43% of the films released in theaters in France between 1950 and 2021 are legally available on VOD in 2022

On the 30 pages of the study, there are three very important figures to remember :

– The presence of a large illegal offer : indeed, if 14,450 films are available in the legal offer (i.e. 43% of the films released between 1950 and 2021), there are 14,154 films (i.e. 42% of the films released between 1950 and 2021), which are available on illegal services. Worse, nearly 4,000 films are available exclusively on illicit services.

– 57% of the films unavailable in the legal offer.  If 43% of the films released in theaters between 1950 and 2021 are legally available, it means that there are 57% that are not, i.e. the majority. However, this applies mainly to the oldest films, since recent films are overwhelmingly available on legal video on demand: 79% of films from the 2010s and 84% of films released in theaters in 2020 and 2021.

– 95% of the films available legally are available on a TVOD service, not requiring a subscription. This represents 13,666 films, or 41% of the films released in theaters. ARCOM also mentions a strong overlap of TVOD and SVOD offers, since 38% of the films, or 5,426 films, are available at the same time in VOD and SVOD.