czech republic

CZECH REPUBLIC
(Population: 10.5 million)
(1) CZECH REPUBLIC: THEATRICAL MARKET OVERVIEW
Screens
Theatrical admissions (millions)
Per capita attendance
Box office (EUR millions*)
Average ticket price (EUR)
Releases
Domestic releases
US releases
European releases**
German releases
Domestic market share
German market share
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
806
10.79
1.0
47.26
4.88
220
48
111
57
6
20.5%
0.65%
828
11.12
1.1
50.84
4.37
226
46
89
86
8
20.4%
2.32%
834
11.06
1.1
52.05
4.78
291
70
118
25
5
20.2%
0.08%
841
11.58
1.1
52.78
5.04
260
50
102
72
7
23.8%
2.07%
689
12.95
1.1
62.47
4.78
255
46
106
80
10
18.4%
2.15%
*EUR equivalents are calculated throughout at the exchange rate for December 31 of the year in question.
**Excluding German majority films.
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Percentage of annual box office
Czech Republic: Theatrical market shares 2011-2015
25
20
15
Domestic
10
German
5
0
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
Czech Republic: Theatrical Releases 2011-2015
350
300
Total
250
200
Domestic
150
US
100
European
50
German
0
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
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(2) THEATRICAL RELEASES IN THE CZECH REPUBLIC
TITLE
DISTRIBUTOR RELEASE DATE ADMISSIONS
2011 German films (100% or majority co-productions)
THE THREE MUSKETEERS (Ger/Fr/UK/US)
PINA (Ger/Fr)
DREI (Ger)
LOLLIPOP MONSTER (Ger)
WOMB (Ger/Hun/Fr)
THE PIANO TUNER OF EARTHQUAKES (Ger/UK/Fr)
Hollywood Classic Entertainment
35 Milim
CinemArt
CinemArt
Artcam Praha
ED Distribution
20.10.11
15.09.11
14.04.11
27.10.11
18.08.11
01.04.11
53,174
7,952
5,819
1,496
1,187
454
Aerofilms
Aerofilms
Warner Bros. Czech Republic
Falcon
Aerofilms
Falcon
CinemArt
Artcam Praha
Aerofilms
ACFK
Artcam
Film Europe
29.09.11
26.05.11
14.04.11
10.11.11
10.11.11
07.07.11
31.03.11
27.10.11
20.10.11
27.09.11
21.07.11
21.04.11
103,195
42,843
12,992
8,612
8,604
5,755
2,924
2,632
2,236
1,526
621
459
2011 German minority co-productions
ALOIS NEBEL (Cz/Ger/Slvk)
MELANCHOLIA (Den/Swe/Fr/Ger)
UNKNOWN (US/Ger/UK/Fr)
ANONYMOUS (UK/Ger)
HODEJEGERNE (Nor/Den/Ger)
HANNA (US/UK/Ger)
MAMMA GOGO (Ice/Nor/Swe/Ger)
CAVE OF FORGOTTEN DREAMS (US/Fr/Ger/Can)
LA SOLITUDINE DEI NUMERI PRIMI (It/Ger/Fr)
A TORINÓ LÓ (Hun/Fr/Ger/Swz)
POST MORTEM (Chile/Ger/Mex)
SNABBA CASH (Swe/Den/Ger)
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2012 German films (100% or majority co-productions)
CLOUD ATLAS (Ger/US)
KONFERENZ DER TIERE (Ger)
RESIDENT EVIL: RETRIBUTION (Ger/Can)
A DANGEROUS METHOD (Ger/Can/UK/Swz)
