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POS LW TITLE WiR WEEKEND WEEK TOTAL ADM GROSS CNG % ADM GROSS ADM GROSS 1 NEW Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves 1 8 825 120 767 BGN - - - 8 825 120 767 BGN 2 1 Чалга 3 9 338 116 476 BGN -36% 26 271 299 575 BGN 65 158 749 940 BGN 3 PRE John Wick: Chapter 4 PRE 7 088 104 939 BGN - - - 7 088 104 939 BGN 4 NEW My Fairy Troublemaker 1 4 033 42 911 BGN - - - 4 033 42 911 BGN 5 2 Shazam! Fury of the Gods 2 2 656 33 617 BGN -64% 10 089 127 524 BGN 12 745 161 141 BGN 6 4 Creed III 4 2 528 31 970 BGN -56% 8 344 101 830 BGN 55 524 663 035 BGN 7 3 Scream VI 3 2 081 26 676 BGN -64% 9 354 111 174 BGN 30 999 362 324 BGN 8 5 Amazing Maurice, The 3 2 036 23 456 BGN -54% 5 862 63 036 BGN 16 986 181 445 BGN 9 6 65 2 1 457 19 433 BGN -58% 5 826 69 766 BGN 7 283 89 200 BGN 10 9 Avatar: The Way of Water 15 914 13 460 BGN -30% 1 978 27 236 BGN 473 684 6 646 555 BGN Here is the top 10 from last weekend. Please keep in that weather was quite sunny so this is the main reason for most of the harsh drops and overall bad state of the top 10. Dungeons & Dragons pretty much flopped here based on the kind of movie it is. This should have at least got double what it actually opened to to be considered a sort of success. I expected over 20k admissions so I'm pretty disappointed. Based on the reviews it seems like a fun film so hopefully it has great WOM and some staying power but it has the actual opening of John Wick and the week after that comes Super Mario and both should be pretty big. Right now, I'd say it may land around 30k admissions and 475k BGN - a total that should of been more like an OW so a pretty disappointing performance if it gets to it. Chalga - the latest local movie, has topped the yearly ranking after this weekend. It had the second best drop despite the great weather but it should have still fared better given it's big increase last weekend. A total north of 1M BGN is assured, but there is a chance for it to miss 100k admissions now. John Wick 4 had pretty good previews and hopefully next weekend it at least doubles the previews for the actual OW. If things go well, it can even go over 20k admissions. My Fairy Trouble Maker - a new low-tier animation opened petty much as expected. It should have a short life and end around 10k admissions. After the terrible opening Shazam! Fury of the Gods had a terrible second weekend as well. It seems that it'll end up even below 20k admissions and 275k BGN - most probably the worst performance for a major Comic-Book movie outside the pandemic in the last 20 years or so. A truly terrible run here. Creed III had another bad drop and should end with a multiplier around 3x - it had an inflated OW so it's not that bad in the end. It's already the most successfull movie in the Rocky franchise (in both admissions and gross). I see a final total of around 60k admissions and 725k BGN. Scream VI had a bad drop as well. However, it'll end up grossing more than all past entries combined so it's still a great success. I see a final total around 35k admissions and 400k BGN. The Amazing Maurice did not hold that well and should land somewhere around 20k admissions and 225k BGN. 65 competes with Shazam for the most terribel performance this March. It may end up below 10k admissions which is beyond terrible for such a movie. The Way of Water had another great hold despite the weather and has passed Titanic for the second place in the all-time admissions chart. This should have been it's last week in the top 10 but it still has one more task to fulfill. Next week it'll pass Avatar's original run - a truly remarkable run! The upcoming weekend has three new entries and we'll see a new movie on top. Hopefully, John Wick 4 will pass 20k admissions since the franchise increasing with each entry and the last one opened with 14k admissions. Two local movies are also opening but both should land below 5k admissions. P.S. All the relevant charts have been updated in the first few posts.

POS LW TITLE WiR WEEKEND WEEK TOTAL ADM GROSS CNG % ADM GROSS ADM GROSS 1 2 Чалга 2 15 038 183 036 BGN 36% 24 814 265 622 BGN 44 587 516 925 BGN 2 NEW Shazam! Fury of the Gods 1 7 111 93 789 BGN - - - 7 111 93 789 BGN 3 3 Scream VI 2 6 152 74 914 BGN -44% 17 797 201 180 BGN 25 716 299 388 BGN 4 1 Creed III 3 5 749 73 455 BGN -45% 15 644 185 300 BGN 50 401 602 689 BGN 5 4 Amazing Maurice, The 2 4 696 51 460 BGN -34% 9 088 94 953 BGN 13 784 146 413 BGN 6 NEW 65 1 3 712 47 359 BGN - - - 3 712 47 359 BGN 7 NEW Latte & the Magic Waterstone (Latte Igel und der magische Wasserstein) 1 2 881 29 279 BGN - - - 2 881 29 279 BGN 8 5 Mummies 4 1 817 20 072 BGN -39% 3 720 37 854 BGN 22 734 235 428 BGN 9 7 Avatar: The Way of Water 14 1 339 19 330 BGN -22% 2 314 33 712 BGN 472 131 6 625 188 BGN 10 6 Игра на доверие 5 1 341 17 678 BGN -39% 3 875 45 280 BGN 32 423 370 020 BGN Here is the top 10 from last weekend. Chalga - the latest local movie, is looking like to have a long run here. It had an amazing increase from it's opening so cannot predict how high it'll go. Based on experience, it should pass 100k admissions at least and therefore at least 1M BGN. Shazam! Fury of the Gods had a terrible opening grossing half of what the first one did. It's now expected given the lackluster performance everywhere but it's still pretty bad. In the last few years, comic-book movies rarely go much beyound 3x multiplier and there is a ton of competiton in the next month. I expect a final total around 20k admissions and 275k BGN - around the same as The Suicide Squad which faced the pandemic. Scream VI had an OK hold after the great opening - it's second weekend is around the same as the opening of the last entry so it's still pretty great. It already passed the total of Scream (2022) and I see a final total around 40k admissions and 470k BGN. Creed III could have held a bit better but it lost most premium screens to Shazam. It's already the most successfull movie in the Rocky franchise (in both admissions and gross). I see a final total of around 60k admissions and 750k BGN. The Amazing Maurice held OK and should land somewhere around 25k admissions and 250k-300k BGN. 65 had an attrocious debut - a true bomb here. It couldn't even pass 5k admissions which is utterly terrible, It should land somewher around 10k admissions and 150k BGN. Mummies held OK after last week's tumble. It should end up around 25k admissions and 275k BGN. as well. The other local movie in the top 10 - Trust Game, held OK given the direct competition at the top of the chart. It should end up around 35k admissions and 400k BGN. The Way of Water had another great hold and it'll definitely pass Titanic for the second place in the all-time admissions chart. It has also started to trend above Avatar's original run and should pass it as well - a truly remarkable run! Outside of the top 10, Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania collapsed with an 80% drop and should end with probably one of the worst multipliers ever in the market as far as I remember. Puss in Boots: The Last Wish also is finally out of the top 10 after 13 weeks so it's amazing run is near the end. The upcoming weekend has two new entries and most likely we'll see a new movie on top. Hopefully, Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves will pass 20k admissions since it's a fantasy epic and these usually do quite well here. Another low-tier animation is opening as well - My Fairy Troublemaker but I don't expect for it to pass 5k admissions. P.S. All the relevant charts have been updated in the first few posts.

