• Cinema admissions for May stood at 15.8m, an increase of 24% yr on yr.

• The moving annual total stands at 174.2m, 10.4 % up on the MAT this time last year.

• The average weekly admissions figure for May was 3.56m an increase of a massive 24.04% on average weeks in May 2008 .

• May 2009 became the highest May admissions since monthly records began in 1999

• Star Trek became the highest grossing film of May; It has taken £18m to date

• The success of the X-Men franchise has meant that Wolverine became the second highest grossing film of May, taking £15.9m.

• The anticipated prequel to Da Vinci Code, took £14.4m in the last 2 weeks of May. Angels and Demons becomes the third highest film of the month.

•  Night at the Museum 2 enters the monthly box office @ #4 taking an impressive £12.1m in May alone.

•  The Hannah Montana Movie just makes it into the top 5 taking £7.6m.