Finally, Indonesian Film Box Office Moves Up, Reaching 250 Thousand Viewers

Indonesian Films (Photo: IG @film_indonesia)

JAKARTA - Since the pandemic, Indonesian films seem to be in suspended animation. Opening and closing cinemas made box office audiences drop drastically. Whereas in 2018, Indonesian films were reaching their peak audience with millions of viewers at one box office film title.

It was noted that the highest achievement in the number of movie viewers during the pandemic was the audience for the film Asih 2. This MD Pictures production film earned 316,363 viewers after its release on December 24, 2020.

After the closing of the cinema due to PPKM in volumes, finally Indonesian films rose. Getting a breath of fresh air by allowing children under the age of 12 to watch in theaters, on Monday, November 1, 2021, the film NUSSA succeeded in bringing more than 250,000 viewers back to the cinema.

In addition, the film, which was produced by Visinema and The Little Giantz, also successfully received an image trophy nomination for Best Animated Feature Film and 3 AMI Awards nominations for its soundtrack. Welcoming this good news, the producer of the NUSSA film, Anggia Kharma said that he was grateful to see that the film he had worked on with the production team for almost 3 years was received and received a positive response from the public.

“I am grateful and say thank you very much for the appreciation and positive response given by the Indonesian family. This achievement is not an easy thing to achieve, considering the long process of making the NUSSA film for 3 years with various challenges during the pandemic," said Anggia when contacted Tuesday, November 3.