Germany’s box office revenue was flat-ring for the first six months of the year.
According to data collated by ComScore/Rentrak Deutschland, cinematography rose by 371.1 million euros, up just 0.1% in the first half of 2025, compared to 370.8 million euros for the same period in 2024.
The number of tickets sold until July 2nd fell 3.3% from 37.8 million to 36.6 million, but the average ticket price rose from 9.80 euros to 10.14 euros, making up for the sluggish admissions.
The numbers show that Germany’s box office revenue is far below its previous generation height. In the first six months of 2019, the box office was 430 million euros from the 49.1 million tickets sold.
High and low prices
Walt Disney led the distributor space with a market share of 26% in its top release. Lilo & Stitchthe second biggest movie in the first half.
The best movie of that time was Warner Bros. Minecraft movies This is the only title of the year to be awarded the Golden Screen Award by the Exhibitors Association HDF to pass the admission mark of 3 million people.
With over 34 million euros intake, the German market became the most successful territory after the US and the UK, with Warner’s overall market share for six months contributing to a contribution of 20.2%.
Many releases did not meet the expectations of distributors and exhibitors: Warner vampire movies sinner I posted a photo shoot worth 3.2 million euros. This was in stark contrast to the results of the UK (19.4 million euros) and France (7.7 million euros), but the latest Universal ones How to Train a Dragon The franchise only concentrated around €900,000 at the box office, compared to more than $18.9 million at the UK box office.
The surprising success of the first six months occurred with the release of the Tovis film Steve Coogan comedy drama Penguin lessons That €4.1 million was the best in all regions of the world. This was the result of the UK’s 4 million euros, well over the 3 million euros ($3.3 million) published for the domestic release of the US.
But local German films struggle to seduce cinemas: Two 2025 releases – Karoline Herfurth’s More beautiful And family movies Three? And the Carpathian dog – and Constantine movie comedy nicknamethe only title to appear on the Top 20 box office list, which opened shortly before Christmas.
German film market share in the first half of 2025 is the lowest in the last six years, except for 12.9% in 2022, when cinemas were recovering from widespread closures due to the pandemic.
Industry hopes will be pinned to the release of the film in late 2025, bringing a box office performance to a final tally at the end of the year, close to the 90 million people posted in 2024.
July is already beginning promising Jurassic World: PlayIt exceeded 12.8 million euros in the first two weeks.
Other potential big hits include Walt Disney Fantastic Four: The First Step Constantine movie Destru Kane ManiteA hotly anticipated sequel to the West Parody of Michael Bully Harbig Manitu shoes Leonin Studio’s fourth final installment, seen by more than 11 million German cinemas in 2001 Magical Animal School Family film franchise and Disney’s end-of-year release of James Cameron Avatar: Fire and Ashes.
Top 10 German box office revenues (January-June 2025)
1. Minecraft Movie (Warner), 34.7M Euro
2. Lilo & Stitch (Disney) 26.5 million euros
3. Mufasa – The Lion King (Disney), 16.7 million euros
4. Mission Impossible – Final Calculation (Sony/Paramount), 15.9 million euros
5. Paddington (Division) in Peru, 13.3 million euros
6. Beautiful (Warner), €13.2m
7. Moana (Disney), 105,000 euros
8. Three Carpathian Dogs (Sony), 9.4 million euros
9. Captain America: Brave New World (Disney), 9.2 million euros
10. Thunderbolts* (Disney), 7.8 million euros
Source: comScore/RentrakGermany, January 2nd – July 2nd, 2025
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