National Cinema Day Returns to U.K. in September With $3.75 Tickets

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Naman Ramachandran After a hugely popular debut in 2022, National Cinema Day is coming again to the U.K. Over 630 venues have signed up to participate in the event on Sept.

2, offering tickets from £3 ($3.75) across the day. All major U.K. cinema operators and a range of smaller cinema operators and venues are participating.

The 2022 event, the first in almost 30 years, saw some 1.5 million admissions, around three times their normal level. While last year’s event was in a market recovering from COVID-19 closures, the 2023 edition bows in a scenario where punters are thronging the cinemas thanks to the “Barbenheimer” phenomenon, which saw the highest level of weekly U.K.

cinema admissions in over a decade. The popularity of the two films, which released in July, has continued into August, with “Barbie” and “Oppenheimer” occupying the top two box office spots for five consecutive weekends.