HALT AUF FREIER STRECKE (Ger)
WER WENN NICHT WIR (Ger)
DIE 4. REVOLUTION – ENERGY AUTONOMY (Ger)
BAIKONUR (Ger/Rus)
EEAP Film Distribution CZ-SK
Intersonic
Falcon
Bontonfilm
CinemArt
Film Europe
Aerofilms
Film Europe
22.11.12
22.03.12
13.09.12
26.01.12
29.03.12
12.01.12
04.10.12
07.06.12
128,187
60,108
43,426
23,664
1,297
861
502
220
CinemArt
Falcon
Bioscop/Magic Box
Falcon
Aerofilms
Film Europe
Aerofilms
35 Milim
CinemArt
Aerofilms
Film Europe
Verbascum Imago/EuCiGo
Film Europe
CinemArt
21.02.12
08.03.12
19.04.12
29.03.12
02.02.12
12.07.12
15.11.12
26.01.12
05.01.12
12.04.12
12.07.12
15.11.12
05.01.12
29.11.12
97,203
57,527
24,839
16,669
13,638
12,039
11,350
9,726
9,561
7,721
4,696
3,123
2,982
2,945
2012 German minority co-productions
MODRY TYGR (Cz/Ger)
CTYRI SLUNCE (Cz/Ger)
HYSTERIA (UK/Fr/Ger/Lux)
THE VOW (US/Brz/Fr/Aus/UK/Ger)
TINKER TAILOR SOLDIER SPY (UK/Fr/Ger)
IRON SKY (Fin/Ger/Aus)
DEN SKALDEDE FRISØR (Den/Fr/It/Swe/Ger)
CARNAGE (Fr/Ger/Pol)
LE HAVRE (Fin/Fr/Ger)
EN KONGELIG AFFÆRE (Den/Cz/Swe/Ger)
FAUST (Rus/Ger)
W CIEMNOSCI (Pol/Ger/Can)
LOURDES (Aut/Ger/Fr)
ET SI ON VIVAIT TOUS ENSEMBLE? (Fr/Ger)
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HOLY MOTORS (Fr/Ger)
CSAK À SEL (Hun/Ger/Fr)
2 DAYS IN NEW YORK (Fr/Ger/Bel)
MARIEKE, MARIEKE (Bel/Ger)
LA TERRE OUTRAGÉE (Fr/Ger/Pol)
TOURNÉE (Fr/Ger)
Aerofilms
Artcam Praha
EEAP Film Distribution CZ-SK
Film Europe
Film Europe
Atlantis
29.11.12
13.09.12
31.05.12
21.06.12
13.12.12
31.05.12
2,090
1,907
1,830
164
n/a
n/a
Asociace Ceskych Filmovych Klubú
Aerofilms
Film Europe
Film Europe
Film Europe
11.04.13
21.11.13
25.04.13
03.10.13
16.05.13
5,920
2,386
591
344
79
Bioskop/AQA
Bontonfilm
Bontonfilm
Aerofilms
Intersonic
Artcam Praha
Aerofilms
Aerofilms
Artcam Praha
Film Europe
03.10.13
28.02.13
13.09.13
26.12.13
12.12.13
14.02.13
31.10.13
08.08.13
28.02.13
02.05.13
154,426
102,035
26,726
24,641
13,505
10,012
4,140
4,108
1,525
1,384
2013 German films (100% or majority co-productions)
LORE (Ger/Aus/UK)
FEUCHTGEBIETE (Ger)
DIE VIERTE MACHT (Ger)
THIS AIN’T CALIFORNIA (Ger)
4 TAGE IM MAI (Ger)
2013 German minority co-productions
RUSH (US/UK/Ger)
HANSEL & GRETEL: WITCH HUNTERS (US/Ger)
THE MORTAL INSTRUMENTS: CITY OF BONES (US/Ger/Can)
NYMPHOMANIAC: VOLUME 1 (Den/Ger/Fr/Bel/Swe)
NIKO 2: LENTÄJÄVELJEKSET (Fin/Den/Ire/Ger)
AMOUR (Fr/Ger/Aut)
KVINDEN I BURET (Den/Ger/Swe)
THE CONGRESS (Isr/Ger/Pol/Fr/Bel/Lux)
POST TENEBRAS LUX (Mex/Fr/NL/Ger)
INTO THE WHITE (Nor/Swe/Ger)
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LA RELIGIEUSE (Fr/Ger/Bel)
LES SALAUDS (Fr/Ger)
MÉTEORA (Gr/Ger)
