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[lab276]

Most Popular Films For Period Weekend, March 12 - 15, 2015 WIR = Weeks In Release
No	WIR	Title	$	%	Total $
1	2	FOCUS (MA15+), WARNER BROS [275/ $6,350]	1,746,381	-34%	5,405,379
2	3	THE SECOND BEST EXOTIC MARIGOLD HOTEL (PG), FOX [392/ $4,137]	1,621,772	-38%	11,469,182
3	1	CHAPPIE (MA15+), SONY PICTURES [266/ $5,111]	1,359,630	N/A	1,369,580
4	6	KINGSMAN: THE SECRET SERVICE (MA15+), FOX [208/ $3,518]	731,684	-29%	16,782,698
5	5	FIFTY SHADES OF GREY (MA15+), UNIVERSAL [272/ $1,871]	509,042	-49%	23,014,766
6	2	SEVENTH SON (M), UNIVERSAL [187/ $2,153]	402,523	-45%	1,388,168
7	2	UNFINISHED BUSINESS (MA15+), FOX [207/ $1,560]	322,950	-50%	1,211,663
8	4	JUPITER ASCENDING (M), ROADSHOW [179/ $1,482]	265,264	-52%	5,049,453
9	1	MANNY LEWIS (M), STUDIOCANAL/BEYOND ENTERTAINMENT [140/ $1,467]	205,435	N/A	220,451
10	1	INHERENT VICE (MA15+), WARNER BROS [28/ $6,562]	183,728	N/A	259,033
11	5	WHAT WE DID ON OUR HOLIDAY (PG), PARAMOUNT/TRANSMISSION [115/ $1,229]	141,328	7%	1,411,358
12	9	PAPER PLANES (G), ROADSHOW [147/ $960]	141,059	-27%	9,366,990
13	1	MET OPERA: THE MERRY WIDOW (EX), SHARMILL [29/ $4,377]	126,930	N/A	126,930
14	8	AMERICAN SNIPER (MA15+), ROADSHOW [111/ $1,086]	120,559	-57%	19,233,422
15	1	TOP FIVE (MA15+), PARAMOUNT [81/ $1,393]	112,834	N/A	175,613
16	7	STILL ALICE (M), ICON [105/ $1,005]	105,576	-28%	2,127,440
17	3	THAT SUGAR FILM (PG), MADMAN [27/ $3,534]	95,414	50%	332,139
18	7	THE THEORY OF EVERYTHING (PG), UNIVERSAL [105/ $850]	89,279	-66%	6,028,805
19	3	PROJECT ALMANAC (M), PARAMOUNT [103/ $648]	66,704	-75%	1,336,656
20	1	CARS (RE: 2015) (G), WALT DISNEY [72/ $720]	51,845	N/A	51,845

 

[DeeCee]

Didn't expect Focus to be #1.

[JJ-8]

FSOG should wind up just past 24m at the rate it's dipping. Which disappointing given the size of the opening. But then again still very successful anyway.

Kings man tracking still toying with 20m. (I'd say 19m + is tracking well. But 20m isn't dead yet. )

Edited March 16, 2015 by Jajang and Back Again

[JJ-8]

ok so Insurgent opens this weekend coming.  Although i didn't see Divergent in cinemas, i'm seriously thinking about seeing this one though.  (I've got Divergent on Blueray and i love it!)

 

What does everyone think it will open with:

 

for comparison:

 

Divergent opened to 3.1m but that had a ton of competition especially given it opened in 3rd behind the 2nd weekends of The Lego Movie and Captain America The Winter Soldier.  Even more so it faced TASM2 in it's second weekend (yeah ok that turned out to be not as strong) but still this is the case.  Divergent also only got a 233 screen count which is quite for low for a film that was intended to be so much higher.  Expecting a much higher count for insurgent (at least 300 possibly 400 given the lack of competition.)

 

Is 6m too much to expect for Insurgent ?  

