Audience Research: Cornerhouse Manchester

The most accessible strategies to increase cinema attendance are those that focus on existing users. Strategies should focus on market expansion, i.e. persuading Cornerhouse visitors who come for other reasons to visit the cinema. If crossovers between the gallery, the bar and cafe and the cinema could be increased by 10 per cent each, the total estimate increase in sales to the box office per annum would be £140,000, an uplift of 20 per cent. As mentioned above, the research shows that cinema attendees spend more at the venue than other groups, so the benefit from growing this audience is more than just the value of the tickets sold.