CZECH REPUBLIC (Pop: 10.7 million; GDP: $372.6 billion)

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1 CZECH REPUBLIC (Pop: 10.7 million; GDP: $372.6 billion) (1) CZECH REPUBLIC: THEATRICAL MARKET OVERVIEW, Screens Theatrical admissions (millions) Per capita attendance Box office (EUR millions*) Average ticket price (EUR) Releases Domestic releases US releases European releases** German releases Domestic market share 28.4% 20.5% 20.4% 20.2% 23.8% 18.4% 29.5% 20.0% German market share 1.01% 0.65% 2.32% 0.08% 2.07% 2.15% 0.48% 0.90% *EUR equivalents are calculated throughout at the exchange rate for December 31 of the year in question. **Excluding German majority films. Market Study Czech Republic , published May 2018, by Split Screen for German Films 1

2 Percentage of annual box office Czech Republic: Theatrical Market Shares Domestic German Czech Republic: Theatrical Releases Total Domestic US European German Market Study Czech Republic , published May 2018, by Split Screen for German Films 2

3 (2) CZECH REPUBLIC: THEATRICAL RELEASES OF GERMAN FILMS, Title Distributor Release date Admissions 2010 German films (100% or majority co-productions) HABERMANN (Ger/Aut/Cz) Sony Czech ,858 DAS WEISSE BAND (Ger/Aut/It/Sp) ArtCam Praha ,538 WÜSTENBLUME (Ger/Aut) CinemArt , German minority co-productions RESIDENT EVIL: AFTERLIFE (UK/Ger/US) Falcon ,708 MÄN SOM HATAR KVINNOR (Swe/Ger/Nor) Bontonfilm ,508 THE GHOST (Fr/Ger/UK) Sony Czech ,200 FLICKAN SOM LEKTE MED ELDEN (Swe/Fr/Ger) Sony Czech ,614 MR. NOBODY (Bel/Fr/Can/Ger) ACFK ,017 A MATTER OF SIZE (Isr/Ger/Fr) CinemArt ,336 LUFTSLOTTET SOM SPRÄNGDES (Swe/Den/Ger) Bontonfilm , German films (100% or majority co-productions) THE THREE MUSKETEERS (Ger/Fr/UK/US) Hollywood Classic Entertainment ,174 PINA (Ger/Fr) 35 Milim ,952 DREI (Ger) CinemArt ,819 LOLLIPOP MONSTER (Ger) CinemArt ,496 WOMB (Ger/Hun/Fr) Artcam Praha ,187 THE PIANO TUNER OF EARTHQUAKES (Ger/UK/Fr) ED Distribution Market Study Czech Republic , published May 2018, by Split Screen for German Films 3

4 2011 German minority co-productions ALOIS NEBEL (Cz/Ger/Slvk) Aerofilms ,195 MELANCHOLIA (Den/Swe/Fr/Ger) Aerofilms ,843 UNKNOWN (US/Ger/UK/Fr) Warner Bros. Czech Republic ,992 ANONYMOUS (UK/Ger) Falcon ,612 HODEJEGERNE (Nor/Den/Ger) Aerofilms ,604 HANNA (US/UK/Ger) Falcon ,755 MAMMA GOGO (Ice/Nor/Swe/Ger) CinemArt ,924 CAVE OF FORGOTTEN DREAMS (US/Fr/Ger/Can) Artcam Praha ,632 LA SOLITUDINE DEI NUMERI PRIMI (It/Ger/Fr) Aerofilms ,236 A TORINÓ LÓ (Hun/Fr/Ger/Swz) ACFK ,526 POST MORTEM (Chile/Ger/Mex) Artcam SNABBA CASH (Swe/Den/Ger) Film Europe German films (100% or majority co-productions) CLOUD ATLAS (Ger/US) EEAP Film Distribution CZ-SK ,187 KONFERENZ DER TIERE (Ger) Intersonic ,108 RESIDENT EVIL: RETRIBUTION (Ger/Can) Falcon ,426 A DANGEROUS METHOD (Ger/Can/UK/Swz) Bontonfilm ,664 HALT AUF FREIER STRECKE (Ger) CinemArt ,297 WER WENN NICHT WIR (Ger) Film Europe DIE 4. REVOLUTION ENERGY AUTONOMY (Ger) Aerofilms BAIKONUR (Ger/Rus) Film Europe Market Study Czech Republic , published May 2018, by Split Screen for German Films 4

