Attendance at movie theaters in Spain in 2022 rose 45% compared to the previous year to 61.2 million viewers and the box office reached 379 million euros, 49% more than in 2021, according to provisional data from 29 December ComScore. However, the average collection and viewers for 2022 is still far from the 2015-2019 period, as they are 39% lower than before the pandemic, according to data provided by FECE (Federation of Spanish Cinemas).
The best premiere of the year (on December 16) has been Avatar: The Sense of Water. With a collection that reaches 29.56 million euros, the second installment of this saga directed by James Cameron is already the highest grossing of the last three years, and the no. 12 in the historical ranking of the country (classification led by the original Avatar, from 2009, with 79 million euros).
For the first time since 2019, the ten most viewed films of the year all exceed the barrier of 10 million euros in collection, as highlighted by FECE. These are the Spanish Padre no hay más que uno 3 (15.6 million euros), Doctor Strange in the multiverse of madness (13.1), Uncharted (12.2), Tadeo Jones 3. The emerald table (11 ,8); Thor: Love And Thunder (11.6), The Batman (10.8) and Top Gun: Maverick (10.6).
The film week (from December 23 to 29) has been the one with the highest attendance, with 2.4 million viewers. December 28 was the record day in the post-pandemic, with 620,000 viewers.
