The Spanish cinema achieved in 2014 the best year ever – ABC.es

The harvest of 2014 already occupies a place of honor in the book of Spanish cinema. While there are still three weeks to the end of the year the national cinema industry can boast of having achieved the better box office history , with EUR 123 million raised to December 7, according to the specialized company Rentrak, compared to 119.8 million in 2012.

The films produced in our country and reaches the 25.5% of the box office Spain , the best figure of the last 37 years. Moreover, these figures mean that the Spanish film takes collected 75.3% more than in 2013 and spectators have increased 89%, to 20.8 million in 2014. Nearby, the latter figure, the record set in 2005, 21.3, according to the bulletin of the Institute of Cinematography and Audiovisual Arts (ICAA).

Some historical results that have led to FAPAE, the Confederation which includes Spanish audiovisual producers, to issue a statement in which, first, appreciates your loyalty to viewers. “Producers are happy to have managed to connect with the public through films for the general public as well as the so-called auteur, resulting in a wide range of films, in order to meet different tastes of viewers’ FAPAE president, Ramon Colom said. “These figures will justify the need for continue to support our cinema as an example of a robust industry with many possibilities,” he said.

FAPAE congratulates producers and creatives who have participated in the fruitful harvest of 2014. Colom, “channels [TV] have a key role in the success of productions and especially with the excellent promotion that can offer. ” “We must continue to build a strong and competitive industry, and all the actors who are part of it have to? Rowing? in the same direction, “he added.

The films seen

The good year of Spanish cinema has several” guilty “, with special reference to the four productions of over a million viewers, and first place for the undisputed king of 2014: “Eight Basque surnames’ authentic sociological phenomenon that reached 56 million euros and 9.5 million viewers.

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ranking of Spanish films seen the year in second position is “El Niño”, which has reached 16.2 million euros. “Torrente 5: Operation Eurovegas” Spanish is the third most watched film with 10.7 million. Fourth lies “Minimum island”, still in poster and already exceeds 6 million euros. The fifth film is a co-production with Argentina “Stories savages”, also in cinemas now and has already reached 4 million.

Other Spanish hits of the year have been “Mort and Phil with Jimmy’s Randy” accumulated 2.6 million in its second weekend of exhibition, so it still has some way to go; “Pancho, the dog millionaire” with 2.5 million of revenue; “Sorry if I call love,” 2.1 million and “Carmina and amen ‘, with nearly 2 million.

Milestones 2014

Figures that are rounded to record highs , and again with “Eight Basque surnames’ front: Comedy Emilio Martínez-Lázaro he became the film Spanish highest grossing of all time and . in second overall, behind only “Avatar”

In addition, the Spanish film won 70% of revenue in the weekend of October 4, with three films: “Torrente 5 ‘,’ The Low Island “and” El Niño “.