Cinema takings, audiences up in 2019

(ANSA) - Rome, January 15 - Italian cinema box-office takings and audiences were up in 2019, sector monitoring group Cinetel said Wednesday.
    Takings were 14.35% up at over 635 million euros, it said at the HQ of cinema industry association ANICA.
    Audiences were up 13.55% at 97.6 million, Cinetel said.
    Cinetel said the cinemas were "holding their own" at a time when films are being streamed onto phones, tablets and PCs more than ever.