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Weekend: 25th–28th November 2021 Rank Title Weekend admissions % Change Screen count / Change Total admissions Week 1 House of Gucci 26,441 – 112 – 26,441 1 2 Encanto 11,743 – 108 – 11,743 1 3 Καλάβρυτα 1943 (Kalavryta 1943) [GR] 5,262 -62.9% 64 -34 69,721 3 4 Λούγκερ (Luger) [GR] 2,449 – 50 – 2,449 1 5 The Boss Baby: Family Business 3,943 -49.4% 68 -16 23,008 3 6 Eternals 3,546 -51.0% 32 -17 75,195 4 7 No Time to Die 1,979 -42.5% 19 -5 307,584 9 8 The Addams Family 2 1,437 -53.0% 36 -20 30,472 5 9 Dune 1,279 -62.8% 12 -14 110,838 7 10 Madres paralelas [Spanish] 1,208 -52.4% 26 0 31,967 5 Sources: https://flix.gr/news/box-office-25-11-2021.html https://freecinema.gr/geek-box-office-house-of-gucci-is-fashionable/ Two high-profile Hollywood films were not enough to get the box office out of the doldrums caused by the worsening restrictions imposed by the government. This was the first weekend during which people must either have natural immunity from prior infection in the last 6 months or be vaccinated in order to enter a cinema. Negative tests can no longer be used in order to enter a cinema, as was the case up to now. We all know by now that the vaccinated can still catch and transmit the virus, but this doesn't stop the government from using euphemisms ("covid-free cinemas") to describe such restrictions. Anyway, I'm digressing. The new, apprently milder, omicron variant has also contributed to scaring people away from cinemas – made worse by the fact that the vaccinated are more likely to be afraid of going to cinemas in the first place and more likely to be scared by new variants. Total admissions reached 64,275, with Ridely Scott-directed 'House of Gucci' achieving the fifth biggest opening of the year, faring far better than his other recent film 'The Last Duel'. Disney's 'Encanto' scored the third-biggest opening of the year, behind 'Luca' and 'PAW Patrol'. It was also on par with 'The Addams Family 2', but significantly better than 'Ron's Gone Wrong' or 'Boss Baby 2'. The upcoming holidays could help push this to a considerable total and even cross the 100K-admission milestone, but this is in no a way a given. Greek historical drama 'Kalavryta' was hit hard by the arrival of 'House of Gucci' and the new restrictions, while any hopes of reaching 100K admissions have been annihilated. This was the case for other holdovers as well – only 'No Time to Die' didn't drop by 50% or more. Weekend: 2nd–5th December 2021 Rank Title Weekend admissions % Change Screen count / Change Total admissions Week 1 House of Gucci 19,739 -25.3% 112 0 67,808 2 2 Encanto 10,351 -11.9% 103 -5 24,360 2 3 The French Dispatch 4,809 – 56 – 4,809 1 4 Ghostbusters: Afterlife 4,441 – 76 – 5,746 1 5 Καλάβρυτα 1943 (Kalavryta 1943) [GR] 3,161 -39.9% 27 -37 70,842 4 6 The Boss Baby: Family Business 2,864 -27.4% 54 -14 26,077 4 7 Clifford the Big Red Dog 2,276 – 47 – 2,276 1 8 Eternals 1,941 -45.3% 16 -16 78,800 5 9 No Time to Die 1,223 -38.2% 8 -11 309,981 10 10 The Addams Family 2 1,059 -26.3% 21 -15 31,644 6 Sources: https://flix.gr/news/box-office-2-december-2021.html https://freecinema.gr/greek-box-office-the-people-trust-brand-names/ In contrast to the previous weekend, this one saw good holds across the board, but the openers performed poorly and total admissions dropped to an abysmal 56,818. The year is headed towards a total that will be below 2020's, which is horrendous and depressing by all accounts. Last week's top duo retained their places and had some pretty good holds. With the holidays not having started yet, they are in pretty good shape to achieve very solid legs in the long run. Not much else to report for the Top 10. 'Eternals' will not be out-grossing 'Venom 2'. This weekend sees the arrival of 'Don't Look Up' which starts DiCaprio (very popular actor in Greece), 'C'mon c'mon' and 'The Black Bachelor', a fourquel for the Greek film series 'Bachelor'. Things could get a bit more interesting quite soon...

