IndustriousAngel

Fiist weekend estimates from insidekino.de #1: Klassentreffen1.0 - 175k admissions (incl. previews) - expected number #2: The Nun - 110k (-35%, not so good for this weekend) #3: Book Club - 65k (an increase!) #4: The Predator - 60k (-25%)

bookings for THWaCiiW and Klassentreffen1.0 are about head-to-head on opening day at my theater which means that the UPI horror will probably come out strongest since family films are always weak on presales.

Germany's Top20 last weekend: title admissions th. PTA total adm. total € drop week 1 The Nun 170.675 472 362 482.036 4.363.527 -32 2 2 The Predator 81.794 501 163 91.413 1.018.267 - 1 3 Das schönste Mädchen der Welt 80.883 594 136 230.263 1.776.724 -18 2 4 Pettersson und Findus - Findus zieht um 63.687 525 121 82.790 539.652 - 1 5 Hotel Transylvania 3 58.642 698 84 2.247.675 16.522.582 -29 9 6 Book Club 57.531 332 173 87.332 729.849 - 1 7 The Equalizer 2 43.027 485 89 698.090 6.381.991 -37 5 8 Mile 22 41.624 274 152 53.851 437.701 - 1 9 Sauerkrautkoma 39.041 393 99 883.154 7.040.029 -36 6 10 Mackie Messer - Brechts 3Groschenfilm 36.362 104 350 42.847 371.235 - 1 11 Mission: Impossible 6 30.955 307 101 1.216.630 13.121.186 -36 7 12 Mamma Mia! 2 28.040 484 58 2.105.320 17.624.873 -38 9 13 BlacKkKlansman 23.470 158 149 216.921 1.858.045 -20 4 14 Gundermann 21.713 199 109 222.632 1.845.986 -23 4 15 Meg 20.562 345 60 583.555 5.731.783 -43 6 16 Christopher Robin 20.188 533 38 370.978 2.691.790 -41 5 17 The Spy Who Dumped Me 18.325 383 48 158.382 1.280.428 -45 3 18 Alpha 18.312 256 72 70.266 653.441 -47 2 19 Grüner wird's nicht, sagte der Gärtner … 17.105 322 53 122.479 944.251 -24 3 20 The Children Act 16.714 153 109 94.442 748.462 -24 3 A few good holds is what's positive about last weekend … the openers with disappointing PTAs except maybe 3Groschenfilm. The Predator stayed on the lowest end of expectations and will probably have a very short run. Among holdovers, The Nun and Sauerkrautkoma show that their respective franchises are alive and kicking, and even Equalizer 2 might reach the first one's total. Next weekend: The House With a Clock in its Walls belongs to a genre nearly extinct, namely kids horror - difficult to gauge its potential but 50k admissions should be doable. And Til Schwaiger's latest comedy, Klassentreffen 1.0, will probably not do much better than previous offerings from the past years - but even reduced interest should be enough for #1, I expect something like 150k for the weekend. And with comedies, it's mostly about the legs anyway. With not much new competition, expect some good holds once more!

Not a good sign for The Predator, the way the estimates keep dropping ...

that's excellent for The Nun but as mentioned, horror releases have had some really surprising holds this year

First weekend estimates from insidekino.de - as expected, The Nun stays on top (160k, -37%). The Predator opens to 110k, not an outright flop but not very good either.

opening day and the strongest opener at my theater is not The Predator but Book Club ... but that's a city phenomenon I guess, a lot of arthousey stuff works very well here.

Germany's Top20 last weekend: title admissions th. PTA total adm. total € drop week 1 The Nun 252.794 375 674 252.794 2.341.503 - 1 2 Das schönste Mädchen der Welt 98.182 568 173 125.325 964.212 - 1 3 Hotel Transylvania 3 82.694 743 111 2.177.285 16.025.020 -29 8 4 The Equalizer 2 68.515 585 117 636.320 5.827.416 -33 4 5 Sauerkrautkoma 60.637 470 129 828.495 6.613.278 -42 5 6 Mission: Impossible 6 48.301 116 418 1.173.187 1.173.187 -35 6 7 Mamma Mia! 2 45.197 612 74 2.057.054 17.221.957 -37 8 8 Meg 36.196 418 87 557.158 5.470.637 -33 5 9 Alpha 34.362 251 137 42.818 392.033 - 1 10 Christopher Robin 34.077 566 60 343.989 2.501.596 -41 4 11 The Spy Who Dumped Me 33.163 383 87 131.508 1.055.433 -43 2 12 BlacKkKlansman 29.229 140 209 180.327 1.545.401 -32 3 13 Gundermann 28.374 199 143 184.512 1.537.266 -33 3 14 Grüner wird's nicht, sagte der Gärtner … 22.517 288 78 94.524 723.063 -37 2 15 The Children Act 21.890 128 171 66.328 527.980 -18 2 16 Slender Man 15.886 255 62 127.805 1.122.167 -59 3 17 Ant-Man 2 13.333 233 57 796.062 7.988.827 -36 7 18 Asphaltgorillas 12.134 304 40 55.005 468.996 -63 2 19 Duck Duck Goose 11.737 431 27 139.223 888.216 -45 5 20 Käpt'n Sharky 11.684 338 35 40.134 259.778 -44 2 The Nun's surprisingly strong opening saved the weekend from being a disaster. Only one release with >100k admissions, oh my … Next weekend: Two major releases - Mile 22 and The Predator - and they cater to roughly the same audience, sometimes I don't understand what the distributors are thinking. Among the openers, the Predator should have less problems (the franchise is still respected despite some fishy movies) but overall, I'd bet The Nun stays on top - taking into account the many good holds for horror releases we've been seeing this year.

Not a good weekend (once more) ... when a >200k opener seems like a big thing, you know the market is in trouble. (Well, for The Nun, it's actually pretty good, but that won't save the year)

First estimates from insidekino.de: #1: Nun - 225k #2: DsMdW - 100k #3/4: SKK, HT3 - 70k each (-33%/-40%) #5: Eq2 - 50k (-52%)

Must be a German thing, nearly empty here

Going by my theater's opening day, The Nun will win the weekend

Germany's Top20 last weekend: title admissions th. PTA total adm. total € drop week 1 Hotel Transylvania 3 116.275 771 151 2.065.948 15.255.157 -15 7 2 Sauerkrautkoma 104.011 284 366 731.600 5.834.311 -20 4 3 The Equalizer 2 102.744 597 172 536.766 4.930.911 -27 3 4 Mission: Impossible 6 74.120 476 156 1.099.679 11.894.194 -33 5 5 Mamma Mia! 2 71.634 671 107 1.976.699 16.552.433 -34 7 6 The Spy Who Dumped Me 58.515 381 154 81.205 637.384 - 1 7 Christopher Robin 58.205 552 105 293.113 2.147.678 -28 3 8 Meg 54.340 418 130 505.850 4.998.604 -37 4 9 BlacKkKlansman 43.044 140 307 133.177 1.134.695 -16 2 10 Gundermann 42.042 177 238 135.261 1.134.258 -18 2 11 Slender Man 39.157 228 172 102.184 905.890 -19 2 12 Grüner wird's nicht, sagte der Gärtner … 35.667 219 163 56.247 417.839 - 1 13 Asphaltgorillas 32.785 254 129 32.785 288.956 - 1 14 Safari - Match Me If You Can 32.451 515 63 52.544 396.660 - 1 15 The Children Act 26.708 110 243 29.901 241.265 - 1 16 Duck Duck Goose 21.480 468 46 122.707 789.090 -8 4 17 Ant-Man 2 20.968 283 74 776.084 7.802.141 -45 6 18 Käpt'n Sharky 20.871 318 66 23.332 153.767 - 1 19 Crazy Rich Asians 10.190 81 126 25.508 227.022 +0 2 20 Meine teuflisch gute Freundin 8.765 243 36 289.072 1.928.300 -6 10 While there were some good holds once more, the weekend fell rather flat thanks to weak openers - Hotel Transylvania 3 took the top spot in its 7th week. Best PTA once more for Sauerkrautkoma which is leading last year's entry by nearly 200k at this point! Next weekend: StoneAge/Wolf drama Alpha and The Nun are the big openers, besides domestic teen comedy Das schönste Mädchen der Welt. With Slender Man not drawing much attention, maybe The Nun can profit from little competition and become #1.

My feelings exactly - what a waste of Douglas and Pfeiffer

In Austria, Spy was the winner - much higher PTA than in Germany (double I'd guess) - HT3 also very strong, as was Sauerkrautkoma.