:UKFilmCouncil/NielsenEDI

Top20filmsbygrossboxofficeintheUnitedKingdomandIreland|2005

Production

DatafromScreen Financeonthenumberoffilmstartsin2005showsthatthetotalvolumeoffilmsgoingintoproductionincreasedto78films,upfromthe2004totalof75.Recoverywaspar-ticularlynotableintheentirelynationallyfinancedcategory,whichhaddeclinedsharplyin2004,whilethenumberofmajorityco-productionsremainedlargelystable.Minorityco-productionsfellback,however,asdidinwardinvestmentprojectsshootingintheUK.4suchprojectswerenotedin2005,asagainst11in2004.

DatafromUKFilmCouncilInternationalshowsthatthetotalvalueofinvestmentinproduction(bothinwardanddomestic)recordedfortheyearwas568.8millionGBP,a�0%droponthelevelfor2004(811.9millionGBP).Thevalueofinwardinvestmentfellbacksteeply,reflectingboththeweaknessoftheUSdollaragainststerlingbutalsouncertaintyoverfuturetaxincentivesforfilmproduction.ThisuncertaintywasbroughttoanendwiththeGovernment’sDecember2005announcementofthenewsystemtobeimple-mentedin2006.

Distributionandexhibition

TheUnitedKingdomwasoneoftheEuropeanmarketsleastaffectedbythegeneraliseddown-wardtrendinadmissionsin2005.164.7millionadmissionstocinemaswereregisteredduringtheyear,a�.8%decreaseonthetotalfor2004(171.�million).Boxofficereceiptsremainedstable,registeringatotalof770.�millionGBP,a0.1%riseonthefigurefor2004(769.6millionGBP).Averystrongfinalquarterprovidedsufficientcompensationforthedisappointingresultsreg-isteredduringthesummermonths.

UKfilmsachievedanestimatedmarketshareof��%ofUKandIrishboxofficein2005,amarkedimprovementonthe2�%registeredin2004.Thesefigurestakeintoaccountproductionscategorisedas‘inwardinvestment’totheUnitedKingdom;filmssuchasHarry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, Batman BeginsorCharlie and the Chocolate Factory,aswellasanumberofinternationalco-productionsmadeundertheEuropeanConventiononCinematographicCo-production(SaharaorKingdom of Heaven).Nonetheless,Britishthemesand/orliteraryworksremainedtheinspirationfor9outofthe20topfilmsin2005.

Sources:CAA/ScreenFinance/UKFilmCouncil

�0

Austria Belgium Switzerland Luxembourg Netherlands

Population2004(millions) 8,2 10,4 7,5(1) 0,5 16,2

GDP2004(USDbillions) 292 �5� �59 �2 564

1USD(March2006) 0,82EUR 0,82EUR 1,�1CHF 0,82EUR 0,82EUR

Admissions2005(millions) 15,7 21,7est 15,0 1,2est 20,6

Admissions/inhabitant2005 1,94 2,09est 2,06 2,57 1,26

Sharenationalfilms2005 – 5,4% 5,9% – 1�,6%

(1) 2005

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Sources:INS/MfB/NVF-NVB/OFS/FAF/CNA/OBS

NumberoffeaturefilmsproducedinAustria,Belgium,Luxembourg,theNetherlandsandSwitzerland|1995-2005

AdmissionsinAustria,Belgium,Luxembourg,theNetherlandsandSwitzerland|1995-2005

Inmillions.

Luxembourg

BelgiumTheNetherlands

AustriaSwitzerland

Switzerland

TheNetherlands

AustriaBelgium

Luxembourg

�1

Austria-Benelux-Switzerland

Originaltitle Belgium Luxembourg(1) Netherlands Total 1 HarryPotterandtheGobletofFire(2) 1106�22 42500 1015897 2164719 2 Madagascar 70�925 48700 997492 1750117 � WaroftheWorlds 564742 25�00 684502 1274544 4 StarWars:EpisodeIII-RevengeoftheSith 575�45 �1800 561726 1168871 5 Mr.andMrs.Smith 60�694 27800 5�1981 116�475 6 CharlieandtheChocolateFactory(2) 411488 20200 668202 1099890 7 MeettheFockers 504469 2�700 �97460 925629 8 Hitch �96566 �2700 446892 876158 9 Ocean’sTwelve 480011 11500 �41851 8���6210 KingdomofHeaven �46521 11000 ��2249 68977011 Flightplan 405184 14400 264751 684��512 KingKong �714�9 1�900 266521 6518601� NationalTreasure(�) �5�974 7200 287688 64886214 Herbie:FullyLoaded �55148 11900 227825 59487�15 ThePacifier �01660 11400 27�551 58661116 TheChroniclesofNarniaI ��1597 17700 215598 56489517 TheSpongeBobSquarepantsMovie 126577 11000 414582 55215918 Robots 258�59 18000 2�5502 51186119 Wallace&Gromit:CurseoftheWere-Rabbit 25161� 18700 2�196� 50227620 ChickenLittle 256�92 – 2�7665 494057(1) ProvisionaldataonthebasisofTop50filmsonly.(2) Belgiandataisthecumulativeadmissionsto20January2006.(�) 227679admissionsinBelgiumin2004.

Sources:Moniteur du film en Belgique/Utopia/NVF-NVB

Top20filmsbyadmissionsinBelgium,LuxembourgandtheNetherlands|2005

Originaltitle Austria(1) Switzerland Total 1 Madagascar 7921�8 660�74 1452512 2 HarryPotterandtheGobletofFire 699�72 612090 1�11462 � Mr.&Mrs.Smith 508210 400787 908997 4 Hitch 477679 42448� 902162 5 MeettheFockers 516845 �80404 897249 6 StarWarsIII-RevengeoftheSith 49197� �81229 87�202 7 TheChroniclesofNarniaI �128�4 216260 529094 8 WaroftheWorlds 28�660 241�01 524961 9 Ocean’sTwelve(2) �50217 168572 51878910 MeinNameistEugen – 488849 48884911 KingdomofHeaven 227528 205797 4���2512 CharlieandtheChocolateFactory 200700 22�049 42�7491� ThePacifier 229446 158�51 �8779714 BladeTrinity(�) 2144�2 905�9 �0497115 Ray – 249421 24942116 MillionDollarBaby – 247�02 247�0217 TheIncredibles(4) 11271� 127640 240�5�18 Wallace&Gromit:CurseoftheWere-Rabbit – 219151 21915119 TheAviator – 212152 21215220 TheInterpreter – 209847 209847(1) IncompletedataforAustria.(2) 227057admissonsinSwitzerlandin2004.(�) 10851admissionsinSwitzerlandin2004.(4) �2�010admissionsinAustriaand260572admissionsinSwitzerlandin2004. Sources:FAFO/OFS

Top20filmsbyadmissionsinAustriaandSwitzerland|2005

�2

Denmark Finland Iceland Norway Sweden

Population2004(millions) 5,4 5,2 0,� 4,6 9,0

GDP2004(USDbillions) 241 186 12 250 �46

1USD(April2006) 6,11DKK 0,8EUR 72ISK 6,5NOK 7,7SEK

Admissions2005(millions) 12,2 6,0 1,5(1) 11,� 14,6

Admissions/inhabitant2005 2,2 1,1 4,9(1) 2,5 1,6

Screens2005 �89 �40 45(1) 4�4 1178(1)

Screensinmultiplexes2004 19,5% 12,6% – 1�,1% 14,1%

Admissionsinmultiplexes2004 �1,8%(2) 42,5% – 26,1% –

Sharenationalfilms2004 �2,�% 15,6% 4,1%(1) 12,0% 22,5%

(1) 2004 (2)200�

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NumberoffeaturefilmsproducedintheNordiccountries|1995-2005

AdmissionsinNordiccountries|1995-2005Inmillions.