5 2012 German minority co-productions MODRY TYGR (Cz/Ger) CinemArt ,203 CTYRI SLUNCE (Cz/Ger) Falcon ,527 HYSTERIA (UK/Fr/Ger/Lux) Bioscop/Magic Box ,839 THE VOW (US/Brz/Fr/Aus/UK/Ger) Falcon ,669 TINKER TAILOR SOLDIER SPY (UK/Fr/Ger) Aerofilms ,638 IRON SKY (Fin/Ger/Aus) Film Europe ,039 DEN SKALDEDE FRISØR (Den/Fr/It/Swe/Ger) Aerofilms ,350 CARNAGE (Fr/Ger/Pol) 35 Milim ,726 LE HAVRE (Fin/Fr/Ger) CinemArt ,561 EN KONGELIG AFFÆRE (Den/Cz/Swe/Ger) Aerofilms ,721 FAUST (Rus/Ger) Film Europe ,696 W CIEMNOSCI (Pol/Ger/Can) Verbascum Imago/EuCiGo ,123 LOURDES (Aut/Ger/Fr) Film Europe ,982 ET SI ON VIVAIT TOUS ENSEMBLE? (Fr/Ger) CinemArt ,945 HOLY MOTORS (Fr/Ger) Aerofilms ,090 CSAK À SEL (Hun/Ger/Fr) Artcam Praha ,907 2 DAYS IN NEW YORK (Fr/Ger/Bel) EEAP Film Distribution CZ-SK ,830 LA TERRE OUTRAGÉE (Fr/Ger/Pol) Film Europe TOURNÉE (Fr/Ger) Atlantis MARIEKE, MARIEKE (Bel/Ger) Film Europe Market Study Czech Republic , published May 2018, by Split Screen for German Films 5

6 2013 German films (100% or majority co-productions) LORE (Ger/Aus/UK) ACFK ,920 FEUCHTGEBIETE (Ger) Aerofilms ,386 DIE VIERTE MACHT (Ger) Film Europe THIS AIN T CALIFORNIA (Ger) Film Europe TAGE IM MAI (Ger) Film Europe German minority co-productions RUSH (US/UK/Ger) Bioskop/AQA ,426 HANSEL & GRETEL: WITCH HUNTERS (US/Ger) Bontonfilm ,035 THE MORTAL INSTRUMENTS: CITY OF BONES (US/Ger/Can) Bontonfilm ,726 NYMPHOMANIAC: VOLUME 1 (Den/Ger/Fr/Bel/Swe) Aerofilms ,641 NIKO 2: LENTÄJÄVELJEKSET (Fin/Den/Ire/Ger) Intersonic ,505 AMOUR (Fr/Ger/Aut) Artcam Praha ,012 KVINDEN I BURET (Den/Ger/Swe) Aerofilms ,140 THE CONGRESS (Isr/Ger/Pol/Fr/Bel/Lux) Aerofilms ,108 POST TENEBRAS LUX (Mex/Fr/NL/Ger) Artcam Praha ,525 INTO THE WHITE (Nor/Swe/Ger) Film Europe ,384 LA RELIGIEUSE (Fr/Ger/Bel) Film Europe ,187 LES SALAUDS (Fr/Ger) Artcam Praha MÉTEORA (Gr/Ger) Film Europe SIMON OCH EKARNA (Swe/Den/Ger/Nor) Film Europe BABYCALL (Nor/Ger/Swe) Film Europe LA MER À L AUBE (Fr/Ger) Film Europe Market Study Czech Republic , published May 2018, by Split Screen for German Films 6