POS LW TITLE WiR WEEKEND WEEK TOTAL ADM GROSS CNG % ADM GROSS ADM GROSS 1 1 Creed III 2 10 935 134 908 BGN -45% 29 008 343 935 BGN 39 943 478 843 BGN 2 NEW Чалга 1 11 489 134 753 BGN - 4 735 68 266 BGN 16 224 203 020 BGN 3 NEW Scream VI 1 11 523 134 417 BGN - 1 767 23 294 BGN 13 290 157 711 BGN 4 NEW Amazing Maurice, The 1 7 288 77 980 BGN - - - 7 288 77 980 BGN 5 2 Mummies 3 3 202 33 133 BGN -64% 9 946 103 790 BGN 20 399 210 634 BGN 6 3 Игра на доверие 4 2 328 29 462 BGN -53% 7 466 88 354 BGN 29 535 336 524 BGN 7 6 Avatar: The Way of Water 13 1 659 24 948 BGN -39% 3 586 51 720 BGN 470 137 6 597 094 BGN 8 4 Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania 4 1 551 21 994 BGN -55% 4 633 63 423 BGN 33 902 476 143 BGN 9 5 Puss in Boots: The Last Wish 12 1 699 21 581 BGN -54% 4 121 51 182 BGN 164 231 1 870 098 BGN 10 7 Cocaine Bear 3 1 263 17 067 BGN -54% 4 603 53 156 BGN 12 999 148 108 BGN Here is the top 10 from last weekend. Last weekend was inflated due to Liberation Day so the drops aren't so good this week, as can be seen. Overall, this was a pretty good weekend with 3 movies over 10k admissions in what should be probably the closest top 3 I ever seen - the difference between gold and bronze is less than 500 BGN. Creed III had the second best drop in the top 10 and it held quite well given the bigger than expected competition. It's now the highest grossing movie in the Rocky franchise and during the week it should become the most attended one as well. I see a final total of at least 60k admissions and 750k BGN. Of course, the new local movie - Chalga, that looks as bad as it can be, had a great debut. Unless it's super frontloaded, standard legs should carry it above 50k admissions and 675k BGN. Scream VI is continuing the trend started by Creed with doubling past entries. It had an astounding debut for the type of movie it is and should easily outgross all of the past movies combined (full chart below - unfortunately, I don't have any data for Scream 3). I see a final total around 40k admissions and 470k BGN. Title OW (Attendance) OW (Gross) Total (Attendance) Total (Gross) Scream N/A N/A 6 311 26 000 BGN Scream 2 N/A N/A 6 193 26 000 BGN Scream 3 - - - - Scream 4 1 892 14 179 BGN 9 516 59 689 BGN Scream 7 395 77 972 BGN 24 842 244 393 BGN The Amazing Maurice had an expected debut and should land somewhere around 25k admissions and 300k BGN. Mummies plummeted given the animated movie in town. It should end up around 25k admissions and 300k BGN. as well. The other local movie in the top 10 - Trust Game, did not hold that well in the face of direct competition. It should end up around 35k admissions and 400k BGN. The Way of Water had another great hold and now it seems poised to pass Titanic for the second place in the all-time admissions chart. It should end up around 475k admissions - same as the original run of Avatar. Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania had another bad hold and will definitely end up with a miserable multiplier of around 2.75x. It has the worst legs for a MCU movie and should end up around 35k admissions and 510k BGN. Puss in Boots: The Last Wish had its first bad drop but it's expected given the amazing increase last week. Otherwise, it's just a 20% drop when compated to its gross from 2 weeks ago. It's nearing the end of its run and should end up around 170k admissions and 1.95M BGN. Cocaine Bear had a so-so hold and should end up around 15k admissions and 175k BGN. The upcoming weekend has three new entries and most likely we'll see a new movie on top. Shazam: Fury of the Gods should be able to match Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania so I expect it to pass 12k admissions and comfortably win. I expect for 65 to end up around 8k admissions which should give it a place in the top 5. Another low-tier animation is opening as well - Latte & the Magic Waterstone but I don't expect for it to pass 5k admissions. P.S. All the relevant charts have been updated in the first few posts.

POS LW TITLE WiR WEEKEND WEEK TOTAL ADM GROSS CNG % ADM GROSS ADM GROSS 1 NEW Creed III 1 20 438 249 373 BGN - - - 20 438 249 373 BGN 2 2 Mummies 2 8 815 92 770 BGN 63% 7 251 73 710 BGN 16 066 166 480 BGN 3 3 Игра на доверие 3 5 114 64 460 BGN 22% 8 030 90 654 BGN 24 855 282 168 BGN 4 1 Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania 3 3 507 49 572 BGN -40% 8 451 119 455 BGN 31 225 440 298 BGN 5 7 Puss in Boots: The Last Wish 11 3 823 47 722 BGN 83% 2 588 31 312 BGN 162 234 1 845 058 BGN 6 5 Avatar: The Way of Water 12 2 799 41 360 BGN 17% 3 369 47 165 BGN 467 691 6 561 786 BGN 7 4 Cocaine Bear 2 3 163 37 820 BGN -19% 7 133 77 885 BGN 10 296 115 704 BGN 8 9 Big Trip 2: Special Delivery (Большое путешествие. Специальная доставка) 4 3 039 31 378 BGN 41% 2 637 27 062 BGN 21 334 214 811 BGN 9 6 Missing 2 2 172 27 129 BGN -16% 4 314 50 609 BGN 6 486 77 738 BGN 10 8 Magic Mike’s Last Dance 4 1 401 18 626 BGN -25% 3 707 43 985 BGN 26 562 310 750 BGN Here is the top 10 from last weekend. As I mentioned last week, last Friday was Liberation Day so it was a non-working day so the weekend figures are inflated as can be seen by the holds. Creed III had a remarkable opening here doubling the opening of the previous entry in the franchise. I only have data starting from Rocky Balboa but as you can see below the franchise is clearly on a rise here. Even if this is an inflated opening it should still get a multiplier of at least 3 so a final total of at least 60k admissions and 750k BGN is pretty much guaranteed. Title OW (Attendance) OW (Gross) Total (Attendance) Total (Gross) Rocky Balboa 3 393 23 506 BGN 7 410 43 790 BGN Creed 6 337 53 308 BGN 17 077 139 481 BGN Creed II 11 101 102 176 BGN 42 862 377 178 BGN Creed III 20 438 249 373 BGN 20 438 249 373 BGN Mummies had a great increase this weekend and if it doesn't colapse in the upcoming weekend it should pass 30k admissions, which will be a decent total for a low-tier animation. There still isn't offical data on the weekend gross for the local movie - Trust Game, but given the holds for the rest of the top 10 it should have stayed at least flat from last weekend and kept the third position. Hopefully, the data will be updated later this week. UPDATE: So it seems that I was correct and it kept the third place in the chart thanks to a great increase. It now seems likely for it to pass 40k admissions and it may even go further than that thanks to good WOM. Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania had the worst drop in the top 10 and with a margin. The last few MCU movies were quite front-loaded but this one is having utterly abysmal legs. It definitely won't reach a 3x multiplier and should end up below 40k admissions, nearly the same as the previous two entries. Of couse, Puss in Boots: The Last Wish had the best increase in the top 10. This weekend it passed Penguins of Madagascar in admissions to become the most attended DreamWorks animation. A truly remarkable run given the unimpressive opening and it should end up around 170k admissions and 1.95M BGN. The Way of Water had another great hold and now it has a chance to pass Titanic for the second place in the all-time admissions chart. It should end up around 475k admissions - same as the original run of Avatar. Cocaine Bear had an a good hold and should end up around 15k admissions. Missing had a good hold as well and should pass 10k admissions in the end. Finally, Magic Mike's Last Dance had another OK hold and should end up a bit below 30k admissions (similar to the other two) but should gross significantly more than them and end up around 350k BGN. The upcoming weekend has three new entries but none of them should be able to dethrone Creed III from the top spot. Scream VI should be able to open higher than the last one and I see an opening a bit below 10k admissions. Another low-tier animation is opening as well - The Amazing Maurice and it has a decent TV exposure so it should open a bit below 10k admissions as well. Finally, a local movie is also opening and I don't expect it to pass 5k admissions for the weekend since it looks terrible. P.S. All the relevant charts have been updated in the first few posts.

