The cinema box office in the UK/Ireland had a record-breaking year in 2017, with its highest grossing year to date; the third year in a row that the record has been broken.
The latest instalment in the Star Wars franchise became the highest grossing film of the year, despite it only being in cinemas for three weeks, having been released on 14 December.
In the final days of the year it crept above the live action remake of Beauty and the Beast in the rankings. Both films are distributed by Disney, which also released Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2, which came in fifth.
The Last Jedi is expected to break into the top five films of all time at the UK box office by the end of its run. Fifth position is held by Titanic (£80.3m), behind Avatar (£94m), Bond films Spectre (£95.2m) and Skyfall (£103.2m), and Star Wars: The Force Awakens (£123.2m).
Top 10 films in UK and Ireland in 2017
1. Star Wars: The Last Jedi (Disney): £73.1m
2. Beauty And The Beast (Disney): £72.4m
3. Dunkirk (Warner Bros): £56.6m
4. Despicable Me 3 (Universal): £47.8m
5. Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol 2 (Disney): £41.0m
6. Paddington 2 (StudioCanal): £39.3m
7. It (Warner Bros): £32.3m
8. Thor: Ragnarok (Disney): £31.0m
9. Spider-Man: Homecoming (Sony): £30.4m
10. La La Land (Lionsgate): £30.4m
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