SIMON OCH EKARNA (Swe/Den/Ger/Nor)
BABYCALL (Nor/Ger/Swe)
LA MER À L’AUBE (Fr/Ger)
Film Europe
Artcam Praha
Film Europe
Film Europe
Film Europe
Film Europe
12.12.13
28.11.13
20.06.13
06.06.13
10.01.13
24.10.13
1,187
830
581
393
260
188
CinemArt
Bioscop
Bontonfilm
Intersonic
A-Company
A-Company
Aerofilms
28.08.14
01.10.14
08.05.14
06.11.14
03.07.14
22.05.14
13.12.14
127,066
46,552
34,944
27,573
2,438
883
n/a
CinemArt
Falcon
Aerofilms
CinemArt
Bontonfilm
Forum Film
Aerofilms
CinemArt
13.03.14
06.03.14
09.01.14
27.02.14
20.03.14
04.09.14
30.01.14
30.10.14
79,896
74,590
60,153
37,072
35,142
14,887
11,971
3,774
2014 German films (100% or majority co-productions)
FACK JU GÖHTE (Ger)
DER 7BTE ZWERG (Ger)
DER MEDICUS (Ger)
DIE BIENE MAJA – DER KINOFILM (Ger/Aus)
LAUF JUNGE LAUF (Ger/Fr/Pol)
SPUTNIK (Ger/Bel/Cz)
DIE MEISTERSINGER VON NÜRNBERG (Ger)
2014 German minority co-productions
THE GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL (US/Ger)
FAIR PLAY (Cz/Slvk/Ger)
NYMPHOMANIAC: VOLUME 2 (Den/Ger/Fr/Swe/Bel)
THE MONUMENTS MEN (US/Ger)
POMPEII (Can/Ger)
A MOST WANTED MAN (UK/US/Ger)
THE LUNCHBOX (Ind/Fr/Ger)
MAPS TO THE STARS (Can/US/Fr/Ger)
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LE MERAVIGLIE (It/Ger)
HROSS Í OSS (Ice/Ger)
KIS UYKUSU (Tur/Ger/Fr)
SIMINDIS KUNDZULI (Geo/Ger/Fr/Cz/Kaz)
SNABBA CASH II (Swe/Den/Ger)
PELO MALO (Ven/Per/Arg/Ger)
Aerofilms
Film Europe
Film Europe
Artcam Praha
Film Europe
Cinema Glok
14.08.14
04.09.14
16.10.14
13.11.14
15.05.14
20.11.14
2,538
2,398
1,480
732
n/a
n/a
CinemArt
Bontonfilm
Bohemia Motion Pictures
Mirius FD
Artcam Praha
Asociace Ceskych Filmovych Klubú
CinemArt
Film Europe
Film Europe
Film Europe
29.10.15
15.01.15
20.06.15
06.08.15
13.08.15
26.02.15
21.05.15
29.01.15
29.10.15
10.12.15
212,192
29,281
12,014
9,206
6,938
3,397
3,159
1,305
1,274
181
Bontonfilm
CinemArt
Bontonfilm
New Europe
Aerofilms
31.12.15
27.08.15
30.04.15
12.11.15
14.05.15
36,483
19,833
16,063
7,718
5,382
2015 German films (100% or majority productions)
FACK JU GÖHTE 2 (Ger)
LOVE, ROSIE (Ger/UK)
OOOPS! DIE ARCHE IST WEG (Ger/Ire/Bel/Lux)
DER KLEINE DRACHE KOKOSNUSS (Ger)
SCHMITKE (Ger/Cz)
PHOENIX (Ger)
NICHT MEIN TAG (Ger)
CLOUDS OF SILS MARIA (Ger/Fr/Swz)
VICTORIA (Ger)
VON CALIGARI ZU HITLER (Ger)
2015 German minority co-productions
POINT BREAK (US/Ger)
HITMAN: AGENT 47 (US/Ger)
SHE’S FUNNY THAT WAY (US/Ger)
DOKTOR PROKTORS PROMPEPULVER (Nor/Ger)
FASANDRÆBERNE (Den/Ger/Swe)
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EN DUVA SATT PÅ EN GREN OCH FUNDERADE PÅ TILLVARON (Swe/Fr/Nor/Ger) Film Europe
BIG GAME (Fin/Ger/UK)
Indigo Film
