number of cinema screens in the UK decreased by two percent between 2019 and 2020.
In 2020, there were 985 cinema sites in the United Kingdom, down from 1,080 a year earlier – an annual decline of almost nine percent. Also in 2020, multiplexes – establishments with five screens or more – accounted for 40 percent of all movie theaters in the UK, the same share recorded in 2016. The Number of cinema sites in the United Kingdom from 2016 to 2020, by type
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Statistics on Film industry in the United Kingdom
Overview
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- Premium Statistic Global box office revenue 2004-2021, by region
- Premium Statistic Box office revenue in Europe 2019-2021
- Premium Statistic Change in box office revenue in selected European countries 2021
- Premium Statistic Number of movie tickets sold in selected countries in Europe 2019-2021
- Premium Statistic Domestic films' share in cinema attendance in selected countries in Europe 2019-2021
- Basic Statistic Box office revenue in the UK 2010-2021
- Premium Statistic British films' box office gross as a share of the global box office revenue 2002-2021
Movies
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- Premium Statistic Gross revenue of the filmed entertainment market in the UK 1998-2020
- Premium Statistic Gross revenue of the filmed entertainment market in the UK 2016-2020, by platform
- Basic Statistic Global box office revenue of British films 2002-2021
- Basic Statistic UK films as a share of UK & Ireland's box office gross 2003-2021, by production type
- Premium Statistic Number of feature films produced in the United Kingdom 1994-2020
- Premium Statistic Number of films produced in the UK 2018-2020, by genre
- Premium Statistic Spend on feature films made in the UK 2011-2020, by production category
- Basic Statistic Highest-grossing British films at the global box office 2021
Companies
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- Premium Statistic Number of film and video production and post-production companies in the UK 1996-2020
- Premium Statistic Number of film & video distribution companies in the UK 1996-2020
- Premium Statistic Number of films on release in Ireland and the United Kingdom 2020, by distributor
- Basic Statistic Film distributors ranked by box office gross in Ireland and the United Kingdom 2020
- Basic Statistic Film distributors ranked by share of box office gross in Ireland and the UK 2020
- Premium Statistic Employment in the film industry in the UK 2007-2020, by segment
Movie theaters
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- Premium Statistic Number of movie theaters in the United Kingdom 2004-2021
- Premium Statistic Number of cinema screens in the United Kingdom 2004-2021
- Premium Statistic Average number of cinema screens per site in the United Kingdom 2004-2021
- Premium Statistic Number of cinema screens in the UK 2016-2020, by cinema type
- Basic Statistic Average price of a movie ticket in the United Kingdom (UK) 2000-2021
- Basic Statistic Distribution of films released in Ireland and the UK in 2020, by country of origin
- Basic Statistic Number of films released in Ireland and the UK 2020, by genre
Viewer behavior
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- Premium Statistic Cinema attendance in the United Kingdom 2001-2021
- Basic Statistic Average annual cinema spending per head population in the United Kingdom 2000-2021
- Premium Statistic Monthly cinema admissions in the United Kingdom 2017-2022
- Premium Statistic Share of internet users downloading or streaming films illegally in the UK 2015-2021
- Premium Statistic Sharee of internet users who watched movies online in the UK 2021, by method
Outlook
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Further related statistics
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- Leading movie distributors in France 2021, by market share
- Distributors of independent UK films in the UK and Ireland 2019, by box office
- Leading film distributors in Russia 2021, by box office share
- Film genres ranked by width of release in the UK and Ireland 2019
- Distributors of foreign language films in the UK and Ireland 2019, by box office
- Leading distributors of UK independent films in the UK and Ireland 2019, by releases
- Cinema admissions in the United Kingdom (UK) 2019, by region
- Leading cinema exhibitors in the United Kingdom (UK) 2018, by number of sites
- Weekly cinema admissions per month in the United Kingdom (UK) 2011-2016
- Number of IMAX cinemas in Greater China 2014-2021
- Sales of cinema tickets in Germany 2012-2025
- Number of IMAX cinemas in Greater China 2021, by region and type
- North American box office revenue 2012-2018, by season
- Market share of Danish cinema films 2015-2017
- Share of premiere cinema screenings in Poland 2021, by country of production
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- Distributors of foreign language films in the UK and Ireland 2019, by box office
- Leading distributors of UK independent films in the UK and Ireland 2019, by releases
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- Weekly cinema admissions per month in the United Kingdom (UK) 2011-2016
- Number of IMAX cinemas in Greater China 2014-2021
- Sales of cinema tickets in Germany 2012-2025
- Number of IMAX cinemas in Greater China 2021, by region and type
- North American box office revenue 2012-2018, by season
- Market share of Danish cinema films 2015-2017
- Share of premiere cinema screenings in Poland 2021, by country of production
British Film Institute. (January 20, 2022). Number of cinema sites in the United Kingdom from 2016 to 2020, by type [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved April 02, 2023, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/238850/number-of-cinema-sites-in-the-uk-by-type/
British Film Institute. "Number of cinema sites in the United Kingdom from 2016 to 2020, by type." Chart. January 20, 2022. Statista. Accessed April 02, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/238850/number-of-cinema-sites-in-the-uk-by-type/
British Film Institute. (2022). Number of cinema sites in the United Kingdom from 2016 to 2020, by type. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: April 02, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/238850/number-of-cinema-sites-in-the-uk-by-type/
British Film Institute. "Number of Cinema Sites in The United Kingdom from 2016 to 2020, by Type." Statista, Statista Inc., 20 Jan 2022, https://www.statista.com/statistics/238850/number-of-cinema-sites-in-the-uk-by-type/
British Film Institute, Number of cinema sites in the United Kingdom from 2016 to 2020, by type Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/238850/number-of-cinema-sites-in-the-uk-by-type/ (last visited April 02, 2023)
Number of cinema sites in the United Kingdom from 2016 to 2020, by type [Graph], British Film Institute, January 20, 2022. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/238850/number-of-cinema-sites-in-the-uk-by-type/