UK cinema admissions rise 3.3% in 2018, could reach best year since 1970 (exclusive)

Meerkat Movies promotion aids admissions with biggest summer to date.UK cinema admissions are on the rise in 2018, with cinemagoing up by 3.3% from January to the end of August compared to the same period last year, putting them on course to potentially reach the highest level since 1970.Boosted by hits such as Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again, Avengers: Infinity War, Incredibles 2, Mission: Impossible – Fallout, Peter Rabbit, Black Panther and The Greatest Showman, admissions hit 120.3 million between January – August 2018, up from 116.5 million for the same period in 2017.Based on total admissions of 170.6 million in 2017, if the percentage increase recorded to August 2018 is sustained,

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