Wednesday, February 27, 2019

Homegrown movie attendance on the rise. Demand fueled by higher quality films and critical acclaim


The number of moviegoers attending Lebanese films has increased tremendously in the last two years, with the quarter of all movie tickets sold being for these movies.

Attendance of homegrown productions jumped from 230,000 people in 2014, to 430,000 in 2015, 605,000 in 2016, 900,000 in 2017, and 905,000 last year, according to data compiled at various theaters.

Cinemas showed 22 local commercial and art house films in 2018, and the same number in 2017, increasing from 15 films in ...

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