3 COEURS (Fr/Ger/Bel)
Film Europe
FEHÉR ISTEN (Hun/Ger/Swe)
Artcam Praha
1001 GRAM (Nor/Fr/Ger)
Film Europe
DIPLOMATIE (Fr/Ger)
Film Europe
PIONER (Nor/Ger/Swe/Fr/Fin)
Film Europe
AMOUR FOU (Aut/Lux/Ger)
Film Europe
LOVE ISLAND (Cro/Ger/Bos/Swz)
Film Europe
¡VIVAN LAS ANTIPODAS! (Arg/Ger/NL)
Doc Alliance
CEMETERY OF SPLENDOR (Thai/Fr/Ger/UK)
Artcam Praha
UN ETAJ MAI JOS (Rom/Fr/Ger/Swe)
Artcam Praha
16.04.15
18.06.15
05.02.15
05.02.15
23.04.15
09.04.15
16.07.15
18.06.15
25.06.15
23.01.15
17.12.15
12.11.15
3,962
2,867
2,009
1,455
1,330
1,025
481
379
379
325
187
64
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(3) TOP 10 GERMAN FILMS IN THE CZECH REPUBLIC (THEATRICAL), 2011-2015
FACK JU GÖHTE 2 (2015)
CLOUD ATLAS (2012)
FACK JU GÖHTE (2014)
KONFERENZ DER TIERE (2011)
THE THREE MUSKETEERS (2011)
DER 7BTE ZWERG (2014)
RESIDENT EVIL: RETRIBUTION (2012)
DER MEDICUS (2014)
LOVE, ROSIE (2015)
DIE BIENE MAJA - DER KINOFILM (2014)
A DANGEROUS METHOD (2012)
ADMISSIONS
BOX OFFICE (EUR)
212,192
128,187
127,066
60,108
53,174
46,552
43,426
34,944
29,281
27,573
23,664
1,014,277
560,177
640,413
262,672
259,489
234,622
189,772
176,118
139,963
138,968
103,412
Average admissions for a German film in the Czech Republic, 2011-2015: 23,782
Average box office for a German film in the Czech Republic, 2011-2015: EUR 100,648
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(4) CZECH REPUBLIC: DISTRIBUTORS OF GERMAN FILMS
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
TOTAL
Film Europe
-
2
3
-
3
8
CinemArt
2
1
-
1
2
6
Aerofilms
Bontonfilm
-
1
1
1
-
1
1
1
3
3
A-Company
Artcam Praha
Asociace Ceskych Filmovych Klubú
Intersonic
1
-
1
2
1
-
1
1
1
-
2
2
2
2
35 Milim
Bioscop
Bohemia Motion Pictures
EEAP Film Distribution CZ-SK
ED Distribution
Falcon
Hollywood Classic Entertainment
Mirius FD
1
1
1
-
1
1
-
-
1
-
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
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(5) CZECH REPUBLIC: HOME ENTERTAINMENT MARKET OVERVIEW
Number of TV channels
Number of dedicated film channels
Annual value of DVD and Blu-Ray business
Average retail price: DVD
Average retail price: Blu-Ray
Annual value of VOD business
Average monthly subscription
168
27
€39.7m
€11.69
€17.79
€1.7m
€6.9
All figures latest available
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(6) CZECH REPUBLIC: GERMAN FILMS ON TV
Channel: Film Europe
Dates: 17-30 May 2016
The Czech Republic fits neatly into a number of panEuropean TV footprints, notably HBO, Cinemax and FilmBox
and, as a result, is well-supplied with mainstream movies on
pay-per-view or subscription channels.