Weekend: 18th–21st November 2021 Rank Title Weekend admissions % Change Screen count / Change Total admissions Week 1 Καλάβρυτα 1943 (Kalavryta 1943) [GR] 14,195 -41.8% 98 -14 53,637 2 2 The Boss Baby: Family Business 7,792 -4.4% 84 +4 18,295 2 3 Eternals 7,236 -44.6% 49 -17 69,064 3 4 Karditsa Forever [GR] 3,532 – 69 – 3,532 1 5 No Time to Die 3,441 -26.8% 24 -2 304,276 8 6 Dune 3,438 -21.2% 26 -2 106,550 6 7 The Addams Family 2 3,059 -41.5% 56 -10 28,870 4 8 Madres paralelas [Spanish] 2,538 -38.4% 26 +1 29,738 4 9 The Power of the Dog 2,442 – 25 – 2,442 1 10 Venom: Let There Be Carnage 2,104 -30.4% 13 -7 86,168 5 Sources: https://flix.gr/news/box-office-18-11-2021.html https://freecinema.gr/greek-box-office-frightening-tickets-drop/ https://www.grandmagazine.gr/el/article/6323/box-office-kalabruta-kai-pali-stin-korufh This weekend was the worst since late September, selling only 56,818 admissions, which doesn't bode well for the remainder of the year. Basically, if the remaining five weekends don't sell 100,000 admissions on average, 2021 will probably be a worse year than 2020 in terms of cumulative admissions. This is looking like an increasingly likely scenario with restrictions on a tightening trend and, most importantly, with the banning of negative tests as a way for the unvaccinated to enter cinemas. Next weekend will be the first during which the unvaccinated will only be able to enter cinemas if they have proof of infection in the past 6 months. This evolving medical tyranny has exceeded the authoritarians' wildest dreams and its end is nowhere near in sight. Thus, expect the numbers seen last weekend to become the new norm. 'Kalavryta 1943' had an underwhelming and continues to have underwhelming run albeit not disastrous. It has nevertheless entered this year's Top 10, which probably says more about the dire state of the box office rather than about the film itself. 'Boss Baby 2' had the only barely impressive performance with a minuscule drop that pushed it up from #3 to #2. However, its chances of reaching the original's 158,090-admission total are next no none. 'Eternals' continued with favorable drops that are not as disastrous as other superhero films; it is now trailing 'Venom 2' by only 7,000 admissions at the same point in its run, with a weekend that is larger by 2,000 admissions. Its chances of beating 'Venom 2's' total, sitting currently at 86.2K admissions, are fair. Another Greek film entered the mix, 'Karditsa Forever', a sequel to 'I Love Karditsa', which had sold 354,619 admissions back in 2010. Looking at the sequel's opening, there is nothing I can say other than sigh in disappointment verging on despair. Bond's 'No Time to Die' and 'Dune' continue to be bright spots with minor drops and healthy totals. Next weekend sees the release of Disney's animated flick 'Encanto' and Ridley Scott's 'House of Gucci'.

