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Germany's Top20 last weekend:

	title	admissions	th.	PTA	total adm.	total €	drop	week
1	Chantal im Märchenland	253.702	689	368	2.066.712	20.776.890	+8	4
2	Back to Black	116.088	580	200	245.342	2.587.767	+38	2
3	Kung Fu Panda 4	102.628	678	151	1.531.058	14.132.511	+59	6
4	Godzilla x Kong	90.019	560	161	448.234	5.097.058	-6	3
5	Civil War	77.167	412	187	100.027	1.014.983	-	1
6	Dune 2	65.489	447	147	2.981.062	36.835.189	-5	8
7	Abigail	34.971	315	111	35.815	377.819	-	1
8	Les As de la jungle 2	27.973	369	76	91.331	697.017	+276	4
9	Morgen ist auch noch ein Tag	27.874	168	166	114.075	1.080.992	+29	3
10	Ghostbusters 5	27.455	426	64	552.275	5.323.821	+4	5
11	Le Dernier Jaguar	25.896	396	65	1.073.648	8.459.244	+150	12
12	The First Omen	24.725	370	67	74.137	771.556	-23	2
13	Migration	20.949	308	68	2.372.524	20.608.683	+168	18
14	The Zone of Interest	20.131	365	55	780.685	7.385.751	+32	8
15	Andrea lässt sich scheiden	18.719	181	103	83.230	784.209	+36	3
16	Coup de chance	16.887	96	176	35.536	337.069	+56	2
17	Cocorico	16.013	332	48	256.849	2.436.120	+38	5
18	Paw Patrol Easter Special	14.649	299	49	146.895	770.887	+158	4
19	Les Petites victoires	14.583	106	138	17.303	155.909	-	1
-	MET: La Rondine	12.812	184	70	12.812	388.543		1
20	One Life	10.785	212	51	107.440	993.880	+31	4

Winter is back, and admissions went up - fine overall weekend even if there was no big opener; Chantal passed 2mil total, Kung Fu Panda 4 1,5mil - nice!

I haven't yet got Austria's actuals but the weekend should have played out in a very similar way since weather conditions were the same.

Next weekend: Once more, no big openers - Challengers as well as Arthur the King have very low presales, and with weather turning better, expect bad news from the boxoffice … well, Dune2 should hit 3mil total, that's probably next week's highlight!

 

edit: Now Austria's numbers are online; weekend was a bit better than in Germany; KFP4 has now crossed 200k

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Germany's Top15 last weekend:

	title	admissions	th.	PTA	total adm.	total €	drop	week
1	Chantal im Märchenland	233.827	710	329	1.748.865	17.567.720	-39	3
2	Godzilla x Kong	96.167	561	171	336.865	3.869.306	-47	2
3	Back to Black	84.412	543	155	84.412	908.332	-	1
4	Dune 2	68.894	478	144	2.890.660	35.709.231	-37	7
5	Kung Fu Panda 4	64.681	668	97	1.412.058	13.091.314	-48	5
6	The First Omen	31.915	373	86	39.999	423.885	-	1
7	Ghostbusters 5	26.366	489	54	517.992	4.991.232	-54	4
8	C'è ancora domani	21.637	138	157	72.225	681.432	-12	2
-	Suga - Agust D Tour	16.567	115	144	23.871	373.302	-	1
9	The Zone of Interest	15.283	444	34	748.375	7.091.628	-50	7
10	Andrea lässt sich scheiden	13.811	164	84	55.196	517.599	-41	2
11	Cocorico	11.573	371	31	235.470	2.232.825	-46	4
12	Coup de Chance	10.847	83	131	10.847	103.552	-	1
13	Le Dernier Jaguar	10.338	402	26	1.045.700	8.241.506	-59	11
14	One Life	8.226	216	38	90.328	833.019	-44	3
15	Migration	7.805	336	23	2.349.560	20.426.952	-55	17

Nice weather led to steep drops, and the openers stayed behind my expectations, too. What an awful PTA for a Woody Allen movie … at least, Chantal im Märchenland had already a lot of admissions from the first two weekends, so definitely a success!

