Harry Potter's final cinematic outing helped push UK box office takings past the £1 billion mark for the first time in 2011.
The film, starring Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson and Rupert Grint, was the Number 1 film of the year with an intake of £73.1 million.
Behind 'Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows: Part 2', Brit flicks 'The King's Speech' and 'The Inbetweeners Movie' banked £45.7 million and £45 million respectively.
Eight of the year's Top 20 highest grossers were made in this country, according to the British Film Institute, and a total of 171.6 million tickets were sold - a 1.4% increase on 2010.
Amanda Nevill of the BFI said: "It's still a challenging time for film-makers trying to raise finance to make independent British films in this tough economic climate.
"As we enter 2012, many challenges remain but today's figures clearly show that keeping audiences at the heart of everything we do will help the British film industry to enjoy even greater success in the future and continue to be an important contributor to the UK economy."
The Top 10 films of 2011 were:
1. 'Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2' – £73.1m
2. 'The King's Speech' – £45.7m
3. 'The Inbetweeners Movie' – £45m
4. 'Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides' – £32.9m
5. 'The Hangover 2' – £32.8m
6. 'The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 1' – £30.7m
7. 'Transformers: Dark of the Moon' – £28.1m
8. 'Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows' – £23.1m
9. 'Bridesmaids' – £23m
10. 'Arthur Christmas' – £20.8m
Harry Potter star Daniel Radcliffe recently hinted that he would return to the series if a "good enough" script was produced.
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