In 2022, the UK box office revenue was 902.0 million British pounds, much higher than the previous year's figure of 556.9 million pounds. It is important to note that due to the pandemic, the revenue declined in 2020 to 296.7 million pounds. However, the film industry made a remarkable comeback in 2022, with a growth rate of about 62.2 percent.
Frequency & pricing
Since the pandemic, the annual number of movie tickets sold across the UK stood below 150 million for the first time in the 21st century. In 2021, the figure increased by nearly 70 percent to 74 million. But that is still less than half of the 176 million tickets sold in 2019, before the coronavirus outbreak. Meanwhile, the average cost of a movie ticket in the UK reached an all-time high in 2021: 7.52 pounds, up six percent from the 7.11-pound average reported two years before.
British blockbusters
The highest-grossing film at the box office in the UK in 2021 was "No Time to Die", James Bond's 27th movie. The British co-production with the United States grossed over 90 million pounds at the box office in the UK, more than "Spider-Man: No Way Home" and "Dune" altogether. When it comes to the commercial success of British movies overseas, however, there is still a long way to go after the pandemic. In 2021, British films grossed approximately 3.6 billion U.S. dollars worldwide – which amounts to only 35 percent of the 10.3-billion-dollar global box office revenue recorded in 2019.
Box office revenue in the United Kingdom from 2010 to 2022
(in million GBP)
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UK Cinema Association. (August 2, 2023). Box office revenue in the United Kingdom from 2010 to 2022 (in million GBP) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved July 22, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/285737/cinema-box-office-revenue-in-the-united-kingdom-uk/
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UK Cinema Association. (2023). Box office revenue in the United Kingdom from 2010 to 2022 (in million GBP). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: July 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/285737/cinema-box-office-revenue-in-the-united-kingdom-uk/
UK Cinema Association. "Box Office Revenue in The United Kingdom from 2010 to 2022 (in Million Gbp)." Statista, Statista Inc., 2 Aug 2023, https://www.statista.com/statistics/285737/cinema-box-office-revenue-in-the-united-kingdom-uk/
UK Cinema Association, Box office revenue in the United Kingdom from 2010 to 2022 (in million GBP) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/285737/cinema-box-office-revenue-in-the-united-kingdom-uk/ (last visited July 22, 2024)
Box office revenue in the United Kingdom from 2010 to 2022 (in million GBP) [Graph], UK Cinema Association, August 2, 2023. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/285737/cinema-box-office-revenue-in-the-united-kingdom-uk/