In Austria, similar numbers, but with KFP4 in #3 instead of BtB. KFP4 has crossed 200k admissions by now but the Golden Ticket is out of reach.

Next weekend: insidekino.de already has estimates; Chantal safe in #1 with about 200k; #2/3 is close between Back to Black and opener Civil War. Generally, with rainy and cold weather, family releases should recover from last week's drops.

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Germany's Top20 last weekend:

	title	admissions	th.	PTA	total adm.	total €	drop	week
1	Chantal im Märchenland	385.036	700	550	1.433.680	14.395.217	-33	2
2	Godzilla x Kong	180.103	518	348	208.390	2.420.579	-	1
3	Kung Fu Panda 4	125.378	700	179	1.325.114	12.329.056	-34	4
4	Dune 2	110.050	604	182	2.786.016	34.385.231	-45	6
5	Ghostbusters 5	57.340	564	102	479.151	4.616.692	-51	3
6	The Zone of Interest	30.491	566	54	716.134	6.801.137	-39	6
7	Le Dernier Jaguar	25.173	496	51	1.032.236	8.138.190	-1	10
8	C'e ancora domani	24.542	127	193	34.354	325.541	-	1
9	Andrea lässt sich scheiden	23.541	152	155	29.468	276.780	-	1
10	Cocorico	21.602	482	45	215.765	2.048.263	-53	3
11	Migration	17.391	385	45	2.338.245	20.337.376	-16	16
12	Paw Patrol Easter Special	15.340	519	30	124.097	651.098	-78	2
13	Les As de la jungle 2	15.185	328	46	51.947	393.935	-6	2
14	One Life	14.664	205	72	74.738	683.291	-40	2
15	Immaculate	13.724	183	75	20.082	179.975	-	1
16	Monkey Man	12.902	272	47	12.902	133.941	-	1
17	Union - Die besten aller Tage	12.524	95	132	13.380	138.932	-	1
18	Dirty Little Letters	12.315	125	99	58.249	506.706	-34	2
19	Die Herrlichkeit des Lebens	12.202	216	56	155.847	1.478.666	-34	4
20	La Nouvelle Femme	5.599	215	26	207.108	1.818.306	-35	5

Ok weekend with a decent hold for domestic comedy Chantal im Märchenland in #1; Godzilla x Kong openend within expectations, among openers, Monkey Man was the negative surprise. Le Dernier Jaguar has finally crossed 1mil total, nice!

In Austria, similar numbers but KFP4 was #2 and Godzilla #3; Dune2 was over 299k total after Sunday so it has the Golden Ticked bagged by now - congratulations!

Next weekend: Back To Black has some promotion and should become the biggest opener, maybe even Top3 material - The First Omen has also some potential but probably less than Amy.

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Germany's Top16 last weekend:

	title	admissions	th.	PTA	total adm.	total €	drop	week
1	Chantal im Märchenland	576.148	666	865	664.922	6.759.320	-	1
2	Dune 2	198.647	689	288	2.564.271	31.603.906	-23	5
3	Kung Fu Panda 4	189.040	691	274	1.035.914	9.741.528	-27	3
4	Ghostbusters 5	117.302	550	213	353.454	3.442.438	-29	2
5	Paw Patrol Easter Special	68.557	571	120	68.557	359.480	-	1
6	The Zone of Interest	50.062	568	88	650.129	6.174.222	-43	5
7	Cocorico	45.523	505	90	164.085	1.551.628	-31	2
8	Le Dernier Jaguar	25.365	553	46	974.269	7.692.841	-40	9
9	One Life	24.627	184	134	41.737	353.449	-	1
10	Imaginary	24.445	301	81	118.082	1.184.570	-12	3
11	Migration	20.586	429	48	2.296.156	20.015.352	-43	15
12	Dirty Little Letters	18.639	121	154	31.545	259.013	-	1
13	Die Herrlichkeit des Lebens	18.456	187	99	127.287	1.209.710	-43	3
14	Les As des la jungle 2	16.097	295	55	16.097	123.849	-	1
15	Miller's Girl	13.189	260	51	102.838	963.012	-39	3
16	Eine Million Minuten	11.433	326	35	1.073.321	10.694.292	-46	9

A fine OW for Chantal im Märchenland and good holds for most releases - nice weekend, once more higher than the corresponding one from '23.

