Switzerland

Film distribution in Switzerland, with SUISA

DISTmio runs Swiss bookings on a Thursday cinema week, takes VAT, ticket taxes and SUISA off the rental base and issues your rent invoices in bexio, Billomat or Sellsy.

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Local rules

What a Swiss distributor needs

Thursday cinema week

Booking grids, play weeks and holdovers run Thursday to Wednesday.

Rental base net of deductions

VAT, ticket taxes and SUISA come off the box office before your terms apply.

SUISA on the settlement

The SUISA deduction is shown as its own line on every cinema settlement.

Required invoice wording

Invoices carry the mentions Swiss VAT law requires.

Swiss settlement

From box office to Swiss rent invoice

DISTmio takes VAT, ticket taxes and SUISA off the box office, applies your share, guarantee or flat fee for each cinema week and turns approved settlements into rent invoices.

  • Weekly shares, guarantees and flat fees
  • SUISA as its own deduction
  • Settlements approved, then invoiced in one step
See how settlements work
  1. Gross box office
  2. Less VAT, ticket taxes and SUISA
  3. Net rental base
  4. Rental share
  5. Guarantee or flat fee
  6. Invoice with VAT
Invoicing and accounting

bexio, Billomat or Sellsy

Issue rent invoices in the Swiss program you already use, with payments linked to each settlement.

  • bexio, Billomat and Sellsy
  • Odoo for invoicing too
  • Payment status kept with each settlement
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Swiss francs

Invoice DM/2025/042

Payer
Cinema example
Film
The Northern Lights
Rent
CHF 5,500
VAT
CHF 440
Due date
16 Apr
Currency
CHF
Online payment link
bexioBillomatSellsyOdoo
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
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  1. Mon
  2. Tue
  3. Wed
  4. Thu
  5. Fri
  6. Sat
  7. Sun
Questions

Switzerland: common questions

What does the rental base exclude?

The rental base is the box office net of VAT, ticket taxes and SUISA, before your share, guarantee or flat fee applies.

Switzerland

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We set up a demo with your films, your cinemas and a Thursday cinema week.

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