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Country Focus: UK

Country profile: United Kingdom

General data for 2022

Population
67 million (source: Office for National Statistics, estimate for mid-year 2021 released in December 2022)

GDP
£558,705 million (source: Office for National Statistics, 2023 Q1)

Cinema-going

Annual total admissions
117.3 million (source: BFI, 2022 figures)

Average admission per inhabitant
1.8

Total box office revenue
£945 million (including Republic of Ireland; source: BFI, 2022 figures)

Number of screens/cinemas
4,637 screens, 846 sites (rate of 5.5 screens per site) (source: UK Cinema Association, 2022 figures)

Number of inhabitants per screen
14,449

Number of multiplexes
395 (source: Cinema Theatre Association, 2022 figures)

Average ticket price
£7.69 (source: UK Cinema Association, 2022 figures)

Production data (all for the year 2022, sourced from BFI)

Films produced (including ‘inward investment’ Hollywood productions, and co-productions)
220, totalling a spend of £1.97 billion

Co-productions
30 (as classified by the BFI)

Average spend per production
£9 million

High-end TV series produced
195, totalling a spend of £4.3 billion

Distribution (figures including the Republic of Ireland; all for the year 2022, sourced from BFI)

Total films released (only first run)
834

Local films market share
29.6%

Most successful UK qualifying film
Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness - £42.2m box office gross

Most successful UK independent film
Belfast - £15.6m box office gross

Most successful international film
Top Gun: Maverick - £83.7m box office gross

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