It's official, Irish people are the EU's most avid movie-goers
 

We do go alot, I love it :love:

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Irish people have rekindled their love affair with the cinema, with ticket sales for the first quarter of this year soaring to their highest levels in a decade, hitting almost five million viewers.

Cinema admissions rocketed to 4,708,218 in the three months from the beginning of January to the end of March - up by 16pc from last year, and more than any previous year since 2008.

Separately, newly-compiled figures from IHS Screen Digest confirm that, along with the French, we are still the EU's most avid movie-goers.

Ireland and France topped the table, with 3.3 admissions per capita each year - significantly higher than the EU average.

So far in 2017, Disney blockbuster Beauty and the Beast has been the biggest movie of the year, having grossed more than €5.1m in Irish cinemas since its mid-March release.

Family films have proved the biggest attraction at the box office so far this year, with Sing in second place, followed by The Boss Baby and The Lego Batman Movie.

With the summer holidays approaching - traditionally a boom period for movie admissions - cinema watchdogs have predicted 2017 could yield record returns at the Irish box office.

Last year, box office receipts hit €110m - the highest total since 2012.

However, the highest-*grossing movie of 2016, Bridget Jones's Baby, took in just €4.1m - €1m lower than Beauty and the Beast.

"Ireland's fascination with the cinema is growing, as 2017 has been a record-breaking year for admissions so far," said Wide Eye Media CEO Eoin Wrixon.

"Irish cinema admissions have been substantially up year on year since the beginning of 2017, and the figure for the first quarter of the year is up by an incredible 16pc - from 4,057,828 to 4,708,218 - on the same period last year.

"This is the first year since 2008 that quarter one *admissions have exceeded 4.7 million."

"The cinema is always one of Ireland's most popular venues for family fun during the summer holidays, and with the release of Despicable Me 3 just around the corner on June 30, we also expect that movie to storm the box office and shake up the Top Ten."

Other upcoming movies that are expected to perform well include Baywatch and Wonder Woman - both which will be released nationwide early next month.

Other stand-out summer blockbusters include Alien: Covenant, which is out *tomorrow, and Pirates of The Caribbean: Salazar's Revenge, which is released on May 26.

https://www.independent.ie/entertain...-35703003.html

Nothing else to do in Ireland, is there Niamh?

It's either that or the Pub :p

laugh it up

meanwhile thousands of jobs in dog fighting and street brawling go by the wayside

:fist:

as if Ireland is the only place that sort of vile stuff happens :idc:


Spain says hi for example, and not only have dog fights but also bull fights :yuk:

Let's face it, the Irish do pubs better than anyone.

well a bull fighting a dog seems very unfair


:shrug:

Do you have the Shaking seats in Ireland?

4DX is that in Ireland???

https://www.cineworld.co.uk/4dx#/


https://www.cineworld.co.uk/4dx#/buy...view-mode=list

they do have shaking seats, but thats driven by dirty old men in rain coats :hehe:

Yes those old wankers

Yes we love our films

Not in the cinema I go to anyway Arista

Well you are not Update in Ireland

I'm sure some cinemas here have them :fist:

ETA Yes just checked, they have them in Dublin (course they do :oh: )

Never come across shaking seats.... we slip into the nice big comfy ones for free at the early shows though when its just us and two old dears who have come for the free tea and biscuits

4DX is Mist or other smells
as well , so you feel you are in the Movie
Give it a go

Will do....

With all the Leprechaun sequels, this is hardly surprising.

This article is from May 2017? :joker:

They were talking about it on the radio today so it must still apply :hee:

That because there are dum it cost more to go to the cinema then to stream movie there need to move on to 2019 like we all have :smug:

Smithy got you good :dance::cheer2: