I know we’re so over 2018 but I always find it interesting to see statistics of people’s behavior and preferences in Lebanon. Few weeks ago, Rania Ghanem from Business News published a piece on the top ten movies at the box office in Lebanon during last as well as the market share for each movie theater chain.
Teh result for the top ten movies came as follows:
It is interesting to know that five of the top performing movies were Lebanese. However, aside from Nadine Labaki’s Capernaum, almost all the Lebanese movies got mocked and criticized on social platforms for their mediocre storyline and level of acting. This comes to prove that opinions on social networks in general are very far from representing the masses, just as in the case with politics for example. We hate on all politicians online, yet they easily win the elections. We all support civil marriage online, but the populations in general is in fact against it.
The results also explain the increasing number of Lebanese movie every year. People in general seem to be enjoying them despite how mediocre they are, and Maguy Ghosn still has a lot to give!
On the other hand, market share was distributed among the movie theater chains as follows:
- Grand Cinemas 38% (1.4 million visitors)
- Empire Cinemas 31% (1.2 million visitors)
- VOX Cinemas 15% (559,000 visitors)
- Cinemall 10% (379,000 visitors)
- Stargate 3% (112,000 visitors)
- Planete 2% (89,000 visitors)
You can check the original article here.
