Company overview

The Market

UK cinema industry

  1. The size of the UK exhibition market can be measured by two key metrics: number of admissions and box office revenue.
  2. The number of admissions in the UK has been rising over the last decade and has grown 45% from 108m in 1995 to 165m in 2006, an annual growth rate of 4.3%.
  3. In 1985, the year the first multiplex cinema opened in the UK, cinema admissions were approximately 68m. Dodona Research now forecasts that cinema admissions in the UK will rise to approximately 175m in 2007 and 186m in 2010.
  4. Gross box office revenue in 2006 was £763m compared to £352m in 1995. This is driven largely by an increase in ticket prices and in the number of admissions.
  5. Box office revenues typically accounted for approximately 69 to 72% of total industry revenues between 2000 and 2006, while retail sales and advertising revenue accounted for around 20 to 23% and 7% respectively over the same period.
  6. In 2006, the combined box office revenue, retail sales and advertising revenue of the UK cinema exhibition industry was approximately £944m, having experienced average annual growth of approximately 5.5% since 2000.