BFI RESEARCH AND STATISTICS PUBLISHED APRIL 2016
Image: Legend courtesy of StudioCanal
IN 2015 TOP FILMS TOP FILMS IN 2015
Three of the top four films released at the UK box office in 2015 were UK qualifying productions. The year’s top title, Star Wars: The Force Awakens, became the highest earning film of all time in the UK with gross receipts of more than £122 million.
FACTS IN FOCUS The biggest film of the year was Star Wars: The Force Awakens with takings of over £122 million, a new UK box office record.
Sixteen films earned £20 million or over at the UK box office in 2015, two more than in 2014. Eight UK qualifying films featured in the top 20 films of the year, one of which was an independent UK film.
Legend, with takings of £18 million, was the highest earning independent UK film of the year. The top 20 UK films grossed £511 million, 41% of the total UK box office. Independent UK films accounted for 16% of the total box office for the top 20 UK films, compared with 54% in 2014.
Eleven UK qualifying films spent a total of 20 weeks at the top of the UK weekend box office charts.
The box office revenue generated from 3D film screenings was £137 million. This was 11% of the overall box office, down from 12% in 2014. TOP FILMS IN 2015 BFI Statistical Yearbook 2016 3 Universal Universal Universal Universal Universal Universal Lionsgate Paramount Walt Disney Walt Walt Disney Walt Walt Disney Walt Disney Walt Walt Disney Walt StudioCanal Distributor Warner Bros Warner Sony Pictures Sony Pictures 20th Century Fox 20th Century Fox 20th Century Fox + + + + + + + + + + + + + +
5.2 5.0 6.6 3.7 4.3 6.3 6.7 4.5 6.0 3.8 5.4 7.4 19.4 18.0 41.3 11.7 12.7 13.6 11.3 34.0 gross Opening weekend weekend (£ million) (£ Avengers: Age of and Avengers: World 522 497 582 532 619 501 563 483 546 585 531 556 572 651 601 608 537 585 579 676
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Box 18.4 17.4 23.5 21.7 64.5 20.7 20.4 17.8 17.4 48.3 25.4 21.3 21.2 95.2 47.7 39.3 38.6 35.1 29.2 122.3 gross office (£ million) (£ # Fra USA USA USA USA USA USA USA USA origin UK/USA UK/USA UK/USA UK/USA UK/USA UK/USA UK/USA USA/Fra USA/Ger USA/Aus UK/Fra/USA Country of Title Pitch Perfect 2 The Martian* The Theory of Everything Jurassic World* Legend Big Hero 6 Big Hero 2 Hotel Transylvania Taken 3 Taken Mad Max: Fury Road Avengers: Age of Ultron Avengers: Home Cinderella Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation SPECTRE* Minions* Inside Out* Fast & Furious 7 Fifty Shades of Grey The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2 Star Wars: The Force Awakens* The Force Star Wars: 3 4 2 5 6 7 8 9 1 19 11 12 17 15 16 18 20 10 13 14 + Film had an extended opening weekend (the largest of which was a seven-day opening for + Film had an extended opening weekend (the largest of which was a seven-day opening for Source: comScore, BFI RSU analysis comScore, Source: Notes: = cumulative total up to 21 February 2016. gross Box office on 21 February 2016. * Film still on release studio. # Film made with independent (non-studio) US support or with the independent arm of a US Table 1 Box office results for the top 20 films released in the UK and Republic of Ireland, 2015 Ireland, released in the UK and Republic of 20 films results for the top 1 Box office Table Action was the popular most genre in the list 2015 films, 20 top of in terms both releases of of number and box office takings. six for accounted titles, It including SPECTRE, Sixteen films