Cinema attendance is highest since the 1970s

Phil Clapp, chief executive of the UK Cinema Association, said admissions were on course to hit 176 million for the whole of 2018 - the highest since 1970 and six million up from 2017.Box office takings are expected to reach between £1.33bn and £1.35bn by the end of the year.Much of the success is down to the strength of the year's blockbuster movie offering, Mr Clapp explained.