• Cinema admissions for May stood at 12.74m, down 19% year on year.

•  The average weekly admissions figure for April was 2.88m.

•  In comparison to May 2007 when Spiderman 3 was released at the beginning of the month, the big releases of May 2008 didn't release until towards the end of the month.

•  The highest grossing film of the month was of course Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull . Released 23 rd May, Harrison has wowed audiences once more by taking £25.8m in two weeks* until 31 st May

•  Iron Man was the 2 nd highest film in May. This slightly darker superhero movie starring Robert Downey Jnr took £16.6m in May

•  The most famous foursome in New York reached third highest film in May. Sex and the City , which was only released 30 th May, took £7.3 in those 2 days in May alone

•  What happens in Vegas , an early May release, saw Ashton Kutcher and Cameron Diaz fight for custody over a large jackpot win. It took £6.5m in May

•  In fifth place, Forgetting Sarah Marshall remains steady taking a further £4.6m ontop of its £2.8m in April