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Weekend: March 3-6, 2022
Rank Title Weekend admissions % Change Screen count / Change Total admissions by Sunday Monday admissions Week 1 The Batman 74,001 – 175 – 74,001 11,946 1 2 Uncharted 9,241 -47.3% 49 -49 72,036 1,327 3 3 Death on the Nile 4,214 -50.2% 27 -44 86,166 814 4 4 Sing 2 4,124 +25.5% 47 +5 108,912 571 12 5 Encanto 3,582 +37.2% 34 +2 69,089 465 15 6 Σμύρνη μου αγαπημένη (My Beloved Smyrna) [GR] 2,683 +5.1% 37 +3 220,633 244 11 7 Rock Dog 2: Rock Around the Park 2,310 -23.5% 65 -13 5,674 225 2 8 Wrath of Man 1,545 -48.7% 10 -68 15,418 309 3 9 Blacklight 1,416 -72.2% 9 -59 9,854 154 2 10 Spider-Man: No Way Home 1,031 -49.5% 6 -11 463,624 190 12 Sources: https://freecinema.gr/greek-box-office-the-vengeance-of-a-great-batman-movie/
https://flix.gr/news/box-office-03-03-2022.html
The arrival of 'The Batman' was reinvigorating for the box office, even though the film itself failed to meet expectations. The Clean Monday holiday (a religious holiday related to the beginning of Lent) did not help the situation. If anything, people were probably honoring the tradition of flying kites rather than going to the cinema. Overall, cumulative admissions for the weekend reached 108,679 and, when including the Monday holiday, the total reached 125,496. This is only the third time in the post-pandemic period that cumulative admissions reached six digits, the other two being the last two weekends of December, when 'No Way Home' was soaring.
The Pattinson-led entry of the Bat franchise achieved the 15th biggest opening weekend for a comic-book movie. It was also the 5th biggest DC opening ever. It was on par with 'Dark Knight Rises', but that film had burnt off demand due to a Tuesday opening. 'The Batman' also came in far below 'Batman v Superman' or 'Joker' and only slightly higher than 'Justice League'.
Rank Title Opening weekend* Total admissions Release date Multiplier 1 Joker 135,735 906,160 Thu, Oct 3, 2019 6.68 2 Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice 122,428 276,311 Thu, Mar 24, 2016 2.26 3 The Dark Knight 100,000 339,520 Thu, Jul 17, 2008 3.40 4 The Dark Knight Rises 74,530 346,585 Tue, Aug 21, 2012 4.65 5 The Batman 74,001 85,947 Thu, Mar 3, 2022 1.16 6 Justice League 62,658 158,596 Thu, Nov 16, 2017 2.53 7 Suicide Squad 61,555 207,982 Thu, Aug 25, 2016 3.38 8 Batman Begins 56,000** 174,100 Wed, Jun 15, 2005 3.11 9 Aquaman 53,858 212,539 Thu, Dec 13, 2018 3.95 10 Superman Returns 52,100 102,000-105,000 Thu, Sep 7, 2006 1.99 11 Man of Steel 44,904 130,000 Thu, Jun 20, 2013 2.90 12 Watchmen 42,360 83,650 Thu, Mar 12, 2009 1.97 13 Wonder Woman 38,618 125,196 Thu, Jun 8, 2017 3.24 *These numbers refer to the tally for the traditional four-day Thu-to-Sun weekend
**Before August 2005, the traditional weekend was three days (Fri-to-Sun)
It remains to be seen whether the word-of-mouth will be good enough. But unfortunately the blockbuster milestone of 200K admissions is far from guaranteed. It will need to achieve a 2.7x multiplier, which is certainly doable, but then again several DC films have failed to get there.
As for holdovers, 'Uncharted' and 'Death on the Nile' continued their precipitous drop to the bottom. It is turning out to be a race between the two, with the prior opening smaller than the latter, but slowly catching up with stronger holds. The best holds were once again registered by animated films 'Encanto' and 'Sing 2'. 'Encanto' has been in the Top 10 for 15 consecutive weekends and has now matched 'Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation's' record for the most consecutive weekends in the Top 10 (the records I have go back to 2012). The arrival of Disney-Pixar's 'Turning Red' next week might put an end to this streak but not necessarily. Meanwhile, Greek historical drama 'My Beloved Smyrna' continues to hold very well, slowly undoing the disappointment of its rather lackluster opening. Animated film 'Rock Dog 2' was the final film of the Top 10 to hold well, followed by the steep drops of Jason Statham's 'Wrath of Man', Liam Neeson's 'Blacklight' and 'Spider-Man: No Way Home'. All three lost at least two thirds of their screens, so such drops were expected.
Next week will mark the release of Disney-Pixar's 'Turning Red', Kogonada-directed 'After Yang' and British drama 'Boiling Point'. I don't expect 'Turning Red' to top the charts, with 'The Batman' still at large.
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Weekend: February 24-27, 2022
Rank Title Weekend admissions % Change Screen count / Change Total admissions Week 1 Uncharted 17,544 -35.4% 98 +12 55,757 2 2 Death on the Nile 8,458 -48.0% 71 -30 77,520 3 3 Blacklight 5,090 – 68 – 5,090 1 4 Sing 2 3,285 -4.9% 42 -7 104,432 11 5 Rock Dog 2: Rock Around the Park 3,020 – 78 – 3,020 1 6 Wrath of Man 3,012 -47.7% 27 -12 11,915 2 7 Encanto 2,610 +8.2% 32 +1 65,418 14 8 Σμύρνη μου αγαπημένη (My Beloved Smyrna) [GR] 2,554 -8.3% 34 +3 216,165 10 9 Spider-Man: No Way Home 2,041 -11.8% 17 -6 461,916 11 10 Marry Me 1,247 -56.0% 27 -22 17,343 3 Source: https://flix.gr/news/box-office-24-02-2022.html
The weekend's Top 3 was far from a photo finish. Although we knew which three titles were going to occupy these spots, the individual performance of each was totally unexpected. 'Uncharted' retained the top spot thanks to a small expansion and undoubtedly positive word of mouth, whereas Hercule Poirot's latest outing, 'Death on the Nile' saw another sharp drop. The clear loser though was Liam Neeson's 'Blacklight' which scored an opening only slightly better than last year's 'The Ice Road' and was the third worst opening for Neeson overall.
