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Cinema audiences are ageing and film companies are gradually acknowledging that they can no longer rely on 18- to 24-year-olds to guarantee healthy box office returns.

'The King’s Speech' amassed more than £45m (€56.2m) in the UK because the often-ignored over-50s headed to the multiplexes in their droves; the same crowds, who enthusiastically embraced 'The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel' starring Judi Dench and Maggie Smith.