Global cinema box office exceeded $42 billion for the first time in 2019, latest figures show.
Industry data source Comscore have confirmed that last year saw box office records fall again as global cinema audiences continued to show their love for the big screen experience.
Total global box office reach $42.5 billion, with the second highest box office ever in North America, and international revenues at $31.1 billion, that number exceeding $30 billion for the first time.
Across the year audiences around the world responded to a range of high profile titles like Avengers: Endgame, The Lion King, Frozen 2, Spider-Man: Far From Home and Captain Marvel.
Welcoming these exceptional figures, Paul Dergarabedian, Comscore’s Senior Media Analyst said:
“The immersive bigger-than-life movie theater experience remains a singular, essential and relevant part of the entertainment diet of consumers around the world. The gold standard experience created by cinemas combined with amazing studio films will continue to draw enthusiastic crowds now and in the future.”