The line graph shows what percentage of people in four age groups went to the cinema once a month or more between 1984 and 2005.
Overall, it is clear that regular cinema-going became more common among all four age groups. In addition, people aged 15 to 24 were the most frequent cinemagoers for almost the entire period, while those aged 35 and over were less likely to go.
Regarding the two youngest groups, in 1984, just under 20% of 15-to 24-year-olds went to the cinema regularly, compared to only around 10% of children aged 7 to 14. The former increased steadily to just over 30% in 1993,
before fluctuating dramatically, while the latter proportion followed a broadly similar but milder upward trend. The two figures converged at nearly 40% in 2002, then diverged sharply with cinema-going among 15- to 24-year-old climbing to over 55%, while that of children fell back to around 30%.
As for the older groups, only about 5% of people aged 25 to 35 went to the cinema regularly, compared to the lower proportion of people aged 35 and over. In the following years, the percentage of people aged 25 to 25 increased steadily to over 10% in 1996, then fluctuating significantly and reached 30% in 2005. The figure for cinemagoers aged 35 and over witnessed a relative rise to just over 10% at the end of the time frame.