Iceland

DenmarkNorway

Sweden

Finland

Sweden

Denmark

Norway

Finland

Iceland

��

Nordiccountries

Originaltitle Denmark Finland(1) Norway(2) Sweden(2) Total 1 HarryPotterandtheGobletofFire 62�656 �60884 586759 741067 2�12�66 2 StarWars:EpisodeIII-RevengeoftheSith 4�7656 269901 �19774 670471 1697802 � Madagascar �85456 229684 597785 47�565 1686490 4 CharlieandtheChocolateFactory 196675 115094 7468�2 41�067 1471668 5 TheChroniclesofNarniaI 1805�5 140112 26�965 414692 999�04 6 Mr.andMrs.Smith 205662 121464 2961�9 �45588 96885� 7 BatmanBegins 244�12 1�7940 18�629 �16982 88286� 8 Pooh’sHeffalumpMovie 208�70 159�48 21�726 246721 828165 9 WaroftheWorlds 181758 121462 194�52 255085 75265710 DerUntergang(Downfall) ��606� – 2644�1 8220� 68269711 KingKong 156568 9456� 242256 168476 66186�12 Robots 172196 8�216 20�7�8 190147 6492971� KingdomofHeaven 147�68 852�1 146544 16�687 5428�014 Wallace&Gromit:CurseoftheWere-Rabbit 704�2 15��62 150416 156807 5�101715 MeettheFockers 1�404� 88678 122952 178�7� 52404616 Fartilfiregiraldrigop(FatherofFour) 495614 – – – 49561417 MillionDollarBaby 117067 84472 10�917 150802 45625818 SinCity 114424 99276 120527 118790 45�01719 Drabet(Manslaughter) �87�15 – 21225 – 40854020 Herbie:FullyLoaded 50760 – 148502 207466 406728(1) Onthebasisoflimiteddata.(2) Onthebasisofdataonfirstreleasefilmsonly. Sources:DFI/FFF/NFF/SFI

Top20filmsbyadmissionsinDenmark,Finland,NorwayandSweden|2005

Originaltitle Countryoforigin Director AdmissionsEUR+US(1)

1 DancerintheDark(2) DK/FR/SE/DE/… LarsvonTrier 4�442�� 2 BreakingtheWaves DK/SE/FR/NL/… LarsvonTrier �850212 � Italienskforbegyndere DK LoneScherfig 2946014 4 Festen DK ThomasVinterberg 2417629 5 Dogville DK/FR/SE/NL/… LarsvonTrier 2�85077 6 Miesvaillamenneisyyttä FI/DE/FR AkiKaurismäki 2122047 7 Hjælp,jegerenfisk DK/DE/IE S.Fjeldmark,M.Hegner 2122014 8 PettsonochFindus-kattenochgubbensår SE/DE AlbertHananKaminski 1651886 9 Tillsammans(2) SE/DK/IT LukasMoodysson 159228810 PippiLångstrump SE/DE/CA MichaelSchaack,BillGiggie 146877511 FuckingÅmål SE LukasMoodysson 128427512 Elling NO PetterNæss 10285401� PettsonochFindus-Kattonauten SE/DE AlbertHananKaminski 99048�14 PippiiSöderhavet SE/DE PaulRiley 8�182615 Idioterne DK LarsvonTrier 716�7816 MifunessidsteSang(2) DK/SE SørenKragh-Jacobsen 70�61417 Jalla!Jalla! SE JosefFares 69511218 Kopps SE/DK JosefFares 672��019 Olsen-bandenssidstestik DK T.Hedegaard,M.Arnfred 56506720 Trolösa SE/IT/DE/NO LivUllmann 5�4��4(1) Admissionsonthenationalmarkethavebeenexcluded.2005admissionsareprovisional.(2) AdmissionstotalhasbeenreviseddownwardsonthebasisofdefinitiveadmissionsdataforFrance.

Source:OBS/LUMIERE

Top20NordicfilmsbyadmissionsinEuropeandtheUnitedStates|1996-2005

�4

Bulgaria Croatia Czech Hungary Poland Romania Slovakia Slovenia Turkey Republic

Population2004(millions) 7,8 4,5 10,2 10,1 �8,6 21,8 5,4 2,0 72,2

GDP2004(USDbillions) 24 �4 107 100 242 7� 41 �2 299

Admissions2005(millions) 2,4 �,0(1) 9,5 12,1 2�,6 2,8 2,2 2,4 27,�

Admissions/inhab.2005 0,� 0,7(1) 0,9 1,2 0,6 0,1 0,4 1,2 0,4

Screens2005 97 1�1(1) 765(1) 485 870(1) 120 245 106 1269

(1) 2004 Source:OBS

Central and South-Eastern Europe

0

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NumberoffeaturefilmsproducedinCentralandSouth-EasternEurope|1996-2005

CinemaattendanceinCentralandSouth-EasternEurope|1995-2005

Turkey

CzechRepublicPolandHungary

RomaniaSloveniaBulgariaSlovakiaCroatia

Turkey

Poland

HungaryCzechRepublic

RomaniaBulgaria,Slovenia,Slovakia,Croatia

�5

Population2004 14�,9million

1USD 27,70RUB(April2006)

Admissions2005 96,3million

Averageadmissions/inhab.2005 0,67

Averageurbanticketprice2005 �,8USDest

Nationalfilmsproduced 86

Modernurbancinemas2005 545

Modernscreens2005 1001

Russian FederationMarketshares2005est

0

100

60

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20

80

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AdmissionsandgrossboxofficeintheRussianFederation|1995-2005

Admissions(millions)

European6,7%National

27,7%

US62,6%

Other0,2%Asian2,7%

Grossboxoffice(USDmillion)

Originaltitle Distributor BoxOfficeinUSD 1 9-yarota(Company9) Gemini 2560�000 2 Turetskigambit(TurkishGambit) Gemini 19221000 � WaroftheWorlds UIP 14858000 4 Mr.&Mrs.Smith CentralPartnership 1010�000 5 StarWarsEpisodeIII:RevengeoftheSith Gemini 9404000 6 KingKong UIP 8766000 7 Madagascar UIP 8575000 8 Boystenju(ShadowBoxing) CentralPartnership 8212000 9 StatskiSovetnik(TheStateCouncillor) CaroPremier 815800010 Muzhskoysezon…(TheMenSeason.VelvetRevolution) CaroPremier 718700011 KingdomofHeaven Gemini 645500012 MeettheFockers UIP 6�870001� NationalTreasure Cascade 601200014 Ocean’sTwelve CaroPremier 470700015 Lichnyynomer(Countdown) Gemini 462200016 Zhmurki(BlindMan’sBluff) NasheKino 454400017 Hitch Cascade 4�0500018 Constantine CaroPremier 4�0000019 TheRing2 UIP 42�800020 TheIncredibles Cascade 4040000

Source:DoubleD-RussianFilmBusiness

Top20filmsbyboxofficereceiptsintheRussianFederationandC.I.S.|2005

Note:AdmissionsandboxofficetotalsincludetheRussianFederationandotherCISstates.

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Population2004 295million

GDP2004 117�4billionUSD

1USD 0,82EUR(March2006)

Admissions2005 140�million

Averageadmissions/inhab.2005 4,7

Averageticketprice2005 6,41USD

Screens2005 �8852-Indoor �814� (98,2%)-Drive-in 709 (1,8%)

United StatesMarketshares2005

Source:MPAA

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NumberoffilmsproducedandnewreleasesintheUnitedStates|1995-2005

Admissionsandgrossboxoffice|1995-2005

TotalnewreleasesofwhichreleasedbyindependentsofwhichreleasedbyMajors

Admissions(millions)

Grossboxoffice(USDmillion)

US86,0%

EURinc/US8,5%

European�,1%

RestofWorld2,4%

Rated

Produced

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UnitedStates

Production

ThenumberoffilmsonfirstreleaseintheUnitedStatesincreasedby15titlesin2005to5�5films(520filmsin2004).MPAAcompaniesdistributedslightlylesstitlesin2005(190)thanin2004(198),while�45ofthenew2005titlesweredistributedbyindependents.699featureswereproducedwiththeintentionoftheatricalreleasein2005,a14%increaseonthetotalfor2004(611).

