Set A New Record, MD Pictures Achieves 15.7 Million Viewers Throughout 2024

MD Pictures broke the audience record for Indonesian films (Doc. MD Pictures)

JAKARTA - MD Pictures has managed to set a new record in the world of Indonesian cinema. This company owned by Manoj Punjabi has become the best-selling production house in Indonesia throughout 2024, with 15,794,531 viewers from all films aired in 2024.

In 2022 MD Pictures broke the record for the most Indonesian film viewers in history through KKN in Penari Village (2022) with more than 10 million viewers. And, in 2022, the total audience gains throughout the year are 15,594,580. MD Pictures' record for 2024 audiences exceeded the achievement in 2022.

For the release of MD Pictures in 2024, the film Ipar Is Death because director Hanung Bramantyo contributed the most figures with 4,776,565 viewers. This achievement made him occupy the fourth best-selling film throughout last year.

Furthermore, Badarawuhi in Penari Village, a sequel to the phenomenal horror film KKN in Penari Village, won 4,015,120 viewers and is in fifth place in the best-selling film 2024.

In addition, two other MD Pictures films managed to penetrate the limit of 1 million viewers in 2024, namely Ancika: He is with me 1995 with 1,318,885 viewers and Laura with 1,246,478 viewers. During last year, there were only 21 Indonesian film titles that received more than 1 million viewers.

Indonesian films are currently at the peak of their popularity. According to information from the Directorate General of Culture, the number of viewers in 2024 is the highest since 98 years ago. Until the end of last year, the accumulation of viewers of Indonesian films released in 2024 reached 80.21 million people. Of the total audience of Indonesian films, MD Pictures contributed more than 19% of the market share with 15,794,531 viewers.