Cinema of Spain

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Cinema of Spain
No. of screens	3,618 (2017)[1]
• Per capita	9.7 per 100,000 (2011)[2]
Main distributors	Warner Bros. E. España, S.L. 16.0% Paramount Spain 13.0% Sony Pictures 12.0%[3]
Produced feature films (2011)[4]
Total	199
Fictional	122 (61.3%)
Animated	9 (4.5%)
Documentary	68 (34.2%)
Number of admissions (2017)[1]
Total	99,803,801
National films	17,353,734 (17.39%)
Gross box office (2017)[1]
Total	€591 million
National films	€103 million (17.41%)

The art of motion-picture making within Spain or by Spanish filmmakers abroad is collectively known as Spanish Cinema.

In recent years, Spanish cinema has achieved high marks of recognition.^{[citation needed]}

Only a small portion of box office sales in Spain are generated by domestic films. The different Spanish governments have therefore implemented measures aimed at supporting local film production and the movie theaters, which currently include the assurance of funding from the main television broadcasters. Nowadays, the Instituto de la Cinematografía y de las Artes Audiovisuales (ICAA) is the State agency in charge of regulating the allocation of public funds to the domestic film industry.