Cinema admissions for February stood at 12.9m, down 7.2% year on year.

•  The average weekly admissions figure for January was 3.10m.

•  February 2008 admissions are being compared to February 2007 which saw the release of Brit hit, Hot Fuzz .

•  One of the highest opening films of the month opened on 1 st Feb. Cloverfield , the most recent monster extravaganza entered the top spot by taking £9.3m in February.

•  Nicolas Cage returned this month as Ben Gates, the patriotic history fanatic trying to clear his family name in National Treasure: Book of Secrets . Taking £7.8m it becomes the 2 nd largest film of the month.

•  The indie surprise hit and critically acclaimed film Juno released 8 th Feb. Entering third place and taking £7.5m, the story of a teenage girl and her pregnancy won its writer, Diablo Cody, an Oscar for best Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen, in this years academy awards.

•  Hayden Christiansen and Jamie Bell “jumped” onto the cinema screen in fourth place with Jumper . The film which has been praised for its special effects took £6.7m in February.

•  In fifth place, Sweeney Todd carries on its January success taking a further £4.6m.