Weekend: 11th–14th November 2021 Rank Title Weekend admissions % Change Screen count / Change Total admissions Week 1 Καλάβρυτα 1943 (Kalavryta 1943) [GR] 24,410 – 112 – 24,410 1 2 Eternals 13,059 -51.9% 66 -54 54,725 2 3 The Boss Baby: Family Business 8,150 – 80 – 8,150 1 4 The Addams Family 2 5,228 -22.1% 66 -10 25,483 3 5 No Time to Die 4,700 -26.2% 26 -11 298,489 7 6 Dune 4,364 -31.5% 28 -12 102,348 5 7 Madres paralelas [Spanish] 4,120 -21.6% 25 -9 25,577 3 8 Venom: Let There Be Carnage 3,022 -42.2% 20 -14 82,086 4 9 Antlers 2,975 – 44 – 2,975 1 10 Peter Rabbit 2: The Runaway 1,447 -54.7% 45 -29 5,138 2 Sources: https://freecinema.gr/greek-box-office-not-really-a-holocaust/ https://flix.gr/news/box-office-11-11-2021.html https://www.grandmagazine.gr/el/article/6310/box-office-i-sfagh-ton-kalabruton-sugkinise-to-koino It came as a surprise to no one that 'Kalavryta 1943' topped the charts. However, the opening was underwhelming while cumulative admissions (76,520) remained bang average compared to the last two months. The increasingly tough coronavirus restrictions are partly to blame for this situation: unvaccinated people who have not been previously infected are either not allowed at all or need to have a negative test in order to enter a cinema. At the same time, the record positivity rates across the country are keeping some of the more fearful people from visiting closed public spaces even if they are vaccinated. In any case, the historical drama about the execution of hundreds of Greeks in a mountainous village during WWII paled in comparison to other similar movies. The most similar film in recent times that comes to mind is 'The Last Note' (a story about Greek communists executed in Athens by the Germans during WWII). That film opened to 45,109 admissions in October 2017. 'Ouzeri Tsitsanis', another film belonging to the same genre (although leaning more towards a dramatised rather than a historically accurate version of events), opened to 30,368 admissions in December 2015. And, in order to make a post-pandemic comparison, we can't overlook the 62,305-admission opening of Greek film 'Man of God' last August – although it does not belong to the same genre, strictly speaking. Compared to other holdovers, second-place finisher 'Eternals' sophomore drop seems quite high and certainly not objectively impressive at -52%. However, for a superhero film, it is actually very good. 'Black Widow' had dropped 70% while 'Shang-Chi' dropped 59%. Although 100K admissions seem far-fetched, 'Eternals' has already become the biggest MCU film of the year, beating both aforementioned titles in less than a fortnight. Can it beat 'Venom 2'? The Tom Hardy sequel had its best hold yet, but has already bid farewell to the 100K-admission milestone. Completing the top trio is 'Boss Baby 2', which opened to a third of the original's 23,936-admission opening back in April 2017. Unaffected by this dismal start was another animated sequel, 'The Addams Family 2', while the same cannot be said about 'Peter Rabbit 2'. 'No Time to Die' and 'Dune' continue their parallel destiny with very similar, and very small, drops. The prior is days away from reaching the 300K-admission milestone, while the latter has reached 100K admissions. Looking forward to the sequel. Last but not least, I have to mention 'Madres Paralelas' simply because it had the best hold of the Top 10, although there is not much else to say. Minor news for titles below the Top 10: 'Luca' (138,937 admissions) has now overtaken 'Coco' (137,423 admission) in the Pixar film rankings. Next up is 'Cars 2' with 140,825 admissions, but 'Luca' hasn't got enough steam left to overtake it.

