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ARRI FOR ALL Arri is offering a more accessible option for high-quality equipment, with pre-owned lighting fixtures. Undergoing rigorous testing, all the products in the Certified Pre-Owned programme maintain Arri quality, with a two-year warranty. In other news, Arri released a rain cover for its SkyPanel S60. Made of solid aluminium, it allows
for usage in wet conditions without compromising light output, beam control or airflow, and features an integrated accessory slot for eggcrates or honeycombs. The company is also expanding its accessory range for the Orbiter LED luminaire, with the introduction of the Bag-o-Light, Docking Ring and Dome Mini.
Record for UK HETV The latest figures from the BFI research and statistics unit show further growth in the economic recovery of UK film and high-end TV (HETV) production. The combined spend reached over £5.64 billion in 2021, the highest figure ever reported – and £1.27bn higher than for the pre-pandemic
year of 2019. Inward investment spend from major international productions for HETV also topped record levels in 2021. At £4.713bn, it was an 86% increase on 2020’s figure, and reinforced the UK screen industry’s position as a leading global centre. Cinema admissions totalled 74 million in 2021, an increase of 68% on 2020’s figures. But the year presented two very different business halves, with the first four months marked by closed cinemas, before reopening their doors in May. Then, in October, when No Time to Die was released, admissions reached 16.4 million – the third- highest October on record. This trajectory of recovery saw admissions reach 38.8 million in the final quarter of the year, and total box office revenue generated by all films on release in the UK was £602m – a 144% increase on the £247m in 2020. No Time to Die was the highest grossing film of the year, earning £96.6m. Collectively, the top 20 films grossed £441m and accounted for 73% of the total box office; the top 20 UK qualifying film releases grossed £234m; and the top 20 qualifying independent film releases grossed £26.8m. The top grossing independent film was The French Dispatch , which undertook some of its production work in the UK.
THE MAN, THE MYTH, THE LEGEND As Daniel Craig reprised his role as 007, No Time to Die sat atop the UK Film Chart for three weeks
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