AveragetheatricalcostsforMPAAmembercom-paniesremainedstablein2005,shrinkingbyjust0.6%to96.2millionUSD.Despitea4%decreaseinaveragenegativecosts,marketingexpenditure,whichhadfallenin2004,roseagainin2005toreach�6.2millionUSD.Costsforfilmsproducedandmarketedbysubsidiariesandaffiliatedstu-diosfellbackoncemoreto�8.7millionUSD,ofwhich2�.5millionUSD(29.0millionin2004)representsnegativecostand15.2millionmar-ketingexpenditure(11.4millionin2004).

Distribution

WarnerBrotherswasthedistributorearningtopmarketshareonthedomesticmarketin2005,obtaining15.7%oftotalreceiptsprincipallyduetothesuccessofHarry Potter, Charlie and the Chocolate FactoryandBatman Begins.Lastyear’sleader,Sony,droppedbacktothirdplacewithashareof11.4%,withHitchandFun with Dick and Janethebestper-formingtitles.Fox,placed5thin2004,climbedtosecondplaceandadomesticmarketshareof15.4%in2005thanksprincipallytothefinalinstalmentofStar Wars,butalsotoMr. & Mrs. SmithandtheFantastic Four.Warner,Fox,SonyandUniversalallearnedrevenuesinexcessof1billionUSDatthedomesticboxofficein2005,onlythreedistribu-torshadpassedthismilestonein2004.

NorthAmericanboxofficechartsweredomi-natedbythefantasyandsciencefictiongenresin2004with6ofthetoptenfilmsfallingintothiscategory.Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sithwasthetoprankedfilm,closelyfollowedbyHarry Potter and the Goblet of FireandWar of the Worlds.In2005seventitlesgrossedmorethan200mil-lionUSD,twomorethanin2004.Howeverthenumberoftitlesgrossingbetween50and199mil-lionUSDfellback,with48titlesinthisrangein2005,comparedto58in2004.

Exhibition

TotaladmissionstocinemasintheUSin2005were1.4billion,an8.7%fallonthe1.54billionticketssoldin2004.Thisrepresentsthelowestlevelofattendancesince1997andthethirdcon-secutiveyearinwhichoveralladmissionshavedropped.Risingticketpricespartiallycushionedtheeffectofshrinkingattendanceonrevenue,withtotalboxofficereceiptsreaching8.99bil-lionUSD,a5.7%fallinrelationto2004.Averageticketpricesmovedaheadby�.2%,goingfrom6.21USDperticketin2004to6.41USDperticketin2005.Thedeclineinattendancepushedtheaverageadmissionspercapitaunderthe5visitsperyearmark,to4.7visitsperperson,closetopre-1990levels.

Atotalof�8852screenswereinoperationin2005,a6.2%increaseonthefigurereportedfor2004.Thenetgaincameprincipallyfromindoorscreens,whosenumberincreasedby2150.Drive-inscreensshowedanetgainalso,reversingadownwardtrend.Theyear-endtotalof709screensrepresentedan18%gainonthe2004totalof601screens.

Digitalcinema

2005alsomarkedtheyearinwhichtheindustrystandardsgrouping,DigitalCinemaInitiative,com-pleteditsworkandpublisheditsDigitalCinemaSystemSpecification.Thesespecificationslayoutastableframeworkforcommontechnicalstandardstobemetinthetransitiontodigitalprojection,thoughanumberofissues,inparticularcontentprotectionandcinemacompliancecertification,stillneedtobefinalised.Byend2005NorthAmericahadatotalof�24digitalcinemascreens,upfromjust85screensin2004.America’sthirdlargestchain,CarmikeCinemas,signedanagreementinDecember2005withChristie/AIX,acompanysetupforthedeploymentofdigitalcinema,todigitise2�00ofthechain’s2496screensbytheendof2007.Asmallerregionalchain,UltraStar,alsoannouncedinearly2006thatithaddigitised100%ofits102screens,againviatheinitiativerunbyChristie/AIX.

Sources:MPAA/NielsonEDI/Variety/ScreenDigest

US86,0%

EURinc/US8,5%

European�,1%

RestofWorld2,4%

�8

UnitedStates

Worldwideboxofficerevenues|2005USDbillion.

Source:MPAA

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Distributors’marketsharesontheNorthAmericanmarket|2005

Sources:NielsenEDI/Variety

WarnerBros15,7% Fox

15,4%

Sony11,4%

Universal11,�%

BuenaVista10,5%Paramount

9,�%

Dreamworks5,7%

NewLine4,7%

Miramax4,0%

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UnitedStates

Top20filmsbyNorthAmericanboxoffice|2005GrossboxofficeUnitedStatesandCanada,inUSD.

Originaltitle Countryoforigin Distributor Grossboxoffice 1 StarWarsIII-RevengeoftheSith US 20thCenturyFox �80270577 2 HarryPotterandtheGobletofFire(2) GBinc/US Warner 27708�157 � WaroftheWorlds US Paramount 2�4280�54 4 TheChroniclesofNarnia(2) US/NZinc BuenaVista 22570��46 5 WeddingCrashers US NewLine 209218�68 6 CharlieandtheChocolateFactory GBinc/US Warner 206459076 7 BatmanBegins US/GBinc Warner 205�4�774 8 Madagascar US Dreamworks 19�2029�� 9 Mr.&Mrs.Smith US 20thCenturyFox 186��627910 Hitch US Sony 17757514211 KingKong(2) US/NZinc Universal 17455982512 TheLongestYard US Paramount 1581194601� FantasticFour US/DE 20thCenturyFox 15469608014 ChickenLittle(2) US BuenaVista 1�226508415 Robots US 20thCenturyFox 12820001216 MeettheFockers(1) US Universal 1167�89�017 ThePacifier US/CAinc BuenaVista 11�08686818 The40-Year-OldVirgin US Universal 10928900819 MillionDollarBaby(2) US Warner 99�9044�20 WalktheLine(2) US 20thCenturyFox 924�6258(1) Firstreleasein2004,2005grossonly.(2) Stillonreleasein2005. Source:Variety

AveragenegativeandmarketingcostsoffilmsproducedbyMPAAmembers|1990-2005

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MPAASubsidiaries&AffiliatesMarketingCosts

40

Population2005 �2,4million

GDP2004 992billionUSD

1CAD 0,856USD(April2006)

Admissions200�/2004 119,6million

Averageadmissions/inhab.200�/2004 �,8

Averageticketprice200�/2004 7,45CAD(=5,76USD)

Screens200�/2004 2980-Incinemas 2896-Drive-in 84

Canada

Admissionsandgrossboxoffice|1994-2004

TotalvolumeofCAVCO-certifiedfeaturefilmproduction|1996-2005

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US86,7%

Marketsharesofboxoffice2004

Canadian4,6%

Admissions(millions)

Grossboxoffice(CADmillion)

Note:EstimatesonthebasisofCAVCOdata.Byreleasewindow.

