UK FILM COUNCIL LAUNCHES ONLINE STATISTICAL YEARBOOK ON FILM FOR 2010 (23/07/2010)
The UK Film Council has launched its 2010 Statistical Yearbook online at http://SY10.ukfilmcouncil.ry.com/. This year, for the first time, the Yearbook moves fully online, making it an even more accessible and useful resource for anyone working in film or researching the UK film business. Users can read on line, download, email or print out information from any section of the Yearbook and there is an option for printing the book in its entirely.
Do check out the Search facility and the More info section allow you to navigate it easily an, while the Links section takes you to related content and further helpful information. Each area of film has its own headline page, comprising all the relevant key facts and data - you can then explore each chapter, section by section.
Compiled by the UK Film Council's Research and Statistics Unit, the Yearbook once again presents the most comprehensive picture of UK film and provides the richest available source of data and analysis from right across the film sector, showing that:
· The 2009 UK box office saw record receipts of £944 million and the highest admissions since 2002 (173.5 million), up 5.6% since 2008
· Avatar became the highest grossing film of all time at the UK box office, earning over £91 million
· 3D films accounted for 16% of UK and Republic of Ireland box office revenues in 2009 (£176 million), up from just 0.4% in 2008
· Both in the UK and global markets, independent UK films were at their most popular since records began, taking 8.2% of the UK and 2.3% of the global market share
· In 2009, UK films and talent scooped 36 major film awards, 17% of the total available
· Women made up 17% of the screenwriters and 17% of the directors of UK films released in the UK in 2009
· The UK film industry has a turnover of £6.8 billion and contributes directly £3.1 billion to UK GDP (£4.6 billion including all indirect effects)
· Total UK production activity rose from £613 million in 2008 to £957 million in 2009
· At £752.7m, 2009 had the highest ever level of inward investment, up 111% on 2008
· UK film exports were 92% higher in 2008 than in 2001, totalling £1.3 billion
In addition to these developments, regular readers of the Yearbook will notice some extra features this year, all of them in response to user feedback:
· Details of the production and performance of UK independent films;
· A 10-year time series of the performance of specialised films at the UK box office (Chapter 5);
· The box office performance of UK films in Japan and Korea (Chapter 6);
· A chart of UK admissions going back 75 years (1935-2009 inclusive) for historical comparative purposes (Chapter 1); and
· A new chapter on film education, gathering for the first time the available statistics on film education at school, university and in the community. It is intended that this will serve as the basis for wider coverage of the cultural aspects of film in the future.