February 17th-19th: POS LW TITLE WiR WEEKEND WEEK TOTAL ADM GROSS CNG % ADM GROSS ADM GROSS 1 NEW Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania 1 13 123 188 045 BGN - 1 237 20 538 BGN 14 360 208 583 BGN 2 NEW Игра на доверие 1 5 714 68 756 BGN - - - 5 714 68 756 BGN 3 2 Big Trip 2: Special Delivery (Большое путешествие. Специальная доставка) 2 4 834 48 992 BGN -40% 9 921 99 461 BGN 14 755 148 453 BGN 4 1 Avatar: The Way of Water 10 3 039 43 657 BGN -47% 8 182 116 609 BGN 460 199 6 457 035 BGN 5 3 Magic Mike’s Last Dance 2 3 412 41 999 BGN -46% 14 098 157 071 BGN 18 998 223 215 BGN 6 5 Puss in Boots: The Last Wish 9 3 096 37 118 BGN -32% 5 646 66 843 BGN 155 283 1 760 212 BGN 7 4 Titanic (25th Anniversary) 2 1 864 25 573 BGN -67% 10 364 145 761 BGN 12 228 171 334 BGN 8 6 Asterix & Obelix: The Middle Kingdom (Astérix et Obélix: l'Empire du Milieu) 3 1 919 23 537 BGN -45% 5 451 63 462 BGN 15 785 180 009 BGN 9 NEW Where are you, Adam? 1 1 399 15 044 BGN - - - 2 760 29 146 BGN 10 8 Finnick (Финник) 5 1 175 13 414 BGN -46% 2 561 28 288 BGN 30 467 309 600 BGN February 24th-26th: POS LW TITLE WiR WEEKEND WEEK TOTAL ADM GROSS CNG % ADM GROSS ADM GROSS 1 1 Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania 2 5 732 83 354 BGN -55% 18 030 250 733 BGN 24 999 354 625 BGN 2 NEW Mummies 1 5 441 57 025 BGN - - - 5 441 57 025 BGN 3 2 Игра на доверие 2 4 201 52 196 BGN -24% 11 711 128 054 BGN 15 912 180 250 BGN 4 NEW Cocaine Bear 1 4 037 46 786 BGN - - - 4 037 46 786 BGN 5 4 Avatar: The Way of Water 11 2 470 35 624 BGN -18% 4 363 59 883 BGN 463 993 6 508 885 BGN 6 NEW Missing 1 2 604 32 448 BGN - - - 2 604 32 448 BGN 7 6 Puss in Boots: The Last Wish 10 2 121 26 131 BGN -29% 3 636 42 929 BGN 157 944 1 792 155 BGN 8 5 Magic Mike’s Last Dance 3 1 895 25 000 BGN -40% 5 868 66 923 BGN 23 349 273 140 BGN 9 3 Big Trip 2: Special Delivery (Большое путешествие. Специальная доставка) 3 2 151 22 410 BGN -54% 5 737 56 910 BGN 17 809 178 781 BGN 10 13 Babylon 6 834 11 666 BGN 11% 1 213 15 437 BGN 27 828 341 157 BGN Here is the top 10 from the last 2 weekends. Last week I was pretty busy and did not have time to share the weekly chart and my thoughts on the next weekend. However, nothing interesting happened so it wasn't a big loss. Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania opened a bit below my expectations but above the first two movies. However it suffered a terrible drop the past weekend so if it doesnt recover it's unlikely to pass 40k admissions and 600k BGN. It's drop is a right in between the ones of Multiverse of Madness and Wakanda Forever and both of them ended up with a multiplier around 3x - likely the new normal for the MCU here. The new local movie (Trust Game) opened with half of what I expected but it seems to be having great WOM so it should hold up well in the next few weeks. It has a chance to go above 30k admissions if it keeps the good holds. The Way of Water was finally dethroned after 9 straight weeks at the top. However, it's still holding strong and it's in the top 5. It has a few more weeks in the top 10 and should come realy close to the first run of the original which ended ip around 475k admissions - an amazing achievement given the high ticket prices and lower attendance in the last few years. Magic Mike's Last Dance is holding OK and should end up a bit below 30k admissions (similar to the other two) nut should gross significantly more than them and end up above 300k BGN. Puss in Boots: The Last Wish is still holding great and next week should pass Penguins of Madagascar in admissions to become the most attended DreamWorks animation. A truly remarkable run given the unimressive opening and it should end up around 170k admissions and 1.9M BGN. Titanic's 25th anniversary re-release faded pretty fast but due to a lucrative Valentine's day it will be able to keep the second place in the admissions chart and hold of The Way of Water. Asterix & Obelix: The Middle Kingdom is out of the top 10 but it became the biggest film in the live-action franchise so it had an OK performance. From the new openers, Mummies could have a bit better but the weather was sunny so it's expected for a children's movie. It should end up around 20k admission which is OK for a low-tier animation. Cocaine Bear had an OK opening since it does seem a bit niche and horror is not doing that well here. It should end up around 15k admissions. Finally, Missing had an expectedly low opening and should end up below 10k admissions. The upcoming weekend is actually a three-days off kind of weekend since Friday is Liberation Day. Therefore, if the weather is bad we may see some great drops and even some increases. There is one real opener - Creed III and it should pass 10k admissions and 100k BGN so an easy new number 1. Another local movie is also opening but it should make much more than 1k admissions. P.S. All the relevant charts have been updated in the first few posts.

POS LW TITLE WiR WEEKEND WEEK TOTAL ADM GROSS CNG % ADM GROSS ADM GROSS 1 1 Avatar: The Way of Water 9 5 446 82 403 BGN -35% 11 862 173 743 BGN 454 424 6 379 172 BGN 2 NEW Big Trip 2: Special Delivery (Большое путешествие. Специальная доставка) 1 8 077 82 188 BGN - - - 8 077 82 188 BGN 3 NEW Magic Mike’s Last Dance 1 6 622 78 708 BGN - 1 488 24 145 BGN 8 110 102 852 BGN 4 NEW Titanic (25th Anniversary) 1 5 107 78 470 BGN - - - 5 107 78 470 BGN 5 2 Puss in Boots: The Last Wish 8 4 537 55 127 BGN -34% 8 226 98 256 BGN 151 078 1 711 379 BGN 6 3 Asterix & Obelix: The Middle Kingdom (Astérix et Obélix: l'Empire du Milieu) 2 3 599 42 956 BGN -35% 8 415 93 011 BGN 12 014 135 967 BGN 7 5 Plane 3 2 051 27 506 BGN -47% 5 907 74 519 BGN 18 448 224 452 BGN 8 4 Finnick (Финник) 4 2 240 25 014 BGN -57% 6 604 68 619 BGN 28 971 292 912 BGN 9 6 Knock at the Cabin 2 1 972 24 121 BGN -43% 5 932 65 173 BGN 7 904 89 293 BGN 10 7 Operation Fortune: Ruse de guerre 5 1 779 24 088 BGN -40% 4 644 58 381 BGN 51 595 608 248 BGN Here is the top 10 from the last weekend. The Way of Water had its last weekend at the top - it managed to keep the first place for 9 straight weeks! This week it lost the first place in admissions since two of the openers managed to sell more tickets but the premium formats kept it on top in gross. Since it topped the all-time chart in gross last month it has been chasing Titanic and Avatar in the admissions' ranking. The weekend drop is still OK but it's now impossible to get near 500k admissions and 7M BGN. I expect a final total around 475k admissions and 6.65M BGN which would mean it would match the original's first run in admissions and probably settle for the third place behing Titanic. Magic Mike's Last Dance had the best debut in the franchise and if we include previews it has doubled in admissions and tripled in gross the openings of the last two entries. However, I don't expect for it to have the same legs so it should land in around 30k admissions (similar to the other two) but it should gross significantly more passing 300k BGN. Titanic's 25th anniversary re-release opened almost the same as Avatar's re-release last September. With this opening it has secured the 2nd place in admission in the all-time chart since The Way of Water is currently 10k admission behind Titanic and this weekend the re-release almost matched it. Puss in Boots: The Last Wish had its first drop above 30% in its remarkable run. Since there isn't another big animated film scheduled for a release till Super Mario Bros. (April 7th) I expect a final total around 170k admissions and 1.9M BGN which will be good enough to reach the top 50 in admissions and top 30 in gross. It's already the biggest grosser for DreamWorks and in 2 weeks it should pass Penguins of Madagascar in admissions as well. Asterix & Obelix: The Middle Kingdom had an OK drop. It should be able to land somewhere around 20k admissions and 225k BGN and become the biggest film in the live-action franchise. Plane is starting to lose ground but should still pass 20k admissions and 275k BGN. Knock at the Cabin did not hold well after the so-so debut. I expect a final total around 10k admissions and 125k BGN. Operation Fortune: Ruse de guerre had it's last weekend in the top 10 and it just passed the 50k admissions mark. A really good performance for the movie. The rest of the top 10 is filled with good opening of a low-tier Russian animation and the expected tumble of the other low-tier Russian animation in the top 10 - only one of these can survive at the same time. Next week is the debut of Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania and a local movie. Ant-Man should be able to pass 15k admissions and 200k BGN to land on top, ending the 2-months reign of The Way of Water. The local movie should also pass 10k admissions and 100k BGN since it stars two of the most popular local actresses so it should be a healthy weekend for the box office. P.S. All the relevant charts have been updated in the first few posts.