In Austria, Chantal was #1 with a very similar OW; KFP4 #2 and Dune2 #3 (KFP was already very close to 160k after Sunday … mucht stronger than Germany).

Next weekend: Godzilla x Kong will be the big opener - I can't see it dethroning Chantal but #2 should be easily possible.

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early weekend estimates for Germany from insidekino.de:

#1: Chantal - 700k (surprisingly high)

#2/3: Dune2 / KFP4 with 200k each (-22%)

#4: Ghostbusters5 - 120k (-28%)

#5: ZoneOfInterest - 50k

 

That's a satisfying weekend if these numbers come true; what's missing is the big rabbit-themed family movie which usually generates some afternoon business around Easter but otherwise really fine numbers.

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Germany's Top17 last weekend:

	title	admissions	th.	PTA	total adm.		drop	week
1	Dune 2	258.448	731	354	2.247.191	27.681.638	-28	4
2	Kung Fu Panda 4	258.166	663	389	699.930	6.654.897	-13	2
3	Ghostbusters 5	164.496	541	304	164.496	1.640.901	-	1
4	The Zone of Interest	88.563	541	164	554.820	5.275.859	-20	4
5	Cocorico	66.309	475	140	90.099	850.122	-	1
6	Le Dernier Jaguar	41.988	636	66	919.678	7.278.598	+15	8
7	Migration	35.841	487	74	2.255.603	19.701.721	+19	14
8	Die Herrlichkeit des Lebens	32.555	151	216	91.449	877.037	-2	2
9	Imaginary	27.912	316	88	84.706	847.815	-33	2
10	La Nouvelle Femme	23.735	388	61	167.660	1.468.513	-26	3
11	Miller's Girl	21.528	267	81	80.032	744.324	-39	2
12	Eine Million Minuten	21.246	429	50	1.052.277	10.493.112	-37	8
13	Anyone But You	18.666	316	59	1.543.967	15.052.425	-43	10
14	Wunderland	16.450	532	31	139.688	1.308.799	-38	3
15	Helt Super	14.688	231	64	15.143	111.161	-	1
-	MET: Roméo et Juliette (LEO)	14.359	184	78	14.359	435.355	-	1
16	The Kill Room	11.379	168	68	18.940	159.211	-	1
17	Checker Tobi 2	10.428	156	67	1.259.269	8.296.237	-21	25

One more satisfying weekend with an extremely close race for #1, good holds and two ok openers. Kung Fu Panda 4 dropped only 13% (but family releases were very strong anyway, as witnessed by the increases for Le Dernier Jaguar and Migration) and Dune 2 has crossed 2mil total with another sub-30% drop. The 5th Ghostbusters movie opened better than #4 and above my expectations, and french comedy Cocorico was off to an ok start but might catch on. The Zone of Interest had its first drop but is still on the level of its OW - super.

In Austria, KFP4 was #1 again, dropping the same 13% as in Germany but from a higher level, it's already >100k admissions after WE2. Dune 2 and Ghostbusters 5 were about on the same level as Germany (Dune now >250k after the weekend) but Cocorico opened a lot  better, already near 15k after ist first WE. On #5 and #6 we had Andrea lässt sich scheiden (has now crossed 150k total) and Anyone But You (has crossed 250k but with no chance for the Golden Ticket). Migration however has finally broken this 300k treshold - congratulations!

Next weekend: A domestic #1 should be safe with Chantal im Märchenland, a tie-in to the extremely successful "Fack Ju Göhte"-comedies. While the last of those came out in 2017, they're still popular and something like a 5-600k OW wouldn't surprise me. Also opening: Wicked Little Letters, Club Zero and One Life. My guess is that Ghostbusters will get hit harder than Dune, but overall, business should see a fine uptick!

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actuals tomorrow but obviously, Sunday was much stronger than expected for nearly all releases - Po&Paul with roughly 255k each!

