• Cinema admissions for December stood at 12.3m, a disappointing decrease of 15.5% year on year.

•  However strong months throughout the year has meant that cinema admissions were up 1.1% in 2008 – A fantastic statistic considering the current environment and the large decreasing figures from other media.

• The average weekly admissions figure for November was 3.16m.

• The average weekly admissions figure for December was 2.78m and the 2008 average weekly figure was 3.16m.  

• Madagascar 2 was the main film to drive admissions in December and by taking £15.8m in the last month of the year it became the number 10 film of the year in just a month.

• Vince Vaughn's 2008 Christmas comedy Four Christmases held it's own in the Christmas period and took a further £7.8m in December.

• The Day the Earth Stood Still was the 3 rd highest grossing film in December taking £6.4m

• Whilst the teen vampire romance Twilight took an impressive £6.2m due to its success in America and the popularity of the novel of the same name by Stephanie Meyer.

• In fifth place, Yes Man has proved another success for Jim Carrey. Taking £4m in six days, (and £6.6m including 2009 takings) the film is now just £440k behind the total takings for Fun with Dick and Jane, Jim Carrey's last live action film.
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