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8,7%

Television

Theatrical

41

Canada

Originaltitle Countryoforigin Year Director AdmissionsQuebec 1 HarryPotterandtheGobletofFire GBinc/US 2005 MikeNewell 101�625 2 StarWars:Ep.III-RevengeoftheSith US 2005 GeorgeLucas 8507�8 � C.R.A.Z.Y. CA(QC) 2005 Jean-MarcVallée 7811�7 4 Aurore CA(QC) 2005 LucDionne 706811 5 Horlogebiologique CA(QC) 2005 RicardoTrogi 54��61 6 WaroftheWorlds US 2005 StevenSpielberg 5�8552 7 Madagascar US 2005 EricDarnell&TomMcGrath 50�776 8 Hitch US 2005 AndyTennant 4�9048 9 BatmanBegins US/GBinc 2005 ChristopherNolan 42277410 Lesurvenant CA(QC) 2005 EricCanuel 41559811 MauriceRichard CA(QC) 2005 CharlesBinamé 41�51212 LesBoys4 CA(QC) 2005 GeorgesMihalka&LouisSaïa 40�5901� Mr.&Mrs.Smith US 2004 DougLiman �8929214 FantasticFour US/DE 2005 TimStory �6759415 KingKong US/NZinc 2005 PeterJackson �6161216 MillionDollarBaby US 2004 ClintEastwood �5�40�17 WeddingCrashers US 2005 DavidDobkin ��141518 TheAviator(1) US/JP 2004 MartinScorsese �1776�19 MeettheFockers(2) US 2004 JayRoach 29594620 Robots US 2005 ChrisWedge&CarlosSaldanha 27�765(1) 9�568admissionsin2004.(2) 1601�8admissionsin2004. Source:ObservatoiredelacultureetdescommunicationsduQuébec

Top20filmsbyadmissionsinQuebec|2005

Exhibitionanddistribution

CinemaattendancefellinCanadain200�/2004forthefirsttimeinadecade,shrinkingby4.6%andbringingtoanendaperiodofcontinuousupwardprogression.Boxofficereceiptsalsofellback,butonlyby1%,reflectinga2%increaseintheaverageticketprice.StatisticsCanada,whoseMotionPictureTheatresSurveyisthesourceofthisdata,suggeststhattheSARSscareduringSpring200�,togetherwithashortageofblock-bustersreleasedduringtheperiodinquestion,mayhavebeenfactorscontributingtothisdownturn.Overthesameperiod,notesaparallelsurveybyStatisticsCanada,revenuefromthewholesalingofDVDsandvideocassettesrecordeda12.9%rise,thebiggestincreaseinfiveyears.

OntheFrench-speakingmarketofQuebec,overallattendancefellbackforthirdyearinsucces-sionin2005,withatotalof26.2millionticketssold(-7%).Asin2004,thedropinadmissionsdidnotaffectthepopularityofQuebec-producedFrench-languagefilms,whosemarketsharereachedanewhighof18.9%andforwhich5millionticketsweresoldin2005(1�.8%in2004).NostalgicdramaC.R.A.Z.Y.atnumberthreewasthehighestplaced

ofthefourlocaltitlesappearingintheQuebecTop10,followedbyAuroreandHorloge Biologique infourthandfifthplacesrespectively.

Production

FigurespublishedbytheCanadianFilmandTelevisionProducersAssociation(CFTPA)showthattheoverallvalueoffilmandtelevisionpro-ductioninCanadain2004/2005amountedto4.5billionCAD,a9%dropinrelationto200�/2004.Thedecreasewasprincipallyduetoa2�%dropinthevalueofforeignlocationproduction,withatotalvolumeof1.46billionCADrecordedfor2004/2005(1.9billionCADin200�/2004).Canadianfeaturefilmproductionalsoexperiencedadecline,shrinkinginvalueby�1%toreachatotalof25�millionCAD(�69millionCADin200�/2004).ThisispartlytheresultoftheimpactonCanadianco-producersofpolicyandregulatorychangesinEurope,particularlyintheUnitedKingdom,andtheresultingdeclineintreatyco-productionactivity.

Sources:StatisticsCanada/Observatoiredelacultureetdescommunications

duQuébec/CFTPA

42

Argentina Bolivia Brazil Chile Colombia

Population2004(millions) �8,6 9,0 18�,9 16,1 44,9

GDP2004(USDbillions) 15� 9 604 94 98

Screens2004 780(1) 54 2045(1) 271 406

Admissions2004(millions) �4,9(1) 1,5(1) 89,7(1) 9,6(1) 16,2

Averageadmissions/inhab.2004 0,9(1) 0,2(1) 0,5(1) 0,6(1) 0,4

Mexico Peru Uruguay Venezuela

Population2004(millions) 105,7 27,6 �,4 26,�

GDP2004(USDbillions) 676 69 1� 109

Screens2004 �248 209 85 �94(1)

Admissions2004(millions) 165,0 11,5 2,41(1) 14,7(1)

Averageadmissions/inhab.2004 1,6 0,4 0,7 0,5(1)

(1) 2005 Sources:FilmeB/OMA-RECAM/ScreenDigest

Latin America

WiththeexceptionofMexico,alloftheLatinAmericancountriesforwhichdataisavailablereportedfallingcinemaadmissionsin2005.AmongthesmallermarketsBolivia,Chile,UruguayandVenezuelaallreporteddecliningattendance,withaparticularlysharpdropreportedinVenezuela(-22%).Despiteshrinkingadmissions,marketsharefornationalfilmsinVenezuelashowedadistinctimprovementin2005,reaching7.7%,upfrom1.2%in2004.

Argentina

Afteranimpressive27%increasein2004,admis-sionstoArgentiniancinemasfellbackin2005.Atotalof�4.9millionticketsweresold,an21%droponthehightotalof44.2millionregisteredin2004.The2005resultisnonethelessslightlyhigherthanthetotalfor200�(�4.7million).Atotalof65nationallyproducedfilmswerereleasedandregisteredamarketshareof11.9%,downfromthehighpointof1�.6%in2004.ComedyPapá se volvió locowasthemostpopularlocaltitlewith1.5millionticketssold,reachingsecondplaceinthe2005ranking.Atotalof41newfeatureswereproducedduringtheyear,1�filmslessthanin2004,bringingtoanendthreeconsecutiveyearsofincreasingproductionvolume.

Brazil

Brazil, likeArgentina,sawcinemaadmis-sionsdecreasein2005.Totaladmissionsfellfrom114.7millionin2004to89.7millionin2005,asignificantdropof22%.Atotalof47localfilmswerereleased,obtainingamarketshareof12%,

thesecondsuccessiveyearofdecline(14%in2004,21%in200�).Twolocalfilmssoldmorethan1mil-liontickets,whereasin2004fivedomestictitleshaspassedtheonemillionmark.Themostpop-ularfilmoftheyearwasalocallyproducedpor-traitofBrazilianmusicalduoZezeDiCamargoandLuciano,Dois Filhos de Francisco,whichsoldmorethan5.�milliontickets,aheadofHarry Potter and the Goblet of Fire(4.4millionadmissions)insecondplace.Justoneothernationalproduction,Xuxa Eo Tesouro da Cidade Perdida,enteredtheTop20with1.�millionticketssold.ThenationalcinemaagencyANCINEconfirmedinearly2006thatthecurrentscreenquotaforBrazilianfilmswouldbemaintainedinto2006–exhibitorshadhopedforreducedrequirementsinlinewithloweradmis-sionsforBrazilianfilms.

Mexico

Mexicowasoneoftheraremarketsworldwidetoescapefromthegeneraltrendtowardsshrinkingboxoffice.Estimatedboxofficereceiptsin2005reachedUSD5�4million,anincreaseof6%inrelationto2004,whenboxofficeroseby20%.Nonethelessrisingticketpricesmaybepartlyresponsibleforthepositiveresult.Atotalof24locallyproducedfilmswerereleased,upfrom18in2004butjustunderthe200�totalof25.ItishopedthatanewtaxincentiveschemeapprovedbytheMexicanSenateinDecember2005willfurtherencouragelocalproduction,byallowinga10%incometaxdeductionforinvestmentsinthedomesticindustryinanyoneyear.

Sources:OMA-RECAM/FilmeB/Variety

4�

LatinAmerica

Originaltitle Country Director Distributor Admissions oforigin 1 Madagascar US Darnell&McGrath UIP 2027998 2 Papásevolvióloco AR RodolfoLedo ArgentinaSonoFilm 1479588 � WaroftheWorlds US StevenSpielberg UIP 1410089 4 MeettheFockers US JayRoach UIP 1180687 5 HarryPotterandtheGobletofFire GBinc/US MikeNewell WarnerBros. 1011968 6 StarWarsIII:RevengeoftheSith US GeorgeLucas 20thCenturyFox 8995�7 7 FantasticFour US/DE TimStory 20thCenturyFox 84�2�4 8 TheSpongeBobSquarePantsMovie US StephenHillenburg UIP 7028�5 9 Herbie:FullyLoaded US AngelaRobinson BuenaVistaInt. 7009�610 BatmanBegins US/GBinc ChristopherNolan WarnerBros. 6948�111 Constantine US FrancisLawrence WarnerBros. 68894912 Mr.&Mrs.Smith US DougLiman 20thCenturyFox 6760191� Ocean’sTwelve US/AUinc StevenSoderbergh WarnerBros. 62107614 KingdomofHeaven GBinc/DE/ES/USRidleyScott 20thCenturyFox 61948�15 CharlieandtheChocolateFactory GBinc/US TimBurton WarnerBros. 58677816 Robots US Wedge&Saldanha 20thCenturyFox 58484117 ChickenLittle US MarkDindal BuenaVistaInt. 54570718 ElAura AR/ES FabiánBielinsky BuenaVistaInt. 5�148619 MillionDollarBaby US ClintEastwood DistributionCompany 51059020 HideandSeek US JohnPolson 20thCenturyFox 508717

Source:OMA-RECAM

Thetop20filmsbyadmissionsinArgentina|2005

CinemaattendanceinLatinAmerica|1995-2005Inmillions.