Liam Neeson action films Title Athens OW National OW Release date Total admissions Notes Taken 3 28,114 50,780 Thu 15 Jan 15 174,600 The Grey 21,436 29,671 Thu 23 Feb 12 88,059 Taken 2 19,167 27,056 Thu 11 Oct 12 126,370 Previews: 3,311 (Athens), 4,615 (nationwide) The Commuter 16,454 26,296 Thu 11 Jan 18 96,668 Unknown 19,329 25,260 Thu 24 Mar 11 87,958 Cold Pursuit – 23,244 Thu 7 Feb 19 76,086 A Walk Among the Tombstones 14,971 23,027 Thu 25 Dec 14 79,652 Non-Stop 12,121 15,954 Thu 27 Feb 14 62,885 Previews: 6,903 (Athens), 9,358 (nationwide) Taken 11,331 12,453 Thu 18 Jun 09 ~30,000 Blacklight – 5,090 Thu 24 Feb 22 The Ice Road – 3,643 Thu 23 Sep 21 8,203 Run All Night 1,966 2,986 Sun 12 Apr 15 64,913 Opened on Easter Sunday As for holdovers, 'Encanto' and 'Sing' once again scored the best holds of the bunch. Could the latter break into 2021's Top 10? It would need to top 'Father's' 83.5K-admission total, which would require several more weeks of strong legs. That is unlikely to materialise as Pixar's 'Turning Red' will hit the market in two weeks. 'My Beloved Smyrna' and 'No Way Home' are also experiencing some good late legs, solidifying their blockbuster status even further. On the other hand, 'Wrath of Man' and 'Marry Me' continued their embarrassing race to the bottom.
'Batman' prepares to make its mark on the box office next week and it looks like the sky is the limit. Could it break the superhero opening-weekend record held by Raimi's 'Spider-Man 3' (158,971 admissions)? Although possible, I see it opening somewhere around 120-130K admissions. The aim is to beat 'Batman v Superman's' 122,428-admission opening.
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Weekend: February 17-20, 2022
Rank Title Weekend admissions % Change Screen count / Change Total admissions Week 1 Uncharted 27,143 – 86 – 27,143 1 2 Death on the Nile 16,255 -45.3% 101 -23 61,551 2 3 Wrath of Man 5,763 – 39 – 5,763 1 4 Sing 2 3,454 -27.7% 49 -3 100,809 10 5 Marry Me 2,833 -61.0% 39 -30 14,823 2 6 Σμύρνη μου αγαπημένη (My Beloved Smyrna) [GR] 2,786 -35.1% 31 -10 211,947 9 7 Encanto 2,412 -4.1% 31 +3 62,636 13 8 Spider-Man: No Way Home 2,313 -37.0% 23 -2 459,181 10 9 King Richard 2,182 – 30 – 2,182 1 10 Monster Family 2 1,862 -35.7% 59 -8 9,311 3 Sources: https://freecinema.gr/greek-box-office-we-re-in-uncharted-territory/
https://flix.gr/news/box-office-17-2-2022.html
'Uncharted' predictably topped the box office although its opening was not as high as was hoped. It opened lower than last week's #1 film 'Death on the Nile', which saw a higher than usual sophomore drop. It was nevertheless not as bad as 'Marry Me's' understandably hard drop post-Valentine's. 'Wrath of Man' received a long-delayed debut, which was quite underwhelming. On the other hand, not many would go to the cinema for a film they can probably stream on their TV or get an HD pirated version online. 'Encanto' and 'Sing 2' once again had the smallest drops of the bunch. The latter finally crossed the 100K-admission milestone, becoming only the seventh 2021 film overall and the second 2021 animated film to do so, the other being Pixar's 'Luca'. 'My Beloved Smyrna' and 'No Way Home' continued their slow decline, both having reached their coveted milestones and now just cashing in some extra change. The third and final opener to reach the Top 10, 'King Richard', tanked despite receiving a Oscar nomination for Best Picture.
This coming weekend brings Liam Neeson's latest action thriller, 'Blacklight', to the big screen. My prediction is an opening between 16-20K admissions. It could end up being a tight three-way race for first place ('Blacklight' vs 'Uncharted' vs 'Death on the Nile'). Further releases include animated 'Rock Dog 2' and some arthouse productions.
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On 2/13/2022 at 4:12 PM, PhilipJ2001 said:
yeah this is nothing like murder on the orient express
I thought DotN was a better film aesthetically. It also did a better job of analysing the characters' motives. MotOE was badly paced compared to the 1974 version.
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14 hours ago, ando said:
The fact that it bothered you enough to comment is.. something to say the least.
Congrats on $400M box office for Dune Part 1.
Yes, of course, the train of exclamation marks bother me. Firstly, because I'm a grammar nazi and there is no place for more than one exclamation mark in proper grammar (I will graciously allow up to three). And secondly, because it is a dishonorable attention-seeking tactic. It screams: "I can't attract you with good content, so I'm gonna use disruptive visual cues".
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Adding more exclamation marks to the thread title isn't gonna make this movie's box-office performance impressive.
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Weekend: February 10-13, 2022
Rank Title Weekend admissions % Change Screen count / Change Total admissions Week 1 Death on the Nile 29,698 – 124 – 29,698 1 2 Marry Me 7,273 – 69 – 7,273 1 3 Sing 2 4,775 +7.3% 52 -3 96,812 9 4 Σμύρνη μου αγαπημένη (My Beloved Smyrna) [GR] 4,296 -39.9% 41 -30 206,817 8 5 Spider-Man: No Way Home 3,674 -32.2% 25 -22 455,822 9 6 Monster Family 2 2,896 -26.5% 67 -18 7,311 2 7 Encanto 2,515 +11.3% 28 0 60,220 12 8 Belfast 1,914 -49.9% 26 -38 14,435 3 9 Nightmare Alley 1,750 -68.0% 20 -31 38,959 4 10 Moonfall 1,362 -77.2% 17 -54 9,636 2 Sources: https://freecinema.gr/greek-box-office-murder-outside-the-cinemas/
https://flix.gr/news/box-office-10-02-2022.html
With the biggest 2022 opening so far, but still nowhere near the 70K-admission debut of its predecessor, 'Death on the Nile' scored a positive note on this pre-Valentine weekend within a generally underwhelming winter season. It remains to be seen whether it can achieve similar word-of-mouth to Poirot's previous outing, but I believe it will nevertheless cross the 100K-admission milestone. 'Marry Me' fared far worse, although it's possible that tomorrow will boost it slightly.
