Report: Latin America theaters bounce back

December 21, 2006 Titled Cinemagoing Latin America, the report from exhibition specialists Dodona Research indicates that admissions across Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Mexico, Peru and Venezuela are predicted to pass 368 million in 2006 compared with 324 million in 2005. The report says that while Mexico's admissions per person are the highest in Latin America, at 1.5 visits per person per year, "the market has reached maturity and there is uncertainty surrounding whether it can realistically support more new screens." Brazil is the region's second-largest market and already has seen considerable growth in terms of multiplex development and admissions, the report says.

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