Great news for the UK box office, thanks in no small part to the success of The Force Awakens. A blockbuster year, which bodes well for 2016 and the arrival of Rogue One.
Cinema admissions also rose 9% with 171.9 million tickets sold, while money spent on film production was £1.41bn – the second-highest amount on record.
It is the first year since 2012 that both admissions and box office takings have risen.
Five films took more than £40m at the UK box office in 2015 – compared to just one, The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug, in 2014.
The Force Awakens, released in December, took £114m and is now the UK’s most successful film of all time.
Spectre, the latest release in the James Bond franchise, was second with takings of £94.7m, with Jurassic World in third place with £64.5m.
The Avengers: Age of Ultron took £48.3m and Minions was fifth with £47.7m.