BFI Statistics Yearbook

According to the BFI Statistics Yearbook..

The three most successful genres at the UK box office were animation, action and comedy. The three least popular or successful genres were romance, documentary and war. The Comedy film genre had most films released in 2013-14; there were 153 films made in this genre. 33 animated films were made. 47 action films were made.  From this i can infer, the companies producing comedies were most successful this year and the comedy genre audiences are the most populous and most active.

Audiences between the ages of 15 and 24 made up the largest proportion of cinema admissions in the UK in this time period. The comedy film 'Hangover Part III' was most successful with this age group. Independent films were most popular with the over 50s. 'Wreck It Ralph ', 'Despicable Me 2' and 'Monsters University' were most popular with the 7-14 age group, showing their preferred genre is animation.  Frozen, The Croods and Jack the Giant Slayer were most popular amongst the 35-44 year old audience. This might be because these are the ages of parents, contributing to animation being the most successful genre at the box office because it appeals to entire families. Middle class C1 was attracted to sci-fi and dramas, including the film 'Gravity'. The C2 demographic liked action and comedy, for instance 'Fast and Furious 6'. In London, the most popular films were action, drama (Django Unchained) and sci-fi (Gravity), whereas in Scotland, the most popular films were films set locally and had similar surroundings/lifestyle. The key difference here is thus between preference in actors birthplace and setting.