2015 Was The UK's 'Biggest Year Ever' At The Box Office

A slew of massive blockbuster movies has made 2015 the biggest year ever at the UK box office.

New figures reported by global media research company Rentrak set the annual take at a whopping £1.3 billion for the year.

That’s up on £1.1 billion in 2014, and topping the previous record of ��1.18 billion set in 2012.

An impressive five movies topped the £41 million made by ‘The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies’, which was the top earner in the UK in 2014.

Bond movie 'Spectre’ was the biggest UK film of 2015 (and it’s still on release), making £94 million domestically.

And though it opened very late on in the year, 'Star Wars: The Force Awakens’ still managed to bring in a massive £87 million while still in the confines of 2015.

'Jurassic World’ also did sterling business, bringing in £64 million.

Overall, Universal is the studio that should be celebrating, with four movies from the top 10 earners emerging from their lot, with 'Jurassic World’ accompanied by 'Minions’, 'Fast & Furious 7’ and 'Fifty Shades of Grey’.

Here’s the top 10 that steered the 2015 UK box office to glory:

1. Spectre £94 million (still on release)

2. Star Wars: The Force Awakens: £87 million (still on release)

3. Jurassic World: £64 million

4. The Avengers: Age Of Ultron: £48.3 million

5. Minions: £47.8 million

6. Inside Out: £39.2 million

7. Fast & Furious 7: £38.6 million

8. Fifty Shades Of Grey: £35 million

9. The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 2: £28 million

10. Home: £25.4 million

2015 was indeed a bumper year for studio tentpole movies, but Rentrak suggests that we should not expect quite such a haul in 2016, with the box office likely to 'struggle’ to maintain growth with 'fewer sure-fire hits of the size of 'Spectre’ and 'The Force Awakens’ on the release schedule.

That said, some potentially huge blockbuster movies are coming in 2016, including ‘Batman V Superman: Dawn of Justice’, ‘Suicide Squad’, ‘Captain America: Civil War’, ‘Alice Through The Looking Glass’, ‘X-Men: Apocalypse’, ‘Finding Dory’, ‘Independence Day 2′, ‘Jason Bourne’ and ‘Fantastic Beasts and Where To Find Them’.

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