The coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic hit the entertainment industry in Italy hard in 2020. At the beginning of March 2020, as the country adopted a national lockdown to limit the spread of the virus, theatres, music venues, and similar cultural facilities had to stay close to the public. As a result, the expenditure at the box office and the audience expenditure dropped sharply that month, reaching around four million euros and 15 million euros, respectively. As the lockdown was eased in May, both figures gradually rose during the summer, though staying way below pre-pandemic levels. Due to a rise in COVID-19 infections, new emergency restrictions came into action in October, causing another significant drop in spending over the last months of 2020.
Expenditure at the box office and audience expenditure for entertainment events in Italy from January 2019 to December 2020
(in 1,000 euros)
Figures have been rounded. The source specifies that the "expenditure at the box office expresses the amounts paid by spectators to access the entertainment venues (money paid for the purchase of tickets and season tickets)".
The audience expenditure includes the expenditure at the box office plus other types of expenses made by the audience, such as advance sales, reservation of tables, cloakroom service, drinks, etcetera.
Entertainment events include: film activities, theatre activities. concerts, sports activities, dance activities and entertainment activities with music, touring amusement activities, fairs and exhibitions, multi-genre activities.
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Italian Society of Authors and Publishers. (April 27, 2021). Expenditure at the box office and audience expenditure for entertainment events in Italy from January 2019 to December 2020 (in 1,000 euros) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 22, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/546448/cultural-activities-expenditure-in-italy-by-month/
Italian Society of Authors and Publishers. "Expenditure at the box office and audience expenditure for entertainment events in Italy from January 2019 to December 2020 (in 1,000 euros)." Chart. April 27, 2021. Statista. Accessed December 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/546448/cultural-activities-expenditure-in-italy-by-month/
Italian Society of Authors and Publishers. (2021). Expenditure at the box office and audience expenditure for entertainment events in Italy from January 2019 to December 2020 (in 1,000 euros). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/546448/cultural-activities-expenditure-in-italy-by-month/
Italian Society of Authors and Publishers. "Expenditure at The Box Office and Audience Expenditure for Entertainment Events in Italy from January 2019 to December 2020 (in 1,000 Euros)." Statista, Statista Inc., 27 Apr 2021, https://www.statista.com/statistics/546448/cultural-activities-expenditure-in-italy-by-month/
Italian Society of Authors and Publishers, Expenditure at the box office and audience expenditure for entertainment events in Italy from January 2019 to December 2020 (in 1,000 euros) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/546448/cultural-activities-expenditure-in-italy-by-month/ (last visited December 22, 2024)
Expenditure at the box office and audience expenditure for entertainment events in Italy from January 2019 to December 2020 (in 1,000 euros) [Graph], Italian Society of Authors and Publishers, April 27, 2021. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/546448/cultural-activities-expenditure-in-italy-by-month/
