UK box office records its biggest-ever total in 2016

Buoyed by success of Rogue One and Fantastic Beasts, UK cinemas beat the previous best figures from the year beforeThe cinema box office in the UK and Ireland achieved its best-ever results, amassing £1.32bn to beat the previous record set in 2015.According to figures released by the box-office tracker comScore, the total for 2016 was 1.45% higher than the previous year, which finished at £1.31bn. With several strong performers in 2015, including Star Wars: The Force Awakens and Spec