Poland’s cinema market remained stable in 2025, with the number of viewers in permanent cinemas rising slightly year on year. At the same time, domestic film production increased strongly, driven mainly by a higher number of feature-length productions.
At the end of 2025, there were 534 permanent cinemas operating in Poland. Together, they had around 1,500 screening rooms and 285,400 seats. Over the course of the year, cinemas held 2.2 million film screenings, which attracted 49.7 million viewers. This represented a modest 0.3% increase in attendance compared with 2024. :contentReference[oaicite:0]{index=0}
The largest number of permanent cinemas was recorded in Mazowieckie Voivodeship, where 85 venues were operating. The smallest number was in Podlaskie Voivodeship, with 11 cinemas. Mazowieckie also had the highest number of cinema-goers, with 9.5 million viewers, meaning that cinemas in this region accounted for nearly one fifth of all cinema attendance in Poland. The lowest number of viewers was reported in Opolskie Voivodeship, where cinemas attracted 0.8 million people.
In terms of attendance per cinema, the strongest result was recorded in Kujawsko-Pomorskie Voivodeship, where the average number of viewers per permanent cinema reached 118,300. The lowest figure was reported in Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship, with 54,100 viewers per cinema.
Fewer screenings despite a small rise in attendance
Although the total number of cinema viewers increased slightly, the number of screenings declined. In 2025, permanent cinemas in Poland organised 2.2 million screenings, which was 1.7% fewer than in the previous year. The highest number of screenings was recorded in Mazowieckie Voivodeship, with 390,500 shows, while the lowest number was in Lubuskie Voivodeship, with 38,300 screenings.
The structure of the cinema market continued to be dominated by smaller venues in numerical terms, although multiplexes played the key role in attendance and screening volume. In 2025, Poland had 366 permanent cinemas with one or two screening rooms, 109 miniplexes with between three and seven rooms, and 59 multiplexes with eight or more rooms.
Multiplexes accounted for 48.4% of all screenings and attracted 48.2% of all cinema viewers. Miniplexes were responsible for 37.8% of screenings and 36.1% of attendance. On average, one multiplex had around 2,000 seats, organised 17,700 screenings during the year and attracted 405,700 viewers.
Film production increased significantly
Polish film production expanded clearly in 2025. A total of 302 cinema and television films were produced, 15.3% more than in 2024. This included 120 feature-length films, a 30.4% increase year on year, and 182 medium-length and short films, 7.1% more than in the previous year.
Feature-length cinema films accounted for the majority of full-length productions. According to the data, 70.8% of feature-length films produced in 2025 were intended for cinema distribution. Among medium-length and short films, television productions dominated, accounting for 80.8% of this category.
Documentaries were the largest segment of total film production. They represented 48.7% of all films produced in 2025, followed by feature films at 33.1% and animated films at 18.2%. Among cinema films, feature productions were the largest category, accounting for 48.3%. In the television segment, documentaries dominated, representing 57.7% of productions.
Cinema and television production both grew
Compared with 2024, the number of cinema films produced in Poland increased by 29.0%, while the number of television films rose by 7.7%. This indicates that the strongest growth was recorded in cinema-oriented production, although television remained important, particularly in the documentary and shorter-format segments.
The data come from the Statistics Poland survey based on the Film Production Report and the Cinema Report. The figures show a market that remained stable on the audience side, with only a slight increase in cinema attendance, but more dynamic in production, where the number of films produced rose by double digits.
Source: Statistics Poland (GUS), “Cinematography in 2025”.
