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Cinema of Spain | |
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No. of screens | 3,618 (2017)[1] |
• Per capita | 9.7 per 100,000 (2011)[2] |
Main distributors | Warner Bros. E. España, S.L. 16.0% Paramount Spain 13.0% Sony Pictures 12.0%[3] |
Produced feature films (2011)[4] | |
Total | 199 |
Fictional | 122 (61.3%) |
Animated | 9 (4.5%) |
Documentary | 68 (34.2%) |
Number of admissions (2017)[1] | |
Total | 99,803,801 |
National films | 17,353,734 (17.39%) |
Gross box office (2017)[1] | |
Total | €591 million |
National films | €103 million (17.41%) |
The art of motion-picture making within Spain or by Spanish filmmakers abroad is collectively known as Spanish Cinema.
Only a small portion of box office sales in Spain are generated by domestic films. The different Spanish governments have therefore implemented measures aimed at supporting local film production and the movie theaters, which currently include the assurance of funding from the main television broadcasters. Nowadays, the Instituto de la Cinematografía y de las Artes Audiovisuales (ICAA) is the State agency in charge of regulating the allocation of public funds to the domestic film industry.