7 2014 German films (100% or majority co-productions) FACK JU GÖHTE (Ger) CinemArt ,066 DER 7BTE ZWERG (Ger) Bioscop ,552 DER MEDICUS (Ger) Bontonfilm ,944 DIE BIENE MAJA - DER KINOFILM (Ger/Aus) Intersonic ,573 LAUF JUNGE LAUF (Ger/Fr/Pol) A-Company ,438 SPUTNIK (Ger/Bel/Cz) A-Company German minority co-productions THE GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL (US/Ger) CinemArt ,896 FAIR PLAY (Cz/Slvk/Ger) Falcon ,590 NYMPHOMANIAC: VOLUME 2 (Den/Ger/Fr/Swe/Bel) Aerofilms ,153 THE MONUMENTS MEN (US/Ger) CinemArt ,072 POMPEII (Can/Ger) Bontonfilm ,142 A MOST WANTED MAN (UK/US/Ger) Forum Film ,887 THE LUNCHBOX (Ind/Fr/Ger) Aerofilms ,971 MAPS TO THE STARS (Can/US/Fr/Ger) CinemArt ,774 LE MERAVIGLIE (It/Ger) Aerofilms ,538 HROSS Í OSS (Ice/Ger) Film Europe ,398 KIS UYKUSU (Tur/Ger/Fr) Film Europe ,480 SIMINDIS KUNDZULI (Geo/Ger/Fr/Cz/Kaz) Artcam Praha PELO MALO (Ven/Per/Arg/Ger) Cinema Glok SNABBA CASH II (Swe/Den/Ger) Film Europe Market Study Czech Republic , published May 2018, by Split Screen for German Films 7

8 2015 German films (100% or majority productions) FACK JU GÖHTE 2 (Ger) CinemArt ,192 LOVE, ROSIE (Ger/UK) Bontonfilm ,281 OOOPS! DIE ARCHE IST WEG (Ger/Ire/Bel/Lux) Bohemia Motion Pictures ,014 DER KLEINE DRACHE KOKOSNUSS (Ger) Mirius FD ,206 SCHMITKE (Ger/Cz) Artcam Praha ,938 PHOENIX (Ger) ACFK ,397 NICHT MEIN TAG (Ger) CinemArt ,159 CLOUDS OF SILS MARIA (Ger/Fr/Swz) Film Europe ,305 VICTORIA (Ger) Film Europe ,274 VON CALIGARI ZU HITLER (Ger) Film Europe German minority co-productions POINT BREAK (US/Ger) Bontonfilm ,483 HITMAN: AGENT 47 (US/Ger) CinemArt ,833 SHE S FUNNY THAT WAY (US/Ger) Bontonfilm ,063 DOKTOR PROKTORS PROMPEPULVER (Nor/Ger) New Europe ,718 FASANDRÆBERNE (Den/Ger/Swe) Aerofilms ,382 EN DUVA SATT PÅ EN GREN OCH FUNDERADE PÅ TILLVARON (Swe/Fr/Nor/Ger) Film Europe ,962 BIG GAME (Fin/Ger/UK) Indigo Film ,867 3 COEURS (Fr/Ger/Bel) Film Europe ,009 FEHÉR ISTEN (Hun/Ger/Swe) Artcam Praha , GRAM (Nor/Fr/Ger) Film Europe ,330 DIPLOMATIE (Fr/Ger) Film Europe ,025 PIONÉR (Nor/Ger/Swe/Fr/Fin) Film Europe AMOUR FOU (Aut/Lux/Ger) Film Europe LOVE ISLAND (Cro/Ger/Bos/Swz) Film Europe Market Study Czech Republic , published May 2018, by Split Screen for German Films 8