As for holdovers, animated films 'Encanto', 'Sing 2' and 'Monster Family 2' once again scored the best holds of the Top 10. 'Sing 2' has clearly been the most successful commercially and is approaching 100K admissions, which is still far less than the 190K admissions of its predecessor. Blockbusters 'My Beloved Smyrna' and 'No Way Home' continue to teeter along with no further milestones left to cross. Meanwhile, Oscar nominees 'Belfast' and 'Nightmare Alley' had horrendous drops which make one wonder if these nominations have any bearing whatsoever on Greek moviegoing habits. Finally, Roland Emmerich's 'Moonfall' had the most precipitous drop of the bunch, in its second week, and will soon disappear into oblivion.
'Death on the Nile' helped lift this weekend to 64,420 admissions and next weekend is looking to be even bigger, with 'Uncharted' hoping to ride on the recent boost in Tom Holland's popularity following 'No Way Home'. I'm gonna predict an opening for 'Uncharted' around 30-35K admissions, while 'Wrath of Man' will open to less 20K and 'King Richard' will open below 10K.
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Not that Oscars matter to anyone anymore, but here are the admission tallies in Greece for the Best Picture nominees announced yesterday:
Oscar Films 2021 Title Total admissions Dune 113,553 Nightmare Alley* 34,394 Licorice Pizza* 13,624 Belfast* 10,638 West Side Story 7,071 The Power of the Dog** 2,442 Don’t Look Up Netflix does not release box office info CODA Not released yet Drive My Car Not released yet King Richard Not released yet *Still in cinemas as of February 6, 2022
**No further info after first weekend
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Weekend: February 3-6, 2022
Rank Title Weekend admissions % Change Screen count / Change Total admissions Week 1 Σμύρνη μου αγαπημένη (My Beloved Smyrna) [GR] 7,145 -17.9% 71 -4 198,624 7 2 Moonfall 5,986 – 71 – 5,986 1 3 Nightmare Alley 5,466 -40.4% 51 -31 34,394 3 4 Spider-Man: No Way Home 5,419 -23.8% 47 -19 450,375 8 5 Sing 2 4,449 -14.6% 55 -14 91,558 8 6 Monster Family 2 3,939 – 85 – 3,939 1 7 Belfast 3,823 -16.2% 64 9 10,638 2 8 Scream 3,211 -49.0% 38 -17 55,622 4 9 Encanto 2,260 -8.9% 28 -4 57,704 11 10 Licorice Pizza 888 -9.8% 13 -3 13,624 5 Sources: https://flix.gr/news/box-office-3-february-2022.html
https://freecinema.gr/greek-box-office-a-series-of-disastrous-events/
The box office doldrums continued with only 45,549 admissions sold this weekend. Such low numbers haven't been seen since late September last year. The situtation is so bad that Greek historical drama 'My Beloved Smyrna' managed to regain the top spot for only the second time during its 7-week run. It is now days away from the 200K-admission milestone and has so far achieved as 6.9x multiplier. Roland Emmerich's 'Moonfall' was as unappealing as expected and the some, as it had to settle for an opening as low as the 'King's Man' and less than half 'Nightmare Alley'. Speaking of which, it dropped to third place with a 40% drop that doesn't seem to bad until you realise it was the second worst of the Top 10, only ahead of 'Scream'. The fivequel remains the most successful film of 2022 so far. The only other opener to reach the Top 10 is animated film 'Monster Family 2', whose opening is smaller than 'Sing 2's' 8th weekend. The latter is well on its way to 100K admissions and will only be the second 2021 animated film to achieve this after 'Luca'. Disney's 'Encanto', on the other hand, score the best hold of the Top 10, but it was behind 'Sing 2'. It has nevertheless scored 11 weekends in the Top 10. As for other holdovers, 'Spider-Man's latest outing has finally reached the 450K-admission milestone as originally predicted. Last (and probably least), 'Belfast' and 'Licorice Pizza' both scored very good holds, although their totals are far from notable. Tomorrow's Oscar nominations could help boost their earnings in the coming weeks.
Next weekend sees the release of 'Death on the Nile', an adaptation of a Hercule Poirot book from the same team that brought 'Murder on the Orient Express' to the big screen in 2017. That film actually became the top grossing film in Greece during 2017, therefore we would expect 'Death on the Nile' to also garner significant interest. Next weekend will also effectively be Valentine's weekend (even though the day itself is on Monday), which makes it great timing for 'Marry Me', a rom-com starring Jennifer Lopez and Owen Wilson.
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Weekend: January 20-23, 2022
Rank Title Weekend admissions % Change Screen count / Change Total admissions Week 1 Nightmare Alley 12,177 – 93 – 12,177 1 2 Σμύρνη μου αγαπημένη (My Beloved Smyrna) [GR] 10,734 -40.3% 86 -14 175,888 5 3 Scream 10,285 -50.3% 74 0 40,435 2 4 Spider-Man: No Way Home 8,429 -33.3% 63 -18 433,874 6 5 Sing 2 4,440 -8.7% 70 -1 81,046 6 6 Encanto 1,856 +10.2% 28 3 52,952 9 7 Licorice Pizza 1,412 -50.8% 21 -11 10,993 3 8 Extinct 1,376 -33.5% 56 -14 3,657 2 9 The Black Bachelor [GR] 1,059 -27.5% 6 -1 49,905 7 10 The King’s Man 853 -59.0% 11 -13 12,498 3 Sources: https://flix.gr/news/box-office-20-january-2021.html
https://freecinema.gr/greek-box-office-nightmare-market/
The January box office is slowing down as the holiday releases are wrapping up their runs. Only 55,119 admissions were sold in cineams last weekend. The only new release to enter the Top 10 was another thriller film, this time by Guillermo del Toro. Meanwhile, holdovers didn't do too bad. 'Encanto' and 'Sing 2', being animated films, had the best holds, followed by Greek fourquel 'The Black Bachelor' and 'No Way Home'. The latter is by the way on course to cross the 450K-admission milestone. If so, it will manage to beat, among others, 'Star Wars: The Force Awakens' (446K admissions) and it will be only the fifth Hollywood to reach this milestone in the last 10 years. Not bad at all! Greek film 'My Beloved Smyrna' could be headed for 200K admissions, which was the pre-pandemic arbitrary milestone for blockbusters. Again, not bad at all, although expectations had been slightly higher for this historical drama.