earned £20 million the UK over at or box office (Table an in increase in 2015, 2014 from 14 1). Sequels and franchises the 12of films, 20 top for accounted the same as in 2014. The top performing top The the box release office at The in the UK Ireland and Republic of in was 2015 Star Wars: , with earnings Awakens Force (to February 21 over £122 2016) of million. Currently the all-time highest earning film the UK at box office, the instalment latest from the Star franchise Wars grossed in more its first (£34 days four alone million) than the final tallies the 12 of titles of in chart. the 20 top year’s The popular most second release was outing, the Bond James , which SPECTRE latest earned £95 million, the third highest gross all of time the UKat box office, and a figure which ordinarily top seen it have would the annual chart. In to the addition two leading earners, six other UK qualifying films featured in the title. were five which There was of an UK one independent 20, top titles in the films 20 top three 2014, of films. which were independent of THE TOP 20 FILMS THE TOP , which betweenUltron them earned £285 million. Animation was again in place, second in terms both of releases and total of number box office takings, grossing £153 million from five record- releases. The together withbreaking the Awakens takings gross The Force earned from Martian made The by Star Wars: sci-fi the third highest earning genre in the with 20 top £146 million. 4 BFI Statistical Yearbook 2016 TOP FILMS IN 2015
# Filmmadewithindependent(non-studio) USsupportorwiththeindependentarmofastudio. * Filmstillonrelease on21February2016. Box office gross =cumulativetotalupto21February2016. Notes: Source: Rentrak,BFIRSUanalysis Table 2Boxoffice results forthetop20UKqualifyingfilms releasedintheUKandRepublicof Ireland, 2015 chart. the in genre earning highest the was releases, five from million of nearly £193 gross biopic comedy. and office box acombined animation, with Action, adventure, represented, were including eight and genres other film ofrelease asci-fi 2015 was The qualifying production. top UK film of UK variety the top 20 illustrates the in The of genres range where independent titles. films UK earning highest two on 2014’s decrease alarge when the 54% films, top 20 for UK the accounted office box for 16% total of the 2014, in they and than four less independent UK were films, top 20 titles of the Six productions. backed most of studio- were which collaborations, 2014. UK/USA in by dominated is The more than list nine 2015, in million £10 more than grossed films UK Fifteen began. records our of since any year films UK top 20 for the gross office box combined highest the is and office) box total of 2014 the in released (22% films top 20 UK the by earned million double £239 more the than was This office. box UK total the 41% was which of of £511 of Table 2015, in million, shown 2, had gross acombined The films top 20 UK THE TOP20UKQUALIFYINGFILMS
13 18 17 16 15 14 12 20 19 11 10 1 2 3 4 6 5 8 7 9 Star Wars: TheForce Awakens* SPECTRE* Avengers: AgeofUltron The Martian* Cinderella The TheoryofEverything Legend Mission: Impossible–RogueNation The LadyintheVan* Pan* Suffragette* Into theWoods Everest Terminator Genisys Shaun theSheepMovie Kingsman: TheSecret Service Far from theMaddingCrowd The Manfrom U.N.C.L.E. The SecondBestExoticMarigoldHotel Ant-Man Title UK/USA/Can UK/Fra/USA UK/USA/Ice Country of of Country UK/USA UK/USA UK/USA UK/USA UK/USA UK/USA UK/USA UK/USA UK/USA UK/USA UK/USA UK/USA UK/USA UK/USA UK/USA UK/Fra origin UK # # # # (£ million) office office gross gross 122.3 95.2 48.3 23.5 21.3 21.7 21.2 10.7 13.8 11.1 13.0 16.0 18.4 16.6 16.3 Box Box 9.9 9.9 9.2 6.2 6.5
