The best-performing film in the UK was The Jungle Book; Finding Dory came in third, after Bridget Jones’s Baby.
Only two of the 20 best-performing films in the US in 2016 was a “real world” story, compared with four in the UK.
At No 20, Dwayne Johnson/Kevin Hart comedy Central Intelligence also sounded a battle cry for semi-realism.
Original properties proved strong in animation, with Moana, The Secret Life of Pets, Zootopia and Sing all faring well despite a lack of prior brand awareness.