• Cinema admissions for August stood at 15.5m, an increase of a massive 23.8% year on year.
The moving annual total stands at 168.6m, 4.9% up on the MAT this time last year
The average weekly admissions figure for August were 3.51m a decrease of -24.08% on average weeks in August 2008
Admissions this year are now totalling 119m (up 3.8%).
G-Force pushes Harry from the top spot and takes a very similar amount to the global blockbuster in August! The action packed Guinea pigs took £11.3m in August.
Harry Potter is close behind taking a further £11.1m in August maintaining it's #1 position as the largest film of the year having taken £50.5m YTD
Quentin Tarentino's latest gory offering, Inglorious Basterds , enters into #3 despite releasing towards the end of the month
The Ugly Truth sees Katherine Heigl and Gerald Butler enter the top 5. The romcom took £6m in August
G.I Joe also took £6m in August as it turned out not to be the big blockbuster that was perhaps anticipated!
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