Cinema attendance in Türkiye fell 15% last year compared with the previous year, reaching 27,657,591 viewers, according to data released by the Turkish Statistical Institute (TurkStat).
The institute’s 2025 “Cinema and Performing Arts Statistics” bulletin, based on figures from the General Directorate of Cinema, showed that 771 films were screened in theaters during the year. Of these, 417 were shown for the first time, including 159 domestic productions and 258 foreign films.
Türkiye had 2,161 movie theaters and 253,364 seats last year.
Domestic film attendance drops
Overall cinema attendance dropped to 27.7 million people. Viewership of domestic films fell 18.3% to 15,096,336, while attendance for foreign films declined 10.7% to 12,561,255.
