Visitor numbers at Czech cinemas fall sharply

Visitor numbers at Czech cinemas in the first six months of this year were down a massive 1.4 million on last year’s figures. The revenue generated from tickets sales in the first half of this year was also down, from 637 million crowns (42 million USD) in 2007 to 512.3 million crowns in 2008. February was the busiest month for Czech cinemas, the Czech Union of Film Distributors said. The biggest grossing films in the country this year so far have been ‘Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull’ and the new Narnia film ‘Prince Caspian’.