André Rieu’s Maastricht concert has been broadcasted to cinemas around the world since 2011. The broadcast of his hometown concerts was the highest grossing cinema event of 2015 and 2016. In the UK he was the first artist who’s concert took over £1million at the box office in one night, surpassing similar successes by One Direction and Take That.
Rieu’s 2016 broadcast marked his biggest success yet. The broadcast of his 2016 Maastricht Concert took more than £1.4m at the UK box office – the highest-grossing music concert of all time in the territory. In Denmark, the concert became the highest grossing event cinema release of all time.
André also topped the box office in Australia, Denmark and of course The Netherlands. The concert was screened in over 30 countries worldwide including the US, Brazil, Canada and South Africa to an estimated cinema audience of 200,000.