Sources:ScreenDigest/Variety/FilmeB/OMA/CACI

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Population2005 20,52million

GDP2004 616billionUSD

1AUD 0,7�EUR(March2006)

Admissions2005 82,2million

Averageadmissions/inhab.2005 4,01

Averageticketprice2005 9,94AUD(=7,24USD)

Screens2005 194�

Australia

France1%

Marketshares2005

National2,8%

US81,2%

UnitedKingdom

10,6%

Others4,�%

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NumberoffeaturefilmsproducedinAustralia|1994-2005

Admissionsandgrossboxoffice|1995-2005

Foreignfilms

Officialco-productions

Total

100%national

Admissions(millions)

Grossboxoffice(AUDmillion)

45

Australia

Originaltitle Countryoforigin Distributor GrossBoxOffice(inAUD) 1 StarWarsEpisodeIII:RevengeoftheSith US Fox �545�6�6 2 HarryPotterandtheGobletofFire GBinc/US WarnerBros. �0799011 � Madagascar US UIP 25426110 4 CharlieandtheChocolateFactory GBinc/US Roadshow 24497897 5 MeettheFockers US UIP 24100857 6 WaroftheWorlds US UIP 21559982 7 Mr.andMrs.Smith US Fox 2040�665 8 TheIncredibles US BVI 16929065 9 WeddingCrashers US Roadshow 1677485210 BatmanBegins US/GBinc WarnerBros. 1577079611 KingKong US/NZinc UIP 14�5096912 Hitch US Sony 141974281� ChroniclesofNarniaI US/NZinc BVI 1�88554914 Robots US Fox 1�82�18�15 FantasticFour US/DE Fox 121777�716 ThePacifier US/CAinc BVI 1117166617 TheLongestYard US Sony 1096608�18 Wallace&Gromit:CurseoftheWere-Rabbit GBinc/US UIP 107�202019 TheDukesofHazzard US Roadshow 102714�020 Bewitched US Sony 98408�0

Source:MPDAA

Top20filmsbygrossboxofficeinAustralia|2005

Exhibitionanddistribution

Inlinewiththeinternationaltrend,bothgrossboxofficeandadmissionsfellbackinAustraliain2005.Cinemaattendancetotalled82.2millionticketssold,downfrom91.5millionin2004.The10%dropinadmissionswasreflectedinreducedboxofficetakingsof817.5millionAUD,downfrom907.2millionAUDin2004.BoxofficerevenueinAustraliahasshownalmostuninter-ruptedgrowthsince1990,withthe2005down-turnonlythesecondnegativeresultduringtheperiodinquestion.Thetop-rankingfilmoftheyear,Star Wars: Episode III – The Revenge of the Sith,earned�5.5millionAUD,almost15mil-lionAUDlessthanthetotalforShrek 2,themostpopulartitlein2004.

Australianfilmsobtaineda2.8%marketshareofboxofficein2005,anincreaseonthe1.�%reportedin2004butstillthesecondlowestscoreofthelast10years.27Australiantitleswerereleasedduringtheyear.ThemostsuccessfulofthesewashorrorfilmWolf Creek,earning5.8millionAUDattheboxofficeandreaching44thplaceintheannualranking.Multipleprize-winningdramaLittle Fishwasthesecondmostpopularlocaltitle,earning�.7millionAUD.TheaveragebudgetofanAustralianfeaturefilmin2004/2005

(includingofficialco-productions)was4.8mil-lionAUDandtheprintandadvertisingbudgetforadomestictitleonlimitedreleaserangedfrom0.1millionAUDto0.5millionAUD,withwiderreleasesbenefitingfromaP&Abudgetof1.0millionAUDormore.

Production

Thenumberoflocalfeaturefilmsproducedroseto19in2004/2005(16in200�/2004)butthetotalvalueofthisproductionshrankto61millionAUDfromthetotalof1�4millionAUDreportedin200�/2004.Privateinvestorsincreasedtheircontributiontothe2004/2005totalsignif-icantly,whileinvestmentbytheAustralianfilmandTVindustryfelloff,withtheshareofprivatebroadcasters(includingpayTV)thelowestforthelastnineyears.ThenumberofforeignfeaturesshootinginAustraliain2004/2005increasedto9(upfrom6in200�/2004),representingatotalvalueof24�millionAUD(249millionAUDin200�/2004).

Sources:AFC/MPDAA

46

HongKong Indonesia Malaysia Philippines Singapore Taiwan Thailand

Population2004(millions) 7,0 220,8 24,9 81,6 4,� 2�,0 6�,7

GDP2004(USDbillions) 16� 258 104 85 107 �26 16�

Admissions2004(millions) 16,8(1) 42,0 16,7 6�,7 14,8 21,4(1) �5,8

Admissions/inhabitant2004 2,4(1) 0,2 0,8(1) 0,8 �,5(1) 0,9(1) 0,6

(1) 2005

Asia

CinemascreensinAsia|1997-2005

1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005HongKong 179 185 189 178 175 184 188 197 200Indonesia 2150 2100 2100 2050 2000 850 850 876 ~Malaysia �09 �10 �10 �10 �00 295 20� 22� ~Philippines 970 950 950 950 940 900 870 825 ~Singapore 1�5 147 144 1�4 145 145 147 147 151Taiwan 666 672 67� 680 690 669 684 694 660Thailand �60 �60 �75 �90 �95 465 495 5�0 ~

Sources:HKTheatresAssociation/ScreenDigest/SingaporeMDA/InstitutfrançaisdeTaipei

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120

105

82,5 82 80 80

40 40 42

6�,7

78

Sources:ScreenDigest/MDASingapore/HKMPIA

Philippines

IndonesiaThailand

TaiwanHongKongSingaporeMalaysiaest

47

Asia

Internationaltitle Countryoforigin Distributor BoxofficeinmillionHKD 1 InitialD HK/CN MediaAsia �7,9 2 HarryPotterandtheGobletofFire GBinc/US WarnerBros. �5,0 � TheIncredibles US Intercontinental ��,8 4 KingKong US/NZinc UIP �0,6 5 WaroftheWorlds US UIP 2�,7 6 Mr.&Mrs.Smith US 20thCenturyFox 2�,� 7 Howl’sMovingCastle JP Intercontinental 22,5 8 Madagascar US UIP 22,0 9 Constantine US WarnerBros. 21,010 WaitTilYou’reOlder HK/CN MediaAsia 20,2

Sources:ScreenInternational/MPIA

Top10filmsbyboxofficeinHongKong|2005

Internationaltitle Countryoforigin Distributor BoxofficeinmillionUSD(1)

1 HarryPotterandtheGobletofFire GBinc/US WarnerBros 5,8 2 KingKong US/NZinc UIP 4,8 � StarWarsIII:RevengeoftheSith US 20thCenturyFox 4,1 4 TheChroniclesofNarniaI US/NZinc BuenaVistaInt. 4,1 5 Madagascar US UIP �,6 6 WaroftheWorlds US UIP �,2 7 FantasticFour US/DE 20thCenturyFox �,0 8 BatmanBegins US/GBinc WarnerBros 2,8 9 Constantine US GoldenVillage 2,810 Mr.&Mrs.Smith US 20thCenturyFox 2,6

