Thursday cinema week
Booking grids, play weeks and holdovers run Thursday to Wednesday.
Mexico
Film distribution in Mexico, with Facturapi
DISTmio runs Mexican bookings on a Thursday cinema week, settles net of the 16% ticket VAT and issues your rent invoices in Facturapi or Bsale.
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Local rules
What a Mexican distributor needs
16% on tickets and rent
Mexican cinemas start with 16% VAT on tickets and your rent invoices with 16%.
Border-region rate
Cinemas in border regions can be set to the reduced 8% VAT until 31 December 2026.
Invoices in Facturapi or Bsale
DISTmio prepares each rent invoice and issues it in Facturapi or Bsale.
Mexican settlement
From box office to a Mexican rent invoice
DISTmio removes the ticket VAT, applies your share, guarantee or flat fee for each cinema week and turns approved settlements into rent invoices in Facturapi or Bsale.
- Weekly shares, guarantees and flat fees
- Ticket VAT removed before your terms apply
- Rent invoices with 16% VAT
- Gross box office
- Less 16% ticket VAT
- Net box office
- Rental share
- Guarantee or flat fee
- Rent invoice, 16% VAT
Invoicing and accounting
Facturapi or Bsale for rent invoices
Issue rent invoices in Facturapi or Bsale straight from approved settlements, or use Odoo or Alegra for invoicing.
- Invoices issued in Facturapi
- Invoices issued in Bsale
- Odoo and Alegra for invoicing too
Facturapi
Invoice DM/2025/042
- Payer
- Cinema example
- Film
- The Northern Lights
- Rent
- MX$124,200
- VAT
- MX$19,872
- Due date
- 16 Apr
- Issued in
- Facturapi
Online payment link
Facturapi
Bsale
Odoo
Alegra
Cinema week
Play weeks from Thursday to Wednesday
The booking grid, play weeks and the Monday holdover board follow the Thursday week, and a holdover decision extends the booking and orders new KDMs together.
- Booking grid by Thursday weeks
- Monday holdover board with the national average
- One-click extension with new KDMs
- Mon
- Tue
- Wed
- Thu
- Fri
- Sat
- Sun
Questions
Mexico: common questions
Which invoicing programs work in Mexico?
Facturapi and Bsale issue your rent invoices, and Odoo and Alegra work for invoicing too.
Which VAT rate applies to Mexican tickets?
Tickets and rent carry 16% VAT, and border-region cinemas can be set to the reduced 8% until 31 December 2026.
Mexico
See DISTmio with your Mexican releases
We set up a demo with your films, your cinemas and a Thursday cinema week.
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