Weekend: January 27-30, 2022
Rank Title Weekend admissions % Change Screen count / Change Total admissions Week 1 Nightmare Alley 9,175 -24.7% 82 -11 24,405 2 2 Σμύρνη μου αγαπημένη (My Beloved Smyrna) [GR] 8,706 -18.9% 75 -11 187,193 6 3 Spider-Man: No Way Home 7,107 -15.7% 66 +3 442,572 7 4 Scream 6,296 -38.8% 55 -19 49,429 3 5 Sing 2 5,211 +17.4% 69 -1 86,753 7 6 Belfast 4,560 – 55 – 4,560 1 7 Encanto 2,482 +33.7% 32 +4 55,440 10 8 Extinct 1,405 +2.1% 40 -16 5,136 3 9 The Black Bachelor [GR] 1,108 +4.6% 6 0 51,176 8 10 Licorice Pizza 984 -30.3% 16 -5 12,213 4 Source: https://flix.gr/news/box-office-27-january-2022.html
This weekend saw an even lower attendance (49,294 admissions) than the last one, in the aftermath of one of the worst blizzards to hit the nation's capital on Monday. Things were still recovering on Thursday, with some people stuck in their homes or at their workplaces for three days. Despite this, we saw very small drops and several increases across the board. 'Encanto' and 'Sing 2' once again boasted the best increases. The latter is definitely headed for the 100K-admission milestone. Double that amount is the aim of Greek historical drama 'My Beloved Smyrna', while 'No Way Home' while easily cruise past 450K admissions in the next few days. 'Scream' will be the first 2022 film to reach 50K admissions. Thanks to the prolonged lockdown of winter and spring 2021, the 50K-admission milestone was first achieved in 2021 in July! Clearly 2022 is already at a better place. The only opener to crack the Top 10 was 'Belfast', with a modest opening.
Next weekend sees the release of Roland Emmerich's umpteenth disaster film, called 'Moonfall'. I doubt it will reach the dizzying heights of '2012', which still holds the fifth biggest opening of all time in Greece with 184,475 admissions from November 2009. In fact, 20K admissions are more than I expect, unfortunately.
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The TOP 10 for 2021 Rank Title Admissions 1 Spider-Man: No Way Home *420,591 2 No Time to Die 311,675 3 Άνθρωπος του Θεού (Man of God) [GR] 283,073 4 Σμύρνη μου αγαπημένη (My Beloved Smyrna) [GR] *156,017 5 Luca 139,999 6 Dune 113,553 7 House of Gucci *95,648 8 Venom: Let There Be Carnage 88,989 9 The Father 83,458 10 Eternals 82,206 *These three films are still playing in cinemas
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Weekend: January 13-16, 2022
Rank Title Weekend admissions % Change Screen count / Change Total admissions Week 1 Scream 20,697 – 74 – 20,697 1 2 Σμύρνη μου αγαπημένη (My Beloved Smyrna) [GR] 17,993 -31.4% 100 -21 156,017 4 3 Spider-Man: No Way Home 12,631 -42.4% 81 0 420,591 5 4 Sing 2 4,865 -45.8% 71 -17 76,063 5 5 Licorice Pizza 2,871 -20.9% 32 +6 8,115 2 6 The King’s Man 2,081 -63.9% 24 -36 10,674 2 7 Extinct 2,070 – 70 – 2,070 1 8 The 355 2,061 – 34 – 2,061 1 9 Encanto 1,684 -20.8% 25 -7 51,075 8 10 The Matrix Resurrections 1,560 -61.8% 18 -29 44,378 4 Sources: https://www.grandmagazine.gr/el/article/6397/box-office-i-smurni-pernaei-mprosta
https://flix.gr/news/box-office-13-01-2021.html
https://freecinema.gr/greek-box-office-smyrnas-time-for-the-top-spot/
The fifth 'Scream' film achieved the biggest opening for the 25-year-old franchise, beating previous record-holder 'Scream 4' which opened to 19,879 admissions in April 2011 and completed its run with 59,866 admissions. However, the biggest total for the franchise was achieved by 'Scream 3', which sold 72,435 admissions in 2000. 'Scream' was the only newcomer worth mentioning. As for holdovers, Greek historical drama 'My Beloved Smyrna' scored another sweet drop of only 31% and has now surpassed 150K admissions. The 200K-admission milestone is doable but not guaranteed. Either way, it will complete its run as the 4th biggest film of 2021 and the second biggest Greek film behind 'Man of God'.
'No Way Home' has further cemented its place as the third-biggest comic-book of all time as it nears 450K admissions. It is now officially confirmed that it is the biggest Spider-Man film ever, ahead of 'Spider-Man 2' (387,476 admissions). 'Sing 2' opened 26% lower than the original, but will finish with a total that is less than 50% of the original. It is still the biggest animated film of the holiday season, but it is a Pyrrhic victory. Holdovers were otherwise unimpressive. Total admissions for the weekend were slightly down from last weekend, at 72,093. It is better than last year, when cinemas were completely closed til May, but it is not a good number either. Unfortunately, it seems to be the new normal...
