- For more information on the UK and global market for filmed entertainment see Section 13
- For more information about the UK film economy see Section 20
Statistical Yearbook 2010
- Home
- Chief Executive Officer‘s foreword
- 1.0 - The box office
- 1.0 - Facts in focus
- 1.1 - Admissions
- 1.2 - Box office
- 1.3 - Releases and box office
- 1.4 - Country of origin of releases
- 2.0 - Top films in 2009
- 2.0 - Facts in focus
- 2.1 - Top 20 films
- 2.2 - Top 20 UK films
- 2.3 - Top 20 UK independent films
- 2.4 - Top 3D films
- 2.5 - Best weekend performances of UK films
- 3.0 - Top films of all time in the UK
- 3.0 - Facts in focus
- 3.1 - All time top 20
- 3.2 - Inflation adjusted top 20 films
- 3.3 - All time top 20 UK films
- 3.4 - All time top 20 independent UK films
- 4.0 - Genre and classification
- 4.0 - Facts in focus
- 4.1 - Genre
- 4.1.1 - Genre of all films
- 4.1.2 - Genre of UK films
- 4.2 - BBFC classification
- 4.2.1 - Releases and box office
- 4.2.2 - Top films by classification
- 5.0 - Specialised films
- 5.0 - Facts in focus
- 5.1 - UK box office
- 5.2 - Foreign language films
- 5.3 - Documentaries
- 5.4 - Classic and archive re-releases
- 6.0 - UK films internationally
- 6.0 - Facts in focus
- 6.1 - Worldwide
- 6.2 - North America
- 6.3 - Europe
- 6.4 - Latin America
- 6.5 - Japan and South Korea
- 6.6 - Australasia
- 7.0 - UK talent and awards
- 8.0 - Distribution
- 8.0 - Facts in focus
- 8.1 - Distributors in 2009
- 8.2 - Distributors 2004–2009
- 8.3 - Weekend box office
- 8.4 - Release costs
- 9.0 - Exhibition
- 9.0 - Facts in focus
- 9.1 - UK cinema sites
- 9.2 - UK screens
- 9.3 - Screen location
- 9.4 - Screen density - international
- 9.5 - Screen density - UK
- 9.6 - Type of screens by nation and region
- 9.7 - Mainstream, specialised and South Asian programming
- 9.8 - Exhibitors
- 9.9 - Exhibitor revenues
- 9.10 - Digital projection
- 9.10.1 - Digital Screen Network
- 9.10.2 - Screens worldwide and in the UK
- 9.10.3 - 3D and alternative content
- 9.11 - Community cinema
- 10.0 - Film on video
- 10.0 - Facts in focus
- 10.1 - Retail video market
- 10.2 - Video sales and box office
- 10.3 - Video rental market
- 10.4 - Hardware
- 11.0 - Film on UK television
- 11.0 - Facts in focus
- 11.1 - Programming
- 11.2 - Peak-time
- 11.3 - Audiences
- 11.4 - Top films
- 11.5 - Films on multi-channel TV
- 11.6 - Audience for film on all TV channels, 2000-2009
- 11.7 - Value of film to broadcasters
- 12.0 - Video on Demand (VoD)
- 12.0 - Facts in focus
- 12.1 - Size of the UK market
- 12.2 - VoD services in the UK
- 12.3 - Future prospects for the VoD market
- 13.0 - UK film market as a whole
- 13.0 - Facts in focus
- 13.1 - Filmed entertainment market
- 13.2 - Global context
- 13.3 - Evolution of UK film revenues, 1998-2009
- 13.4 - The impact of recession
- 14.0 - Audiences
- 14.0 - Facts in focus
- 14.1 - Cinema audience by gender
- 14.2 - Film preferences by gender
- 14.3 - Cinema audience by age
- 14.4 - Film preferences by age
- 14.5 - Cinema audience by social group
- 14.6 - Film preferences by social group
- 14.7 - Film audiences by ethnicity
- 14.8 - Film audiences by disability
- 14.9 - Film preferences by nation or region
- 14.10 - Film downloads
- 14.11 - Profiles of cinema audiences and film on TV
- 14.12 - Cinema-goers‘ preferences by age for cinema, DVD and TV
- 14.13 - Total size of UK film audience
- 15.0 - Films certified as British 1998-2009
- 15.0 - Facts in focus