Film Europe, which covers both the Czech Republic and
Slovakia, is clearly a specialist channel and is linked to the
leading local arthouse theatrical distributor.
Its programming is quite adventurous, including for example,
three Ingmar Bergman films and a documentary about
Jacques Derrida in the two weeks surveyed.
Other unspecified countries on the chart are Belgium;
Hungary; Netherlands; Norway; Poland; Romania; Spain;
Sweden; and Switzerland.
Germany is represented in the fortnight surveyed by
GELIEBTE CLARA; KRIEGERIN; THIS AIN’T CALIFORNIA and
DAS WEISSE BAND.
Czech Republic: Films on TV
by country of origin
France
Italy
UK
Germany
Other
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(7) CZECH REPUBLIC: GERMAN FILMS ON DVD
Retailer: Bontonland.cz
Sample: Titles listed under drama
This analysis is based on the 878 titles listed as ‘drama’ which
are available for purchase on DVD and/or Blu-Ray from the
online portal of leading Czech entertainment company
Bonton.
‘Czech’ covers both the Czech Republic and the former
Czechoslovakia.
Other Europe consists of Austria; Belgium; Denmark; Finland;
Greece; Hungary; Ireland; Italy; Norway; Poland; Slovakia;
Spain; and Sweden.
Other comprises Australia; Canada; China; Hong Kong;
Japan; Korea; New Zealand; Russia (USSR and CIS); Turkey;
and South Africa.
German titles available are: DER BLAUE ENGEL; A
DANGEROUS METHOD; DON’T COME KNOCKING; FREIER
FALL; GEGEN DIE WAND; HEAVEN; LILI MARLEEN; THE
PALERMO SHOOTING; DIE PÄPSTIN; and DAS PARFUM - DIE
GESCHICHTE EINES MÖRDERS.
Czech Republic: DVD titles by
country of origin
US
Czech Republic
UK
France
Germany
Other Europe
Other
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(8) CZECH REPUBLIC: GERMAN FILMS ON VOD
Platform: Voyo
Sample: Entire catalogue
‘Czech’ here covers both the Czech Republic and the former
Czechoslovakia.
‘Other Europe’ consists of Austria; Belgium; Croatia;
Denmark; Estonia; Finland; Hungary; Iceland; Ireland; Latvia;
Netherlands; Norway; Poland; Serbia; Slovenia; Spain; and
Sweden.
‘Other’ comprises Argentina; Australia; Brazil; Chile; China;
Georgia; India; Iran; Israel; Kazakhstan; Korea; Malaysia;
Mexico; Palestine; Philippines; Russia (USSR and CIS);
Singapore; South Africa; Thailand; and Vietnam.
German titles available are: ABSURDISTAN; DIE ABENTEUER
DES HUCK FINN; ANONYMA - EINE FRAU IN BERLIN; AUF
DER ANDEREN SEITE; DREI; DRESDEN; EFFI BRIEST; FACK
JU GÖHTE; FACK JU GÖHTE 2; FINAL CONTRACT: DEATH ON
DELIVERY; FREIER FALL; HALT AUF FREIER STRECKE;
HEADHUNTER: THE ASSESSMENT WEEKEND; JOHN RABE;
DAS LEBEN DER ANDEREN; DER MEDICUS; MEIN BRUDER
IST EIN HUND; MEIN FÜHRER - DIE WIRKLICH WAHRSTE
WAHRHEIT ÜBER ADOLF HITLER; MORGEN IHR LUSCHEN!
DER AUSBILDER-SCHMIDT FILM; NANGA PARBAT; NANCY &
FRANK: A MANHATTAN LOVE STORY; NICHT MEIN TAG; DER
ROTE BARON; SOMMERSTURM; DIE SUPERNASEN; DIE
TÜR; VORSTADTKROKODILE; VORSTADTKROKODILE 2;
VORSTADTKROKODILE 3; DAS WEISSE BAND; DER WIXXER;
ZÄRTLICHE CHAOTEN; ZWEI NASEN TANKEN SUPER; and
ZWÖLF METER OHNE KOPF.