(1) Estimatedboxofficeat�1December2005. Source:ScreenInternational

Top10filmsbyboxofficeinSingapore|2005

Internationaltitle Countryoforigin Distributor BoxofficeinmillionUSD 1 TheWaywardCloud TW/FR CMCEntertainment 0,�1 2 TheHeirloom TW/FR BuenaVistaInt. 0,26 � Fireball TW/CN A+Pictures 0,17 4 LetItBe TW CimageTaiwan 0,1� 5 Jump!Boys TW JumpBoysFilms 0,08

(1) BasedonresultsinTaipeionly. Source:ScreenInternational

Top5domesticfilmsbyboxofficeinTaiwan|2005(1)

Internationaltitle Countryoforigin Distributor BoxofficeinmillionHKD 1 InitialD HK/CN MediaAsia �7,9 2 WaitTilYou’reOlder HK/CN MediaAsia 20,2 � TheMyth HK/CN EmperorMotionPictures 17,1 4 DragonReloaded HK MeiAh 15,9 5 Election HK ChinaStar 15,9 6 HimalayaSingh HK/CN ChinaStar 15,6 7 PerhapsLove HK/CN/US ApplausePictures 1�,� 8 Drink,Drank,Drunk HK/CN FilmUnlimitedProdns. 12,0 9 AllAboutLove HK/CN FocusFilms 11,710 HouseofFury HK/CN EmperorMotionPictures 10,9

Sources:ScreenInternational/MPIA

Top10domesticfilmsbyboxofficeinHongKong|2005

48

Population2005 1�08million

GDP2004 1649billionUSD

1USD 8,0�CNY(March2006)

Admissions2004est 1�8million

Averageadmissions/inhab.2004 0,10

Averageurbanticketprice2004 20CNY(=2,40USD)

Screens2004 �8496

Modernurbanscreens2004 2�96

People’s Republic of China

Others40%

Marketshares2005est

National60%

Distribution

Chineseboxofficereceiptscontinuedtogrowrapidlyin2005,reachinganestimated2billionyuan(248millionUSD),a�0%increaseonthe1.57bil-lionyuan(186millionUSD),registeredin2004.SixofthetoptenfilmswerelocalproductionsandoverallmarketshareforChinesefilmsisestimatedat60%(55%in2004).ThehighestearningfilmwasChenKaige’sfantasyepicThe Promise,whichearnedreceiptsof146millionyuan,significantlyaheadofitsnearestrivalHarry Potter and the Goblet of Firewithboxofficeearningsof9�millionyuan.OtherlocalfilmsfeaturinginthelistincludedJackieChanvehicleThe Myth, TsuiHark’sSeven Swordsandcontemporarycarracedrama Initial D.Thoughforeignimportsdestinedforrevenue-sharingdistri-butionarelimitedto20peryear,furthertitlesmaybeimportedonaflat-feebasis.Asaresultanesti-matedtotalof50foreignfilmswerescreenedinmainlandChinain2005.

Productionandexhibition

FilmproductionsurgedaheadoncemoreinChina,withatotalof260featuresmadeduring2005,a2�%increaseon2004.65filmsoutofthetotalweremadebystate-ownedfilmstudios,whilst96weremadebyprivateornon-governmentalstudios.62filmsweremadeasco-productionsbetweenstate-ownedandprivatestudiosandafurther�7wereco-productionsbetweenstate-owned,privateandforeignstudios.Ofthetotalof260,52wereshotinadigitalformat.Chinawastheworld’sleadingmarketintermsoftheproportionoffilmsreleaseddigitallyin2005,with29digitalcinemareleasesoutofatotalof120,ofwhich18werelocallyproducedtitles.Screennumberswerealsoontherise,withatotalof55newcinemasopeningduring2005,principallybycinemachainsthathavebecomeakeyelementinmarketexpansion.

Sources:SARFT/ChinaDaily/ScreenDigest/Variety

100

50

150

200

100

250200

140

180

160

120

9 6 9 7 9 8 9 9 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 4 0 50 3

0

140

125121

125

115120

110117

1�7,5

20�,4187,5

194,1 20�,8 194,5

77,�

109,9120,8

186

248

Sources:SARFT/ScreenDigest

Admissionsandgrossboxoffice|1996-2005

Grossboxoffice(USDmillion)

Admissions(millions)

49

Population2004 1087million

GDP2004 685billionUSD

1USD 44,4INR(March2006)

Admissions2004est �591million

Averageadmissions/inhab.2004 �,�

Averageticketprice2004 8,91INR(=0,20USD)

Screens2004est 10500

Boxofficeshareofmultiplexes2005 40,0%

India

Others7,5%

Marketshares2004est

National92,5%

Exhibition

Total2004cinemaadmissionsinIndiawerejustunder�.6billion,placingthesub-continentinfirstplaceworldwideintermsofattendanceinasinglemarket.Ticketpricesareamongstthelowestintheworld,however,atanaverageofaround9rupees(0.20USD),whichmeanspro-portionatelylowerboxofficereturns–�2billionrupeesin2004(707millionUSD).Firstestimatesfor2005indicatethatboxofficerevenueincreasedbyaround17%comparedto2004.Theincreaseinthenumberofmultiplexcinemasiscertainlypartlyresponsibleforthisgrowth,asticketpricesinurbancomplexesaresignificantlyhigherthanthosepractisedintraditionalhalls.Screennum-bersinIndiagenerallyhavebeenfalling(from11000in200�toaround10500in2004)asthenumberofolderhallsclosingoutweighsinaugu-rationsofmoremodernscreens.

Production

Intermsofthenumberoffilmsproduced,theIndianindustryisprobablytheworld’smostprolific,withatotalof9�4Indianfeaturescerti-fiedforexhibitionbytheCentralBoardofFilmCertificationin2004.244filmsoutofthistotalwereHindi-languagefilms,butatotalof404filmswerecertifiedinthreeSouthernIndianlanguages:Telugu(20�films),Malayalam(71films)andTamil(1�0films).TwoproductionsintheTamillanguagewereamongthehighestearningfilmsoftheyear:thecomedyChandramukhifeaturinglocalsuper-starRajnikanth,andactionfilmAnniyan.

Sources:IBOSNetwork/ScreenDigest/ScreenInternational

Title Countryoforigin(2) Year Director Boxofficein INRcrore(�) 1 Chandramukhi IN(Tamil) 2005 V.P.Vasu 60,00(4)

2 Anniyan IN(Tamil) 2005 S.Shankar 57,00(4)

� BuntyaurBabli IN(Hindi) 2005 ShaadAli 4�,56 4 NoEntry IN(Hindi) 2005 AneesBazmee 41,97 5 Black IN(Hindi) 2005 SanjayLeelaBhansali �1,95 6 Sarkar IN(Hindi) 2005 RamGopalVerma 29,�0 7 SalaamNamaste IN(Hindi) 2005 SiddarthAnand 29,24 8 MangalPandey:TheRising IN(Hindi) 2005 KetanMehta 29,17 9 GaramMasala IN(Hindi) 2005 Priyadarshan 26,9110 Chatrapati IN(Telugu) 2005 S.S.Rajamouli 25,00(4)

11 Waqt IN(Hindi) 2005 VipulShah 24,0612 MainePyarKyunKiya IN(Hindi) 2005 DavidDhawan 21,751� Dus IN(Hindi) 2005 AnubhavSinda 21,�514 Parineeta IN(Hindi) 2005 PradeepSaskar 19,7215 Kaal IN(Hindi) 2005 SohamShah 19,2�16 SasuraBadaPaisewala IN(Bhojpuri) 2004 Unknown 17,00(4)

17 Apharan(1) IN(Hindi) 2005 PrakashJha 16,2018 Bluffmaster(1) IN(Hindi) 2005 RohaSippy 15,8919 KyaaKoolHaiHum IN(Hindi) 2005 SangeethSivan 15,8720 Lucky-NoTimeforLove IN(Hindi) 2005 R.Rao&V.Sapru 15,01(1) Stillonreleasein2006. (2) Inbrackets-originallanguageversion. (�)1crore=10millionINR,adjustedall-Indianet.

