This information was obtained from the statistics yearbooks found on the film councils website. It shows an indication on how thrillers have done in the box office, showing their popularity and profit. There is two consecutive years of statistical info to compare and see how, if at all, the popularity of the genre has changed.

2005

• Thrillers made £32.1 million in gross box office profits over 2411 different box office sites. This makes an average of £13,312 per box office site.
• Thrillers only made up 2.2% of overall releases, with their 2 main titles collecting £6.1 million alone. The top title was The Constant Gardener.
• Certificate wize:12A - 9th overall with The Interpreter
  
• 15 - 9th overall with The Constant Gardener
  
• 18 - 3rd overall wih A History Of Violence

2006

• Thrillers made £65.5 million in gross box office profits over 4372 different box office sites. This makes an average of £14,992 per box office site.
• Thrillers made up 2.5% of overall releases, with their 10 main titles collecting £39.4 million. The top title was The Da Vinci Code.
• Certificate wize:12A - 3rd overall with The Da Vinci Code
  
• 15 - 8th overall with Munich
  
• - 9th over all with Children of Men
  
• 18 - 3rd overall with Lucky Number Sleven

Statistic have shown that thrillers has become increasingly more popular, just over a one year period. This supports the questionnaire we created previously except it gives a wider subject area.