Box office records and stats for film in UK in 2015

1. The UK Box Office 2014
Film demand and supply, specifically in
the UK today.
All information comes from the BFI
(they use Rentrak)

2. Analysing Data
• In the exam you could be give
a graph or chart to analysis so
we need to practice doing
this.
• The info we talk about today
will also help you an answer
any question that touches on
supply and demand

6. What was the best year on
record?
What is the general trend?
Which year saw the biggest
jump % when compared to
2001?
Which year saw the smallest
jump when compare to
2001%?
Which year showed the
biggest drop when compared
to the year before?
Not including 2002 which year
the biggest increased when
compared to the year before?

7. Some quick facts
• 2014 UK box office (£1,058m) was down by
2% when compared to 2013
• 2014 cinema admissions (157.5m) was down
by 5% from 2013 and is the lowest since 2006.
• In 2014 712 films (an average of 14 per week)
were released for a week or more
• The top 100 films (14%) took just over 90% of
the box office.
• The remaining 612 film shared the remaining
9%

8. Some quick facts
• 54 films were released in 3D (up from 43 in
2013) – 7% of the total number of films
released.
• Takings from 3D films accounted for 12% of
the total box office
• Question: Are 3D films more successful than
non 3D films?

11. A few more quick facts
• Comedy was the most popular genre last year
(18% of the box office, 19% of release)
• More drama films were released (20%) but
they only got 5% of the box office. 12 years
was the top earner
• The top performing action, war, documentary
and family films were UK films.
• Top UK film was Paddington (independent!(

12. Classifications

13. Classifications

19. Homework Task
• Summarise the supply and demand of film in the
UK.
• Don’t just quote stats and figures, try to analysis
what they mean for the producers and audiences.
Think about how your experiences fit with or
challenge the stats.
• Aim for at least 500 words
• Due in on 25 Nov (you can email it to Miss Hill
naamah.hill@thurstoncollege.suffolk.sch.uk)
• There is more analysis in the documents on the
blog