Weekend: 4th–7th November 2021 Rank Title Weekend admissions % Change Screen count / Change Total admissions Week 1 Eternals 27,144 – 120 – 27,144 1 2 The Addams Family 2 6,714 -41.5% 76 -27 19,794 2 3 Dune 6,371 -51.7% 40 -22 94,416 4 4 No Time to Die 6,367 -52.5% 37 -21 291,141 6 5 Madres paralelas [Spanish] 5,252 -46.0% 34 0 18,871 2 6 Venom: Let There Be Carnage 5,228 -63.7% 34 -47 76,087 3 7 Peter Rabbit 2: The Runaway 3,192 – 74 – 3,192 1 8 Last Night in Soho 2,715 – 24 – 2,715 1 9 Halloween Kills 2,211 -74.5% 19 -45 15,969 2 10 Ron’s Gone Wrong 1,572 -69.5% 42 -33 16,334 3 Sources: https://freecinema.gr/greek-box-office-an-alert-for-the-greek-distributors/ https://flix.gr/news/box-office-4-11-2021.html The 69,737 admissions sold this weekend represented a slight decrease from last week, but remained on par with the general levels of traffic seen over the last couple of months. The MCU's 'Eternals' opened slightly less than 'Venom 2' but bigger than 'Black Widow' and 'Shang-Chi', thus marking the biggest post-pandemic MCU opening. The rest of the weekend's results were a proper... carnage, with 'Venom 2', last week's number one, dropping 64%. 'Halloween Kills' also dropped very hard, while horror hilm 'Last Night in Soho' managed to outgross it. Second place for the weekend went to 'The Addams Family 2', which was not affected too much by 'Peter Rabbit 2. The same could not be said for 'Ron Gone's Wrong' which fell 70%. The 'Peter Rabbit' sequel opened to a third of its predecessor's opening. In terms of other holdovers, 'Dune' and 'No Time to Die' both dropped by more than 50%, but are still on track to reach significant milestones (100K and 300K admissions respectively). The latest Bond film has now officially become the biggest film of the year, surpassing Greek film 'Man of God'. Speaking of which, 'Man of God' dropped out of the Top 10 after spending 10 weekends there. This matched 'Eftyhia's' streak, but was one less than 'Worlds Apart'. Another important thing to note is that 'Luca' finally dropped out of the Top 10, after spending 17 weeks there. This was a record number for the last decade. 'Hotel Transylvania 3' held the previous record, with 15 weekends in the Top 10. However, 'Luca's streak was interrupted. It only spent 9 consecutive weekends in the Top 10 before falling out of the Top 10 for one weekend and then spending another 8 weekends in the Top 10 after that. 'Hotel Transylvania 3' still holds the record for the most consecutive weekends in the Top 10. Rank Title No of weekends in Top 10 1 Luca 17 2 Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation* 15 3 Madagascar 3: Europe’s Most Wanted 12 4 Home 12 5 La La Land 12 6 Green Book 12 7 Ice Age: Continental Drift 12 8 Ένας άλλος κόσμος (Worlds Apart) [GR] 11 9 The Secret Life of Pets 11 10 Smurfs: The Lost Village 11 11 The Boss Baby 11 12 Despicable Me 3 11 13 Sing 11 14 La Famille Belier** 11 Rank Title Consecutive weekends in Top 10 1 Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation* 15 2 Madagascar 3: Europe’s Most Wanted 12 3 Home 12 4 La La Land 12 5 Green Book 12 6 Ice Age: Continental Drift 11 7 Ένας άλλος κόσμος (Worlds Apart) [GR] 11 8 The Secret Life of Pets 11 9 Smurfs: The Lost Village 11 10 The Boss Baby 11 11 Despicable Me 3 11 Next week sees the release of 'Boss Baby 2' and, more importantly, another Greek historical drama film which aims to take Greece by storm: 'Kalavryta 1943'. This is a film centered around the execution of hundreds of men in a mountainous village of Southern Greece by the German forces during the occupation of Greece in WWII. Expect swarms who will wanna catch it in theatres...

6.36 euros in 2020. Largely stable over the last decade. More info on first page.

