<< back to home nine COLOMBIAN FILM INDUSTRY BULLETIN A project designed by Fedesarrollo for Proimágenes 1. Evolution of Colombian Film Market Admissions in the first half of 2015 grew by 30.51% compared to the first half of 2014, for a total of 30,398,902 admissions. In the first half of 2015, the number of admissions per person grew by 29.04% compared to 2014. The number of admissions in the first half of 2015 is the highest in the past nine years. Box office receipts in 2015 exceeded 2014 revenues by 60,110,272,320 pesos, the equivalent of 23,527,078 US dollars. The average exchange rate increased by 35% from 2014 to 2015. In the first half of 2015, 155 films were released, 39 more than in 2014. In the first half of 2015, 15 Colombian films were released, 6 more than in the first half of 2014. In the first half of 2015, Colombian films accounted for 9.7% of the total number of releases, i.e., 1.9% more than in 2014. The number of screens increased by 73 in the first half of 2015 compared to the first half of 2014. Film admissions in the five major cities continue to rise. There was also significant growth in admissions in "All Others" – a 3.81% increase from the first half of 2014 to the first half of 2015.