UK box office forecast to top £1bn in 2025 after year-on-year fall

Research firm Omdia says dip to 931m due to Hollywood strikes but wave of blockbusters likely to renew recovery

The UK box office is forecast to surpass 1bn next year for the first time in six years, but cinema bosses still say moviegoing will not return to pre-pandemic levels until 2026.

The pace of the hoped-for recovery at the box office was disrupted by the Hollywood actors' and writers' strikes last summer, which delayed the release of a number of blockbusters.