 

My predictions for the main openers this weekend:

 

Insurgent - 6.2m

Home 3D - 2.1m (expect a leggy run through easter for this one though)

Run all Night - 680k

[Ball Lightning]

Insurgent is doing pretty bad in presales at my work. I'm thinking more around $3.5-$4m at this stage. 

[lab276]

Forget Insurgent, I went to see Marigold Hotel 2!

[Robertron]

Insurgent is doing pretty bad in presales at my work. I'm thinking more around $3.5-$4m at this stage.

I might have to agree. I think people might be pretty meh towards this..

4.6m

[DeeCee]

Forget Insurgent, I went to see Marigold Hotel 2!

Old fart.

Edited March 18, 2015 by DeeCee

[lab276]

Old fart.

I helped it overcome Focus for the week!

 

Most Popular Films For Period Week, March 12 - 18, 2015 WIR = Weeks In Release
No	WIR	Title	$	%	Total $
1	3	THE SECOND BEST EXOTIC MARIGOLD HOTEL (PG), FOX [393/ $5,918]	2,325,617	-40%	12,130,608
2	2	FOCUS (MA15+), WARNER BROS [275/ $8,310]	2,285,269	-37%	5,969,112
3	1	CHAPPIE (MA15+), SONY PICTURES [266/ $6,725]	1,788,726	N/A	1,798,676
4	6	KINGSMAN: THE SECRET SERVICE (MA15+), FOX [209/ $4,496]	939,669	-33%	16,798,909
5	5	FIFTY SHADES OF GREY (MA15+), UNIVERSAL [272/ $2,548]	693,160	-49%	23,197,655
6	2	SEVENTH SON (M), UNIVERSAL [187/ $2,782]	520,143	-47%	1,505,788
7	2	UNFINISHED BUSINESS (MA15+), FOX [207/ $2,017]	417,504	-52%	1,295,566
8	4	JUPITER ASCENDING (M), ROADSHOW [179/ $1,906]	341,238	-54%	5,126,440
9	1	MANNY LEWIS (M), STUDIOCANAL/BEYOND ENTERTAINMENT [140/ $1,921]	268,992	N/A	284,008
10	1	INHERENT VICE (MA15+), WARNER BROS [28/ $8,808]	246,621	N/A	321,926
11	PR	HOME (PG), FOX [108/ $2,276]	245,848	N/A	245,848
12	5	WHAT WE DID ON OUR HOLIDAY (PG), PARAMOUNT/TRANSMISSION [112/ $1,833]	205,337	2%	1,475,426
13	3	THAT SUGAR FILM (PG), MADMAN [27/ $6,717]	181,351	15%	418,076
14	7	STILL ALICE (M), ICON [105/ $1,546]	162,322	-29%	2,184,186
15	8	AMERICAN SNIPER (MA15+), ROADSHOW [111/ $1,447]	160,562	-59%	19,275,045
16	9	PAPER PLANES (G), ROADSHOW [148/ $1,039]	153,760	-41%	9,387,715
17	1	TOP FIVE (MA15+), PARAMOUNT [81/ $1,869]	151,411	N/A	214,190
18	1	MET OPERA: THE MERRY WIDOW (EX), SHARMILL [29/ $5,069]	146,991	N/A	146,991
19	7	THE THEORY OF EVERYTHING (PG), UNIVERSAL [105/ $1,169]	122,732	-65%	6,062,257
20	3	PROJECT ALMANAC (M), PARAMOUNT [101/ $792]	80,032	-77%	1,350,777

 

[DeeCee]

