JCS Posted May 26, 2015 Share Posted May 26, 2015 Disney’s Tomorrowland: A World Beyond is the week’s highest new entry, narrowly edging out Fox’s Poltergeist. UNIVERSAL Having surpassed its predecessor after just five days of release, Pitch Perfect 2 again held off Mad Max: Fury Road to retain top spot at the UK box office. Universal’s sequel added $4.11m (£2.66m) over Fri-Sun and, including Bank Holiday Monday [May 25], is up to $16.3m (£10.58m). It will likely continue to pull in the crowds over this half term week, and could be on the cusp of £15m by this weekend. Also for Universal, Fast & Furious 7 took a further $160,000 (£103,812) for a superb $59.2m (£38.4m) to date, while Unfriended will soon log out of the chart but has grossed a solid $5.4m (£3.5m). WARNER BROS Narrowly behind Pitch Perfect 2, Mad Max: Fury Road continued its strong start with a $4.07m (£2.64m) second weekend. Warner Bros’ critically acclaimed revival of the iconic action hero is up to $16.2m (£10.54m) as of Monday, making it director George Miller’s second highest grossing film in the UK behind only Happy Feet ($29.1m/£18.9m). DISNEY Tomorrowland: A World Beyond was unable to repeat its chart-topping domestic bow, but was the week’s highest new entry in third. Disney’s adventure landed with $2.28m (£1.48m) from its 544 sites, marking one of the lowest debuts for director Brad Bird who’s had success with The Incredibles ($15m/£9.8m from 494) and Ratatouille ($6.8m/£4.4m from 503) in the UK. Tomorrowland is up to $3.2m (£2.07m) as of Monday, and will hope to receive a boost from half term. Also for Disney, Avengers: Age of Ultron rounded off this week’s top five with a $1.6m (£1.1m) fifth weekend and has now shot to $69.9m (£45.4m). FOX Tucked in just behind Tomorrowland was Fox’s Poltergeist as it scared up $2.25m (£1.46m) from its 433 sites on its UK bow. That compares favourably to recent horror remakes, with the likes of Evil Dead, My Bloody Valentine 3D, Piranha 3D and Nightmare on Elm Street all posting debuts around £1.3m-£1.4m. As of Monday, Poltergeist stood at $2.8m (£1.8m). Also for Fox, Spooks: The Greater Good added $457,000 (£296,455) over the weekend and now stands at $4.3m (£2.8m), while Far from the Madding Crowd has reached $8.4m (£5.4m) after four weeks in play. Home has amassed $35.9m (£23.3m), taking it past Shark Tale ($35.5m/£23.1m) in terms of DreamWorks Animation outings in the UK. EONE For eOne, Two by Two journeyed to a further $199,000 (£129,000) for $2.5m (£1.6m) to date, while Big Game hit the $1.5m (£1m) mark in its third week in play. LIONSGATE In its second weekend, Lionsgate’s A Royal Night Out took $163,000 (£106,152) over Fri-Sun and is now up to $1.1m (£734,758). Also for Lionsgate, Moomins on the Riviera failed to make an impact on its UK debut as it grossed just $121,000 (£78,590) from its 377 sites. METRODOME The New Girlfriend posted a UK debut of $146,000 (£94,838), including previews, from its 44 sites through Metrodome. In terms of director François Ozon’s outings in the UK, that’s ahead of Young and Beautiful’s $80,000 (£51,613) from 34 sites, but behind both Potiche ($311,000/£201,858 from 32) and In the House ($308,000/£199,594 from 82). Also for Metrodome, Spring grossed $5,100 (£3,335), including previews, from its one-site release. CURZON FILM WORLD Clouds of Sils Maria is up to $213,000 (£138,325) in the UK after a $59,000 (£37,967) second weekend through Curzon Film World. STUDIOCANAL Released in 25 sites through StudioCanal, A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night bit into $46,000 (£29,703) over its opening weekend, rising to $64,000 (£41,679) as of Monday. Also for StudioCanal, Girlhood has grossed $284,000 (£184,840) after three weeks in play. UPCOMING RELEASES This week sees saturation releases for Warner Bros’ San Andreas, eOne’s Danny Collins and StudioCanal’s Man Up. Universal’s Search Party, Icon’s The Dead Lands, Curzon Film World’s Timbuktu and Soda Pictures’ The Goob are among the films receiving limited releases. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heretic Posted May 27, 2015 Author Share Posted May 27, 2015 AoU should be around £47m after half term, it may have enough steam for £50m still. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heretic Posted May 28, 2015 Author Share Posted May 28, 2015 San Andreas is out today, £4m 4 day seems doable. Next week Spy opens, big buzz + great reviews and a good cast = £20m+ potential. Definitely seeing a sleeper hit there. Jurassic world week after is another £10m+ opener. And then there's Minions a couple of weeks later which should be huge. June's looking very promising, will be way up on last year. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SchumacherFTW Posted May 28, 2015 Share Posted May 28, 2015 I think we're in for an excellent summer. I can see Minions cracking £40m, and Inside Out doing £30m+ easy. Jurassic World should hit £30m as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heretic Posted May 28, 2015 Author Share Posted May 28, 2015 Then the auntumn/winter period should be monstrous. Two £60m+ films possible with Spectre and SW, plus Mockingjay part 2 with £40m potential. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JCS Posted May 28, 2015 Share Posted May 28, 2015 And no World Cup or Olympics...etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rthmessiah Posted May 30, 2015 Share Posted May 30, 2015 San Andreas is out today, £4m 4 day seems doable. Next week Spy opens, big buzz + great reviews and a good cast = £20m+ potential. Definitely seeing a sleeper hit there. Jurassic world week after is another £10m+ opener. And then there's Minions a couple of weeks later which should be huge. June's looking very promising, will be way up on last year. Should be over 4 3days and 5 4 days, PP2 around 2.3, MMFR around 2, TL 1.7 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heretic Posted May 30, 2015 Author Share Posted May 30, 2015 Really? Very impressive. Great holds for other films too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heretic Posted May 31, 2015 Author Share Posted May 31, 2015 Ian Sandwell @ian_sandwell 1h 1 hour ago It may have been dethroned, but Pitch Perfect 2 looks set to hit £15m in the UK this weekend. Must have been a very nice half-term week for it. Ian Sandwell @ian_sandwell 1h 1 hour ago Tomorrowland: A World Beyond up to around £4m in the UK after ten days in play. Unbelievably bad, may fall short of $10m. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heretic Posted May 31, 2015 Author Share Posted May 31, 2015 Ian Sandwell @ian_sandwell 18m 18 minutes ago San Andreas leads UK box office with estimated £4.3m debut, including previews. Good opening, about $6.6m. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SchumacherFTW Posted May 31, 2015 Share Posted May 31, 2015 Must have been a very nice half-term week for it. Unbelievably bad, may fall short of $10m. Shiiiiiiiiiiiit Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JCS Posted May 31, 2015 Share Posted May 31, 2015 Tomorrowland really isn't that bad at all, don't know why its bombing. Also have a part-time job at Vue Westfield now, so I've got the inside scoop from the UKs busiest cinema. San Andreas and Mad Max were probably the most popular films this weekend. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heretic Posted May 31, 2015 Author Share Posted May 31, 2015 (edited) Really!? That's cool. I'll Probably head there for Jurassic World. Edited May 31, 2015 by Heretic Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JCS Posted June 1, 2015 Share Posted June 1, 2015 Really!? That's cool. I'll Probably head there for Jurassic World. Yeah, just working weekends at the moment. So free tickets for everything! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heretic Posted June 1, 2015 Author Share Posted June 1, 2015 (edited) Warner Bros’ disaster thriller achieves director Brad Peyton’s best-ever UK bow. WARNER BROS Replicating its chart-topping domestic success, San Andreas cracked Pitch Perfect 2’s chance of a hat-trick at the top of the UK box office. Warner Bros’ disaster thriller scored a strong $7.1m (£4.63m) debut from its 506 sites, including $1.1m (£739,000) in previews. It’s worth noting that its $5.9m (£3.89m) Fri-Sun tally would have also seen San Andreascomfortably debut in first. The debut marks director Brad Peyton’s best-ever UK bow and will soon see San Andreas become his highest grossing outing, currently Journey 2: The Mysterious Island’s $10.7m (£7m) result. San Andreas has also already outgrossed the entire run of stablemate disaster film Into the Storm, which whipped up $4.3m (£2.8m) last year, but couldn’t quite match the $9.9m (£6.5m) bow of 2012, which arguably benefitted from a more well-known director in Roland Emmerich. Also for Warner Bros, Mad Max: Fury Road continued its great UK run with a $2.7m (£1.75m) third weekend for $20.9m (£13.72m) to date. UNIVERSAL It may have been knocked off the top spot, but Pitch Perfect 2 continued to shine with a $2.8m (£1.87m) third weekend. Universal’s sequel is now up to a healthy $22.1m (£14.5m) and still has an outside chance of £20m. Also for Universal, Fast & Furious 7 has reached $58.6m (£38.5m), while Search Party went missing on its UK bow after grossing just $27,000 (£17,876) from its 106 sites. DISNEY Tomorrowland: A World Beyond dropped to fourth with a $1.6m (£1.04m) second weekend after a slim drop of 27%. Disney’s adventure is now up to $6.2m (£4.11m) after ten days in play and has at least avoiding being director Brad Bird’s lowest ever UK performer having passed the $3.5m (£2.3m) result of The Iron Giant. Also for Disney, Avengers: Age of Ultron fell just 17% in its sixth weekend as it took an extra $1.3m (£883,000) for $71.7m (£47.14m) to date. FOX Poltergeist fell 48% on its way to a $1.1m (£734,867) second weekend as it dropped to sixth. Fox’s horror remake is up to $5.1m (£3.36m), which compares favourably to the final tallies of recent horror remakes (albeit not in 3D) Evil Dead ($5.2m/£3.42m) andNightmare on Elm Street ($5.3m/£3.5m). Also for Fox, Home was boosted by the half term and increased 90% with a $695,000 (£456,794) for a superb $36.6m (£24.1m) after 11 weeks in play. Far from the Madding Crowd and Pinewood Pictures’Spooks: The Greater Good have amassed $8.7m (£5.7m) and $4.7m (£3.07m), respectively. STUDIOCANAL Man Up charted seventh with a somewhat disappointing $804,000 (£528,652) from its 357 sites, with three still to report. StudioCanal’s rom-com failed to come close to the $2.2m (£1.45m) debut of fellow homegrown rom-com I Give It a Year from slightly more sites at 396. It will hope that good word-of-mouth can sustain it in the weeks ahead. Also for StudioCanal, A Girl Walks Home Alone at Nightbit into a further $37,000 (£24,449) for $163,000 (£107,448) to date. EONE Like Home, eOne’s Two by Two was also boosted by the school holidays as it rose 77% on its way to a $400,000 (£263,000) fifth weekend, meaning the animation has now sailed to $3.1m (£2.06m). Also for eOne, Danny Collins launched with a soft $343,000 (£225,000) from its 353 sites and will hope to be better received by the midweek audiences. ALTITUDE FILM DISTRIBUTION / PICTUREHOUSE ENTERTAINMENT The Connection started its UK run with $128,000 (£83,586), including $2,700 (£1,754) in previews, from its 54 sites through Altitude Film Distribution and Picturehouse Entertainment. LIONSGATE It may have had an underwhelmig start, but Lionsgate’sMoomins on the Riviera managed to post a minimal drop in its second weekend as it took $118,000 (£77,480) for a ten-day tally of $447,000 (£293,954). Also for Lionsgate, A Royal Night Out is up to $1.3m (£858,156) after three weeks in play. CURZON FILM WORLD Oscar nominee Timbuktu recorded a UK debut of $113,000 (£74,109), including $13,000 (£8,662) in previews, from its 32 sites through Curzon Film World. Also for Curzon Film World, Clouds of Sils Maria has grossed $257,000 (£169,131) after three weeks in play. METRODOME In its second weekend, Metrodome’s The New Girlfriendadded $49,000 (£31,962) from its 40 sites for $279,000 (£183,634) to date. In terms of director François Ozon’s outings in the UK, it has now overtaken Young and Beautiful, but won’t catch either Potiche or In the House. SODA PICTURES Guy Myhill’s debut feature The Goob posted a UK bow of $13,000 (£8,435), including $2,000 (£1,291) in previews, through Soda Pictures. VERTIGO FILMS Released in six sites through Vertigo Films, Sword of Vengeance sliced its way to $3,700 (£2,423) on its UK debut. UPCOMING RELEASES This week sees saturation releases for Fox’s Spy, eOne’sInsidious Chapter 3 and Lionsgate’s Survivor. Munro Films’ Four Corners and Eros’ Dil Dhadakne Doboth receive wide releases, while Metrodome’s Electric Boogaloo: The Wild Untold Story of Cannon Films and StudioCanal’s Black Coal Thin Ice are among the films receiving a limited release. Curzon Film World’s Queen and Country is released in London ahead of a nationwide expansion from June 12. SA up from estimates, nice opening. AoU within £3m of £50m, can still crawl there. PP2 looks like it's on route for £20m, huge success. Same for Mad Max, which is looking at high teens. Spy should do well, however, the forecast is pointing towards this weekend finally warming up, and we all know how good weather can effect BO. We'll probably see some muted grosses because of this. But drops the following week will be softer if this happens. Edited June 1, 2015 by Heretic 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rthmessiah Posted June 2, 2015 Share Posted June 2, 2015 Top thr Engagements 29-31/5 1-Vue Westfield 17, London (MMFR) 2-Vue West End 9 (MMFR) 3-Imax southbank (MMFR) 4-Vue Westfield, London (PP2) 5-Vue Islington 10 (MMFR) 6-Vue Strathford 20 (MMFR) 7-NAC Showcase Bluewater 12 (PP2) 8-CW Glasgow 18 (PP2) 9-CW Glasgow 18 (MMFR) 10-CW Sheffield 20 (PP2) 11-Vue Strathford 20 (PP2) 12-CW Crlawley 15 (MMFR) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heretic Posted June 2, 2015 Author Share Posted June 2, 2015 (edited) Very weird that San Andreas didn't even get one spot in the top 10 seeing as it was easily the no.1 film on the weekend. Edited June 2, 2015 by Heretic Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dark Alfred Posted June 4, 2015 Share Posted June 4, 2015 JW presales are pretty good so far. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lizzy Posted June 7, 2015 Share Posted June 7, 2015 Anyone here seen Man up yet? Is it any good? Was thinking about watching it tonight. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JCS Posted June 7, 2015 Share Posted June 7, 2015 Quiet weekend at Westfield, Spy was the busiest film obviously. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
