More visitors in Swiss cinemas again
In the first half of 2006, Swiss films are represented in the top ten with three titles. Compared to the previous year, the number of visitors to Swiss cinemas rose by 11.5 percent.
After a difficult cinema year in 2005, things are looking up again. In the first half of 2006, the number of admissions to Swiss cinemas rose from around 7.5 million in the previous year to 8.4 million. This corresponds to an increase of 11.5 percent, with three Swiss films in the top ten, according to the industry association Pro Cinema. "Grounding - The Last Days of Swissair" (367,000 admissions) is in third place, "Handyman" (194,000) in eighth place and "Vitus" (166,000) in tenth place.
The American animated comedy "Ice Age 2" topped the list in the first 26 weeks of the year, with over one million admissions. "Ice Age 2" is only the fourth film ever to attract more than one million people to the cinema in Switzerland. The last time "Finding Nemo" exceeded the million mark was in 2003. In second place with around 540,000 admissions is the thriller "The Da Vinci Code", based on Dan Brown's bestseller. Other successful US titles include "Brokeback Mountain", "Inside Man" and "Mission: Impossible 3".