POS LW TITLE WiR WEEKEND WEEK TOTAL ADM GROSS CNG % ADM GROSS ADM GROSS 1 1 Avatar: The Way of Water 8 8 606 128 217 BGN -24% 19 221 274 344 BGN 445 722 6 251 242 BGN 2 2 Puss In Boots: The Last Wish 7 6 971 83 605 BGN -5% 13 260 150 382 BGN 145 286 1 641 601 BGN 3 NEW Asterix & Obelix: The Middle Kingdom 1 5 856 67 036 BGN - - - 5 856 67 036 BGN 4 6 Finnick (Финник) 3 5 682 59 326 BGN -3% 10 415 102 501 BGN 25 809 258 606 BGN 5 3 Plane 2 3 907 52 342 BGN -28% 10 490 122 427 BGN 14 397 174 768 BGN 6 NEW Knock at the Cabin 1 3 717 43 055 BGN - - - 3 717 43 055 BGN 7 4 Operation Fortune: Ruse de guerre 4 3 020 40 349 BGN -39% 8 921 106 646 BGN 48 192 566 128 BGN 8 5 Babylon 3 2 568 34 323 BGN -45% 8 142 98 130 BGN 21 878 266 450 BGN 9 NEW Шекспир като улично куче 1 3 190 32 018 BGN - - - 3 190 32 018 BGN 10 NEW Banshees of Inisherin, The 1 2 339 29 790 BGN - 1 576 21 578 BGN 3 915 51 368 BGN Here is the top 10 from the last weekend. The Way of Water had the 2nd biggest 8th weekend ever in both admissions and gross only behind the original. In January it topped the all-time chart in gross and is now chasing Titanic and Avatar in the admissions' ranking. The weekend drop is great and if it can keep this up it can get near 500k admissions and 7M BGN. I expect a final total around 475k admissions and 6.65M BGN which would mean it would match the original's first run in admissions. Puss in Boots: The Last Wish had the 3rd biggest 7th weekend in both admissions and gross only behind the two Avatar films - a remarkable achievement. The weekend drop was helped by the mid-term school break since Friday was a non-school day but this shouldn't hinder the amazing legs on this one - WOM is amazing. Since there isn't another big animated film scheduled for a release till Super Mario Bros. (April 7th) I still expect a final total around 175k admission and 2M BGN which will be good enough to reach 33rd place in the all-time attendance chart and 25th place in gross. This weekend it solidified its status as the third movie in the charts for 2022 since it achieved the position in gross as well. It won't be able to pass Minions: The Rise of Gru for the silver medal so it'll settle with the bronze. Asterix & Obelix: The Middle Kingdom had the best debut for the live-action iterations of the franchise (in bot admissions and gross). It should be able to land somewhere in the 15k-20k admission range (175k-225k BGN). Plane had a great drop after the unimpressive debut and will probably end up around a bit above 20k admissions and 300k BGN. Knock at the Cabin had a bad debut - almost the same as Old but that one was released with COVID restrictions in place. It's unlikely to match the great legs of Old so I expect a final total around 10k admissions and 100k BGN. Operation Fortune: Ruse de guerre held OK this weekend. It should be able to pass the 50k admission mark for a final total around 55k admissions and 650k BGN. Babylon had a bad drop after the great hold last weekend. Therefore, it should end up near the 30k admissions mark but most probably a bit below it. The Banshees of Inisherin had an impressive debut being an arthouse film. If it can keep momentum it may reach 10k admissions (100k BGN). The rest of the top 10 is filled with the great third weekend of a low-tier Russian animation and the bit better than expected opening for a local arthouse movie. Next week is the debut of Magic Mike's Last Dance, Titanic's 25th anniversary release and another low-tier Russian animation. I don't expect any of the openers to go beyond 90k BGN so The Way of Water should remain on top for the 9th straight week. P.S. All the relevant charts have been updated in the first few posts.

Thanks for the suggestion! I'll try the spoiler thing when I have the time to edit the posts.

POS LW TITLE WiR WEEKEND WEEK TOTAL ADM GROSS CNG % ADM GROSS ADM GROSS 1 1 Avatar: The Way of Water 7 11 439 170 544 BGN -25% 22 054 321 050 BGN 429 334 6 019 226 BGN 2 2 Puss In Boots: The Last Wish 6 7 484 88 765 BGN -17% 11 602 134 752 BGN 132 539 1 496 379 BGN 3 NEW Plane 1 5 842 73 308 BGN - - - 5 842 73 308 BGN 4 3 Operation Fortune: Ruse de guerre 3 5 100 66 217 BGN -37% 13 569 159 165 BGN 41 351 485 349 BGN 5 4 Babylon 2 4 769 62 444 BGN -24% 11 168 133 997 BGN 15 937 196 442 BGN 6 5 Finnick (Финник) 2 5 885 61 698 BGN -18% 9 712 96 780 BGN 15 597 158 477 BGN 7 NEW Васил 1 2 868 36 384 BGN - - - 2 868 36 384 BGN 8 6 Man Called Otto, A 3 2 158 28 924 BGN -36% 5 853 69 555 BGN 15 633 189 343 BGN 9 NEW What's Love Got to Do with It? 1 1 381 17 098 BGN - - - 1 538 18 566 BGN 10 7 M3GAN 4 1 252 15 481 BGN -50% 4 067 48 145 BGN 26 356 291 298 BGN Here is the top 10 from the last weekend. The Way of Water had the second biggest 7th weekend ever in gross and in admission only behind the original. Since last week it has topped the all-time chart in gross and is now chasing Titanic and Avatar in the admissions' ranking. The weekend drop is great and if it can keep this up it can get near 500k admissions and 7M BGN. I expect a final total around 475k admissions and 6.65M BGN. Puss in Boots: The Last Wish had the 5th biggest 6th weekend in gross and 8th biggest in attendance. The weekend drop was great and the film keeps chugging along. Since there isn't another big animated film scheduled for a release till Super Mario Bros. I still expect a final total around 175k admission and 2M BGN which will be good enough to reach 33rd place in the all-time attendance chart and 25th place in gross. This weekend it became the third most attended film of 2022 behind Avatar 2 and Minions 2 and by the end of its run it'll also reach the third position in gross. Plane had an unimpressive debut and will probably end up around 20k admissions and 330k BGN. Operation Fortune: Ruse de guerre held a bit better this weekend. It should be able to pass the 50k admission mark for a final total around 60k admissions and 700k BGN. Babylon had a great drop in its second weekend. It should be able to pass the 30k admission mark and land somewhere around 30k admissions and 400k BGN. If it has another great hold next weekend we may start talking about it nearing the 50k admissions mark but it's too early to tell. А Man Called Otto is still on track to pass 20k admissions and 275k BGN which will be an OK performance. M3GAN is continuing to drop a lot faster than I expected. Most probably the release on VOD is the reason for the 50% drop since piracy is quite strong around here. It should end up around 30k admissions and 330k BGN. The rest of the top 10 is filled with the great second weekend of a low-tier Russian animation, an expected low opening for a local arthouse movie and the expected bad opening for What's Love Got to Do with It? (a Lily James rom-com). The other new release Till bombed outside the top 10 with 312 admissions. Next week is the debut of Knock at the Cabin, The Banshees of Inisherin and Asterix & Obelix: The Middle Kingdom (Astérix et Obélix: l'Empire du Milieu). The Way of Water should remain on top for the 8th straight week since I don't expect any of the openers to get past 100k BGN which Avatar should comfortably top. Shyamalan is quite popular here so Knock at the Cabin has the best chance to debut above 8k admissions but since the film is centered around a gay couple and this is Eastern Europe let's say I'm a bit sceptical. P.S. All the relevant charts have been updated in the first few posts.

