In 2021, the United Kingdom's filmed entertainment revenue amounted to about 3.14 billion U.S. dollars, down from the 3.2-billion-dollar revenue recorded in 2019, before the COVID-19 outbreak. The sources forecast that the figure would skyrocket between 2021 and 2026, almost reaching 4.7 billion dollars in the latter year. Digital video accounted for most of the
Filmed entertainment revenue in the United Kingdom from 2014 to 2025 (in billion U.S. dollars)
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Other statistics that may interest you Film industry in the United Kingdom
Overview
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- Premium Statistic Global box office revenue 2022, by region
- Premium Statistic Box office revenue in Europe 2019-2022
- Premium Statistic Change in box office revenue in selected European countries 2022
- Premium Statistic Number of movie tickets sold in selected countries in Europe 2019-2022
- Premium Statistic Domestic films' share in cinema attendance in selected countries in Europe 2019-2022
- Basic Statistic Box office revenue in the UK 2010-2022
- Premium Statistic British films' box office gross as a share of the global box office revenue 2002-2023
Movies
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- Premium Statistic Gross revenue of the filmed entertainment market in the UK 1998-2021
- Premium Statistic Gross revenue of the filmed entertainment market in the UK 2016-2021, by platform
- Basic Statistic Global box office revenue of British films 2002-2023
- Basic Statistic UK films as a share of UK & Ireland's box office gross 2003-2022, by production type
- Premium Statistic Number of feature films produced in the United Kingdom 1994-2021
- Premium Statistic Number of films produced in the UK 2019-2021, by genre
- Premium Statistic Spend on feature films made in the UK 2011-2021, by production category
- Basic Statistic Highest-grossing British films at the global box office 2023
Companies
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- Premium Statistic Number of film and video production and post-production companies in the UK 1996-2021
- Premium Statistic Number of film & video distribution companies in the UK 1996-2021
- Premium Statistic Number of films on release in Ireland and the United Kingdom 2020, by distributor
- Basic Statistic Film distributors ranked by share of box office gross in Ireland and the UK 2020
- Basic Statistic Film distributors ranked by box office gross in Ireland and the United Kingdom 2020
- Premium Statistic Employment in the film industry in the UK 2007-2021, by segment
Movie theaters
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- Premium Statistic Number of movie theaters in the United Kingdom 2004-2022
- Premium Statistic Number of cinema screens in the United Kingdom 2004-2022
- Premium Statistic Average number of cinema screens per site in the United Kingdom 2004-2022
- Premium Statistic Number of cinema screens in the UK 2016-2021, by cinema type
- Basic Statistic Average price of a movie ticket in the United Kingdom (UK) 2000-2022
- Basic Statistic Distribution of films released in Ireland and the UK in 2021, by country of origin
- Basic Statistic Number of films released in Ireland and the UK 2021, by genre
Viewer behavior
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- Premium Statistic Cinema attendance in the United Kingdom 2001-2022
- Basic Statistic Average annual cinema spending per head population in the United Kingdom 2000-2022
- Premium Statistic Monthly cinema admissions in the United Kingdom 2017-2023
- Premium Statistic Share of internet users downloading or streaming films illegally in the UK 2015-2022
- Premium Statistic Sharee of internet users who watched movies online in the UK 2022, by method
Outlook
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Further related statistics
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- Video-based industry consumer expenditure in the Netherlands 2014-2023
- Number of cinema sites in the UK 2016-2021, by type
- 3D box office revenue in North America from 2006 to 2017
- Independent UK film genres ranked by box office revenue in the UK and Ireland 2016
- Box office market share of UK films in North America 2002-2019
- Distributors of independent UK films in the UK and Ireland 2019, by box office
- Feature film production in Norway 2010-2018
- Share of imported films among theater releases in Japan 2013-2022
- Expenses of motion picture & video industries in the U.S. 2007-2021
- Language of films released in the United Kingdom (UK) and Republic of Ireland in 2019
- Percentage of movies shot in film-only format in the U.S. 2006-2017
- Women in key positions of the cinema film industry in Norway 2011-2018
- Number of 3D movies viewed per moviegoer in North America 2017, by age
- Puerto Rico: largest cinema digital advertisers 2019
- United Kingdom (UK): Information sector employment figures 2009-2018
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- Video-based industry consumer expenditure in the Netherlands 2014-2023
- Number of cinema sites in the UK 2016-2021, by type
- 3D box office revenue in North America from 2006 to 2017
- Independent UK film genres ranked by box office revenue in the UK and Ireland 2016
- Box office market share of UK films in North America 2002-2019
- Distributors of independent UK films in the UK and Ireland 2019, by box office
- Feature film production in Norway 2010-2018
- Share of imported films among theater releases in Japan 2013-2022
- Expenses of motion picture & video industries in the U.S. 2007-2021
- Language of films released in the United Kingdom (UK) and Republic of Ireland in 2019
- Percentage of movies shot in film-only format in the U.S. 2006-2017
- Women in key positions of the cinema film industry in Norway 2011-2018
- Number of 3D movies viewed per moviegoer in North America 2017, by age
- Puerto Rico: largest cinema digital advertisers 2019
- United Kingdom (UK): Information sector employment figures 2009-2018
British Film Institute. (September 18, 2023). Filmed entertainment revenue in the United Kingdom from 2014 to 2025 (in billion U.S. dollars) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved May 13, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/296450/filmed-entertainment-revenue-uk-forecast/
British Film Institute. "Filmed entertainment revenue in the United Kingdom from 2014 to 2025 (in billion U.S. dollars)." Chart. September 18, 2023. Statista. Accessed May 13, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/296450/filmed-entertainment-revenue-uk-forecast/
British Film Institute. (2023). Filmed entertainment revenue in the United Kingdom from 2014 to 2025 (in billion U.S. dollars). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: May 13, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/296450/filmed-entertainment-revenue-uk-forecast/
British Film Institute. "Filmed Entertainment Revenue in The United Kingdom from 2014 to 2025 (in Billion U.S. Dollars)." Statista, Statista Inc., 18 Sep 2023, https://www.statista.com/statistics/296450/filmed-entertainment-revenue-uk-forecast/
British Film Institute, Filmed entertainment revenue in the United Kingdom from 2014 to 2025 (in billion U.S. dollars) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/296450/filmed-entertainment-revenue-uk-forecast/ (last visited May 13, 2024)
Filmed entertainment revenue in the United Kingdom from 2014 to 2025 (in billion U.S. dollars) [Graph], British Film Institute, September 18, 2023. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/296450/filmed-entertainment-revenue-uk-forecast/