PVR announced Q2FY23 results: Q2FY23: Revenue of Rs 7,017 million, EBITDA is Rs 129 million and PAT of Rs 588 million for the quarter Theatrical admissions: 18 million patrons visited our cinemas during the quarter National Cinema Day was celebrated on September 23, 2022 as an industry wide initiative to welcome moviegoers back to cinemas. We witnessed massive 6.5 lac admissions on National Cinema Day with occupancy of 80%, which was the 2nd highest attended day till date. Growth of 11% in Average ticket price (Rs 224) and 31% growth in Average F&B; spend per patron (Rs 129) as compared to Q2FY20 i.e., pre-pandemic period Added 14 screens across 3 properties during the quarter As on date PVR operates 175 cinemas with 864 screens across 76 cities H1FY23: Revenue of Rs 17,021 million, EBITDA of Rs 2,208 million and PAT of Rs 117 million 43 million patrons visted the cinemas during the H1FY23 Growth of 19% in Average ticket price (Rs 239) and growth of 32% in Average F&B; spend per patron (Rs 132) as compared to the pre pandemic period Added 24 screens across 5 properties during the half year ended September 2022 Commenting on the results and performance, Mr. Ajay Bijli, Chairman cum Managing Director, PVR Ltd said. "We remain focused on driving admissions back to our cinemas. India's love for movies was well demonstrated by the massive success of the National Cinema Day: I am confident of full recovery in the business driven by the robust content lineup for this year and the various initiatives that we are implementing to rekindle the cinema going habit amongst our loyal patrons. As we celebrate the silver Jubilee for PVR this year, we are extremely optimistic that we will continue to set and exceed even greater benchmarks in the years to come." Result PDF