"The result is the highest total since 2019, which saw 1.35bn in total revenue, shortly before the collapse of the physical cinema box office the following year, to 323.7m, as Covid restrictions hit hard. Cinema revenues recovered to 595.5m in 2021, and 980.7m in 2022, only returning above 1bn in 2023, with a total of 1.06bn."
"The numbers of films on release suggest that the production pipeline, hit both by the pandemic and subsequent film industry strikes in 2023, has recovered, and is in fact exceeding pre-pandemic levels; in 2019, 938 films were released. Significantly however, a recalibration of strategy appears to be occurring, with 224 films recorded in 2025 as saturation releases (ie playing in over 250 venues simultaneously), compared with 200 in 2024 and 188 in 2019."
"The highest grossing film of 2025 in the UK and Ireland was gaming adaptation A Minecraft Movie, whose viral impact including the chicken jockey scene, has translated into box office supremacy, with a total of 56.88m. The film also topped the 2025 North American box office, taking $423.9m, but only came in fifth at the worldwide box office with $958.3m well behind the global leader, Chinese animation Ne Zha 2, which reported returns of $2.24bn."
Box office revenue in the UK and Ireland reached 1.07bn in 2025, a 1% increase over 2024 and the best annual total since 2019. The number of films released fell slightly to 1,092 from 1,124 the previous year. Revenues plunged in 2020 during Covid then recovered from 595.5m in 2021 to 980.7m in 2022, returning above 1bn in 2023 with 1.06bn. The production pipeline has recovered and now exceeds pre‑pandemic output, with 938 films released in 2019 compared with higher numbers in 2025. Saturation releases grew to 224 titles in 2025. A Minecraft Movie was the highest‑grossing title with 56.88m domestically; Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy led British films with 46.4m.
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