Weekend: 28th–31st October 2021 Rank Title Weekend admissions % Change Screen count / Change Total admissions Week 1 Venom: Let There Be Carnage 14,390 -54.5% 81 -40 63,561 2 2 No Time to Die 13,405 -18.2% 58 -31 280,010 5 3 Dune 13,191 -13.7% 62 -12 81,078 3 4 The Addams Family 2 11,477 – 103 – 11,477 1 5 Madres paralelas [Spanish] 9,731 – 34 – 9,731 1 6 Halloween Kills 8,671 – 64 – 8,671 1 7 Ron’s Gone Wrong 5,150 -29.1% 75 -32 14,535 2 8 Titane [French–Belgian] 1,456 – 13 – 1,612 1 9 Luca 1,385 -29.9% 21 -10 137,990 18 10 Άνθρωπος του Θεού (aka Man of God) [GR] 1,135 -4.4% 18 -3 281,309 10 Sources: https://freecinema.gr/greek-box-office-venom-2-steals-the-top-spot-on-the-edge/ https://flix.gr/news/box-office-28-10-2021.html 'Venom 2' stayed on top for a second weekend, but fell harder than its predecessor (-47%). It is now trailing its predecessor by 56%. 100K admissions will prove a difficult feat, especially with the arrival of the MCU's 'Eternals' this weekend. The Tom Hardy-led sequel even came scarily close to losing the top spot to James Bond, who is still at large with 'No Time to Die' in its fifth week. It is days away from suprassing 'Man of God' to become the biggest film of the year and the biggest since the start of the pandemic. The 300K-admission milestone seems an almost foregone conclusion at this point. 'Dune' had a very good drop, even better than Bond and it too is aiming for the 100K-admission milestone. It is however in a much better position to achieve this than 'Venom 2'. In terms of newcomers, both 'The Addams Family 2' and 'Halloween Kills' opened to lass than half of their predecessors, in what now seems to be a trend for this year's sequels. Meanwhile Spanish newcomer 'Madres paralelas' gave 'The Addams Family 2' and 'Halloween Kills' a run for their money despite opening on far far fewer screens. Next weekend, the two sequels will be facing competition from children's film 'Peter Rabbit 2' and horror film 'Last Night in Soho'. Finally, 'Ron Gone's Wrong', 'Luca' and 'Man of God' all had pretty solid holds. One thing to keep in mind is that the saint on which 'Man of God' is based, St Nectarios, is celebrated on November 9. I could imagine a re-expansion to accommodate for any last-minute interest in the film, although I have not read anything in particular about this in the news.

Dune's second-weekend drop in Greece was 42%. I expected a smaller drop, to be fair. There will be a lot of fertile ground for the sequel to grow.

Weekend: 21st–24th October 2021 Rank Title Weekend admissions % Change Screen count / Change Total admissions Week 1 Venom: Let There Be Carnage 31,650 – 121 – 31,650 1 2 No Time to Die 16,387 -40.4% 89 -31 257,953 4 3 Dune 15,288 -42.2% 74 -36 57,553 2 4 Ron’s Gone Wrong 7,264 – 107 – 7,264 1 5 Luca 1,977 -35.7% 31 -7 136,417 17 6 Minamata 1,828 – 21 – 1,828 1 7 Άνθρωπος του Θεού (aka Man of God) [GR] 1,187 -31.9% 21 0 279,312 9 8 The Last Duel 919 -81.9% 12 -46 8,767 2 9 PAW Patrol: The Movie 790 -49.2% 21 -7 41,424 8 10 Babardeală cu bucluc sau porno balamuc [Romanian] 641 -27.1% 5 0 4,473 3 Sources: https://flix.gr/news/box-office-21-october-2021.html https://freecinema.gr/greek-box-office-not-a-carnage-for-venom-2/ Last week's aliens were not popular enough to dethrone James Bond, but this week's aliens made it. 'Venom 2' scored Hollywood's second biggest opening of the year in Greece, only behind 'No Time to Die', but it was still less than half of its predecessor's opening. This was consistent with the performance of 'No Time to Die', which also opened to less than half of its immediate predecessors. Based on this opening, 'Venom 2' will struggle to reach the 100K-admission milestone. Total admissions for the weekend improved over the last one (79,579). Peculiarly, 'Halloween Kills' was not released this week and I suspect that something sketchy is going on at myfilm.gr, the website where I get this information from. 'No Time to Die' managed to stay ahead of 'Dune', although they had very similar drops. Fox's 'Ron's Gone Wrong' was far from a home run and I can imagine it easily falling behind 'Luca', which has demonstrated incredible legs. More animated films are bound to steal the attention away from 'Ron's Gone Wrong', including 'The Addams Family 2' and possibly 'Peter Rabbit'. 'Man of God' remains the top-grossing film of the year, but not for long, since James Bond is holding better than expected. Finally, Ridley Scott's 'The Last Duel' plummeted badly and may not make it to 10K admissions. Tomorrow, October 28, is a national holiday, so expect the weekend to be busier than usual.

