Statistics on film and television
BFI Information Services collated annual statistics on the film, television and home entertainment industries until 2003. This unique archive of data is now available free to download in a single volume.
Analysis and further statistical data - looking at the industry from the 1940s through to the 2000s - can be found within our free to download Information Reports.
Subsequent data on the UK film industry (from 2002 to date) is compiled by the UK Film Council. The UKFC's annual Statistical Yearbooks can be accessed via the UKFC website.
The BFI National Library holds a range of resources to assist statistical research on film production, distribution and exhibition, television and home entertainment. Researchers can visit the Library, whilst BFI Information Services are able to undertake statistical and other research on request.
Related BFI research projects
The Ultimate Film - the top 100 films in the UK based on cinema admissions estimates.
Britain's Most Watched TV - the programmes with the highest viewing figures, from the 1950s onwards.
Academy Awards - British nominations and successes at the Oscars.
Other sources for statistical information
Journals
- Screen International (weekly box office tables for the UK and Ireland)
- Screen Digest (box office data and analysis)
- Screen Finance (box office data and analysis)
- Broadcast (weekly TV audience ratings for the UK)
Online data sources
- UK Film Council (UK weekend box office charts, Statistical Yearbooks)
- The European Audiovisual Observatory's Lumiere database (film admissions in Europe by territory)
