Exit Polls

The UK Film Council requires Exit Poll surveys to be carried out on films supported by the Prints and Advertising Fund. Routinely used for Hollywood or mass release films but much less so for smaller or independent films that typically go out into fewer cinemas with smaller release budgets, exit polls are carried out by professional research companies and take the form of in-depth questionnaires in at least two cinemas over the film's opening weekend.

They are used to find out about the audience for the film, who they are and what motivated them to come and see it with the results helping distributors to refine their marketing and publicity campaign for the film and inform distribution strategies for future releases.

The exit poll results contained below detail some of the key data from the surveys carried out on UK Film Council funded films covering audience demographics, baits to attendance and sources of information about the film. To view an exit poll, click on the film title below.

Film	Distributor	Release Date	WPR*	Total Box Office (£,000)
Night Watch	Fox	07-Oct-05	184	709
Guy X	Tartan	14-Oct-05	34	52
Broken Flowers	Momentum	21-Oct-05	144	1,940
Mad Hot Ballroom	Metrodome	25-Nov-05	29	115
March Of The Penguins	Warner Brothers	09-Dec-05	163	3,085
Match Point	Icon	06-Jan-06	155	2,468
Breakfast On Pluto	Pathé	13-Jan-06	95	866
A Cock And Bull Story	Lions Gate	20-Jan-06	131	1,097
Frozen	Guerilla Films	27-Jan-06	16	23
Kidulthood	Revolver	03-Mar-06	42	454
The Proposition	Tartan	10-Mar-06	118	693
Tsotsi	Momentum	17-Mar-06	87	781
Junebug	Eureka	14-Apr-06	21	222
Secuestro Express	Disney	09-Jun-06	42	62
Lobo	Dogwoof	16-Jun-06	17	20
The Cave Of The Yellow Dog	Tartan	30-Jun-06	17	158
Awesome	Revolver	07-Jul-06	5	12
Volver	Pathé	25-Aug-06	87	2,882
Life And Lyrics	Paramount	29-Sep-06	70	201
Red Road	Verve	27-Oct-06	38	331
Scenes Of A Sexual Nature	Tinpan Films	03-Nov-06	36	92
The Host	Optimum	10-Nov-06	45	129
Pan's Labyrinth	Optimum	24-Nov-06	15	2,723
London To Brighton	Vertigo	01-Dec-06	2	181
Black Book	Tartan	19-Jan-07	85	627
Them	Metrodome	26-Jan-07	43	118
Casablanca	Park Circus	14-Feb-07	10	55
Days Of Glory	Metrodome	30-Mar-07	43	212
The Lives Of Others	Lions Gate	13-Apr-07	99	2,700
Curse Of The Golden Flower	Universal	13-Apr-07	223	1,164
This Is England	Optimum	27-Apr-07	151	1,542
My Best Friend	Optimum	11-May-07	56	383
Tell No One	Revolver	15-Jun-07	65	1,190
Molière	Pathé	13-Jul-07	51	377
Eagle Vs Shark	Optimum	17-Aug-07	70	144
Lady Chatterley	Artificial Eye	24-Aug-07	51	241
Sugarhouse	Slingshot	24-Aug-07	43	37
In The Hands Of The Gods	Lions Gate	14-Sep-07	63	34
The Sound Of Music	Park Circus	21-Sep-07	121	36
Control	Momentum	05-Oct-07	82	1,215
The Counterfeiters	Metrodome	12-Oct-07	68	661
Brick Lane	Optimum	16-Nov-07	92	733
It's A Wonderful Life	Park Circus	14-Dec-07	33	166
Closing The Ring	Works, The	28-Dec-07	45	152
Lust, Caution	Universal	04-Jan-08	81	1,008
The Diving Bell And The Butterfly	Pathé	08-Feb-08	41	912
Azur And Asmar	Soda	08-Feb-08	28	35
U2 3D	Revolver	22-Feb-08	67	726
Shine A Light	Fox	11-Apr-08	159	661
Happy Go Lucky	Momentum	18-Apr-08	114	1,618
Caramel	Momentum	16-May-08	49	471
Mongol	Works, The	06-Jun-08	80	802
The Edge Of Love	Lions Gate	20-Jun-08	177	1,503
Adulthood	Pathé	20-Jun-08	179	3,349
Man On Wire	Icon	01-Aug-08	43	850
Somers Town	Optimum	22-Aug-08	62	563
The Wackness	Revolver	29-Aug-08	94	243
The Chaser	Metrodome	19-Sep-08	9	23

* WPR (widest point of release) is the number of screens the film played on.

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