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final estimates have Po and Paul head-to-head with 240k admissions each

[Dune: Part Two (2024)]

On 3/11/2024 at 9:50 AM, Elessar said:

 

If he knows all the possible futures then wouldn't he also know how to prevent it? How to prevent millions from dying? Why can't he escape from destiny?  Terminator taught me "There's no fate but what we make for ourselves". 

 

It's not as if he isn't trying. And he succeeds (kind of), at least in the books, in that he removes himself from the picture as far as possible. But like when a dam bursts, there's only very little one can do to influence the disasterous course of the flood. And Paul, while removing himself, just manages to put the weight in someone elses hands (his children's). In fact, most of the later Dune books (starting with God Emperor) are about how Leto tries to escape from the forces of history.

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early weekend estimates from insidekino.de, no big surprises:

#1: Dune 2 - 255k (-29%, nice)

#2: KFP 4 - 230k (-23%, wow)

#3: Ghostbusters 5 - 150k (better than I expected)

#4: Zone of Interest - 85k (-23%, its first drop)

#5: Cocorico - 75k incl. some previews

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Germany's Top20 last weekend

	title	admissions	th.	PTA	total adm.	total €	drop	week
1	Dune 2	357.731	818	437	1.876.758	23.079.210	-27	3
2	Kung Fu Panda 4	297.620	632	471	385.184	3.685.230	-	1
3	The Zone of Interest	110.411	422	262	414.789	3.950.116	+14	3
4	Imaginary	41.967	314	134	47.272	467.550	-	1
5	Le Dernier Jaguar	36.371	666	55	870.461	6.904.614	-24	7
6	Miller's Girl	35.131	268	131	47.940	434.060	-	1
7	Eine Million Minuten	33.982	577	59	1.019.574	10.173.467	-36	7
8	Die Herrlichkeit des Lebens	33.356	131	255	39.368	384.195	-	1
9	Anyone But You	32.743	419	78	1.516.342	14.784.070	-37	9
10	La Nouvelle Femme	31.972	393	81	122.073	1.073.967	-40	2
11	Migration	30.113	507	59	2.214.316	19.381.240	-16	13
12	Wunderland	26.613	567	47	112.924	1.065.735	-60	2
13	Bob Marley - One Love	18.750	452	41	464.860	4.709.662	-50	5
14	Poor Things	16.673	327	51	524.853	5.302.936	+27	9
15	Oppenheimer	16.566	301	55	4.203.796	47.709.007	+606	35
16	Checker Tobi 2	13.261	224	59	1.236.835	8.822.280	+97	24
17	Das fliegende Klassenzimmer	12.087	62	195	503.431	3.519.331	+132	23
18	The Beekeeper	11.736	263	45	793.139	8.209.207	-35	10
19	Anatomie d'une chute	10.397	223	47	474.061	4.846.136	-10	20
20	Wonka	8.352	241	35	2.546.947	23.510.268	-32	15

A good weekend - and a lot stronger than the corresponding one last year, finally!

Dune 2 had an excellent hold, it's still 75% ahead of the first on and having better holds, so I think 3,5mil total are the goal atm. Kung Fu Panda 4 was also improving a lot from ist predecessors; 1,5mil total should be easily doable and depending on WOM it can of course get to 2mil. Imaginary opened higher than Miller's Girl but both had a so-so PTA. And The Zone of Interest is a phenomenon; seems to have crazy good WOM so I can see it getting to 1mil total, a big success for such an arthousey release! Farther down the chart, some old releases got re-expansions and managed to add to their totals (Poor Things has now crossed 500k)

In Austria, #1 and 2 were reversed as KFP4 opened to #1; it's already over 60k total so stronger than in Germany. Dune 2 dropped steeper than in Germany (-32%) but it was already at 208k total after Sunday, so basically head-to-head. On #3 we had domestic dramedy Andrea lässt sich scheiden which was at 142k total  after Sunday but was down to 10,8k admissons in its 4th weekend so 200k are probably out of reach - still, a surprising success! On #4 longrunning Anyone But You (by now at 247k total, much stronger than Germany); on #5 and 6 Imaginary and Miller's Girl which opened about head-to-head as in Germany. The Zone of Interest was only #7, total is now a bit over 20k - that's one of the rare releases where Germany is pulling ahead!

