This report is a summary of film distribution in Colombia including an overview of activity during the last four years and a detailed analysis of 2013 figures featuring box office revenue totaling 352 billion pesos (175 million USD) and attendance figures totaling 43.2 million viewers.

The statistics are based on a total of 19 distributors, including three Hollywood studios accountable for 80% of the box office and 79% of attendance. Cine Colombia, for example, represents Warner and Fox and also distributes national and international independent films. Cinecolor, who initially entered the Colombian market as a film laboratory group owned by Chile Films, went on to represent Kodak, and became a distributor for Disney, also has a significant market share, as can be seen below. UIP represents Columbia Tristar Distributor, Universal and Paramount.

An analysis of the performance of independent distributors for the past four years shows that Cine Colombia is the leader in film distribution with 46.7% of the titles, followed by Cineplex with 22.4%, Babilla Cine with 12.1%, and a 4-5% share divided among Procinal, VO Cinemas and Venus Films. United International Pictures is responsible for a mere 1.1% and together the remaining three distributors account for a 1% share.

Between 2010 and 2013, six companies distributed a total of 95 Colombian films, with Cine Colombia distributing almost 57%, and companies grouped under the "Other" category in this study distributed an additional two films.

As elsewhere in the world, the majority of the 244 films distributed in Colombia in 2013 were U.S. and Canadian releases (65.5%). European and Latin America films (including Colombia) accounted for 21.3% and 10.7%, respectively.

• Cine Colombia has distributed more films in the last four years (372) than any other distributor.
• Cineplex, with 143 films, is the second largest distributor.
• Cinecolor Films, up 240% from 2012 to 2013, shows the greatest growth and Procinal grew by 127% during the same period.

• 8 of the 19 distributors have released Colombian films during the past four years.
• Cine Colombia is the only distributor to have released at least one Colombian film in each of the past four years. During the period under analysis, they have distributed 55 Colombian films.

• Cine Colombia has the highest percentage of market share in terms of number of films given the brands they represent (Warner and Fox), for a total share of 41.9%.
• UIP accounts for a 12.5% share when including the brands they represent (Paramount, Universal and Columbia Tristar).
• Together, Cineplex and CIE account for 11.3%, placing Cineplex, as their representative, third in the ranking.

• Cine Colombia, in conjunction with Fox and Warner, has the largest share (44.2% of viewers and 148 titles), followed by UIP representing Columbia Tristar, Universal and Paramount (31.6% and 44 titles).
• Analyzed independently, Disney is the distributor with the highest number of viewers, with 8.4 million in 2013, with 23 titles, most in 3D.

• In 2013, six companies distributed 27 Colombian films, 63% of which were new releases.
• Cine Colombia led distribution of Colombian films with 15 titles, which accounted for 14% of all titles distributed by them during that year.

• A total of 17 Colombian films were released in 2013.
• Cine Colombia enjoyed the largest box office results for the year (5.969.2 million Colombian pesos, or 2.9 million USD and ten releases), followed by Cinecolor with a total box office figure of 2.378 million pesos (1.2 million USD) and two releases.

• The number of cities or municipalities in which a film is exhibited has an obvious and direct effect on the number of viewers: more cities or municipalities, more viewers. El Paseo, El control and Roa screened in over 35 cities and municipalities and brought in more than 150,000 spectators while 8 films screened in 11 or fewer theaters.

• 64% of all films released in Colombia came from the United States, 21.3% from Europe, and 10.7% from Latin America, including Colombia.
• Of the 26 Latin American films released, 17 were Colombian, 4 from Argentina, 3 from Mexico, one from Brazil, and 1 from Chile.
• Of the 52 European films, 23% were Spanish, 37% French, 17% from the UK, and the remaining 23% from other countries.

• Cine Colombia, representing distributors Warner and Fox, released the most films (105) 71% of which were from the United States. They also distributed more Latin American and European titles than any other distributor.
• UIP, representing Universal and Paramount, distributed 39 films, 35of them American.
• Cineplex together with CIE distributed 25 titles, the majority of which (44%) were European. Of the three Latin American premieres, two were Colombian and one Argentine.
• Cinecolor distributed 20 titles from the United States, 9 from Disney and 3 Latin American films: one Colombian and two fro Argentina.
• Babilla Cine distributed mostly European films (72% of total releases).