Cinema of Switzerland | |
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Piazza Grande in Locarno during the Locarno Film Festival
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Number of screens | 547 (2011) |
• Per capita | 7.7 per 100,000 (2011) |
Main distributors |
United International Pictures (Schweiz) Gmbh 19.0% Walt Disney Studio (Schweiz) Ag 18.1% Warner Bros. Pictures 15.8% |
Produced feature films (2011) | |
Fictional | 31 (36.9%) |
Animated | 1 (1.2%) |
Documentary | 52 (61.9%) |
Number of admissions (2011) | |
Total | 14,896,020 |
• Per capita | 2 (2012) |
National films | 637,554 (4.3%) |
Gross box office (2011) | |
Total | CHF 231 million |
National films | CHF 9.06 million (3.9%) |
Cinema of Switzerland refers to the film industry based in Switzerland.
As of 2014, The Swissmakers (1978) (Die Schweizermacher) is the highest grossing Swiss movie of all time.