9 VIVAN LAS ANTIPODAS! (Arg/Ger/NL) Doc Alliance CEMETERY OF SPLENDOR (Thai/Fr/Ger/UK) Artcam Praha UN ETAJ MAI JOS (Rom/Fr/Ger/Swe) Artcam Praha German films (100% or majority co-productions) COLONIA DIGNIDAD: ES GIBT KEIN ZURÜCK (Ger/Fr/Lux) CinemArt ,858 ER IST WIEDER DA (Ger) CinemArt ,029 TONI ERDMANN (Ger/Aut/Rom) Film Europe ,688 HEIDI (Ger/Swz) Bohemia Motion Pictures ,638 DER GEILSTE TAG (Ger) Bontonfilm ,569 DER NANNY (Ger) Fénix Distribution , WOCHEN (Ger) Film Europe DIE DUNKLE SEITE DES MONDES (Ger/Lux) Bontonfilm FRANCOFONIA (Ger/Fr/NL) Film Europe NEBEL IM AUGUST (Ger/Aut) Bohemia Motion Pictures German minority co-productions THE DANISH GIRL (UK/Bel/Ger/Den/US) CinemArt ,240 RODINNY FILM (Cz/Ger/Slvn/Fr/Slvk) CinemArt ,410 EDDIE THE EAGLE (UK/US/Ger) CinemArt ,649 FLASKEPOST FRA P (Den/Ger/Swe/Nor) Aerofilms ,481 SNOWDEN (US/Fr/Ger) Film Europe ,817 V PAPRSCICH SLUNCE (Cz/Rus/Ger/Lat) Bontonfilm ,998 MA LOUTE (Fr/Ger) Aerofilms ,063 MUSTANG (Fr/Tur/Ger) Artcam ,183 A HOLOGRAM FOR THE KING (US/Ger) Falcon ,788 MÆND & HØNS (Den/Ger) Film Europe ,622 Market Study Czech Republic , published May 2018, by Split Screen for German Films 9

10 REMEMBER (Can/Ger) APK Cinema Service ,610 L AVENIR (Fr/Ger) Film Europe ,534 LES BEAUX JOURS D ARANGUEZ (Fr/Ger/Por) CinemArt AU NOM DE MA FILLE (Fr/Ger) Bohemia Motion Pictures UN TANGO MÁS (Arg/Ger) Artcam TRUBA (Rus/Ger/Cz) Artcam German films (100% or majority co-productions) HAPPY FAMILY (Ger/UK) Bioscop/AQS ,799 MEIN BLIND DATE MIT DEM LEBEN (Ger) CinemArt ,839 RICHARD DER STORCH (Ger/Bel/Lux/Nor) Bontonfilm ,365 RESIDENT EVIL: THE FINAL CHAPTER (Ger/Aus/Can) Falcon ,382 AXOLOTL OVERKILL (Ger) Aerofilms ,827 SCORPIONS: FOREVER AND A DAY (Ger) Atlantis ,351 WESTERN (Ger/Bul/Aut) Film Europe , German minority co-productions MASARYK (Cz/Slvk/Ger) Bioscop/AQS ,563 LIFE (Can/Ger/Aus/US) Falcon ,957 TOIVON TUOLLA PUOLEN (Fin/Ger) Aerofilms ,022 THE SQUARE (Swe/Ger/Fr/Den) Film Europe ,535 POKOT (Pol/Ger/Swe/Cz) CinemArt ,165 HYMYILEVÄ MIES (Fin/Swe/Ger) Aerofilms ,103 THE CAKEMAKER (Isr/Ger) Pilot Film ,701 KOUDELKA FOTOGRAFUJE SVATOU ZEMI (Cz/Ger) Pilot Film ,139 TOM OF FINLAND (Fin/Swe/Den/Ger/Ire) ACFK ,019 EIN DEUTSCHES LEBEN (Aut/Ger)) Atlantis ,720 Market Study Czech Republic , published May 2018, by Split Screen for German Films 10

11 THE GIRL KING (Fin/Can/Ger/Swe) Film Europe ,558 PERSONAL SHOPPER (Fr/Ger) Artcam UNA MUJER FANTÁSTICA (Chile/Ger) Artcam LØVEKVINNEN (Nor/Ger/Swe) Fenix KROTKAYA (Fr/Ger/Rus/Lat) Film Europe NOCTURAMA (Fr/Ger/Bel) Film Europe Market Study Czech Republic , published May 2018, by Split Screen for German Films 11

