Comedy dominated a record year for Mexican local box office in 2019 as home-grown films claimed 9.2% market share of all releases in what was also a record year overall generating $972.1m (Ps. 18.684bn).



Disney ruled, as it did in North America and across much of the world. Avengers: Endgame set the all-time box office record of $77.48m, outstripping the likes of Avatar and Titanic following years of significant exhibition growth in the country. Toy Story 4 delivered the highest admissions level of all time on 25.2m.

In a record year for local films that generated Ps. 1.723bn ($89.7m, which was not a USD record due to the exchange rate), nine out of the top 10 local films were comedies – the exception being the animated fantasy Dia de Muertos at number nine. No Manches Frida 2 led the way on $17.49m followed by Mirreyes Contra Godinez on $12.54m, and Tod@s Caen on $6.99m.

Mexican films claimed 9.9% share of overall admissions and drew a record 34m. No Manches Frida drew 6.7m, Mirreyes Contra Godinez 4.6m, and Tod@s Caen 2.7m. Local box office market share gained 18.5% on 2018, and admissions market share climbed 11.8% year-on-year.

However even the top Mexican release was some way off the number 10 film in the overall rankings, according to data from ComScore and Mexican industry sources. Disney claimed the top three slots and seven of the top 10 places. Joker from Warner Bros was the only non-Disney release in the top five and ranked fourth on $43.6m.

Mexico top 10 – all distributors

Title Release date Distributor Cinema count Box office (USD) Admissions Avengers: Endgame 26/04/2019 Disney 892 77.48M 24,861,935 Toy Story 4 21/06/2019 Disney 894 72.38M 25,200514 The Lion King 19/07/2019 Disney 897 52.49M 18,040,704 Joker 04/10/2019 Warner Bros 927 43.59M 15,062,128 Captain Marvel 08/03/2019 Disney 871 32.81M 11,513,470 Aladdin 24/05/2019 Disney 885 32.97M 11,686,177 Spider-Man: Far From Home 04/07/2019 Sony 888 32.13M 10,809,951 Frozen II 22/11/2019 Disney 916 27.74M 10,147,948 Maleficent: Mistress of Evil 18/10/2019 Disney 915 26.07M 9,371,494 It: Chapter 2 06/09/2019 Warner Bros 913 21.64M 7,569,972

Mexico top 10 – Mexican films