28/08/2012 - The second half of the year is looking good for Germany, after the FFA published a report showing that admissions increased during the first semester

According to a FFA report for the first half of 2012, admissions between January and the end of June rose to 62.2 million, which is equivalent to a increase by 1.2% or 744,000 admissions compared to the same period last year.

Receipts increased even more clearly from €452.3m in the first half of 2011 to €461.7m in the first half of 2012. This is an increase of 2.1%, and makes results from this first semester the second best assessment ever recorded in Germany for a period of six months.

German films are doing well, attracting 12.8 million cinema-goers instead of 12.4 million, which makes its market share increase from 20.4 to a total of 20.8%, the third best result for a period of six months since 2000.

The most popular film from this first half of 2012 is French comedy The Intouchables [+see also:
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During the first semester, 270 new titles were released in cinemas (compared to 262 during the same period in 2011), including 105 German films (compared to 106 last year).

However, only 10.3 million cinema-goers went to see a film in 3D at the beginning of this year, compared to 12.1 million last year, meaning that the market share for 3D films dropped from 19.8 to 16.7%.

The number of screens on the territory has also slightly dropped to 4,596 on June 30. The number of communes with a cinema also continues to decline, as there are now only 913, which is 28 less than on June 30, 2011 and 158 less than on June 30, 2012.

(Translated from French)