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Cinema continues to thrive in the UK

Cinema continues to thrive in the UK

UK cinema is on course for another profitable year with big-screen ticket sales remaining buoyant throughout 2012.

The Film Distributors’ Association have revealed that in the first 45 weeks* of this year, UK film distributors have invested more than £300 million to release 567 new titles, practically as many as in the whole of 2011 (577), giving cinema audiences a wider choice than ever before.

Lord David Puttnam CBE, FDA President, said, “UK cinema is ending 2012 in barnstorming style. The box-office is heading for a new record with every chance the momentum will be maintained well into the New Year. Audiences craving cutting-edge entertainment over the holiday season need look no further than their local cinemas.”

Five of the year’s top ten movies to date were released in both 3D and 2D digital formats. 3D remains a popular attraction for UK audiences, accounting for £1 in every £6 spent on cinema tickets this year. The top 3D release of 2012 to date is Marvel Avengers Assemble. A total of 39 films have been released in 3D in 2012 to date, compared with 47 in all of 2011.

In the last week of October, when Skyfall was released, UK moviegoers spent £53.2 million on cinema tickets, practically as much as in the whole of the previous month, September 2012 (£55.7 million). To date, 14 million people have seen Skyfall in a UK cinema, equivalent to a quarter of the population.

With UK cinema box-office receipts crossing the £1 billion threshold this week, ticket sales are running 1% ahead of the same point in 2011, with an outstandingly strong and diverse line-up of titles yet to open, including Peter Jackson’s The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, Debbie Isitt’s Nativity 2: Danger in the Manger and Mike Newell’s star-laden version of Great Expectations.

*Stats up to November 9th.

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