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Event Cinemas, a division of Event Hospitality, is one of Australia’s largest cinema companies, holding just over ** percent of the market share in terms of screen ownership in 2024. 

Australia’s bricks and mortar cinemas

The largest share of cinema screens in Australia, ** percent, were independently owned in 2024. Of those that were owned by chains, Hoyts had the next largest share after Event. The remaining companies all had a share of ten percent or less. These figures translate to a total of *** screens for Event Cinemas Australia wide, whereas the company’s nearest competitor, Hoyts, had just ****screens nationally. There were ****independently owned cinema screens in Australia in the same year.

Ticket pricing

Both average and maximum cinema ticket prices have remained steady in recent years, with only small year-on-year fluctuations in price. Average ticket prices have risen by only around *Australian dollars since 2007, and the 2021 average cinema ticket price was Australian dollars, an increase of around *** dollar from the 2020 average. Maximum ticket prices peaked in 2011 at Australian dollars, and have gained stability in the years since, fluctuating by only a small amount year-on-year until 2019, when the maximum price fell to ** Australian dollars per ticket.