(4) Estimatedgross. Source:IBOSNetwork&EuropeanAudiovisualObservatory

Top20filmsbyboxofficeinIndia|2005

50

Population2005 127,7million

GDP2004 4669billionUSD

1USD 116,2JPY(March2006)

Admissions2005 160,5million

Averageadmissions/inhab.2005 1,26

Averageticketprice2005 12�5(=10,6USD)

Screens2005 2926

Screensincomplexes2005 1954

Japan

0

200

400

500

600

700

800

300

100

9 5 9 79 6 9 8 9 9 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 3 0 4 0 5

610

�21

289 279 278249 270 282 281 29� 287 �10

�56�19 ���

�06 298

�62

281

�47 ��5 ��9�75

598 611555 568

644 6�0 640 622649

7�1

Source:MPPAJ(Eiren)

120

140

200

180

160

100

120

140

160

180

200220

9 5 9 6 9 7 9 8 9 9 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 3 0 4 0 5

157,9148,8

177,2

19�,5

182,8

170,9

200,2 196,820�,�

210,9

198,2

127,0119,7

140,7

15�,1144,7

1�5,4

16�,� 160,8 162,�170,1

160,5

Source:MPPAJ(Eiren)

NumberoffilmsreleasedinJapan|1995-2005

Admissionsandgrossboxoffice|1995-2005

Marketshares2005

National41,�%

Others58,7%

Total

ImportedfilmsNationalfilms

Admissions(millions)

Grossboxoffice(JPYbillion)

51

Japan

Title Country Distributor Grossbox oforigin officeest 1 Haurunougokushiro(Howl’sMovingCastle) JP Toho 19,60 2 HarryPotterandtheGobletofFire GBinc/US WarnerBros. 11,50 � StarWarsEpisodeIII:RevengeoftheSith US Fox 9,17 4 WaroftheWorlds US UIP 6,00 5 CharlieandtheChocolateFactory GBinc/US WarnerBros. 5,�5 6 TheIncredibles US BuenaVista 5,26 7 PikachutheMovie:MewtoHadounoyushaLucario JP Toho 4,�0 8 ThePhantomoftheOpera US/GBinc Gaga/Usen 4,20 9 Negotiator:MashitaMasayoshi JP Toho 4,2010 TheTerminal US UIP 4,1511 Nana JP Toho 4,0�12 Muroishinji(TheSuspect) JP Toho �,8�1� TrainMan JP Toho �,7014 Ocean’sTwelve US/AUinc WarnerBros. �,6015 Always-SanchomenoYuhi(SunsetonThirdStreet) JP Toho �,2�16 Naemeorisoguijiugae(AMomenttoRemember) KR Gaga/Usen �,0017 Wae-chool(AprilSnow) KR UIP 2,7518 Constantin US WarnerBros. 2,7219 Kitanozeronen(YearOneintheNorth) JP Toei 2,7020 ShallWeDance? US Gaga/Usen 2,50

Source:MPPAJ(Eiren)

Productionanddistribution

Atotalof7�1filmswerereleasedintheJapa-nesemarketin2005,thehighestnumberofnewreleasessince1990.�56ofthesefilmswerelocallyproduced,46filmsmorethanin2004,andthehighestfiguresince1992.Theremaining�75filmswereforeignimports,anincreaseof�6filmsinrelationtothetotalfor2004(649films).Japanesefilmsearneda41.�%shareofgrossboxoffice,thebestscoresincethe41.5%registeredin1997.

AnimationfilmHauru no ugoku shiro (Howl’s Moving Castle),releasedinNovember2004,wasthemostpopularfilmin2005onthebasisofacumulativegrossof19.6billionyen,with2005year-endreleaseHarry Potter and the Goblet of Fireinsecondplacewithatotalof11.5billionyen.Themostsuccessful2005localreleasewasthelatestinthePokémonadventuresPikachu the Movie: Mew to Hadounoyusha Lucarioinsev-enthplace.SixfurtherJapanesetitlesfiguredinthetop20includingNegotiator,latestinstal-mentoftheBayside Shakedownseriesandtheaward-winningAlways - Sanchome no Yuhi (Sunset on Third Street).TheincreasingsuccessofSouthKoreanproductionwaswitnessedby

theappearanceoftwomelodramatictitlesNae meori sogui jiugae (A Moment to Remember)andWae-chool (April Snow) atsixteenthandseven-teenthplacesrespectively.

2005alsowitnessedanumberofchangesinthenationaldistributionlandscape,astwoofthelargestindependentdistributors,GagaCommunicationsandNipponHeraldFilms,weretakenoverfollowingfinancialproblems.

Exhibition

TotaladmissionstocinemasinJapanfellby5.7%,to160.5million,whileboxofficereceiptsfellbyback6%,from210.9billionyenin2004to198.2billionin2005.Averageticketprices(beforetax)slippedbackslightly,from1240yenin2004to12�5yenin2005,butJapaneseticketpricesremainamongthehighestworldwide.Screennumberscontinuedtorise,passingfrom2825in2004to2926in2005(+101screens)with67%ofscreenssituatedincinemacomplexes.51screenswereequippedwithhigh-enddigitalprojectionsystemsinmid-2005.

Sources:EIREN/ScreenDigest/InformaMedia

Top20filmsbygrossboxofficeinJapan|2005JPYbillion.

52

Population2005 48,�million

GDP2004 680billionUSD

1USD 988KRW(March2006)

Admissions2005est 14�,0million

Averageadmissions/inhab.2005est 2,95

Averageticketprice2004 6287KRW(=6,52USD)

Screens2005 16�4

South Korea

0

300

400

200

100

9 5 9 6 9 7 9 99 8 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 3 0 4 0 5 (prov.)

�07

64

62 55 604� 42

62 5282

65 74 8�65 59

4� 4959 65

78 80 82

�20

271244

2��

277

228

192175

19421�

Source:KOFIC

30 0

3 000

6 000

9 000180

150

60

90

120

1925 20282�84 2584

2862

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52�7

6�27

7171

84988807

9 5 9 6 9 7 9 8 9 9 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 3 0 4 0 5 (prov.)

45,1� 42,2 47,52 50,1854,72

61,69

89,4

105,1

119,4

1�5,214�,0

Sources:KOFIC/Variety(GBO2005)

Numberoffeaturefilmsproducedandimported|1995-2005

Admissionsandgrossboxoffice|1995-2005

Marketshares2005(Seoul)

Others�,9%

National55%

US�8,8%

European2,�%

Foreignfilmsreleased

NationalfilmsproducedNationalfilmsreleased

BoxOffice(hundredmillionKRW)

Admissions(millions)

5�

SouthKorea

Internationaltitle Countryoforigin Year Director Admissions 1 WelcometoDongmakgol KR 2005 ParkGwang-hyun 8008622 2 MarryingtheMafia2:Enemy-in-Law KR 2005 JeongYong-ki 56�5266 � Marathon KR 2005 JeongYoung-chul 5148022 4 AnotherPublicEnemy KR 2005 KangWoo-suk �911�56 5 Typhoon KR 2005 KwakKyung-taek �72�752 6 SympathyforLadyVengeance KR 2005 ParkChan-wook �650000 7 Mr.&Mrs.Smith US 2005 DougLiman �546900 8 HarryPotterandtheGobletofFire GBinc/US 2005 MikeNewell �47�400 9 TheIsland US 2005 MichaelBay �4��90010 WaroftheWorlds US 2005 StevenSpielberg �22�00011 Mapado KR 2005 ChooChang-min �09046712 YouAreMySunshine KR 2005 ParkJin-pyo �0511�41� Howl’sMovingCastle(1) JP 2004 HayaoMiyazaki �01516514 KingKong US/NZinc 2005 PeterJackson 291�00015 AllforLove KR 2005 MinKyu-dong 25��10�16 Murder,TakeOne KR 2005 JangJin 247529117 WhenRomanceMeetsDestiny US 2005 KimHyun-seok 247529118 BloodRain KR 2005 KimDae-seung 24�020019 Innocentsteps KR 2005 ParkYoung-hoon 227499520 ThePhantomoftheOpera(1) US/GBinc 2005 JoelSchumacher 2006880

(1) CumulativeadmissionssinceDecember2004. Sources:KOFIC/Distributors

Top20filmsbyadmissionsinSouthKorea|2005Provisionalranking.

