10 facts about the film industry

• 40% of the box office comes from the purchase of refreshments at the cinema 
• Women only made up 13% of screenwriters and 8% of directors. 
• 200 films passed the Cultural Test in 2012
• The largest government body to provide funds to the UK film industry is the taxman.
• There were 4,600 students in film-related higher education courses
• Half of the top 20 global box office successes of the last 12 years are based on novels by UK writers
• 80% of all the writers and directors the BFI has tracked in the last ten years have only ever been involved with one independent feature film
• London has 55% of the film industry as a whole but only 30% of the distribution companies.
• Video on Demand (VoD) has doubled in size since 2011
• 25% of Internet users over 12 years old have downloaded or streamed a feature film online