20th CenturyFox 20th CenturyFox 20th CenturyFox 20th CenturyFox Sony Pictures Sony Pictures Warner Bros Warner Bros Distributor StudioCanal StudioCanal Walt Disney Walt Disney Walt Disney Walt Disney Walt Disney Paramount Paramount Universal Universal Pathé TOP FILMS IN 2015 BFI Statistical Yearbook 2016 5 Pathé
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The Inbetweeners 2) Inbetweeners The 6.2 5.0 2.9 2.9 2.7 3.8 9.9 5.6 2.9 2.2 3.3 2.0 1.8 1.6 1.5 1.5 Box 18.4 16.0 13.0 13.8 gross office and (£ million) (£ # # # # # # # # UK UK UK UK UK UK UK UK origin UK/Fra UK/Fra UK/USA UK/USA UK/USA UK/USA UK/USA UK/USA UK/Can/Ire UK/Fra/Gre Country of UK/Fra/USA UK/Can/USA Title Brooklyn* Amy Woman in Gold Woman Macbeth of Youth Testament The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel Shaun the Sheep the Movie Suffragette* Legend Spooks: The Greater Good Spooks: The Greater Far from the Madding Crowd Far from The Lady in the Van* in Black: Angel of Death The Woman Mr Holmes The Bad Education Movie Ex Machina 45 Years A Little Chaos The Lobster A Royal Night Out 7 9 2 3 5 1 6 4 8 12 13 15 10 14 16 11 17 18 19 20
Source: comScore, BFI RSU analysis comScore, Source: Notes: = cumulative total up to 21 February 2016. gross Box office on 21 February 2016. * Film still on release studio. # Film made with independent (non-studio) US support or with the independent arm of a US Table 3 Box office results for the top 20 UK independent films released in the UK and Republic of Ireland, 2015 Ireland, UK and Republic of released in the films for the top 20 UK independent results 3 Box office Table THE TOP 20 UK INDEPENDENT FILMS INDEPENDENT 20 UK TOP THE films UK 20 a combined top gross had 3, shown independent The in million, 2015, Table £117 of of which was 9% the of total UK box office, over half Just a decrease this of the seen in on 14% 2014. total was earned which grossed releases, of each by the independent four top over £10 million. three In 2014, UK releases earnedindependent over £10 million, two which (Paddington of As in previous years films the UK 20 top independent the had widest variety genres of all of three 20 top sci-fi romance, and thriller. mystery, charts, horror, Generating £36.5 including comedy, million from was the releases,four biopic biggest earner by followed drama with £22.4 million from five releases. The list animation documentary one includes Movie and – Shaun the Sheep the one – Amy grossed over £30 million. 6 BFI Statistical Yearbook 2016 TOP FILMS IN 2015
The 3Dgrosses donotincludetakingsfrom IMAXscreenings, butIMAXrevenues contributetothetotal gross. * Filmstillonrelease on21February2016. Box office gross =cumulativetotalupto21February2016. Notes: Source: comScore Table 4Top 203Dreleases intheUKandRepublicofIreland, 2015(rankedby3Dgross) waning. format is enthusiasm 3D for the overall that 71% from 2010 2015. suggests in fallen in 25% has to This takings apercentage of as total 3D takings median the on only 3D shown were screens, which films Excluding 2010. point in ahigh from decreased has 3D screenings in taken office box total percentage of films’ the average On screenings.) IMAX from table do not the in include takings 3D (The grosses 3D screens. from gross of total Paranormal proportion highest whilst had the takings Activity: GhostDimension3D , at 68%, Table in StarWars: 4. listed The 2015 are top in 20 3D releases Force The Awakens 3D highest had the 2014. in 12% from down office, box 11% represents of Republic and Ireland UK of 3D the screenings from gross aggregate This screenings. 3D their from 2016) 21 February (to 2015, million £137 in released generating were 3D films Thirty-four THE TOP3DFILMS
