UK CINEMA FACTSHEET
2014 year to date – Data sources: Rentrak, BFI, FDA
- The UK has 756 cinemas with 3,867 screens. Practically every screen is now equipped with a digital projection system, replacing the former 35mm reels.
- The top grossing UK cinema release of all time is Skyfall (2012), which generated £102.9 million in UK cinema ticket sales.
Daniel Craig as 007 in Skyfall (2012)
- The top release of 2013 was Despicable Me 2, which grossed £47.5 million in UK cinema ticket sales.
Despicable Me 2
- In January–June 2014, UK cinemagoers spent £550 million on cinema tickets. The overall total in the full year 2013 was £1.16 billion, so 2014 is on course to be another buoyant, dynamic year.
- The top film in the first half of 2014 was The Lego Movie, a February release, seen by approximately 5 million UK cinemagoers.
The Lego Movie
Other popular cinema releases in 2014 to date include: 12 Years A Slave; 22 Jump Street; The Amazing Spider-Man 2; Captain America: The Winter Soldier; How to Train Your Dragon 2; Dawn of the Planet of the Apes; Maleficent; Transformers: Age of Extinction; The Wolf of Wall Street; X-Men: Days of Future Past; Guardians of the Galaxy and more.
- The Inbetweeners 2 has recently achieved the biggest opening of any film in 2014 to date (£12.5 million box-office receipts in its first 5 days).
The Inbetweeners 2
- The single biggest week for cinema visits in 2014 to date is w/c 14 February, when The Lego Movie was just out. In that (half-term) week alone, UK cinemagoers spent £40.5 million on cinema tickets.
- The most popular 3D release in 2014 to date is X-Men: Days of Future Past. So far this year, 3D presentations have accounted for £65.5 million in cinema ticket sales.
X-Men: Days of Future Past. Top 3D Movie in 2014
Foker On Film's Top 5 movies of 2014...so far.
1. Captain American: The Winter Soldier
2. Guardians of the Galaxy
3. The Wolf of Wall Street
4. Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
5. X-Men: Days of Future Past
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