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Weekend: January 6-9, 2022
Rank Title Weekend admissions % Change Screen count / Change Total admissions Week 1 Σμύρνη μου αγαπημένη (My Beloved Smyrna) [GR] 26,246 +29.8% 121 -13 126,350 3 2 Spider-Man: No Way Home 21,921 -6.4% 81 -36 394,053 4 3 Sing 2 8,980 +8.2% 88 -14 70,251 4 4 The King’s Man 5,763 – 60 – 5,763 1 5 The Matrix Resurrections 4,089 -28.0% 47 -25 41,182 3 6 Licorice Pizza 3,629 – 26 – 3,629 1 7 The Black Bachelor 2,557 N/A 8 N/A 45,538 5 8 Encanto 2,127 +44.2% 32 -3 49,365 7 9 Moonbound [English-language German–Austrian] 1,669 +6.6% 37 -16 8,804 3 10 House of Gucci 566 -13.1% 5 +2 95,132 7 Sources: https://flix.gr/news/box-office-6-1-2022.html
https://freecinema.gr/greek-box-office-smyrnas-time-for-the-top-spot/
https://www.grandmagazine.gr/el/article/6397/box-office-i-smurni-pernaei-mprosta
This weekend saw a small uptick in admissions (79,309) compared to New Year's, thanks to the public holiday on January 6. The Christmas holidays are often an extended period of two weeks for many Greeks, due to the religious holiday of Theophany on January 6. With this year's holiday falling on a Thursday, many people end up getting an extra day of leave on Friday to make it a four-day weekend.
The first two titles switched places, with Greek historical drama 'My Beloved Smyrna' coming up on top. It performance has nevertheless been disappointing, as it was widely expected to be the #1 hit of the holiday season. It is the second biggest Greek film of the year, behind 'Man of God' (283,073 admissions). 'No Way Home' still managed to drop despite the overall uptick in business. However, it is now the biggest Spider-Man film of all time in Greece, beating 'Spider-Man 2' (385,700 admissions). It is the third-biggest comic-book film of all time, behind only 'Endgame' (538K admissions) and 'Joker' (906K admissions), both of which are far beyond its reach.
'Sing 2' has become the biggest animated film of the holiday season, topping 'Encanto'. It is however far behind the original 'Sing', which ended its run with 190,002 admissions. Openers 'The King's Man' and 'Licorice Pizza' had dismal debuts. 'Matrix 4' may not even reach 50K admissions and 'House of Gucci' is gathering crumbles which won't be enough for it to reach 100K admissions.
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Weekend: December 30, 2021–January 2, 2022
Rank Title Weekend admissions % Change Screen count / Change Total admissions Week 1 Spider-Man: No Way Home 23,421 -59.5% 117 -3 351,238 3 2 Σμύρνη μου αγαπημένη (My Beloved Smyrna) [GR] 20,213 -29.5% 134 +5 80,215 2 3 Sing 2 8,302 -30.4% 102 +1 53,915 3 4 The Matrix Resurrections 5,678 -64.1% 72 +10 32,115 2 5 Moonbound [English-language German–Austrian] 1,566 -27.2% 53 -11 6,228 2 6 Encanto 1,475 -23.3% 35 -9 45,677 6 7 House of Gucci 651 +5.7% 3 -2 93,914 6 8 Petite Maman [French] 429 – 4 – 429 1 9 The French Dispatch 244 -48.3% 4 -2 13,904 5 10 Where Is Anne Frank [English-language French] 181 – 8 – 181 1 Sources: https://flix.gr/news/box-office-30-12-2021.html
https://freecinema.gr/greek-box-office-fear-wins-at-the-beginning-of-the-new-year/
The box office enjoyed a very short-lived boost in mid-December thanks to 'No Way Home', which has now completely disappeared, with business over the New Year's weekend (62,805 admissions) being as low as early December. 'Smyrna' and 'Matrix' failed spectacularly and 'No Way Home' dropped precipitously – it seems to me it didn't have the word of mouth that was expected. Animated films dropped less than most other films. Let's hope to a brighter 2022. Summary of the year coming in the next few days.
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Fastest films to $1 billion
Rank Title Days to $1B Opening day Reached $1B 1 Avengers: Endgame 5 24/04/19 28/04/19 (record for speed) 2 Avengers: Infinity War 11 25/04/18 05/05/18 (record for speed) 3 Star Wars: The Force Awakens 12 16/12/15 27/12/15 (tie – record for speed) 3 Spider-Man: No Way Home 12 15/12/2021 26/12/2021 (tie) 5 Jurassic World 13 10/06/15 22/06/15 (record for speed) 6 Furious 7 17 01/04/15 17/04/15 (record for speed) 7 The Fate of the Furious 18 12/04/17 29/04/17 (tie) 7 Star Wars: The Last Jedi 18 13/12/17 30/12/17 (tie) 9 Avatar 19 16/12/09 03/01/10 (tie – record for speed) 9 Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 19 13/07/11 31/07/11 (tie – record for speed) 9 Avengers 19 25/04/12 13/05/12 (tie – record for speed) 9 The Lion King 19 12/07/2019 30/07/2019 (tie) 13 Iron Man 3 23 24/04/13 16/05/13 14 Avengers: Age of Ultron 24 22/04/15 15/05/15 (tie) 14 Captain America: Civil War 24 27/04/16 20/05/16 (tie) 16 Frozen II 25 20/11/2019 14/12/2019 17 Black Panther 26 13/02/18 10/03/18 18 Beauty and the Beast 28 16/03/17 12/04/17 (tie) 18 Captain Marvel 28 06/03/19 02/04/19 (tie) 18 Spider-Man: Far From Home 28 28/06/2019 25/07/2019 (tie) 18 Star Wars: Rise of Skywalker 28 18/12/2019 14/01/2020 (tie) 22 Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom 30 06/06/18 05/07/18 23 Transformers: Dark of the Moon 37 29/06/11 04/08/11 (tie) 23 Aquaman 37 07/12/18 12/01/19 (tie) 25 Rogue One: A Star Wars Story 39 14/12/16 21/01/17 26 Transformers: Age of Extinction 40 25/06/14 03/08/14 27 Joker 45 02/10/2019 15/11/2019 28 Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides 46 18/05/11 02/07/11 (tie) 28 The Dark Knight Rises 46 19/07/12 02/09/12 (tie) 30 Incredibles 2 47 14/06/18 30/07/18 31 Toy Story 4 56 20/06/2019 14/08/2019 32 Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest 63 06/07/06 06/09/06 (record for speed) 33 Skyfall 66 26/10/12 30/12/12 (tie) 33 Aladdin 66 22/05/2019 26/07/2019 (tie) 35 The Lord of the Rings: Return of the King 68 17/12/03 22/02/04 (record for speed) 36 Minions 72 17/06/15 27/08/15 37 Toy Story 3 73 16/06/10 27/08/10 38 The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey 82 12/12/12 03/03/13 39 Alice in Wonderland 85 03/03/10 26/05/10 40 Despicable Me 3 86 14/06/17 07/09/17 41 Frozen 101 22/11/13 02/03/14 42 Zootopia 117 10/02/16 05/06/16 (tie) 42 Finding Dory 117 15/06/16 09/10/16 (tie) 44 The Dark Knight >6 months Records holders in chronological order:
-The Lord of the Rings: Return of the King (68)
-Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (63)
-Avatar, matched by Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 and Marvel's the Avengers (19)
-Furious 7 (17)
-Jurassic World (13)
-Star Wars: The Force Awakens (12)
-Avengers: Infinity War (11)
-Avengers: Endgame (5)
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By the way, where are the numbers? The weekend actuals? The comps?