- 15.1 - Official British film qualification
- 15.2 - Schedule 1 cultural test certifications, 2008-2009
- 15.3 - Co-productions, 2008 and 2009
- 15.4 - Certified British films, 1998-2009
- 15.5 - Median budgets, 1998-2009
- 15.6 - Certifications by budget, 2007-2009
- 16.0 - Film production
- 16.0 - Facts in focus
- 16.1 - Value of UK production
- 16.2 - Inward, domestic and co-production, 1994-2009
- 16.3 - By genre, 2007-2009
- 16.4 - Budget trends
- 16.5 - Size distribution of budgets
- 16.6 - Big budget productions, 2007-2009
- 16.7 - UK spend - percentage of budget
- 16.8 - UK domestic productions by territory of shoot
- 16.9 - Co-productions
- 16.10 - Production companies activity levels
- 16.11 - US studios‘ film production in the UK
- 17.0 - Public investment in film in the UK
- 17.0 - Facts in focus
- 17.1 - By source
- 17.2 - By organisation
- 17.3 - Activities supported
- 17.4 - Large production awards by agency 2008/09
- 17.5 - Leading public investors, 2007-2009
- 18.0 - Film education
- 18.0 - Facts in focus
- 18.1 - Introduction
- 18.2 - Film in formal education settings
- 18.3 - National and regional providers
- 18.4 - Public investment
- 18.5 - Moving image education providers
- 19.0 - Film industry companies
- 19.0 - Facts in focus
- 19.1 - Number of film and video companies
- 19.2 - Size distribution of companies
- 19.3 - National/regional distribution of film companies
- 19.4 - Leading film companies - UK and Europe
- 19.5 - Leading production companies - UK and Europe
- 20.0 - UK film economy
- 20.0 - Facts in focus
- 20.1 - Turnover, 1995-2008
- 20.2 - Contribution to GDP, 1995-2008
- 20.3 - Economic impact of the film industry
- 20.4 - UK facilities sector
- 20.5 - Exports, 1995-2008
- 20.6 - Imports, 1995-2008
- 20.7 - Trade balance, 1995-2008
- 20.8 - Film export markets
- 20.9 - UK-global market comparisons
- 20.10 - Geographical distribution of UK film trade surplus
- 21.0 - Employment in film and video
- 21.0 - Facts in focus
- 21.1 - The workforce
- 21.1.1 - Labour Force Survey
- 21.1.2 - Skillset‘s Labour Market Intelligence and Employment Census
- 21.2 - Film production workforce survey
- 21.3 - Gender of writers and directors of UK films
- 21.4 - Workplace location
- 21.5 - Scale of the workplace
- Acknowledgements
- Sources
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UK films internationally
Global box office revenues reached almost $30 billion in 2009, with UK films sharing 7% of this market. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince and Slumdog Millionaire were the stand-out performers, the latter boosting the share of independent UK films to its highest level since our records began.
Facts in focus
- Worldwide, the gross box office for films of all countries of origin increased by 8% on 2008 to $30 billion.
- The UK share of the global theatrical market was 7% ($2 billion).
- The top 10 performing UK films worldwide grossed $1.8 billion in 2009.
- Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince was the best performing UK-qualifying film at the worldwide box office, earning over $900 million in 2009.
- UK films represented 7% of releases at the North American box office (9% in 2008), and 7% of the market (16% in 2008), at a value of $705 million.
- In Europe, the top British film was Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince with 26 million admissions, followed by Slumdog Millionaire with 11 million.