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Italian Box Office Eased 0.4% In 2024 To $508M As Animation Led By ‘Inside Out 2’ Topped Chart
Italian Box Office Eased 0.4% In 2024 To $508M As Animation Led By 'Inside Out 2' Topped Chart
The body suggested the results were broadly positive in a challenging year marked by big sporting diversions such as the Euro 2024 soccer championships and the Paris 2024 Olympics as well as fewer potential blockbuster releases in the wake of the 2023 Hollywood strikes. No Italian production made it into the top five – unlike 2023, when Paolo Cortellesi’s unexpected blockbuster There’s Still Tomorrow beat Barbie with a $35M gross – but Cinetel said local films had held their own in the overall market nonetheless. “In spite of the absence of a title with an extraordinary result like There’s Still Tomorrow, Italian productions (co-productions included) accounted for 24.6% of the box office, against 24.3% in 2023, and 25.7% of spectators, against 25.9%,” said the body.
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