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4 hours ago, RiddlerXXR said:
Seems like they're trying not to have any at all, as I imagine this wave should burn out in the next 2-4 weeks. So if you're not going to do it now, they probably won't at all.
If you consider that they randomly brought back mask-wearing despite four months of no masks and no associated surge in cases, this government seems to be acting very rashly and they don't really care if there is any scientific evidence for what they're doing (I mean, they allowed vaccinations for 12-to-15-year-olds against the recommendation of their own scientific advisors - let's not forget how damaging this is for the "Follow the science" mantra). At this point, rolling a die would be better at predicting what restrictions might be put in place than looking at the data. Therefore, I don't expect them to relax stuff much and we could see more restrictions soon.
"If you expect disappointment, then you can never really be disappointed."
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On 12/18/2021 at 8:42 AM, Danhjpn said:
Why not just require masks inside the cinema and only allow people who already fully vaccinated enter? Many countries are doing that. At worst, can apply the capacity restriction.
Has it worked? Or is this just another feel-good measure they're gonna put in place to be seen to be doing something?
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Weekend: December 23-26, 2021
Rank Title Weekend admissions % Change Screen count / Change Total admissions Week 1 Spider-Man: No Way Home 57,761 -61.7% 120 -67 279,726 2 2 Σμύρνη μου αγαπημένη (My Beloved Smyrna) [GR] 28,675 – 129 – 28,675 1 3 The Matrix Resurrections 15,823 – 62 – 15,823 1 4 Sing 2 11,928 -23.6% 101 -7 31,588 2 5 The Black Bachelor [GR] 2,894 -54.7% 14 -37 36,063 3 6 Moonbound [English-language German–Austrian] 2,151 – 64 – 2,151 1 7 Encanto 1,924 -54.2% 44 -28 41,467 5 8 House of Gucci 616 -85.3% 5 -26 92,711 5 9 The French Dispatch 472 -50.4% 6 -5 13,290 4 10 Madres paralelas [Spanish] 276 -11.8% 4 -2 35,314 9 Sources: https://flix.gr/news/box-office-23-12-2021.html
https://freecinema.gr/greek-box-office-adults-stayed-out-of-cinemas/
The adrenaline of last weekend is already dying down, it seems, as total admissions dropped to 124,054 this weekend, compared to last one's 189K admissions. That is due to two developments: firstly 'No Way Home' had a sizeable 62% drop and secondly, both Greek historical drama 'My Beloved Smyrna' and 'Matrix 4' underperformed.
The latest Spidey sequel's drop was not too bad. It was similar to that of 'Homecoming' (64.0%), 'Far From Home' (59.0%), 'Spider-Man 3' (62.7%), 'Shang-Chi' (59.2%) and 'Age of Ultron' (62.6%). It was, on the other hand, far worse than this year's 'Eternals' (51.9%), but much better than 'Black Widow' (69.7%). However, it is difficult to compare it with other film's drops because of the timing of its opening. Christmas Day and Christmas Eve were the quietest days of the weekend (Christmas Day was the quietest, despite falling on Saturday), while the busiest day was Sunday the 26th. This was expected but it also makes it difficult to assess the film's performance. All in all, I think it was a decent drop and I am hopeful for a small drop the following weekend. It goes without saying that 'No Time to Die's' 312K-admission total will be eclipsed in... no time at all by 'No Way Home'. It remains on track to beat 'Spider-Man 2's' 385.7K-admission total to become the biggest 'Spider-Man' film ever and the 3rd biggest comic-book film in Greece. However, the half-million mark seems unattainable at this stage and even 450K admissions are in doubt. Here is a list for the totals of all Spidey films (the original 'Spider-Man's' total remains unknown):
Title (year) Total admissions Spider-Man 2 (2004) 385,700 Spider-Man 3 (2007) 366,987 Spider-Man: No Way Home (2021) 279,726 Spider-Man: Far from Home (2019) 189,621 The Amazing Spider-Man (2012) 167,110 The Amazing Spider-Man 2 (2014) 137,490 Spider-Man: Homecoming (2017) 127,663 In the meantime, 'My Beloved Smyrna' barely surpassed the opening of 'Kalavryta 1943' from early November (24,410 admissions). It will certainly get boosted by the holiday period, but it is still an overall disappointing opening. Another lesson can be learnt from this: the recovery of cinema attendance has different age dynamics. While teens and young adults swarmed to the cinemas to watch 'No Way Home' (despite the government restrictions which forbid unvaxxed people who have not been infected in the last 6 months from entering cinemas), older adults and small children (which must be accompanied by older adults) have not yet returned to cinemas to the same extent, probably because of fear and an (irreversible?) loss of interest. That is why animated films and films that cater to older adults (e.g. James Bond, Matrix) have not performed as well as their predecessors, while films that cater specifically to young adults (like Spider-Man) have performed so well. In this sense, 'No Way Home' seems to be an exception. Marvel films do tend to attract young and old audiences, but 'No Way Home' is a film that tends to attract younger audiences that the average Marvel film (probably because of the age of its protagonists). Another crucial factor that no one will say out loud is that the film does not rub the woke agenda in your face. That certainly is not the case with other recent MCU films, which have tried mercilessly (and at artistic cost) to adhere to woke doctrines. Similar factors to those suppressing 'My Beloved Smyrna' probably contributed to 'Matrix 4's' underperformance. 'Sing 2' is the only other film that did not get obliterated by a loss of screens and will soon surpass 'Encanto' to become the best animated film of this holiday season. However, the title of biggest animated film of the year will still stay with 'Luca', which is at 140K admissions. Finally, 'House of Gucci' has lost all hope of reaching the 100K-admission milestone.