12 (3) TOP 10 GERMAN FILMS IN THE CZECH REPUBLIC (THEATRICAL), Admissions Box office (EUR) FACK JU GÖHTE 2 (2015) 212,192 1,014,277 HABERMANN (2010) 130, ,307 CLOUD ATLAS (2012) 128, ,177 FACK JU GÖHTE (2014) 127, ,413 HAPPY FAMILY (2017) 95, ,240 KONFERENZ DER TIERE (2011) 60, ,672 THE THREE MUSKETEERS (2011) 53, ,489 DER 7BTE ZWERG (2014) 46, ,622 RESIDENT EVIL: RETRIBUTION (2012) 43, ,772 MEIN BLIND DATE MIT DEM LEBEN (2017) 36, ,192 Market Study Czech Republic , published May 2018, by Split Screen for German Films 12

13 (4) CZECH REPUBLIC: DISTRIBUTORS OF GERMAN FILMS, Total Film Europe CinemArt Bontonfilm Aerofilms Artcam Praha Bohemia Motion Pictures A-Company ACFK Intersonic Bioscop Milim Atlantis EEAP Film Distribution CZ-SK ED Distribution Falcon Fénix Distribution Hollywood Classic Entertainment Mirius FD Sony Czech Market Study Czech Republic , published May 2018, by Split Screen for German Films 13

14 (5) CZECH REPUBLIC: GERMAN FILMS BY GENRE, Czech Republic: German Releases by Genre, Arthouse German Stories English Language Animation & Children's Films Local Interest Czech Republic: German Films Box Office by Genre, Arthouse German Stories English Language Animation & Children's Films Local Interest Market Study Czech Republic , published May 2018, by Split Screen for German Films 14

15 (6) GERMAN FILMS IN THE CZECH REPUBLIC, : AN ANALYSIS With its 815km border with Germany (and almost as much again shared with the German-speaking Austria), it is scarcely surprising that German stories are by far the biggest category of those German films and majority co-productions imported into the Czech Republic: 29 of the 56 films released between 2010 and 2017, accounting for 513,034 (40%) of the admissions. Three of them are films made mainly for Czech audiences, led by HABERMANN, a German-produced adaptation of a classic Czech novel which drew the survey period s second biggest audience (130,858). Sandwiched either side of it in the Top 10 of German films, meanwhile, are the broad German comedy FACK JU GÖHTE (127,066) and its sequel, which was even more popular than the original, selling 212,192 tickets. Also performing strongly is another comedy, DER 7BTE ZWERG. But Czech audiences didn t really get ER IST WIEDER DA, which sold under 10,000 tickets. The vital signs of the Czech theatrical economy are generally positive. Admissions rose by 32% over the period surveyed and box office by 32%, although there were some fluctuations along the way. German films have had a more chequered career in the territory, with their market share ranging from a half of one per cent (in 2016) to 2.32% in Significantly, the latter result was achieved, not by one breakout film, but by four solid rather than spectacular performers: CLOUD ATLAS, with 128,000 admissions; KONFERENZ DER TIERE (60,000); RESIDENT EVIL: RETRIBUTION (43,000) and A DANGEROUS METHOD (23,000). Arthouse releases are solid but not spectacular, with two films that were in Competition at Cannes - DAS WEISSE BAND in 2010 and TONI ERDMANN in heading the list. It is noticeable, however, that the solid wedge of arthouse films in the by-release chart above shrinks to a sliver in the second by-admissions list. The remainder of the Top 10 positions were filled by animation and children s movies like HAPPY FAMILY and KONFERENZ DER TIERE, with DIE BIENE MAJA - DER KINOFILM and ÜBERFLIEGER: KLEINE VÖGEL, GROSSES GEKLAPPER also drawing good audiences. In sum, the Czech Republic is a small but dynamic market of just over 10 million people who, on average, go to the movies just over once a year so, with an average of only seven films released over the period surveyed, the territory is unlikely ever to be a major market for German films. European movies, however, do make up a greater proportion of those opening than in most countries and local product is also widely distributed, cornering an annual market share of around 20%. But Germany is not the biggest source of European films, coming in third place after France and the UK. And returns are modest: in 2017, three of the seven German films released sold under 3,000 tickets. Market Study Czech Republic , published May 2018, by Split Screen for German Films 15

