Barriers to Diversity in Film – A Research Review – Aug 07

Table 4.1 Cinema audience by gender
Male % Female %
See at least one film per year 60 60
Go to the cinema at least once a month 20 16
(proportion of the population)
Top 20 films (proportion of audience) 50 50
Top UK films 55 45
Total survey population 7+ 49 51
Source : UK Film Council Statistical Year book 2006-7
4.3.3 The age and social class of cinema-goers
The cinema audience for the top 20 films is relatively youthful (65% are
under the age of 35 though they make up only 40% of the population)
and skewed towards the AB and C1 social groups (UK Film Council
Yearbook 2006-7). The older part of the cinema audience has grown
substantially over the last decade - from 19 million to 38 million and
from 14% to 24% of the total cinema audience (UK Film Council
Statistical Yearbook 2006-07:2)
Looking at age and gender together, it is interesting to note that,
contrary to myth, women aged over 35 now form a larger part of the
cinema audience than males aged 15-24 (Tables 4.2 and 4.3):
Table 4.2 Cinema audience by gender and age 2005
7-14 15-24 25-34 35 and over
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