In 2005, the Kinepolis Group sold 22.6 million tickets for its cinema complexes worldwide. In comparison to the previous year (24.5 million cinema-goers), this is a drop of 8%. Nonetheless, with respect to the international cinema market as a whole, this is a fair result for the group.
The year-end was particularly strong for the Kinepolis Group thanks to very successful films such as Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, King Kong and The Chronicles of Narnia. However, this end-of-year boost was insufficient to offset the significant shortfall experienced during the first three quarters of the year in comparison to 2004 (12%).