Right now it has a chance to pass the original run of Avatar, which would require 474k admissions. However, including the re-release the original is at 490k admissions. To go that high it'll need to either have less than 20% weekly drops or not drop at all next weekend. There is still a chance but it's becoming unlikely. It's rather interesting that if Titanic's re-release next month does well Cameron can have 3 films over 475k admission here which is quite amazing. The fourth film in the admissions chart is The Force Awakens with nearly 100k less admissions so his dominance is astonishing.

POS POS (LAST WEEK) TITLE WEEK # WEEKEND WEEK TOTAL ATTENDANCE GROSS CNG % ATTENDANCE GROSS ATTENDANCE GROSS 1 1 Avatar: The Way of Water 6 15 206 229 279 BGN -30% 31 310 454 522 BGN 411 047 5 756 910 BGN 2 3 Puss in Boots: The Last Wish 5 9 125 107 812 BGN -29% 16 713 193 971 BGN 122 578 1 380 673 BGN 3 2 Operation Fortune: Ruse de guerre 2 8 494 105 798 BGN -39% 22 682 259 967 BGN 31 176 365 765 BGN 4 NEW Babylon 1 6 477 83 034 BGN - - - 6 477 83 034 BGN 5 NEW Finnick (Финник) 1 7 343 75 372 BGN - - - 7 343 75 372 BGN 6 4 Man Called Otto, A 2 3 583 45 452 BGN -25% 7 622 90 864 BGN 11 205 136 315 BGN 7 5 M3GAN 3 2 479 31 392 BGN -46% 7 753 85 518 BGN 23 516 259 063 BGN 8 6 Snow Queen & The Princess, The (Снежная королева: Разморозка) 3 1 937 21 547 BGN -59% 6 389 64 244 BGN 17 676 178 515 BGN 9 7 Майка 2 1 857 20 254 BGN -61% 6 208 67 781 BGN 8 065 88 035 BGN 10 NEW Януари 1 1 275 13 209 BGN - - - 1 275 13 209 BGN Here is the top 10 from the last weekend. The Way of Water had the biggest 6th weekend ever in gross and second biggest in attendance. It has officially topped the all-time chart in gross. This weekend it lost most of the IMAX showtimes to Babylon so the drop is quite good in context. Hopefully, next week it regains showtimes since Babylon is grossing a lot less. I still expect a final total around 475k admissions and 6.65M BGN. However, reaching 500k admissions and 7M BGN is in danger unless it has a spectacular hold next weekend. Puss in Boots: The Last Wish had the 5th biggest 5th weekend in gross and 8th biggest in attendance. It had some direct competition in the face of the latest Russian animated film. Since there isn't another animated film scheduled for a release in the next month I still expect a final total around 175k admission and 2M BGN which will be good enough to reach 33rd place in the all-time attendance chart and 25th place in gross. This weekend it became the biggest film in the Shrek franchise in gross by beating the first Puss in Boots (1.3M BGN). By the end of its run it'll also pass it in admissions. Operation Fortune: Ruse de guerre had unimpressive drop in it's sophomore frame. I'll need to lower a bit my predicition to a final total around 60k admissions and 700k BGN. Next week it'll face Plane which should target the same crowd so not so great performance the past weekend does not bode well for the statying power. Babylon had the best debut for Damien Chazelle nearly doubling the debut of First Man in gross. It also doubled the OW of Amsterdam It should land somewhere around 22k-26k admissions and 290k-330k BGN which in comparison to its home market is quite good. А Man Called Otto had a really good hold in its second weekend after the OK debut. It's still on track to pass 20k admissions and 275k BGN at the least which will be an OK performance. M3GAN is dropping faster than I expected. It now won't manage my previous prediction but should still be able to pass 30k admissions and 330k BGN which will be upper mid-range for a horror film. The rest of the top 10 is filled with the better than expected debut of a low-tier Russian animation, an expected low opening for a local arthouse movie, attrocious drop for the local movied that debuted last weekend (most likely there were preview included) and expected big drop for the other low-tier Russian animation in the top 10. Next week is the debut of Plane, What's Love Got to Do with It? (a Lily James rom-com that I'm not sure why is being released here) and Till.