It tried really heard to be epic. Didn't quite make it, but looking forward to second one.

'Dune' barely missed first place in Greece. Middling debut, but second best for Hollywood this year behind 'No Time to Die'.

Weekend: 14th–17th of October 2021 Rank Title Weekend admissions % Change Screen count / Change Total admissions Week 1 No Time to Die 27,488 -49.8% 120 -127 229,551 3 2 Dune 26,449 – 110 – 26,449 1 3 The Last Duel 5,079 – 58 – 5,079 1 4 Luca 3,076 -4.1% 38 -3 134,171 16 5 Condorito: La Película [Chilean–Peruvian] 2,294 – 55 – 2,294 1 6 Άνθρωπος του Θεού (aka Man of God) [GR] 1,744 -40.1% 21 -24 277,357 8 7 PAW Patrol: The Movie 1,554 -24.2% 28 -3 40,542 7 8 Babardeală cu bucluc sau porno balamuc [Romanian] 879 -50.0% 5 -6 3,424 2 9 Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings 483 -73.0% 5 -13 51,029 6 10 Colectiv [Romanian] 379 – 6 – 379 1 Source: https://flix.gr/news/box-office-14-10-21.html https://freecinema.gr/greek-box-office-no-time-to-drop-from-the-top/ The grand finale to the Daniel Craig era of Bond films barely managed to scrape past 'Dune' to achieve a threepeat at the top, despite losing more than half of its screens. Speaking of 'Dune', the sci-fi adaptation scored an opening in between Denis Villeneuve's two most recent directorial efforts, 'Blade Runner 2049' (31,814 admissions) and 'Arrival' (20,743 admissions). Cumulative weekend admissions stayed level at 70,710, while 'No Time to Die's' run at the top is destined to end next weekend, as it will lose more screens due to the arrival of 'Venom 2', 'Halloween Kills' and 'Ron's Gone Wrong'. It probably won't reach the 300K-admission milestone, but it is still homing in on 'Man of God', which is headed for 280K+ admissions. Meanwhile, 'The Last Duel' scored the lowest Ridley Scott opening on record: Ridley Scott films Title National OW Release date Total admissions Multiple Kingdom of Heaven 68,500 Wed 4 May 05 210,000 3.07 American Gangster 61,300 Tue 25 Dec 07 206,300 3.37 Robin Hood 60,430 Thu 13 May 10 162,380 2.69 Body of Lies 48,100 Thu 20 Nov 08 121,335 2.52 Prometheus 33,605 Thu 7 Jun 12 95,189 2.83 Exodus: Gods and Kings 29,400 Thu 11 Dec 14 84,310 2.87 The Martian 28,585 Thu 1 Oct 15 116,453 4.07 The Counselor 27,598 Thu 21 Nov 13 76,861 2.79 Alien: Covenant 19,407 Thu 18 May 17 47,065 2.43 All the Money in the World 10,779 Thu 21 Dec 17 58,571 5.43 Matchstick Men 10,400 Fri 3 Oct 03 30,000 2.88 The Last Duel 5,079 Thu 14 Oct 21 5,079 – *National 3-day opening (Fri-Sun) estimate based on 3-day opening (Fri-Sun) in Athens and national 5-day opening (Wed-Sun). **Estimated final totals based on the films' totals when they exited the Top 10 Ridely Scott has, of course, directed 'Alien', 'Blade Runner' and 'Gladiator' as well, but we don't have any reliable numbers for these films' Greek box office performance. Pixar's 'Luca' continues its run with impressive late legs, despite competition from 'Condorito' and 'PAW Patrol'. However, its legs are likely to be chopped off next weekend with the arrival of 'Ron's Gone Wrong'. In other news, 'Shang-Chi' finally surpassed the 50K-admission milestone and has barely managed to outgross 'Black Widow'

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I agree. James Bond is also extremely popular in Greece. 'Skyfall' was the second biggest Hollywood film of the last decade, behind 'Joker'. However, 'No Time to Die's' opening weekend was only half of 'Spectre'/'Skyfall'. NTtD's run in the UK is mind-boggling.