You can see the updated 2021 Top 10 list on the first page. According to my estimates, using cumulative weekend admissions as a proxy, 2021's yearly performance is very close to 2020, if only slightly under (by about 1%). We'll wait for the official figures to find out if weekday numbers have altered this estimate significantly.
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On 12/16/2021 at 10:07 PM, Zamor said:
What's the OD for Spiderman?
Daily breakdown
Thu 37,347
Fri 30,561
Sat 44,709
Sun 38,196
Its opening day is the second biggest for the MCU, behind 'Engame's' all-time record of 78,261 admissions.
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Weekend: 16th–19th December 2021
Rank Title Weekend admissions % Change Screen count / Change Total admissions Week 1 Spider-Man: No Way Home 150,813 – 187 – 150,813 1 2 Sing 2 15,605 – 108 – 15,605 1 3 The Black Bachelor [GR] 6,389 -58.1% 51 -43 29,294 2 4 Encanto 4,203 -46.1% 72 -21 38,361 4 5 House of Gucci 4,177 -53.3% 31 -31 89,703 4 6 Clifford the Big Red Dog 1,072 -44.2% 25 -14 5,955 3 7 The French Dispatch 952 -47.3% 11 -7 12,325 3 8 West Side Story 855 -73.3% 14 -47 5,484 2 9 The Boss Baby: Family Business 657 -66.1% 19 -21 29,171 6 10 Lamb [Icelandic] 584 – 4 – 584 1 Sources: https://flix.gr/news/box-office-16-12-2021.html
https://freecinema.gr/greek-box-office-the-reunion-of-spider-man-is-sweeping/
Allow me to be cynical, but I don't really view the news that the sixth Spider-Man film in 20 years achieved such a humongous opening as a very postive development. There is no innovation in Hollywood anymore. Leaving aside my personal views though, this weekend was absolutely shocking. Cumulative weekend admissions reached 188,601. This marks the first time that a post-pandemic weekend beats the corresponding weekend from 2019 (i.e. the third weekend of December).
All this is almost exclusively thanks to 'No Way Home's' dizzying debut, which came out of nowehere. It has set new post-pandemic standards which I personally thought would have taken years to re-establish. It is by far the biggest post-pandemic opening, nearly doubling 'No Time to Die's 80K admissions. It achieved the second-biggest superhero opening ever, only behind 'Spider-Man 3's' 158,971 admissions and the biggest MCU opening on record. The lucrative Christmas period that is to follow bodes very well for this sequel. Overall, it was the 17th-biggest opening of all time in Greece and the biggest in six years, since 'Spectre'. Here is a list of the Top 20:
Ranking Title Weekend admissions Comments Release date 1 300 316,681 (all-time record) Thu 8 Mar 07 2 Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest 219,696 (then-record) Thu 24 Aug 06 3 Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End 213,490 Thu 24 May 07 4 Troy 200,000 (3-day weekend, then-record) Fri 14 May 04 5 2012 184,475 Thu 12 Nov 09 6 Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire 178,200 Thu 24 Nov 05 7 The Da Vinci Code 177,811 Thu 18 May 06 8 The Twilight Saga: New Moon 170,392 Thu 19 Nov 09 9 Λούφα και παραλλαγή: σειρήνες στο Αιγαίο (Loafing and Camouflage: Sirens in the Aegean) [GR] 169,000 Thu 8 Dec 05 10 Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1 166,211 Thu 18 Nov 10 11 Spectre 166,068 Thu 12 Nov 15 12 Skyfall 165,301 Thu 1 Nov 12 13 Spider-Man 3 158,971 Thu 3 May 07 14 300: Rise of an Empire 158,399 Thu 6 Mar 14 15 The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King 155,000 (3-day weekend, then-record) Wed 17 Dec 03 16 Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides 152,908 Thu 19 May 11 17 Spider-Man: No Way Home 150,813 Thu 16 Dec 21 18 Quantum of Solace 143,388 Thu 6 Nov 08 19 El Greco [GR] 141,585 Thu 18 Oct 07 20 Fifty Shades of Grey 140,443 Thu 12 Feb 15 A few things to note:
- Films used to traditionally open on a Friday up until August 2005, after which point the opening day was moved to Thursday.
- The above list only includes the admissions earned between Thursday and Sunday (for films released after August 2005) or between Friday and Sunday (for films released before August 2005). If a film was released earlier (e.g. on a Wednesday), then the Wednesday (+/- Thursday) admissions have been subtracted from the opening-weekend tally. I will make a "tally-up-to-first Sunday" chart later on.
- No films have reached the Top 10 in the last 10 years.
- 'Pirates of the Caribbean: Curse of the Black Pearl' was knocked out of the Top 20, having achieved a then-record, 3-day opening of 140,090 admissions.
Where can 'No Way Home' go from here? Based on historical records, high-profile action films that opened a week before Christmas achieved at least a 3x multiplier. That would take 'No Way Home' to at least 450K admissions – making it the biggest 'Spider-Man' film ever, the second-biggest MCU film (only behind 'Engame's' 538K admissions) and the third-biggest comic-book film of all time (the other being 'Joker' at 906K admissions). 'Joker's total is almost certainly unreachable, but given good word-of-mouth, 'Endgame's' total is well within reach.
