Lower Austria's cinemas: challenges and hopes for 2025!

Lower Austria's cinemas: challenges and hopes for 2025!

The year 2024 ends for cinemas in Lower Austria with a sobering balance. According to the Chamber of Commerce, there is a decline in the number of visitors by around 15 percent, a direct sequence of the month -long strike of authors and actors in the USA, which delayed numerous film publications and drastically reduced the offer. Mario Hueber, spokesman for the cinemas, said: "In 2024, was a difficult year, and even the stronger months of November and December can no longer save the numbers." The hopes will now be resting on the announced blockbusters in the coming year.

positive surprises despite decline

Despite the general trend, some films, such as "Everything stands head 2" with over 600,000 spectators and "I - simply incorrigible 4" with more than 500,000 visitors, became unexpected box office strikers. However, these successes could not hide the tense framework conditions that continue to exist. The high wage and operating costs as well as the shortage of skilled workers continue to prepare the cinema operators.

The bad overall location does not only have negative consequences; The industry remains optimistic. As nön.at, Hueber expressed himself confidently for 2025 and hopes for a turn through future Blockbuster. The film industry in the USA will depend significantly to how much better the numbers could be next year, where similar challenges continue to exist. The cinemas are faced with the task of finding creative solutions to win the audience back and stop the decline in the number of visitors.