South Africa’s august cinema industry is in crisis, with declining ticket sales and theatre closures battering the country’s two biggest cinema chains.
A recent MyBroadband analysis found that across Ster-Kinekor and Nu-Metro outlets, the number of cineplexes has declined by roughly a third in the last decade.
There were roughly 76 movie theatre complexes in 2015, compared to 51 in 2025. Over the past decade, Ster-Kinekor closed 21 locations while Nu-Metro shed four.
These declines are substantial when…
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