Most Popular Films For Period Weekend, March 19 - 22, 2015 WIR = Weeks In Release
No	WIR	Title	$	%	Total $
1	1	INSURGENT (M), ENTERTAINMENT ONE [393/ $10,495]	4,124,378	N/A	4,250,784
2	1	HOME (PG), FOX [333/ $8,419]	2,803,615	N/A	3,050,530
3	3	FOCUS (MA15+), WARNER BROS [276/ $4,001]	1,104,322	-37%	7,063,550
4	4	THE SECOND BEST EXOTIC MARIGOLD HOTEL (PG), FOX [342/ $3,142]	1,074,627	-34%	13,205,813
5	1	RUN ALL NIGHT (MA15+), WARNER BROS [175/ $4,344]	760,281	N/A	762,854
6	2	CHAPPIE (MA15+), SONY PICTURES [266/ $2,445]	650,401	-52%	2,449,511
7	7	KINGSMAN: THE SECRET SERVICE (MA15+), FOX [162/ $2,752]	445,815	-39%	17,444,824
8	6	FIFTY SHADES OF GREY (MA15+), UNIVERSAL [138/ $1,509]	208,295	-60%	23,414,842
9	PR	SHAUN THE SHEEP (G), STUDIOCANAL [168/ $1,128]	189,569	N/A	193,856
10	1	BIG EYES (M), ROADSHOW [43/ $3,702]	159,170	N/A	164,977
11	4	THAT SUGAR FILM (PG), MADMAN [48/ $2,747]	131,837	38%	549,913
12	3	SEVENTH SON (M), UNIVERSAL [115/ $1,076]	123,709	-69%	1,629,531
13	2	INHERENT VICE (MA15+), WARNER BROS [28/ $3,873]	108,430	-41%	430,359
14	6	WHAT WE DID ON OUR HOLIDAY (PG), PARAMOUNT/TRANSMISSION [93/ $962]	89,498	-37%	1,565,083
15	3	UNFINISHED BUSINESS (MA15+), FOX [105/ $791]	83,067	-74%	1,378,750
16	2	MANNY LEWIS (M), STUDIOCANAL/BEYOND ENTERTAINMENT [134/ $594]	79,547	-61%	363,555
17	9	AMERICAN SNIPER (MA15+), ROADSHOW [45/ $1,669]	75,107	-38%	19,359,808
18	5	JUPITER ASCENDING (M), ROADSHOW [63/ $1,160]	73,092	-73%	5,200,797
19	10	PAPER PLANES (G), ROADSHOW [119/ $469]	55,778	-61%	9,454,451
20	8	STILL ALICE (M), ICON [41/ $1,194]	48,948	-54%	2,233,134

 

[Ball Lightning]

As expected for Insurgent..

Good start for Home! Let's see if it can keep the momentum over the holidays.

I'm thinking $4.5m for Cinderella at this stage?

[DeeCee]

Most Popular Films For Period Weekend, March 26 - 29, 2015 WIR = Weeks In Release
No	WIR	Title	$	%	Total $
1	1	CINDERELLA (G), WALT DISNEY [402/ $10,834]	4,355,219	N/A	4,790,591
2	2	INSURGENT (M), ENTERTAINMENT ONE [261/ $7,991]	2,085,735	-49%	7,245,296
3	1	GET HARD (MA15+), WARNER BROS [154/ $11,502]	1,771,330	N/A	1,771,330
4	2	HOME (PG), FOX [312/ $5,259]	1,640,747	-42%	5,122,961
5	4	FOCUS (MA15+), WARNER BROS [237/ $2,580]	611,536	-45%	8,038,967
6	5	THE SECOND BEST EXOTIC MARIGOLD HOTEL (PG), FOX [287/ $2,001]	574,239	-47%	14,312,954
7	1	SHAUN THE SHEEP (G), STUDIOCANAL [233/ $2,312]	538,764	N/A	734,516
8	PR	SPONGEBOB SQUAREPANTS: SPONGE OUT OF WATER (PG), PARAMOUNT [270/ $1,681]	453,990	N/A	493,426
9	2	RUN ALL NIGHT (MA15+), WARNER BROS [175/ $1,789]	313,059	-59%	1,339,279
10	3	CHAPPIE (MA15+), SONY PICTURES [216/ $1,263]	272,728	-58%	2,922,998
11	8	KINGSMAN: THE SECRET SERVICE (MA15+), FOX [109/ $1,973]	215,062	-52%	17,798,058
12	1	A LITTLE CHAOS (M), PARAMOUNT/TRANSMISSION [59/ $3,375]	199,098	N/A	252,473
13	5	THAT SUGAR FILM (PG), MADMAN [54/ $3,304]	178,437	35%	839,757
14	7	FIFTY SHADES OF GREY (MA15+), UNIVERSAL [46/ $2,144]	98,627	-55%	23,597,277
15	1	LEVIATHAN (M), PALACE [14/ $6,094]	85,310	N/A	204,647
16	2	BIG EYES (M), ROADSHOW [43/ $1,982]	85,235	-46%	319,775
17	1	DIOR AND I (M), MADMAN [17/ $4,956]	84,260	N/A	140,836
18	7	WHAT WE DID ON OUR HOLIDAY (PG), PARAMOUNT/TRANSMISSION [68/ $610]	41,489	-55%	1,656,869
19	1	BOLSHOI BALLET: SWAN LAKE (EX), SHARMILL [18/ $1,907]	34,331	N/A	34,331
20	1	INFINITELY POLAR BEAR (M), ICON [28/ $1,128]	31,570	N/A	33,371