Exhibition&distribution

SouthKoreawasoneofthefewmarketstoregisterpositiveresultsin2005,thoughgrowthshowedsignsofasignificantslowingdown.Admissionsrosetoanestimated14�million,a5.8%increaseon2004.Aselsewhereresultsforlocallyproducedandforimportedfilmsinthefirsthalfoftheyearweredisappointingandonlyasignificantimprovementinthesecondhalfallowedtheyeartoendonapositivenote.Neverthelessthe5.8%increaseinattendancebringstoanendtheperiodofdouble-digitgrowthinadmissionsobservedsince2000.Marketsharefornationalfilmsremainedstableinrelationto2004,atanestimated59%.Asin2004thecom-binedmarketshareofKoreanandAmericanfilmsinSeoulreached9�.8%,leavingscantroomforfilmsofotherorigins.

SevenoftheTop10filmsin2005wereKorean:themostpopularfilmwasdramaWelcome to Dongmakgolwhichsoldmorethan8millionticketsnationwide,aheadofsequelMarrying the Mafia 2insecondplacewith5.6millionadmis-sions.Asin2004theleadingdistributorwasCJEntertainmentwithamarketshareof21.9%,thoughShowbox,insecondplacewith19.8%ofthemarket,distributedtheleadingsuccesses

oftheyear(Welcome to Dongmakgol, Marrying the Mafia 2andMarathon).

Inthefaceofincreasingpressuretoreachagreementintradenegotiations,theKoreangovernmentdecidedtoreducethe40-year-oldscreenquotaforlocalfilmsfrom146to7�screendaysperyear.Atthesametimeanewsupportfunddesignedtofurtherstrengthenthelocalindustrywasestablishedwithafive-yearbudgetofUSD400million.

Koreanfilmsabroad

ExportsofKoreanfilmswereworthjustunder76millionUSDin2005,a�0%increaseonthevaluefor2004.ExportsconcentratedmoreonmoreontheAsianregion,with79%ofthetotalaccountedforbyexportstoJapan,where2Koreanfilmsfeaturedinthe2005Top20.Whereasinthepastcompletedworksandre-makerightsweretheprinciplefocusforexport,increasinglyKoreanfilmsarepre-sold,occasionallyatscenariostage.Asianmarketstendtoprefercommercialfilmsinvolvingspecificstaractorsordirectors,whereasEuropeanmarkets(principallyFranceandGermany)preferart-housetitles.

Sources:KOFIC/ScreenDigest

54

Bahrain BurkinaFaso Benin Egypt Israel Iran Lebanon

Population2004(millions) 0,72 12,8 8,2 72,6 6,6 66,8 �,5

GDP2004(USDbillions) 9,6(�) 5,0 4,1 79,1 117,5 128,6 ~

Screens2004 26 19 7(2) 220 �65 261 86

Admissions2004(millions) 1,25 1,5(1) 0,06(1) 24,5 10,4 8,0(2) 2,6

Admissions/inhab.2004est 1,7 0,1(1) 0,01(1) 0,� 1,6 0,1(2) ~

Africa - Middle East

Morocco Mali Senegal Tunisia SouthAfrica UnitedArabEmirates

Population2004(millions) �1,0 1�,1 11,4 10 47,2 4,�

GDP2004(USDbillions) 4�,7(�) 4,8 7,6 28,2 212,8 100est

Screens2004 14� 11 22(2) �6 776 177

Admissions2004(millions) 6,0 ~ 0,8(1) ~ 25,7 4,5

Admissions/inhab.2004est 0,2 ~ 0,1(1) ~ 0,5 1,0

(1) 2001 (2) 2002 (�) 200�

Top10AfricanandMiddleEasternfilmsbyadmissionsinEurope|1996-2005

Title Country Year Director Admissions oforigin inEurope 1 SafareGhandehar IR/FR 2001 MohsenMakhmalbaf 1�50952 2 HotelRwanda ZA/GB/IT/CA/US 2004 TerryGeorge 812596 � Al-massir EG/FR 1997 YoussefChahine 7271�8 4 Va,vis,etdeviens FR/BE/IT/IL 2005 RaduMihaileanu 601114 5 Dayereh IR/IT 2000 JafarPanahi 572654 6 Yadonilaheyya FR/MA/DE/PS 2001 EliaSuleiman 475510 7 Kadosh IL/FR 1999 AmosGitai 4748�8 8 Ta’meguilass IR/FR 1997 AbbasKiarostami 421560 9 Osama AF/JP/IE/NL/IR 200� SiddiqBarmak 41181410 LittleSenegal FR/DZ/DE 2001 RachidBouchareb �61�24Note:Anumberoffilmsmajority-financedbyaEuropeanproductioncompanyareincludedonthislistbecauseoftheirAfricanorMiddle-Easternculturalcontent.PleasenotethatFrenchadmissionstotalspriorto2004forsomefilmshavebeenrevised.

Source:OBS/LUMIERE

NumberoffeaturefilmsproducedinAfricaandtheMiddleEast|1995-2004

0

100

80

60

40

20

9 5 9 6 9 7 9 8 9 9 0 0 0 1 0 40 30 2

72

62

9 9 91� 15

1614 14

1�8

6�

54

54 5460

87

7682 8�

60 55

48

�0

20 2027

2124

25

40

4852

Sources:Cahiersducinéma/SD/DCN(BF)/EFC(EG)/CarthageFilmFestival/CNPC(ML)/FarabiFF(IR)

Iran

PakistanEgypt

IsraelMorocco

SouthAfrica,Tunisia,BurkinaFaso,Cameroon,Algeria,Lebanon,Mali

55

Africa-MiddleEast

Source:OBS/LUMIERE

AdmissionsinAfricaandtheMiddleEast|1995-2004Inmillions.

5

30

35

25

20

10

15

9 5 9 6 9 7 9 8 9 9 0 0 0 1 0 40 30 2

28,6

17,�

10,7

10,912,4

21,5 21,4 21,422,�

24,09 24,0 24,45

10,6 11,0

12,0 12,0

9,8 10,59,2

9,7 10,4

16,�15,5

10,9 10,9

11,710,7

8,�5

6,0

29 29,�

2�,4

15,8 16,017,7

29,6�1

28

24,1 24,68 25,1 25,66

Sources:ScreenDigest,UNESCO(1995-2001)/Lescahiersducinéma/CCM

BreakdownbyoriginofadmissionstoAfricanandMiddleEasternfilmsinEurope|1996-2005

Note:anumberoffilmsmajority-financedbyaEuropeanproductioncompanyareincludedinthisanalysisinordertoreflecttheirAfricanorMiddle-Easternculturalcontent.

SouthAfricaEgypt

Israel

Kenya

Morocco

Lebanon

Israel19,4%

Algeria6,1%

Tunisia5,8%

Iran�4,9%

SouthAfrica7,9%Egypt

6,5%

Morocco4,1%

Palestinian�,7%Authority

Afghanistan�%

Guinea1,5%

OtherAfrican2,9%

OtherMiddle-Eastern

4,2%

56

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127 pages Edition 2006

IRIS Special issue

“Broadcasters’ Obligations to Invest in Cinematographic Production”

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• What obligations has the state imposed on broadcasters in terms of investment and support for cinematographic film?

• What obligations have broadcasters entered into voluntarily?

• What exactly is regulated by the main provisions?

• What are the differences between obligations for public and private broadcasters?

• What do the broadcasters receive in return?

• Which obligations lead to direct investment and which to indirect support?

• What are the key economic figures?

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