Looking at the state for 2023, at a first glance it seems that we won't have many heavy hitters but most likely a lot of mid-range hits. Below you can find my preditictions that of course may go terribly wrong in the end. 200k Admissions Possibilities: Fast X - this is the most probable candidate for the yealry crown. The ninth entry got below the 200k admissions mark in 2021 but COVID was still a thing back then. Therefore I fully expect for this one to get back on track. And who know, if they actually have dinosaurs in this one it may break records. The Super Mario Bros. Movie - this is a wild card. Illumination is quite popular here and Mario is one of the most popular video game characters. Video game adaptations usually do quite well here - e.g. Assasins Creed, Warcraft, Sonic 2, The Angry Birds Movie all managed to pass 125k admissions amd at least half of them are not the greatest piece of entertainment. I believe this is a strong contender to pass the 200k mark, if the film is not terrible. Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom - the first one gathered 152k admissions when it was released while Avengers: Infinity War managed 146k admissions in the same year. Since then two comic-book films passed that mark - Avengers: Endgame (218k) and Spider-Man: No Way Home (187k). Since COVID was still present when Spider-Man opened I believe there is a real chance for Aquaman to be able to pass 200k admissions and steal the yearly crown. 100k Admissions Possibilities: Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 - the first one was one of the most successfull MCU films at the time of release. However, the second one unexpectedly went down with over 20k admissions so I'm not sure about this one. The Guardians played a large part in the last two Avengers films and also had a part in Thor: Love and Thunder and all of these were big hits. I have a hunch that this one may double the last one and make around 120k admissions but at the same time it may get buried by Fast X and The Little Mermaid. At the moment, I'd say around 75k addmissions as a safe bet. The Little Mermaid - These live-action adaptations are isually big hits here. If it wasn't for the controversy around the casting of Ariel I would have predicted at least 150k admissions since the original is one of the most popular Disney animations here. However, this is Eastern Europe and in the last 2 years Eternals, Lightyear, Strange World, The Woman King, etc. all bombed spectacularly. Unforunately, most people are not that accepting so I believe if this lands near the 100k mark we can mark it as a success. But it may as well bomb with under 50k admissions if things don't go well. Transformers: Rise of the Beasts - the franchise is in a downward spiral since the Last Knight lost half the audience from Age of Extinction and ended up around 50k admission. Bumblebee was good but still only managed 40k admissions and it had a good December release date. However, Beast Wars was an extremely popular cartoon in the 90s here so this one may surprise us in the end. The Flash - it's hard to predict this one without seeing any actual footage. However, if it ends up being good and Transfomers underperforms it has a chance to pass the 100k mark. Anyway, 50k admissions should be the baseline. Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny - this should be a no brainer since the last one managed 132k admissions before the market's expansion in the 2010s. If it wasn't released in the peak of Summer with so heavy competition I would have put it in the 200k tier but with the current release date I cannot see more than 150k. Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning - Part One - 2 of the last 3 entries here passed the 100k mark. Last year Top Gun also managed this and there is still a lot of good will from it. Therefore, this one should land somewhere between 100k-125k. Again, without the competition it could have aimed higher but right now it would be quite difficult. The Marvels - I'd say this has less than 10% chance to pass the 100k mark. The first one ended up around 80k and had a lot less competition. Most likely it'll be near 50k in the end. The Meg 2: The Trench - the first part was a hit with 80k admissions. At the same time, Jason Statham is as popular as Jesus Christ here so this will probably pass the 100k mark if it's of similar qulaity to the first. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem - if this is good it should be a no brainer to pass the mark. It has the best release date for any animated film this summer. I'd say 75k should be the baseline here. PAW Patrol: The Mighty Movie - the first one was a big hit and passed the 100k mark while COVID was still around. However, this one has a worse release date but the Hotel Transylvania movies were big hits in October. I expect for at least 3 animated movies to pass the 100k mark and this one has the best chance outside of Super Mario. Dune: Part Two - the first one faired pretty well in the COVID era and managed over 50k admissions. The books are quite popular as well so I believe the second part may suprise and double what the first one made. The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes - all of the previous movies (except the fist one) ended up around 120k admission. I fully expct for this one to drop from them but if it's good it can still pass the 100k mark. Trolls 3 - the first one passed the mark, the seconf was released in peak COVID and bombed. So this is a toss-up but it should manage at least 75k admissions unless Wish turns out to be a hit like Frozen, Migration - not much to go on here except the December pre-Christmas spot. And this is Illumination so it has a great chance to pass the 100k mark 50k Admissions Possibilities: Operation Fortune: Ruse de guerre - this one opened last weekend and should pass the mark. I'd have given it 50/50 chance before that since Guy Ritchie is quite popular here and, as I mentioned above, Jason Statham is the next coming of Christ. Anyway it's nice to have a hit this early in the year. Plane - Gerard Butler is a mini Jason Statham here so you shouldn't bet against him. However, this one seems to be on much smaller scale and the world doesn't seem to be ending. Therefore, I believe it'll be nearer the 30k mark instead of 50k. Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania - the last two films here ended up around 30k admissions and are some of the worst performers in the MCU. However, I do believe that Ant-Man (and the MCU as a whole) is a lot more popular after Endgame so this should be able to pass the 50k mark. Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves - in theory this should be the big hit this March since it is a fantasy epic. However, there is a big film each weekend in March (great idea from the studio heads) so I don't believe it'll have quite the OW to allow making much more than 50k admissions since I expect shorter legs for most of the films that month. 65 - similar case to Dungeons & Dragons but it has dinosaurs. If it was released in January or February it'd most likely pass the mark but in March it may end up around 30k admissions. Shazam! Fury of the Gods - the first one made around 40k admissions so the chance for this to top it is there. However, March is a bloodbath so at the moment I'd say it ends up around the original. John Wick: Chapter 4 - each entry makes more than previous one and I don't expect for this trend to stop now. The only competition it has in April is Super Mario and they likely won't have a huge overlap in the audience. This one may end up around 75k admission in the end. Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse - this one has a terrible release date which is quite unfortunate since the first one was amazing and this one could have tripled it with the same December date. Right now I'm not sure if it'll even match the first part (36k admissions) but hopefully I'm proven wrong. Elemental - Inside Out is the most successfull PIXAR film here and this seems to have a similar vibe. It has a good release date - no direct competition until TMNT in August so even if it starts with a low OW it should still manage to pass the 50k mark if it's good. Barbie - this is a big wildcard. If it's great and the audience accepts it it may end up even with 100k admissions or more. However, for now I'll keep my expectations in check and preditc around 50k admissions. Hopefully, it exceeds expectations and becomes a big hit. Oppenheimer - Chistopher Nolan is still quite popular here so this has a high chance to pass the 50k mark. Tenet nearly did it during peak COVID so if this one is more plot heavy than Dunkirk it should do it. Gran Turismo - it has a great release date and even Need for Speed managed 66k despite being terrible. Therefore, I fully expect for this one to pass the 50k mark. Blue Beetle - not really sure where this will land before seeing the trailer. It has a good release date so it has a chance to pass the 50k mark if the concept is good enough. The Equalizer 3 - this one will most likely end up around 40k admissions (similar to the second one) but it may surprise a bit so I'm listing it as a possibility. The Nun 2 - the first one was a big hit (70k admissions) and to this day is twice as big as the next film in the Conjuring franchise. Even if this one drops a bit, it should still manage to pass the 50k mark. A Haunting in Venice - the Hercule Poirot films are quite popular here so this should be able to pass the 50k mark. The last one nearly did it and it had COVID to work with. The Expendables 4 - if it's as bad as I expect it'll most likely end up around 30k admissions. However, if by some miracle they finally managed to make an entertaining film in the franchise it may end up near the 50k mark. Kraven the Hunter - Morbius managed 30k and it doesn't have any direct competition in October. Thus, if it's not utterly terrible it has a real chance to pass the 50k mark. Untitled Exorcist Film - Prey for the Devil managed over 30k admission last October so if this is good it has every chance to pass the 50k mark. It's only competition is Saw but that one will probably stop around 20k admissions. Wish - I'll need to see some footage on this since Disney movies are quite unpredictable. They may end up with near 200k admissions or more (e.g. Frozen 1 & 2, Zootopia) or become a total bomb (e.g. Strange World). However, I'm more inclined to believe this would achieve at least a total similar to Moana and comfortably pass the 50k mark. Wonka - the first Paddington was big hit here, while the second one plumetted which is a travesty so I don't have high hopes in my fellow countrymen here even if the film turns out to be amazing. At the moment, I'm more inclined to think this will bomb terribly with 10k than becoming a big hit. Hopefully, I'm proven wrong since December looks barren outside of Aquaman and Migration (Ghostbusters will bomb here unless people around here suddenly start to care about the franchise) At least 2 local movies will also land in the 75k-150k range but I don't see the point in adding them since you never know which exactly will get traction with the audience since the popular ones are equally terrible.

OK, I've added the rest of the charts in the first 3 posts. We now have all-time stats, yearly charts and franchise chart. The official data comes each Monday so I'll aim to have the charts updated weekly. I'll also provide the weekly top 10 chart and my thoughts on it. Hopefully, this will be interesting to some of you even if the market is not making big bucks when compared to the rest of the world.