 

Next weekend: No blockbusters but the fifth Ghostbusters movie should attract some business - #1 and 2 will be out of reach (presales low) but I can see it getting #3. French comedy Cocorico is an interesting release; those comedies rarely open very high but often get crazy legs!

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33 minutes ago, Issac Newton said:

Dune Part II (Austria)

 

WKend 1 - €840K / €1.1M

WKend 2 - €720K / €2.2M

WKend 3 - €491K / €2.9M

 

No.1 for 3 Consecutive Weekends!

#1 by money, but by admissions it got beaten by the Panda this weekend!

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final weekend estimates from insidekino.de, everything goes up

#1: Dune 2 - 350k (-28%)

#2: KFP 4 - 400k incl. PV

#3: Zone of Interest - 110k (+14%)

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At least at my theater, Dune2 is holding up extremely well on Saturday, playing the two biggest screens near capacity. Would not be surprised about a <30% drop

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Saturday update from insidekino.de has Dune2 now at 340k (-31%); contrary to the first two weekends where it went down with updates - either MarkG has accounted for the stronger-than-usual Thursdays by now, or it had better Friday numbers than before. Either way, Dune2 will be >1,9 mil by Sunday and might overtake Dune1's total even before weekend #4 begins.

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first estimates for Germany's WE from insidekino.de :

#1; Dune2 - 325k (-34%)

#2: Kung Fu Panda 4 - 350k incl. previews

#3: Zone of Interest - 100k (another increase, when will it stop?!)

 

that's an ok hold for Dune2 (the first one dropped steeper in week 3 but that was against No Time To Die's OW) and a fine opening for KFP4, much better than nr.3 so the franchise is very much alive!

 

sadly, besides those three, there's a lack in attractive releases, nothing else >50k. In Austria, Andrea lässt sich scheiden is still popular, should stay on #3

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a nice fact from Germany: with the pre-awards push, Barbie has finally crossed 6mil admissions!

(in Austria, it has crossed 800k a while ago, so even more successful)

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Germany's Top15 last weekend:

	title	admissions	th.	PTA	total adm.	total €	drop	week
1	Dune 2	489.497	822	595	1.368.140	16.786.646	-20	2
2	The Zone of Interest	96.551	237	407	248.619	2.359.261	+8	2
-	Kung Fu Panda 4 prev.	87.162	588	148	87.162	777.317	-	0
3	Wunderland	66.101	523	126	66.478	635.537	-	1
4	Eine Million Minuten	53.374	663	81	967.664	9.658.966	-26	6
5	La Nouvelle femme	52.976	358	148	60.819	534.416	-	1
6	Anyone But You	51.802	533	97	1.470.226	14.336.634	-19	8
7	Le Dernier Jaguar	48.104	710	68	827.737	6.578.250	-18	6
8	Bob Marley - One Love	37.606	581	65	432.414	4.386.360	-38	4
9	Migration	35.939	580	62	2.178.942	2.178.942	-15	12
10	The Beekeeper	18.035	291	62	778.447	8.055.649	-18	9
11	Poor Things	13.161	295	45	498.319	5.041.944	-18	8
12	Wonka	12.236	304	40	2.536.584	23.420.921	-24	14
-	MET: La Forza del Destino	12.219	181	68	12.219	371.932	-	1
13	Madame Web	11.915	493	24	253.077	2.584.037	-52	4
14	Anatomie d'une chute	11.578	239	48	453.998	4.650.350	+6	19
15	Wish	9.403	308	31	1.992.325	16.816.436	-19	15

Nice weekend (even if we're still down compared to last year). Dune 2 with a fine hold - Dune 1 was at  792k after the 2nd WE, so it's ahead by >70% - I can see it getting near 3,5mil total. And The Zone of Interest even had an increase, astonishing - let's see how far it can get! Also an excellent opening for documentation Wunderland, and Kung Fu Panda 4 hat nearly 90k previews on Sunday! Biopic La Nouvelle Femme was also pretty strong (more screens than I had guessed).

