Pinewood studio profits up 16%

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and the latest Harry Potter movie helped film studio Pinewood Shepperton boost half-yearly profits by 15.8% to a record £6.7 million (€9.95m).

The new big screen version of Roald Dahl’s children’s favourite and The Goblet Of Fire, being made at the studios, were among productions to lift studio facility sales in the six months to June 30.

Other productions, such as the Intimidation Game, and the rights to revenues from hiring the studio’s 007 stage also contributed to the rise in profits, Pinewood said.