POS POS (LAST WEEK) TITLE WEEK # WEEKEND WEEK TOTAL ATTENDANCE GROSS CNG % ATTENDANCE GROSS ATTENDANCE GROSS 1 1 Avatar: The Way of Water 5 21 856 327 928 BGN -30% 47 376 679 322 BGN 386 387 5 401 038 BGN 2 NEW Operation Fortune: Ruse de guerre 1 14 381 174 400 BGN NEW - - 14 381 174 400 BGN 3 2 Puss in Boots: The Last Wish 4 12 946 153 375 BGN -11% 19 878 228 750 BGN 109 686 1 232 266 BGN 4 NEW Man Called Otto, A 1 4 808 61 015 BGN NEW - - 4 808 61 015 BGN 5 3 M3GAN 2 5 080 58 238 BGN -34% 13 284 142 153 BGN 18 364 200 391 BGN 6 4 Snow Queen & The Princess, The (Снежная королева: Разморозка) 2 5 257 53 591 BGN -28% 9 350 92 725 BGN 14 607 146 316 BGN 7 NEW Майка 1 4 572 52 071 BGN NEW - - 4 572 52 071 BGN 8 5 I Wanna Dance With Somebody 4 1 618 21 237 BGN -24% 4 056 47 308 BGN 18 767 218 762 BGN 9 7 Well, Just You Wait! Vacation (Ну, погоди! Каникулы) 5 548 6 220 BGN -39% 1 073 12 136 BGN 16 797 169 006 BGN 10 8 Nutcracker and the Magic Flute (Щелкунчик и волшебная флейта) 6 501 5 650 BGN -27% 852 9 560 BGN 26 869 269 691 BGN Here is the top 10 from the last weekend. The Way of Water just had the biggest 5th weekend ever in gross and second biggest in attendance. It is about to top the all-time chart in gross in the next few days. It may have already done this but the oficial data for the past week is available on Monday evening. I expect a final total around 475k admissions and 6.65M BGN and it can even reach 500k admissions and 7M BGN if it can manage a few drops below 30% in the next few weeks. Operation Fortune: Ruse de guerre - the latest Guy Ritchie film, had a fantastic debut. Outside of Aladdin and the two Sherlock Holmes films this is the best debut in his career. I expect a final total around 65k admissions and 780k BGN if it has a standard multiplier for the genre in January. Puss in Boots: The Last Wish had another spectacular hold! It had the 5th biggest 4th weekend in gross and 9th biggest in attendance. In gross it's weekend is the best for an animated film, ahead of Frozen and Zootopia. I expect a final total around 175k admission and 2M BGN which will be good enough to reach 33rd place in the all-time attendance chart and 25th place in gross. It'll also be the biggest film in the Shrek franchise - the first Puss in Boots currently has that honour with 142k admission and 1.3M BGN. А Man Called Otto had an OK debut. It should be able to pass 20k admissions and 275k BGN at the least which will be an OK performance. In the end this would be a similar total to Where the Crawdads Sing - another adaptation of a quite popular bestselling book here. M3GAN had a good hold after the better than expected OW. It should be able to pass 35k admissions and 380k BGN at the least which will be upper mid-range for a horror film. I Wanna Dance With Somebody had another great hold and is nearing a 20x multiplier from it's OW. It should be able to pass 22k admissions and 300k BGN in the end. Given the performance in the USA I'd say this isn't that bad. The rest of the top 10 is filled with the better than expected debut of a local movie and good holds for the 3 low-tier Russian animations. Next week is the debut of Babylon, another low-tier Russian animation and two arthouse local movies. I expect for the top 3 to remain the same and the next two positions should be filled by Babylon and the Russian animation.

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WEEKEND RECORDS: BIGGEST OPENING WEEKEND - INCLUDING PREVIEWS: BIGGEST OPENING WEEKEND - EXCLUDING PREVIEWS: BIGGEST SECOND WEEKEND: BIGGEST THIRD WEEKEND: BIGGEST FOURTH WEEKEND: BIGGEST FIFTH WEEKEND: BIGGEST SIXTH WEEKEND:

I believe there isn't a thread for Bulgaria as a single market so I decided to create one. It's a small market in Eastern Europe with a total population of 6.8M. Below you can find the offical data for the last 9 years from the National Film Center. The gross in USD is an estimate based on the average exchange rate for the given year but it still can put things into perspective when you compare to other markets. Year Admissions Gross (LC) Gross (USD) 2023 4 464 478 53 152 478 BGN $29 400 000 2022 3 957 349 41 892 338 BGN $22 400 000 2021 2 553 845 24 675 019 BGN $14 800 000 2020 1 337 951 12 685 191 BGN $7 400 000 2019 5 016 079 49 009 520 BGN $27 900 000 2018 4 900 408 46 036 035 BGN $27 700 000 2017 5 573 812 50 700 402 BGN $29 200 000 2016 5 532 490 48 424 171 BGN $27 300 000 2015 5 335 073 45 878 882 BGN $26 000 000 Down below I'll post different charts for all time stats. As a note, we have official data from the early 2000s so almost all of the figures for the films released in this century should be accurate. During the years I've managed to find admissions data for some older movies (e.g. Titanic) through https://lumiere.obs.coe.int/ and estimated the gross based on the average ticket prices in the given years. Some notes on the colouring of the charts: - If the title is red, then it's a local film - If the title is in purple, then it's an animated film - If the title is with light orange background, then the film is still showing in cinemas - If the title is surrounded with ">>> <<<", then the data includes multiple releases ALL-TIME CHART:

It just broke the 5th weekend record in gross in Bulgaria as well. It's second in admissions only below the original: Gross 1. The Way of Water - 328k BGN 2. Avatar - 319k BGN Admissions 1. Avatar - 28 214 2. The Way of Water - 21 586 It's already beaten the original gross of Avatar (5.35M BGN) and by the end of the week it'll become the top grossing film of all time here (5.55M BGN) - beating the original including last year's re-release. There is still the possibility for The Way of Water to take the admissions crown from the original as well but we'll need to see how it holds the next few weeks. If it drops 30% on average from now, it should be able to pass 475k admissions and 6.6M BGN (3.65M Usd) in gross. This is a good possibility in this market and it'll mean that it'll beat the original in admissions as well (but without last year's re-release). Anyway, the performance here is nothing short of amazing. Hopefully, it has enough gas in the tank to be the first film over 500k admissions and 7M BGN (3.85M USD) in gross.

The Way of Water is about to become the biggest grosser in Bulgaria of all time so I just wanted to post some stats on this in case anyone is interested. It just had the biggest 4th weekend in gross and second biggest in attendance (only the original is above it). It actually increased by 13% this weekend and even though this is mostly because last weekend was depressed due to New Year's holiday it's still pretty amazing given the total attendace the movie gets. The original Avatar practically obliterated the previous record in gross since it doubled the previous holder - Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs. In addition to this, with the exception of Titanic, it also doubled the next most attended movie which at that point in time was Troy. After 2009 there was a surge in moviegoing so most of the movies in the stats below are from the last 10 years or so. However, since the pandemic the attendance as a whole dropped quite a lot and ticket prices spiked. The ATP for the original was 11.3BGN, for Avengers: Endgame it was 11.6 BGN while it's around 14 BGN for The Way of Water. At the same time, the most attended movie in the last 2 years is Minions 2 with 240k which The Way of Water has a chance to double in the end. At the moment The Way of Water is tracking closely to the original and since there isn't much competition in the next month it should be able to get the gross record with a margin. If it follows the orginal's run from now it'll end up around 7.5M BGN (4.1M USD) which in theory is possible since we often have movies with quite leggy runs. This would also mean that it would get the attendace record as well with 535k or so. However, a more reasonable prediction would be for it to land somewhere around 6.5M BGN (3.6M USD) and with attendance around 465k. Anyway, it's certain that the gross record will fall by the end of this weekend or the next one at the latest. Everything that The Way of Water is currently doing is simply amazing. Despite the high ticket prices and changed moviegoing habits it has a chance to top the original's attendance which on its own was a monster here. Here are some stats with top 10s in attendance and gross: 1998-2023 Post Pandemic Title Attendance Title Attendance Avatar (Including 2023 Re-Release) 489 300 Avatar: The Way of Water 348 958 Titanic (Including 3D Re-Release) 458 361 Minions: The Rise of Gru 240 926 Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens 386 241 Spider-Man: No Way Home 187 226 Mission London (Local Movie) 376 209 F9: The Fast Saga 186 914 Avatar: The Way of Water 348 958 Bai Ivan: The Movie (Local Movie) 175 246 Furious 7 341 914 The Naked Truth About Zhiguli Band (Local Movie) 155 687 Lion King, The 292 149 Sonic the Hedgehog 2 129 324 Ice Age: Collision Course 291 106 Thor: Love and Thunder 126 296 Troy 289 525 Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness 125 600 Ice Age: Continental Drift 280 326 In the Heart of the Machine (Local Movie) 121 010 1998-2023 Post Pandemic Title Gross Title Gross Avatar (Including 2023 Re-Release) 5 547 697 BGN Avatar: The Way of Water 4 864 512 BGN Avatar: The Way of Water 4 864 512 BGN Minions: The Rise of Gru 2 383 446 BGN Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens 4 048 852 BGN Spider-Man: No Way Home 2 072 549 BGN Lion King, The 2 886 316 BGN F9: The Fast Saga 2 069 967 BGN Star Wars: Episode VIII - The Last Jedi 2 841 577 BGN Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness 1 562 316 BGN Furious 7 2 771 813 BGN Bai Ivan: The Movie (Local Movie) 1 526 606 BGN Ice Age: Continental Drift 2 686 365 BGN Thor: Love and Thunder 1 517 142 BGN Mission London (Local Movie) 2 626 156 BGN The Naked Truth About Zhiguli Band (Local Movie) 1 415 297 BGN Star Wars: Episode IX - The Rise of Skywalker 2 620 542 BGN Jurassic World: Dominion 1 292 646 BGN Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs 2 575 849 BGN In the Heart of the Machine (Local Movie) 1 246 026 BGN