In Austria, the weekend was even stronger - Dune 2 fell only 15% and was at nearly 156k after Sunday; Andrea lässt sich scheiden continues its strong run and was at 122k and Anyone But You was #3 and hit 238k total, much stronger than in Germany! Migration should hit 300k total on Thursday, also way ahead of Germany.

Next weekend: Despite having burnt some demand with those Sunday previews, Kung Fu Panda 4 should have a fine OW - it may become a close race for #1 with Dune 2. Also opening, on a smaller scale: Miller's Girl (very low presales).

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Early weekend estimates for Germany from insidekino.de:

#1: Dune 2 - 515k admissions (-15%, that would be insane if true)

#2: The Zone of Interest - 90k (even a slight increase!, also insane)

#3: La Nouvelle Femme - 80k (strong)

and doc Wunderland (which I didn't mention at all) about the Hamburg attraction is also opening really strong with 60k

So, overall a fine weekend! Additionally, Kung Fu Panda 4 is having a lot of preview shows on Sunday

 

Even if those 15% drop for Dune2 might be overly optimistic, it's way above the first one's OW - nice!

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8 hours ago, BOfficeStats said:

@IndustriousAngel

Any predictions for Zone of Interest's final total?  

none at all, I have no idea why the OW was this big or the PTA that high ... usually such a movie might come in around 150-200k total I'd say, but that's obviously much too low in this case.

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Germany's Top18 last weekend:

	title	admissions	th.	PTA	total adm.	total €	drop	week
1	Dune 2	608.371	806	755	686.842	8.431.969	-	1
2	The Zone of Interest	89.476	155	577	100.651	956.006	-	1
3	Eine Million Minuten	72.382	702	103	888.637	8.882.632	-37	5
4	Anyone But You	64.166	533	120	1.401.104	13.662.796	-34	7
5	Bob Marley - One Love	61.049	608	100	374.928	3.285.463	-36	3
6	Le Dernier Jaguar	58.776	708	83	771.784	6.138.913	-38	5
7	Migration	42.527	620	69	2.137.437	18.767.633	-37	11
8	Madame Web	24.593	493	50	235.184	2.408.732	-54	3
9	The Beekeeper	21.993	303	73	756.701	7.828.361	-38	8
10	Demon Slayer Kimetsu no Yaiba	21.840	340	64	112.495	1.477.196	-	1
11	Dune 1	20.012	302	66	1.947.176	20.254.078	+	4
12	Poor Things	16.094	240	67	477.665	4.838.948	-43	7
13	Wonka	16.042	337	48	2.521.801	23.295.039	-42	13
14	Argylle	11.833	278	43	340.920	3.606.623	-58	5
15	Wish	11.546	373	31	1.981.811	16.731.952	-36	14
16	Spuk unterm Riesenrad	11.150	314	36	41.051	324.027	-35	2
17	Anatomie d'une chute	10.912	217	50	435.729	4.468.187	-31	18
18	La Passion de Dodin Bouffant	10.236	198	52	125.379	1.207.809	-48	4

A strong opening by Dune 2 - that's about 75% increase from the first one! Of course it's too early to be sure but 3mil total look very likely and with the good reception it's getting, I'm hoping for a bit more. And an even stronger opening (going by expectations) for The Zone of Interest; that's a badass PTA for such a release - I have no idea how that happened, maybe a lot of school shows? Good for the market though; despite the fine openers the overall market is down once more compared to last year (which was already dreadful).

In Austria, once more, a much stronger weekend. While The Zone of Interest opened only half as strong as in Germany (meaning: in line with expectations), most other releases were doing better - Dune 2 was at 76,5k on Sunday, Anyone But You and Le Dernier Jaguar were still in the 5-digit range, Wonka has now crossed 350k total - but the most impressive release atm is domestic Andrea lässt sich scheiden which had nearly 32k again (3day), a drop of only 14% from an already astonishing OW on a weekend with a massive opener! It was already at 89k total on Sunday which means it's even getting about 5k admissions each weekday!

Next weekend: Thriller comedy Drive-Away Dolls might get a few admissions, as might biopic La Nouvelle femme about Maria Montessori (persumably with school shows), but this week's Top3 should stay on top. The big question, of course, is, how well Dune 2 can hold in its 2nd weekend - a 35% drop would put it around 400k which would still top the first one's OW - let's keep those fingers crossed!

