Top 20 countries
by number of cinema admissions, 2003–2007
Next update to be advised
In 2007, Australia ranked no. 15 in the
world in terms of total number of cinema admissions, same as the previous
year and down one place from no.14 in 2005.
Rank
(2007)
Country
Admissions
(millions)
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
1
India
3,420.0
3,591.0
3,770.0
3,997.0
3,290.0
2
US
1,570.0
1,536.0
1,403.0
1,448.5
1,296.2
3
China
117.0
137.5
157.2
176.2
195.8
4
France
174.1
195.3
175.7
188.7
177.5
5
Mexico
139.0
165.0
149.0
165.5
174.2
6
Japan
162.3
170.1
160.5
164.3
163.2
7
UK
167.2
171.3
164.6
156.6
162.5
8
South Korea
113.3
132.0
140.3
163.9
157.5
9
Germany
149.0
156.7
125.3
136.7
125.4
10
Spain
137.4
143.9
126.0
121.7
116.9
11
Canada
124.6
118.2
104.9
103.0
105.6
12
Italy
87.5
97.9
90.5
92.1
103.5
13
Russian Federation
72.0
76.5
81.0
89.5
103.4
14
Brazil
102.9
114.7
89.7
90.3
89.3
15
Australia
89.8
91.5
82.2
83.6
84.7
16
Philippines
68.8
63.7
63.7
62.9
64.2
17
Indonesia
40.0
42.0
43.3
46.2
48.1
18
Argentina
33.3
42.0
37.6
37.0
34.5
19
Malaysia
n.a.
n.a.
25.9
27.2
33.6
20
Thailand
32.0
35.8
32.5
34.8
33.3
Source: Screen Digest,
September 2004, September 2005, October 2006, October 2007 and September
2008.
