A robust December boosted the whole UK-Eire field workplace for 2024 to £1.06bn – nearly precisely stage with that of 2023 and eight% up on 2022.
December 2024 was 21% up on the 12 months earlier than, with a £115.6m whole (up from £95.5m).
Total for 2025, the UK and Eire was down simply £3m (0.2%) down. This represented a powerful restoration from the beginning of August, when year-on-year field workplace was down 15%; and was nonetheless 10% down as just lately as the beginning of November.
Common’s Depraved supplied round one-fifth of the December whole, with £23.2m throughout the month. Starring Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande, the musical blockbuster is now as much as £55.7m because the third highest-grossing 2024 launch, behind simply Inside Out 2 (£59.2m) and Deadpool & Wolverine (£57.5m).
Disney’s Moana 2, one other title to debut in late November then run by December, took £21.8m within the month, and has £36.4m thus far – nicely away from the £20.6m of Moana.
The month noticed 62 new movies – the second-lowest month of the 12 months, forward of solely the 60 movies in July; with holdovers offering a lot of the field workplace takings in December.
| Title (origin) | Distributor | Launch date | 6/12/24-2/1/25 whole | Whole | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Depraved (US) | Common | 22/11/24 | £23.3m | £55.7m |
| 2 | Moana 2 (US) | Disney | 29/11/24 | £21.9m | £36.4m |
| 3 | Mufasa: The Lion King (US) | Disney | 20/12/24 | £17.4m | £17.4m |
| 4 | Sonic The Hedgehog 3 (US) | Paramount | 27/12/24 | £16m | £16.1m |
| 5 | Paddington In Peru (UK-Fr-US) | Studiocanal | 8/11/24 | £6.4m | £34.2m |
| 6 | Gladiator II (UK-US) | Paramount | 15/11/24 | £6m | £31.1m |
| 7 | Conclave (UK-US) | Black Bear | 29/11/24 | £3.9m | £5.9m |
| 8 | Higher Man (Aus) | EFD | 27/12/24 | £2.9m | £2.9m |
| 9 | Pushpa 2 – The Rule (India) |
AA Movies UK | 6/12/24 | £1.9m | £1.9m |
| 10 | Kraven The Hunter (US) |
Sony | 13/12/24 | £1.5m | £1.5m |
US titles dominated the highest movies for the month, with 9 of the ten prime movies being produced within the nation. Mufasa: The Lion King and Sonic The Hedgehog adopted the aforementioned prime two; with UK-US productions Paddington In Peru (£6.4m for the month; £34.2m whole) and Conclave (£3.9m; £5.9m) additionally that includes.
In an additional indication of the sturdiness of Bollywood cinema, AA Movies UK’s motion title Pushpa 2- The Rule took ninth place in a robust month, with £1.9m – with the Telugu title additionally the one movie not within the English language within the prime 10.
4 November releases – Depraved, Moana 2, Paddington In Peru and Gladiator II – made it into the 2024 prime 10, in an indication of the sturdy slate on the finish of the 12 months in comparison with a gentle summer season that suffered a hangover from the 2023 US strikes.
| Title (origin) | Distributor | Whole | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Inside Out 2 (US) |
Disney | £59.2m |
| 2 | Deadpool & Wolverine (US) | Disney | £57.6m |
| 3 | Depraved (US) | Common | £55.7m |
| 4 | Despicable Me 4 (US) | Common | £48.2m |
| 5 | Dune: Half II (US) | Warner Bros | £39.6m |
| 6 | Moana 2 (US) | Disney | £36.4m |
| 7 | Paddington In Peru (UK-Fr-US) | Studiocanal | £34.2m |
| 8 | Gladiator II (UK-US) | Paramount | £30.8m |
| 9 | Beetlejuice Beetlejuice (US) | Warner Bros | £26.3m |
| 10 | Kung Fu Panda 4 (US) | Common | £22m |
Whereas nonetheless not again to its 2019 heights, Disney emerged because the main studio for the 12 months, with three of the highest six titles, together with Inside Out 2 and Deadpool & Wolverine in first and second place, plus Moana 2 in sixth. Depraved and fourth-placed Despicable Me 4 flew the flag for Common, in addition to Kung Fu Panda 4 in 10th.
US titles additionally dominated the 2024 prime 10, with all 10 movies hailing from the nation. Solely Studiocanal’s Paddington In Peru, a France-UK-US co-production, and Paramount’s UK-US co-production Gladiator II originated exterior of the US too.
The UK and Eire’s world market share ended at 5%, having flickered between that and 4% throughout the 12 months. Excluding North America, worldwide market share flickered between 6 and seven%, ending on the latter.
All figures supplied by Comscore.
