‘Wicked’ & ‘Inside Out 2’ Top 2024 UK Box Office
deadline.comUniversal’s Wicked was the highest-grossing release of 2024 in the UK with a £59.6 million haul at the box office. Wicked’s UK box office takings were released this morning as part of a report by the British Film Institute.
The film’s takings represent 6% of the year’s total box office. The emerald green musical was closely followed by Pixar’s Inside Out 2, which clocked £59.5 million at the UK box office.
Overall, total admissions for 2024 in the UK reached 126.5 million, a 2% increase on 2023. The BFI said the increase was the result of a surge at the box office in the last quarter of the year thanks to family-targeted franchise releases like Wicked and Moana 2.
The figure still lags behind the 176 million admissions in 2019 by 28%. Box office takings totaled £979 million, less than 1% down on 2023’s £980 million, but 22% behind 2019’s pre-pandemic £1.3 billion.
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