CORRECTION: 'Venom 2' has been moved to October 21. However, this Thursday will see the release of 'The Last Duel' and 'Dune'. The competition for screens will be steep and this seems to be more bad news for 'No Time to Die'. This has been corrected in last weekend's report.

Weekend: 7th–10th October 2021 Rank Title Weekend admissions % Change Screen count / Change Total admissions Week 1 No Time to Die 54,744 -31.7% 247 -2 178,534 2 2 Luca 3,208 +61.7% 41 +21 130,851 15 3 Άνθρωπος του Θεού (aka Man of God) [GR] 2,910 -1.5% 45 +1 274,128 7 4 PAW Patrol: The Movie 2,050 +1.3% 31 -10 38,663 6 5 Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings 1,790 -0.4% 18 -5 49,497 5 6 Babardeală cu bucluc sau porno balamuc [Romanian] 1,758 – 11 – 1,758 1 7 The Ice Road 605 -34.5% 5 -8 7,818 3 8 The Croods: A New Age 317 N/A 9 N/A 41,251 19 9 Malignant 299 +6.0% 2 0 6,861 6 10 Dragon Rider [German] 277 +1,878.6% 5 +4 12,419 8 Sources: https://flix.gr/news/box-office-07-10-2021.html https://freecinema.gr/greek-box-office-80-per-cent-of-moviegoers-chose-bond/ Despite the increases and very small drops across the board, the weekend saw a 25% drop in admissions (69,211), since 'No Time to Die', which accounted 79% of admissions, dropped 32%. That was nonetheless a very impressive drop. It was actually better than the sophomore drop of both 'Skyfall' (-37%) and 'Spectre' (-49%). However, it is still trailing both films by a bit less than 50%. It does seem to have very good word of mouth, which will help boost its multiplier, as will the fact that it is Craig's last outing as Bond. However, the arrival of 'The Last Duel' and 'Dune' this Thursday could easily make a sizeable dent in these ambitions. I would say that at this point, Bond's chances of beating 'Man of God' for the title of biggest 2021 film are 50-50. The box office drought outside of first place and an unexpected re-expansion has led to an impressive return of 'Luca' to second place. The latest Pixar film has now reached 130K admissions. It still remains in the bottom half in terms of total admissions among Pixar films. Next up on the list is 'Coco' with 137,423 admissions. Completing the top three is 'Man of God', which virtually stayed steady an is headed for at least 280K admissions by the end of its run. 'Paw Patrol', 'Croods 2' and 'Dragon Rider' all saw increases, while the MCU's 'Shang-Chi' has now overtaken 'Black Widow' and will soon cross 50K admissions.

