Key annual numbers
Find the latest key figures on production, distribution and the cinema market in Denmark. You can also find links to current box office numbers and information about previous years.
CINEMAS |
2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 |
| Cinemas in Denmark | 163 | 166 | 167 | 169 | 167 |
| Multiplex cinemas (min. 6 screens) | 23 | 25 | |||
| Cinema screens | 444 | 458 | 470 | 484 | 476 |
| Cinema seats (1,000) | 61 | 63 | 63 | 64 | 63 |
| Average ticket price excl. VAT (EUR) | 9.2 | 9.6 | 9.7 | 9.9 | 9.6 |
| Source: Statistics Denmark. | |||||
PRODUCTION |
2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 |
| Feature films supported for production | 23 | 21 | 22 | 20 | 25 |
| Short and documentary films supported for production | 31 | 22 | 25 | 32 | 30 |
| Minor feature films supported for production | 8 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 8 |
| Minor short and documentary films supported for production | 6 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 |
| The average production budget for a Danish feature film | EUR 2.9m | EUR 3.3m | EUR 2.5m | EUR 4.1m | EUR 2.4m |
| Average DFI-subsidy allocation to a Danish feature film | 41% | 31% | 37% | 35% | 49% |
| Source: DFI | |||||
BOXOFFICE |
2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 |
| National feature film releases | 26 | 26 | 26 | 24 | 20 |
| National documentary film release | 9 | 8 | 12 | 6 | 4 |
| Total admissions in Denmark | 13.0m | 12.4m | 12.5m | 12.8m | 7.2m |
| Admissions for Danish films in Denmark | 2.7m | 2.5m | 3.7m | 3.4m | 3.5m |
| Tickets sold per capita in Denmark | 2.3 | 2.1 | 2.2 | 2.2 | 1.2 |
| National market share | 21% | 21% | 30% | 27% | 50% |
| US market share | 60% | 61% | 52% | 58% | 37% |
| European market share | 13% | 15% | 16% | 12% | 9% |
| Market share, other | 6% | 3% | 2% | 3% | 4% |
| Percentages may not total 100 due to rounding. Source: Statistics Denmark. |
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TOP 10 / ALL FILMS 2020 |
TOP 10 / DANISH FILMS 2020 |
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| Title | Release | Tickets 2020 (1000s) | Title | Release | Tickets 2020 (1000s) | |
| Another Round | 24.09.20 | 785 | Another Round | 24.09.2020 | 785 | |
| Riders of Justice | 17.12.20 | 448 | Riders of Justice | 17.12.2020 | 448 | |
| Klovn The Final | 30.01.20 | 425 | Klovn The Final | 30.01.2020 | 425 | |
| Into the Darkness | 09.01.20 | 363 | Into the Darkness | 09.01.2020 | 363 | |
| Father of Four and the Vikings | 01.10.2020 | 300 | Father of Four and the Vikings | 01.10.2020 | 300 | |
| Frozen 2 | 25.12.19 | 300 | The Good Traitor | 13.08.2020 | 193 | |
| Tenet | 13.08.20 | 219 | Erna at War | 29.10.2020 | 155 | |
| The Good Traitor | 13.08.20 | 193 | The Exception | 02.07.2020 | 149 | |
| 1917 | 02.01.20 | 186 | Shorta | 08.10.2020 | 115 | |
| Bad Boys for Life | 16.01.20 | 179 | The Food Club | 22.10.2020 | 114 | |
| * Still in cinemas in 2021 | ||||||
| **admissions in 2020 - lifetime 700.000 | ||||||
| Source: Statistics Denmark. | ||||||