England's The Daily Telegraph reports the UK spent more on video games during a one year period than movies, which apparently includes both theater ticket purchases and movies on disc. According to information from GFK Chart-Track, £1.73 billion was spent on games, while the UK Film Council notes £1.2 billion went to movie entertainment. The figures cover the twelve months ending September 2009.

What's confusing is that a couple years ago, in a report about the Britain's game sales surpassing music at retail, the UK's Entertainment Retailers' Association claimed movies had been stuck at £2.1 billion in sales for the past few years. When compared to the UK Film Council's reported figures, this would imply there was a significant £1 billion drop. At this point, we're not exactly sure how the movie numbers were calculated or if the Telegraph's data doesn't count some film industry subset, like the porn industry -- which would likely explain how a billion pounds just goes missing.

http://www.joystiq.com/2009/12/28/da...-movies-in-uk/