• Cinema admissions for April stood at 14.7m , an increase of +6% on April 2009
• The moving annual total (rolling 12 months) stands at 176.9m, +3.4% up on this time last year
• The average weekly admissions figure for April were 3.42m an increase of +5.88% on average weeks in April 2009
• Last months #1, Alice in Wonderland moves down to #5 and is replaced by another 3d blockbuster, Clash of the Titans taking £18.7m in April
• The fantastic How to Train Your Dragon pushes Scorcese’s Shutter Island from the #2 spot and out of the top 10 by taking £14.9m in its first month
• And the kids are the driving force of the box office this month as Nanny McPhee 2 becomes the third highest grossing film of the month, despite releasing in March.
• Tongue in cheek Kick Ass takes a respectable £11m in April becoming the fourth highest grossing film in April
• And as mentioned Alice in Wonderland drops to #5 taking a further £5.8 in April taking its gross to £42.4m
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