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Total Film Encroaches On EMAP’s Empire
Of those film/cinema titles audited in the January-June 1998 ABC period, Total Film has enjoyed a block-busting rise in circulation with a 21.8% increase in magazines sold. In this period it shifted 61,497 copies, an actual gain of 11,010 copies year on year.
The same 6-monthly ABC figures for Empire and Neon did not reveal such a titanic change of fortune; Empire gained over 2,000 copies and Neon remained steady, selling just over 40,000.
| Title | Jan 97 – Jun 97 | Jan 98 – Jun 98 | Actual Change | % Change |
| Empire | 163,855 | 166,123 | 2,268 | 1.38 |
| Total Film | 50,487 | 61,497 | 11,010 | 21.81 |
| Neon | 40,603 | 40,147 | -456 | -1.12 |
| Uncut | n/a | 36,067 | n/a | n/a |
IPC Magazines’ Uncut, which only launched in May last year and so does not have a year on year comparisons, has increased its circulation from the July-December 1997 audit by 7.7%. Uncut now sells around 36,000 copies.
