Cinemas in Romania 2009-2020

In 2020, there were 95 cinema sites in Romania, representing a slight decrease compared to 2019. The cinemas in the country provided with 449 cinema screens, and over 78 thousand cinema seats. This meant that on average, movie theaters in Romania had approximately 174 cinema seats per screen.

Cinema City

Despite de coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak in 2020, the most important film exhibitor in Romania remained Cinema City, totaling a gross box office revenue worth 42.6 million Romanian lei. At the same time, the film exhibitor owned 26 cinemas in 19 cities in Romania, accounting for 242 cinema screens and a capacity of over 42 thousand seats. As a result, it comes as no surprise that Cinema City had nearly two million cinema admissions in 2020, although it had been closed for several months due to COVID-19 restriction.

Film distribution companies

In 2020, the American film distribution and production company, Vertical Entertainment, dominated the Romanian film distribution market, with a market share worth nearly 40 percent. However, when it came to sales revenue, HBO Romania was leading in the ranking with sales of more than 36 million U.S. dollars. The increase in revenue came not only from high-quality film distribution but also because of their VoD platform. Specifically, after launching HBO Max in May 2020, which substituted HBO GO and HBO Now, the film company increased in both popularity and revenue by providing with a higher number of movies and series.