The Cinema Advertising Association recently published the UK admissions total for June.
Ticket sales for the month stood at 12,476,548, 5.5% higher than June last year and the best performance for the month since 2002 (see Figure 1 below).
That brings the total for the first six months of the year to 83,459,466 admissions, 14.5% up on the first half total for 2008.
If this keeps up the year end total should fall comfortably in the region of 172-175 million admissions, possibly more. July is shaping up well with Harry Potter, Ice Age 3, Bruno et al. The question is: will 2009 top 2002?
Figure 1: UK admissions, H1 and full year totals 2002-2009
Source: CAA/Nielsen EDI
Table 1 summarises the H1 admissions and box office data reported in previous posts. I'll keep the table updated as more data become available.
Table 1: Selected H1 admissions and box office gross
Sources:
Filme B, Nielsen EDI, CAA, Danish Film Institute, Cineuropa.org, Federation of Spanish Cinemas, State Administration of Radio, Film and Television, Korean Film Council, Cinetel
Notes:
‘-‘ = data not yet available
‘*’ = figures are for the first five months of 2009 only
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