Comparison

SEATmio vs Numero

Numero collects box office from the cinemas that report to it. SEATmio reads what every cinema publishes on its seat maps. Revenue from reports on one side, seats from the maps on the other.

About Numero

Numero, part of Vista Group (New Zealand), is a box office reporting platform used by studios, distributors and cinemas. It reports grosses collected from exhibitors, including complete real-time UK box office since 2024, and offers presale and hourly comparisons to forecast an opening. Vista describes it as covering more than 20 territories.

Numero is the better fit when

  • You need reported grosses, in real time, in the territories Numero covers.
  • Your cinemas already run Vista software and report through it.
  • You need revenue, not seat-based estimates.

SEATmio is the better fit when

  • You need markets outside Numero's territories, measured the same way.
  • You want occupancy and seat supply per screening, not only grosses.
  • You want to follow chains that do not report to you, read independently.

Side by side

What is measured
NumeroBox office grosses reported by exhibitors.
SEATmioSeats sold in each screening, and so tickets and occupancy. Not revenue.
Where the data comes from
NumeroResults collected from exhibitors, with Vista software integrations.
SEATmioThe seat maps cinemas publish for online booking. No agreements with cinemas, no personal data.
When you see it
NumeroReal time where exhibitors report live.
SEATmioSame day. Presales are read repeatedly before release, the final read minutes before the show.
Before release
NumeroPresale and hourly comparisons to forecast the opening day and weekend.
SEATmioA presale curve per film, compared with similar films, and an opening-week projection.
Coverage
NumeroMore than 20 territories, according to Vista.
SEATmio13,162 cinemas in 124 countries.
Access
NumeroPricing is not published.
SEATmioBy agreement after a short call, with a trial scoped to your markets, chains or titles.

Using both

Where Numero has full exhibitor reporting, it is the revenue reference. SEATmio covers the markets without it and adds occupancy and seat supply per screening across every chain.

Where SEATmio falls short

A fair comparison has to say this too.

  • SEATmio estimates tickets from seat maps. It does not measure box office revenue, and seats sold at the counter after our last read are not included, so our figures can differ from official grosses.
  • We only see chains that publish seat maps online. Some chains and markets are missing, and some are read less often than others.
  • For most chains our history starts when we began reading them. Presale curves are recorded from September 2026, so comparisons with past releases get richer over time.
  • We count seats, not people: no demographics, awareness or intent to watch.

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Sources

  1. Numero - numero.co
  2. Numero - about
  3. Vista Group: complete UK box office in Numero (2024)

Numero is a trademark of its owner. SEATmio is not affiliated with or endorsed by it. Information about Numero comes from its own public materials and the trade press listed above, checked on 2026-09-27. If anything here is inaccurate or out of date, write to [email protected] and we will correct it.