Market share for UK independent films at the UK-Ireland box office was down in the first half of 2025 compared to the equivalent period for 2024, with Studiocanal’s We Live In Time the best performing UK independent title.

The John Crowley-directed time-hopping romantic drama, starring Florence Pugh and Andrew Garfield and produced by SunnyMarch, grossed £8.8m after its January 1 release. The best-performing UK independent title for the first half of 2024 was Studiocanal’s Back To Black, which brought in £12.3m.

In the first half of 2025, the market share of UK independent films was 8.4%, almost three percent lower than for the equivalent period in 2024 (11.2%), according to statistics from the BFI covering titles released between January and June 2025, excluding event cinema.

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