WHISPERING SMITH: Grey pound brightens up box office takings

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WHILE Arun District Council endlessly considers the future of cinema in Littlehampton, it might want to take note of the latest statistics for 2012 issued by the British Film Institute.

UK cinema receipts rose by 6 per cent last year, and that is competing against the Queen’s diamond jubilee, the Olympics and Paralympic. But the most important statistic and, to some, the most surprising, is that people aged over 45 make up the largest proportion of cinema audiences.