16 What works in the Czech Republic? Broad German comedies like the first two FACK JU GÖHTE films have performed well in the Czech Republic and, in general terms, lighter fare seems to do best. Also worth noting is the fact that the Czech market is open to mainstream German films targeted primarily at a German audience with just short of 30 released there between 2010 and What doesn t work in the Czech Republic? Arthouse films have a hard time given the size of the audience and the comparatively low percapita attendance rate. What else might appeal? The range of releases is already quite wide and, by their nature, films targeted at the German domestic audience are unlikely to be modified for an extra audience of 10 million people. But the Czech distributors who have handled the German comedies have clearly found a way to position them. Market Study Czech Republic , published May 2018, by Split Screen for German Films 16

17 (7) GERMAN FILMS IN THE CZECH REPUBLIC, : TV AND VOD The Czech capital of Prague is one of the hubs of Central and Eastern European pay-tv channels and, increasingly, VOD platforms. The latter are discussed in a separate section of this report. Meanwhile, in terms of traditional television, the country is well supplied in all respects, with some 150 channels broken up - as indicated in the chart below - into the usual groups. Free-to-air services are supplied mainly by national broadcaster Ceske Televize (five channels) and private companies Nova (seven), Prime Group (six) and TV Barrandov (four). The same companies supply pay-tv channels alongside the usual suspects: HBO (whose European operation is headquartered in Prague), Disney, Cinemax and Turner. Czech Republic: TV Channels by Content General (inc. News) Sports Children and Family Entertainment Lifestyle Movies Music The film channel whose programming is analysed below is owned and operated by arthouse distributor Film Europe, and thus is very different from film channels in other territories in that it has an inbuilt arthouse bias, and its library includes (but is not limited to) titles that Film Europe has distributed theatrically. Market Study Czech Republic , published May 2018, by Split Screen for German Films 17

18 The chart below is based on the channel s entire library of 200 titles. The German titles were: AUS DEM LEBEN DER MARIONETTEN; BAIKONUR; THE CLOUDS OF SILS MARIA; KRIEGERIN; QUATSCH UND DIE NASENBÄRBANDE; THIS AIN T CALIFORNIA; TONI ERDMANN; VICTORIA; DIE VIERTE MACHT; VON CALIGARI ZU HITLER; WER WENN NICHT WIR and WESTERN. Czech Republic: Films on the Film Europe Channel by Country of Origin France Sweden Italy Norway Denmark UK Germany Finland Other Europe Other For details of on-line VOD platforms available in the Czech Republic, see the appropriate appendix. Of the distributors listed in Section (4) above who handled three or more German films and/or majority co-productions, two have their own VOD platforms or have deals with existing ones: - Aerofilms has its own platform, AeroVod, which makes available a selection of its own and other distributors titles; - Film Europe releases titles on all platforms and is discussed in the VOD appendix. Market Study Czech Republic , published May 2018, by Split Screen for German Films 18

19 (8) CZECH REPUBLIC: SOURCES AND ACKNOWLEDGMENTS CIA World Factbook, XE Currency Converter, European Audiovisual Observatory, Box Office Mojo, Cesky Statisticky Urad (CSU, Czech Statistical Office), Czech Film Center, Unie Filmovych Distributoru (UFD, Film Distributors Association), Associace Televiznich Organizaci (ATO), Cinando, voyo.cz, Film Europe, Nova TV. Market Study Czech Republic , published May 2018, by Split Screen for German Films 19