It’s official! According to a study done by the NSO, these were the top films seen in Maltese and Gozitan cinemas in 2019. Overall, 409 different film titles were projected across the islands and a grand total of 748,568 admissions were registered.
In 2019, the most popular movies were ‘The Lion King’, ‘Aladdin’ and ‘Joker’. ‘The Lion King’ attracted 10.4 per cent of the total admissions, ‘Aladdin’ attracted 7.2 per cent of the total admissions and ‘Joker’ attracted 5.5 per cent of the total admissions.
In 2019, there were six cinema establishments operating in Malta and Gozo, with a total of 28 screens and a seating capacity of 5,762. Of these six cinemas, two were situated in Gozo. A total of 29,184 screenings were shown.
Local productions had 13,942 admissions and a total gross box office amounting to €99,000 in 650 screenings. On the other hand, foreign productions had 734,626 admissions, with a total gross box office of €4.952 million in 28,534 screenings