[BO Germany/Austria: Dune 2 fine 2nd weekend]

Early weekend estimates for Germany from insidekino.de:

#1: Dune 2 - 775k incl previews (a bit better than I expected, verrry nice)

#2: The Zone of Interest - 95k (also excellent)

#3: Eine Million Minuten - 65k (-44%)

 

So, Dune2 off to an excellent start. I've seen it on Wednesday, it's really worth the ticket for the big screen and badass sound system. With the positive reviews and comments it's getting, 3mil total in Germany should be doable and I'm hoping for 4mil to be honest.

[DUNE II | 395.8M overseas | 660.7M worldwide]

wow.

just came back - what a movie, what a theatrical experience. After the first one was received favourably and became a mid-sized hit, I see this doing much better - at least doubling the first one's gross. This is epic filmmaking at its finest and really worth a ticket; there are very few home theater systems fit for Dune2

[BO Germany/Austria: Dune 2 fine 2nd weekend]

6 hours ago, Flip said:

Is it a 5 day OW in Germany?

no, that's 4-day

[BO Germany/Austria: Dune 2 fine 2nd weekend]

Germany's Top20 last weekend:

	title	admisisons	th.	PTA	total adm.	total €	drop	week
1	Disney Channel Mitmachkino	160.383	565	284	160.383	782.571	-	1
2	Eine Million Minuten	115.362	720	160	776.412	7.798.771	-18	4
3	Anyone But You	96.640	591	164	1.313.938	12.810.634	-21	6
4	Le Dernier Jaguar	95.450	691	138	703.243	5.596.728	-35	4
5	Bob Marley - One Love	94.948	568	167	284.614	2.933.491	-23	2
6	Migration	67.871	653	104	2.088.412	18.366.720	-30	10
7	Madame Web	53.713	493	109	199.715	2.063.168	-43	2
8	The Beekeeper	35.391	360	98	730.076	7.551.487	-15	7
9	Poor Things	28.244	235	120	449.862	4.560.605	-16	6
10	Argylle	28.227	387	73	323.410	3.425.866	-40	4
11	Wonka	27.582	391	71	2.502.795	23.128.240	-32	12
12	La Passion de Dodin Bouffant	19.513	187	104	104.638	1.011.728	-20	3
13	Night Swim	19.214	317	61	129.078	1.274.582	-32	3
14	Wish	18.131	373	49	1.968.729	16.627.748	-36	13
15	Spuk unterm Riesenrad	17.218	305	56	27.592	219.518	-	1
16	Anatomie d'une chute	15.736	196	80	417.836	4.282.670	+11	17
17	All of Us Strangers	14.800	88	168	75.708	697.128	-13	3
18	The Holdovers	12.929	189	68	196.590	1.908.594	-18	5
19	Fireman Sam	11.365	486	23	84.517	444.222	-51	3
20	Perfect Days	10.685	172	62	394.027	3.740.057	-	10

Bad weekend … at least, there were >20 releases over 10k. Wonka crossed 2,5mil total, Migration 2,0mil - fine! An Eine Million Minuten had a fine hold once more, a medium-sized hit in the making.

In Austria, a much better weekend - thanks mainly to domestic dramedy Andrea lässt sich scheiden; Josef Hader's second directorial work opened on #1 with nearly 37k admissions (incl. previews even a bit over). Also >10k were Le Dernier Jaguar and Anyone But You (which is now at 210k total), and the Disney sing-a-long event sold also better than in Germany. The Beekeeper should reach 150k total - also a nice medium-sized hit.

 

Next weekend: Dune2 and nothing else I guess. While the first one missed 2mil total back in '21, the movie has been well-received and I'm thinking part 2 can reach well over 3mil total. As to the opening - presales are strong but I don't believe it can reach 1mil (icluding Wed); I'm rooting for a number in the 750k range! Other evening releases will suffer a bit because of screen loss while family movies could hold better. And before Dune2, there's the mid-week Demon Slayer event which might be good for another 200k admissions; theaters are in dire need of visitors!