20 19 18 17 16 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 The DivergentSeries:Insurgent Pan* Jupiter Ascending Poltergeist Hotel Transylvania 2 Paranormal Activity:GhostDimension3D Terminator: Genisys Ant-Man Home Big Hero 6 San Andreas Everest The HungerGames:Mockingjay–Part2 Mad Max:FuryRoad Inside Out* Minions* The Martian* Avengers: AgeofUltron Jurassic World* Star Wars: TheForce Awakens* Title Total gross (£ million) 122.3 20.4 11.1 16.3 25.4 20.7 11.5 10.7 29.2 17.4 39.3 47.7 23.5 48.3 64.5 8.0 9.2 4.4 4.0 4.0 (£ million) 3D gross gross 3D 13.2 20.6 34.6 1.6 1.6 1.6 1.8 1.8 2.7 2.9 3.1 3.2 3.6 3.8 3.9 3.9 4.8 4.9 7.7 8.0 % of total total % of gross 3D as as 3D 20 17 37 46 68 26 19 13 18 33 36 14 28 13 16 34 27 32 28 9
Number Number of 3D 3D of sites 388 413 355 369 373 362 441 446 402 432 424 488 472 450 490 476 462 504 511 546 Sony Pictures 20th Century 20th Century 20th Century 20th Century 20th Century 20th Century Warner Bros Warner Bros Warner Bros Warner Bros Distributor Walt Disney Walt Disney Walt Disney Walt Disney Walt Disney eOne Films Paramount Paramount Lionsgate Universal Universal Universal Fox Fox Fox TOP FILMS IN 2015 BFI Statistical Yearbook 2016 7 Fox Universal Universal Universal Paramount eOne Films Walt Disney Walt Walt Disney Walt Walt Disney Walt Walt Disney Walt Walt Disney Walt Distributor Warner Bros Warner Warner Bros Warner Warner Bros Warner 20th Century Sony Pictures Sony Pictures 1 41 36 33 39 32 35 35 31 33 38 32 31 35 32 18 of IMAX 3D sites Number 8 7 9 8 6 4 1 4 3 12 15 13 30 10 <1 <1 as % of IMAX 3D total gross 5.4 3.5 1.5 1.5 0.9 0.9 0.6 0.5 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.1 0.1 14.5 <0.1 gross IMAX 3D (£ million) (£ 4.4 1.4 8.0 8.4 0.9 64.5 48.3 10.7 17.4 11.1 16.3 11.5 20.7 39.3 23.5 122.3 (£ million) (£ Total gross gross Total Paranormal Activity: Ghost Dimension 3D – Activity: Ghost film one whereas (51%), (75%) and Everest – Paranormal Walk The Title Star Wars: The Force Awakens* The Force Star Wars: Jurassic World* Avengers: Age of Ultron Avengers: Everest Mad Max: Fury Road Terminator: Genisys Terminator: Ant-Man Jupiter Ascending San Andreas The Walk The Walk Big Hero 6 Big Hero The Divergent Series: Insurgent Pixels Seventh Son Inside Out* The Martian* 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16
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20 17 16 15 14 19 18 13 12 11 10 2 1 5 4 3 7 6 9 8 Title Gravity Cathedrals ofCulture Dredd Kochadaiiyaan Monsters, Inc.3D Prometheus Wrath oftheTitans Doctor Doctor Who:TheDayofthe I, Frankenstein Beauty andtheBeast3D Life ofPi Finding Nemo3D Raaz 3D John Carter Kac Wawa Hunters Hansel &Gretel: Witch Silent Hill:Revelation3D The DarkestHour Texas Chainsaw3D Cirque duSoleil:Worlds Away release Year of of Year 2013 2014 2012 2014 2013 2012 2012 2013 2014 2012 2012 2013 2012 2012 2012 2013 2012 2012 2013 2013 25,733 25,733 15,610 15,610 23,981 23,981 (£ 000) 4,238 4,238 2,247 5,202 5,202 1,777 1,170 2,648 1,118 1,118 3,316 3,316 2,939 1,602 1,188 1,922 gross gross 132 132 148 148 13 13 68 68 54 54 3D 3D
