Demand to see James Cameron’s Avatar when it launches at the BFI IMAX this week has been such that the online booking site crashed; the box office has now gone to 24-hour opening; and over 35,000 tickets have been sold in just four days.
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Latest data from TGI show that cinema continues to perform well despite the economic slump, with the number of cinema-goers climbing to a new high of 66% of the adult population.
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Pixar’s latest feature film Up had the 3rd highest opening weekend of the year, taking an impressive £6.4 million at the box office.
Danny Boyle’s Slumdog Millionaire is just one of the films released this year that has helped boost cinema admissions to the highest they’ve been in over seven years.
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Harry Potter and The Half-Blood Prince lived up to its magical hype, conjuring up a staggering £19.8 million in its first five days at UK and Ireland box offices.The sixth film in the Potter fantasy series hasn’t disappointed audiences, or its distributor Warner Bros, making a massive £11.9 million during its opening weekend in the… Continue reading All-new Harry Potter opens with almost £20m
Cinema ticket sales for the first half of the year have reached 83.4 million, the UK’s highest box office figures for seven years.Films such as Slumdog Millionaire, which has taken an incredible £31.6 million in the UK so far this year, Monsters Vs Aliens and Star Trek, have contributed to the success of ticket sales… Continue reading Cinema ticket sales rocket