 

[JJ-8]

Insurgent is continuing to run around 30% higher than Divergent did last year...... not bad at all... I'd hoped for more but i should have known better.  Insurgent should easily manage 12m at this rate possibly an outside shot at 15m.  (Divergent fell short of 11m in the end opening in a similar timeframe to when easter fell but with a lot more competition around it)

 

Not a bad start for Cinderella.  Should see reasonable holds in the coming weeks with the holidays rolling out around the country.  I would say a total north of 15m at this point but given it's holds stateside i'm not 100% sure yet... but i think it's still likely.

 

Of course Home will do the same if not a few boosts if Spongebob doesn't still its thunder....  Home did dip 42% this weekend but a total north of 10m is still very likely at this point.

 

Speaking of Spongebob... should open above 3m... but is 4m or more possible, especially given the fact it's opening in the shadow of Furious 7..... i'm not sure.

 

and as for Furious 7.  it's opening on Easter this year.  F&F6 managed 11.3m for the 4 day weekend over the queens birthday long weekend.  Furious 7 not only has the Monday public holiday but also the friday public holiday to make $ and it also opens on wednesday night in select theatres....  I get the feeling of an event film here... less than 10m for the 4 days would in my opinion would be a miss here...  I going with around 12m as my conservative prediction for this but i could easily see an opening (thanks to the PW factor) > 15m.....

Edited March 30, 2015 by Jajang and Back Again

[Robertron]

I think we could get around 15m by Monday. It's going to be ridiculous.

[Robertron]

Tonight's the night. Come at me FF7!

[DeeCee]

Tonight's the night. Come at me FF7!

I skipped seeing it tonight for tomorrow.

 

VMAX at George St are both about 80% sold and they've added the other big theatre all at 7pm.

 

25 screenings there tomorrow.

Edited March 31, 2015 by DeeCee

[Robertron]

I'm seeing it at Bankstown, but not many tickets sold for tonight. It is quite strange given FF films are some of the biggest for bankstown, but I know full well it will be a sell out throughout the long weekend.

 

On the topic of midnight/previews at Bankstown, The Avengers 2 has already sold more tickets for its 8.30pm preview than FF7 has for its session tonight.

[Rthmessiah]

village and Event have previews early evening wednesday(blacktown d/in is midnight), Hoyts, Reading and others have midnights 

[Robertron]

Rth what's the expectation for FF7?

14m 5-day too much to expect?

[Rthmessiah]

Rth what's the expectation for FF7?

14m 5-day too much to expect?

Yep 14m at least is current expected number