sites 506 383 365 401 407 359 365 441 330 439 186 418 376 318 340 270 3D 3D 11 16 42 5
average 50,856 50,856 13,584 13,584 11,066 11,066 12,973 12,973 35,398 35,398 54,626 54,626 1,182 1,182 6,157 6,157 8,269 8,269 4,366 3,260 7,253 1,282 3,388 3,388 7,932 7,932 7,817 5,038 3,495 7,117 793 793 site site 3D 3D (£)
(£ 000) 2,581 2,581 2,240 2,240 7,372 7,372 5,894 5,894 gross gross 208 208 222 222 339 128 128 127 927 927 468 247 136 <1 89 89 70 70 58 16 74 74 2D 2D 8
sites 430 180 189 137 171 270 400 195 169 137 462 454 2D 2D 33 19 33 40 52 40 40 5
average 15,957 15,957 12,983 12,983 6,003 6,003 2,705 2,705 1,155 1,155 1,175 1,175 2,472 3,674 3,674 1,764 2,435 2,435 3,432 3,432 5,600 2,402 1,464 1,841 1,841 402 402 749 749 201 201 989 989 site site 50 50 2D 2D (£)
site average Ratio of 3D 3D of Ratio to 2D site site 2D to average 23.6 23.6 8.5 8.5 5.0 5.0 5.3 5.3 2.8 2.8 2.9 3.2 3.2 2.3 2.3 2.5 4.5 4.5 4.5 4.5 3.9 3.9 2.3 2.3 2.3 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.9 3.9 2.2 2.2 4.2 4.2 TOP FILMS IN 2015 BFI Statistical Yearbook 2016 9 3 2 2 1 1 1 3 1 3 1 2 weeks at Number of of Number number one number Fox Fox Universal Universal Paramount Walt Disney Walt Walt Disney Walt Walt Disney Walt Walt Disney Walt StudioCanal Distributor 20th Century 20th Century Sony Pictures
95.2 23.5 10.7 18.4 21.2 16.3 48.3 21.3 16.0 21.7 122.3 gross (£ million) (£ Box officeBox 6.6 3.2 5.2 5.4 4.0 3.8 3.8 3.7 41.3 18.0 34.0 gross Opening weekend weekend (£ million) (£ top 30/10/2015 02/10/2015 18/09/2015 11/09/2015 31/07/2015 17/07/2015 24/04/2015 27/03/2015 27/02/2015 02/01/2015 18/12/2015 First week at + Star Wars: The Force Awakens* The Force Star Wars: SPECTRE* The Martian* Everest Legend Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation Ant-Man Avengers: Age of Ultron Avengers: Cinderella The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel Title The Theory of Everything Star Wars: The Force Awakens continued at number one for a further two weeks in January 2016. Star Wars: + Source: comScore, BFI RSU analysis comScore, Source: Notes: = cumulative total up to 21 February 2016. gross Box office on 21 February 2016. * Film still on release Table 7 UK films at number one in the weekend box office charts, 2015 charts, weekend box office 7 UK films at number one in the Table The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel and Second Best The Legend were the only two films UK independent the to hold run the matched total by achieved The combined four-week Their in spot in 2015. 2014 one number which both the two 2 and for spot held top Inbetweeners weeks.Paddington Three the of UK films, title Exotic Marigold Hotel, Second Best topped including the The independent the chartsweekend three for consecutive weeks while a further three topped the charts two for weeks, , was as film the to continue one number Awakens in the The Force these, of although Star Wars: one chartsweekend a further for twoweeks in January 2016. BEST WEEKEND PERFORMANCES OF UK FILMS OF UK PERFORMANCES WEEKEND BEST totalA 29 films of topped the UK box office weekend charts theover these Eleven of course were 2015. of UK titles, 7). six (Table a total one weeks number 20 which UK spent In of 2014, at films achieved the in the charts slot weekend one number a total nine for of weeks. Research & Statistics Unit 21 Stephen Street, London W1T 1LN bfi.org.uk/statistics