Opening exactly five years after the original, 'Sing 2' achieved a 25.8% lower opening. In the current pandemic situation ('No Way Home' notwithstanding) that is actually a small drop, given that we've seen most films drop by about 50% from their immediate predecessors.
Holdover performance ranged from big drops to obliteration this weekend and it's easy to see why. The best holds were achieved by 'Clifford' and 'Encanto'. Nevertheless, 'House of Gucci' still has chances of reaching the 100K-admission milestone.
Given that this Thursday sees the arrival of 'The Matrix Resurrections' and Greek historical drama 'My Beloved Smyrna', cumulative admissions for 2021 will be on par with (and possibly higher than) 2020, even though as late as last weekend I was predicting that 2021 admissions would definitely be lower than 2020.
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Weekend: 9th–12th December 2021
Rank Title Weekend admissions % Change Screen count / Change Total admissions Week 1 The Black Bachelor [GR] 15,231 – 94 – 15,231 1 2 House of Gucci 8,948 -54.7% 62 -50 80,851 3 3 Encanto 7,798 -24.7% 93 -10 33,371 3 4 West Side Story 3,208 – 61 – 3,208 1 5 The Boss Baby: Family Business 1,940 -32.3% 40 -14 28,262 5 6 Clifford the Big Red Dog 1,922 -15.6% 39 -8 4,574 2 7 The French Dispatch 1,808 -62.4% 18 -38 10,206 2 8 Καλάβρυτα 1943 (Kalavryta 1943) [GR] 1,697 -46.3% 20 -7 73,924 5 9 Ghostbusters: Afterlife 1,419 -68.0% 15 -61 9,020 2 10 Eternals 1,171 -39.7% 13 -3 80,917 6 Sources: https://flix.gr/news/box-office-9-december-2021.html
https://freecinema.gr/greek-box-office-blackness-conquers/
Total weekend admissions (49,748) sank to their lowest point since late September, which marked the calm before the 'No Time to Die' storm. Another Greek film dominated the field, albeit with a much less impressive opening than other recent Greek films. 'Black Bachelor' is the fourth instalment in the 'Bachelor' franchise, which began with 'The Bachelor' in 2016. These are the openings and totals (in admissions) of the previous three films:
- 'The Bachelor': 23.9K opening, 101.6K total
- 'Bachelor 2': 36.6K opening, 237.6K total
- 'The Bach3lor': 63.5K opening, 235.8K total
As much as there is a temptation to blame sequelitis for the fourquel's performance, though, it would be naive to pretend that ever-increasing restrictions and the fear of the new coronavirus variant are not major causes of the diminished box-office returns. 'West Side Story' on the other hand simply did not interest anyone because, as has been stated succinctly by you-know-who, "everything woke turns to sh*t".
Among holdovers, 'House of Gucci' was hit badly by 'Black Bachelor', thanks to losing nearly half its screens. It still has a chance at reaching the 100K-admission milestone, although the competition in the following weeks will be stiff. Even worse was the fate of 'The French Dispatch' and 'Ghostbusters', who were obliterated after losing so many screens. On the other hand, 'Encanto', 'Boss Baby 2' and 'Clifford' had the best holds of the weekend. Last but not least, 'Eternals' has enjoyed the biggest total and the biggest multiplier among this year's MCU releases (2.98x vs. 2.72x for 'Shang-Chi' and 2.54x for 'Black Widow').
Today, 'Spider-Man: No Way Home' and animated sequel 'Sing 2' are bound to make some waves, although, how many, in the current depressing climate, it is not yet clear.
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Weekend: March 10-13, 2022
Source: https://flix.gr/news/box-office-10-03-2022.html
The low drops seen across the board this weekend led to a 93,397-admission cume and further demonstrate that moviegoing is not an activity that Greeks reserve for three-day weekends. Last weekend's public holiday on Monday actually provided an opportunity for other sorts of escapades, it seems. Pattinson's 'The Batman' had an unexpectedly impressive 36% drop. That is actually one of the best superhero sophomore drops ever recorded. 'Logan' had dropped 34.5% during its second weekend back in March 2017, while 'Black Panther' dropped 38.1% in February 2018. It goes without saying, but it is of course nowhere close to 'Avenger: Endgame's' 14.9% sophomore increase or 'Joker's' 7.1% increase. Back in realityville, thought, most superhero films tend to drop between 50 and 70%, so 'Batman's' hold is nothing short of a big success. If 'Batman' were to continue with 35% drops from now on –high unlikely– it would reach 310K admissions. A total around 250K admissions seems more likely.
Moving on to another big success, Pixar's 'Turning Red' registered the biggest animated opening in the post-pandemic period, breaking the record set by Pixar's own 'Luca' last July. That being said, it is nowhere near being a big opening for an animated film - it is Pixar's 7th worst opening and far from 'Finding Dory's top-notch 90K-admission opening. The only other opener to reach the Top 10 was 'Boiling Point', but it seems like this film had evaporated long before reaching its... boiling point.
The best hold of the Top 10 was achieved by 'Death on the Nile', which had so far been recording drops around 50%. It seems like it could reach the 100K-admission milestone right before its... death. It will nevertheless get nowhere near Hercule Poirot's 'Murder on the Orient Express', which topped 350K admissions. Tom Holland's 'Uncharted' and 'No Way Home' both had very good holds too. Moving on, it seems that, apart from turning into different colours, 'Turning Red' has also... turned the tables for other animated films in the market, since 'Sing 2' and 'Encanto' understandably dropped bigger than most other holdovers. Nevertheless, 'Encanto' has now broken 'Hotel Transylvania 3's' record for the most consecutive weekends in the Top 10. If it stays in the Top 10 for another weekend, it will also match 'Luca's record for the most weekends in the Top 10 overall (consecutive or not).
Next week, 'The Batman' is aiming for a hat trick, since no new releases can really threaten its reign at the top. The one likely to sell the most tickets is Greek film 'A Journey to the Stars', a story inspired by the biggest football team in Athens (Panathinaikos), but it is not expected to be a big box-office success.