Part A: 1. Will Annabelle make more than $22M? 1000 NO 2. Will Annabelle make more than $28M? 2000 NO 3. Will Annabelle make more than $34M? 3000 NO 4. Will Yesterday make more than $12M? 4000 NO 5. Will Yesterday's OW be higher than Annabelle's Friday? 5000 YES 6. Will Dark Phoenix stay above Shaft? 1000 YES 7. Will Child's Play stay above SLOP? 2000 NO 8. Will Gosdzilla stay in the top 10? 3000 NO 9. Will John Wick have a bigger percentage drop than Rocketman? 3000 4000 NO 10. Will Aladdin cross $300 on Saturday? 5000 YES 11. Will MEn In Black drop more than 53%? 1000 NO 12. Will MIBI overtake Dark Phoenix's DOmestic total by the end of the weekend? 2000 YES 13. Will Toy Story increase more than 88% on Saturday? 3000 NO 14. Will Anna's PTa stay above $1000? 4000 NO 15. Will there be an Annabelle/Chucky Romance scene set up for the next installment? 5000 NO Bonus: 9/15 5000 10/15 8000 11/15 12,000 12/15 16,000 13/15 20,000 14/15 24,000 15/15 30,000 Part B: The top 3 predictions will score points as follows: Closest: Within 1% - 15,000, Within 2,5% - 12000, Within 5% 9,000, Within 10% - 6000 Outside 10% - 3000 points 2nd Closest: Within 1% - 12,000, Within 2,5% - 10000, Within 5% 7,000, Within 10% - 4000 Outside 10% - 2000 points 3rd Closest: Within 1% - 10,000, Within 2,5% - 8000, Within 5% 5,000, Within 10% - 2000 Outside 10% - 1000 points 1.What will Annabelle's OW be? $18.6M 2. What will Shaft's percentage drop be? -70.3% 3. What will Aladdin's PTA be? $2 905 Part 😄 There will be 6 films to place and points are expanded because traditionally people haven't scored well here: 3. Yesterday 4. Aladdin 6. Men In Black 8. Avengers 11. Godzilla 13. Dark Phoenix

WEEK 10: Child's Play

Part A: 1. Will Toy Story Open to more than $135M? 1000 YES 2. Will Toy Story Open to more than $165M? 2000 NO 3. Will Toy Story Open to more than $150M? 3000 NO 4. Will Toy Story Increase on Saturday? 4000 NO 5. Will Toy story make more than 8 times the gross of Child's Play? 5000 YES 6. Will Child's Play open to more than $14M? 1000 YES 7. Will Child's Play open to more than $24M? 2000 NO 8. Will Child's Play open to more than $19M? 3000 NO 9. Will Anna open to more than $4M? 4000 NO 10. Will Child's Play + Anna's combined Weekend total come to more than half of Toy Story's Opening Sunday? 5000 NO 11. Will MIB stay above SLOP? 1000 NO 12. Will Shaft drop more than 65% 2000 NO 13. Will Rocketman's PTA stay above $2,500? 3000 NO 14. Will Dark Phoenix stay in the top 10? 4000 NO 15. Will either Aladdin or Endgame (or both) increase this weekend? 5000 NO 16. Will the Pikachu increase more than 125% on Friday? 1000 NO 17. Will Godzilla decrease more than 50%? 2000 NO 18. Will Late Night stay above Endgame? 3000 YES 19. Will SLOP increase more than 100% on Saturday 4000 NO 20. Will Anna turn out to be an Annabelle stealth release in order to get the murderous doll trifecta? 5000 NO Bonus: 12/20 3000 13/20 5000 14/20 8000 15/20 12000 16/20 16,000 17/20 20,000 18/20 26,000 19/20 32,000 20/20 40,000 Part B: The top 3 predictions will score points as follows: Closest: Within 1% - 15,000, Within 2,5% - 12000, Within 5% 9,000, Within 10% - 6000 Outside 10% - 3000 points 2nd Closest: Within 1% - 12,000, Within 2,5% - 10000, Within 5% 7,000, Within 10% - 4000 Outside 10% - 2000 points 3rd Closest: Within 1% - 10,000, Within 2,5% - 8000, Within 5% 5,000, Within 10% - 2000 Outside 10% - 1000 points 1. What will Toy Story make for its 3 day OW? $147.5M 2. What will Child's Play's OW be as a percentage of Toy Story's Saturday? 32.5% 3. What will Dark Phoenix's Percentage drop be? -67.4% Part 😄 There will be 6 films to place and points are expanded because traditionally people haven't scored well here: 2. Child's Play 4. The Secret Life of Pets 2 6. Rocketman 8. Anna 10. Shaft 12. Late Night

WEEK 9: YES

Part A: 1. Will MIB make more than $35M? 1000 NO 2. Will MIB make more than $45M? 2000 NO 3. Will MIB make more than $40M? 3000 NO 4. Will Shaft make more than $17.5M? 4000 YES 5. Will Shaft make more than $22.5M? 5000 NO 6. Will Godzilla stay above Rocketman? 1000 NO 7. Will booksmart stay above A dog's Journey? 2000 YES 8. Will SLOP stay in the top 2? 3000 YES 9. Will John Wick have a bigger percentage drop than Avengers? 3000 4000 NO 10. Will Late Night enter the top 8? 5000 NO 11. Will Aladdin drop more than 50%? 1000 NO 12. Will SLOP 2 overtake Godzilla's DOmestic total by the end of the weekend? 2000 NO 13. Will Ma decrease more than 33% on Sunday? 3000 NO 14. Will Brightburn's PTa stay above $300? 4000 YES 15. Will Shaft cameo in this film about Shaft training another Shaft how to Shaft? 5000 NOT SURE Bonus: 9/15 5000 10/15 8000 11/15 12,000 12/15 16,000 13/15 20,000 14/15 24,000 15/15 30,000 Part B: The top 3 predictions will score points as follows: Closest: Within 1% - 15,000, Within 2,5% - 12000, Within 5% 9,000, Within 10% - 6000 Outside 10% - 3000 points 2nd Closest: Within 1% - 12,000, Within 2,5% - 10000, Within 5% 7,000, Within 10% - 4000 Outside 10% - 2000 points 3rd Closest: Within 1% - 10,000, Within 2,5% - 8000, Within 5% 5,000, Within 10% - 2000 Outside 10% - 1000 points 1.What will MIB's OW be? $30.25M 2. What will Rocketman's percentage drop be? -38.3% 3. What will John Wick's PTA be? $2 305 Part 😄 There will be 6 films to place and points are expanded because traditionally people haven't scored well here: 2. Secret Life of Pets 2 5. Dark Phoenix 7. Godzilla 2 8. John Wick 3 10. Ma 12. The Dead Don't Die