We Spend Record $s At Movies

Around the world, we spent a record $26.7 billion on tickets at the cinema last year.

In the US, the biggest blockbusters were Spider-Man 3, Shrek the Third, Transformers, and Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End.

Stateside they made more than $300 million.

Box office revenue outside North America climbed 4.9 percent to $17.1 billion, representing nearly two-thirds of all ticket sales.

Some 73 percent of moviegoers researched their film choices online before going to the cinema and parting with their hard earned cash.

More than half of those viewed ads or trailers online.