Czech Republic: VOD titles by
country of origin
Czech Republic
US
France
Italy
UK
Hong Kong
Canada
Germany
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(9) CZECH REPUBLIC: COMMENTARY
A small but dynamic market of just over 10 million people who, on average, go to the movies just over once a year, the Czech
Republic is like Poland in having retained a small but significant arthouse sector. But, unlike Hungary, Romania and other former
Eastern bloc countries, it hasn’t been swamped by runaway production (although Barrandov studios remain busy) and Hollywood
movies. There is also, for obvious historical reasons, a certain affinity with Germany that ensures a broader range of German films
than one would expect in so small a territory. But with an average of only seven films released over the five-year period surveyed,
the Czech Republic is unlikely to ever be a major market for German films.
Statistics on the number of screens are somewhat erratic (it seems unlikely that 18% of the country’s screens shut down between
2014 and 2015), but other key indicators show a steady growth in the theatrical market, with admissions up 20% between 2011 and
2015 and box office increasing by an impressive 32%. While the size of the country limits the number of films opening each year
(an average of 250), European movies make up a greater proportion of those opening than in most countries, while local product is
also widely distributed, cornering an annual market share of around 20%. The lists of minority co-productions in Section (2) are
thus impressively long.
In the case of German films, while the big numbers go, as elsewhere, to English-language movies like THE THREE MUSKETEERS,
RESIDENT EVIL: RETRIBUTION and to animated children’s fare like KONFERENZ DER TIERE, DER 7BTE ZWERG and OOOPS! DIE
ARCHE IST WEG, there is clearly a niche – and sometimes more than that – for more ‘culturally’ German films such as DREI,
FEUCHTGEBIETE and PHOENIX. They only sell between 3,000 and 5,000 tickets, however, and Germany is not the biggest source of
European films, coming in third place after France and the UK.
The most notable German successes of the past two years have been the two FACK JU GÖHTE movies, the second one of which is
the only German film of the past decade to take more than EUR 1 million at the Czech box office. Indeed, the sequel made it into
the Republic’s annual Top 20, ahead of MAD MAX: FURY ROAD, TED 2 and PIXELS.
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Among local distributors, arthouse specialist Film Europe is German cinema’s most faithful Czech client, with eight releases over
the five-year period surveyed, while crossover specialist and Czech market leader CinemArt handled six. But the market remains a
small one: Film Europe’s eight German releases averaged just over 600 tickets at the box office.
The home entertainment scene is more interesting. Prague is, for a number of reasons (not the least of them geographical), one of
the hubs of Central and Eastern European pay-TV channels and, increasingly, VOD platforms. The aforementioned theatrical
distributor Film Europe has its own movie channel, while the availability of arthouse titles and German films on DVD is currently
quite wide, to judge by the titles on the roster of top Czech entertainment company Bonton. Likewise VOD specialist Voyo has most
of the Czech classics in its catalogue, alongside a good selection of European and German movies. The latter currently account for
just under 2.5% of the titles on Voyo – about the same as Germany’s theatrical market share.
These are, however, niche operations and, with HBO, Cinemax, Filmbox and Netflix vying for local audiences, it seems unlikely that
they are major earners (download and streaming figures are no more available in the Czech Republic than they are anywhere
else). It is once again a question of availability vs. viability. And, given the algorithms used buy Netflix, films which are not watched
tend to fall off the platform.
(10) CZECH REPUBLIC: SOURCES AND ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
CIA World Factbook, XE Currency Converter, European Audiovisual Observatory, Box Office Mojo, Cesky Statisticky Urad (CSU,
Czech Statistical Office), Czech Film Center, Unie Filmovych Distributoru (UFD, Film Distributors’ Association), Associace
Televiznich Organizaci (ATO), Cinando, www.bontonland.cz, voyo.cz, Film Europe, Nova TV
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