In turn, this audience generated a total of €55.7 million in gross ticket sales through to September against a figure of €44.8 million for last year’s 8.6 million viewers.


September was the worst single month for cinema ticket sales with 923,916 sold proving half the level registered in August.


Over this period, the three most popular films among Portuguese audiences were "The Minions", "Fast and Furious 7" and the Portuguese film "O pátio das cantigas", collectively accounting for 2.3 million visits to the cinema.


The latter film by Leonel Vieira was one of twenty Portuguese releases over this period and the single most popular film attracting an audience of over half a million.