Weekend: 30th September–3rd October 2021 Rank Title Weekend admissions % Change Screen count / Change Total admissions Week 1 No Time to Die 80,120 – 249 – 80,120 1 2 Άνθρωπος του Θεού (aka Man of God) [GR] 2,955 -65.0% 44 -54 269,197 6 3 PAW Patrol: The Movie 2,023 -17.1% 41 -13 36,367 5 4 Luca 1,984 -13.0% 20 -19 127,566 14 5 Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings 1,798 -53.8% 23 -32 46,370 4 6 The Ice Road 923 -74.7% 13 -55 6,474 2 7 Un triomphe [French] 692 -65.9% 10 -2 3,475 2 8 Malignant 282 N/A 2 N/A 6,282 5 9 Das Vorspiel [German–French] 256 – 7 – 256 1 10 Spirit Untamed 205 N/A 10 N/A 24,505 8 Sources: https://freecinema.gr/greek-box-office-plenty-of-time-for-bond/ Bond did help us! The final Craig outing of the franchise scored the biggest opening weekend of the year and the biggest in the post-pandemic era. On the other hand, we must admit that the opening was far less than any recent Bond film. Title Opening weekend Total admissions Multiplier Spectre 166,068 487,347 2.93 Skyfall 165,301 579,681 3.51 Quantum of Solace 143,388 391,030 2.73 Casino Royale 138,367 415,860 3.01 The average multiplier for the above films is 3.06x. With a similar mulitplier (2.95-3.2x), 'No Time to Die' would reach 235,000-255,000 admissions. Although better than any other Hollywood film of the year so far, that total would still fall short of 'Man of God', which is about to surpass 270K admissions. We also have information about 'No Time to Die's' first week: the 7-day gross is 123,523 admissions. It is following the trajectory of 'Spectre' and 'Skyfall', which had reached 250,254 and 244,480 admissions respectively by day 7. The weekend will show us whether 'NTtD's' final multiplier will be closer to 'Skyfall's' or 'Spectre's'. Animated films 'PAW Patrol' and 'Luca' continue to soar in the absence of any competition. While other holdovers fell precipitously. 'Shang-Chi' is still behind 'Black Widow' at the same point in its run, but with double the weekend tally. It therefore has chances of surpassing it and maybe breaking the 50K-admission barrier. This coming weekend won't see any significant new releases. 'Venom 2' arrives on October 14, at which point the competition for Bond will stiffen up...

Weekend: 23rd–26th September 2021 Rank Title Weekend admissions % Change Screen count / Change Total admissions Week 1 Άνθρωπος του Θεού (aka Man of God) [GR] 8,449 -40.0% 98 +4 261,361 5 2 Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings 3,893 -49.2% 55 -23 42,232 3 3 The Ice Road 3,643 – 68 – 3,643 1 4 PAW Patrol: The Movie 2,439 -42.0% 54 -1 33,966 4 5 Luca 2,280 +34.8% 39 +15 125,515 13 6 Un triomphe [French] 2,027 – 12 – 2,027 1 7 Adieu les cons [French] 1,619 -36.0% 17 +9 5,102 2 8 My Son 1,212 – 12 – 1,212 1 9 Cry Macho 1,187 -87.6% 28 -54 13,684 2 10 Blue Bayou 915 – 17 – 915 1 Sources: https://freecinema.gr/greek-box-office-bond-or-the-last-kiss-goodbye/ https://flix.gr/news/box-office-23-09-2021.html Cumulative admissions fell to 33,495, the lowest since mid-August, which is the heart of the summer and always records one of the lowest weekends of the year. In other words, this result is very, very bad. 'Man of God' has stayed on top for a fifth weekend. The last film that achieved this feat was 'Joker' in late 2019. No other film has achieved this in the last decade. This film has truly captivated audiences across the country. Is it the beginning of a big rebound for the box office? Or is it a fluke? The failure of the MCU's 'Shang-Chi' suggests that the latter may be true. On the other hand, 'Shang-Chi' wouldn't necessarily have been a blockbuster in Greece even in non-pandemic times. Next weekend's release of 'No Time to Die' will settle this matter once and for all. If it fails to gain traction, we will know that 'Man of God' was a fluke. If it scores big though, then clearly we can be more optimistic about the winter box office season as a whole – which in Greece tends to be the most lucrative period. 'Shang-Chi' is still lagging behind 'Black Widow' at the same point in its run and has little chances of gaining ground. As for newcomer openings, they were all dismal. Liam Neeson's 'The Ice Road', which was the biggest of the bunch, still managed the worst opening among Liam's action films. The results weren't even close, since the next lowest is the first 'Taken' film, with a 12,543-admission opening. This is another piece of evidence that makes me nervous for next weekend's Bond outing. The signs are not promising. Even 'PAW Patrol' fell 42% and was nearly beat by 'Luca', which is in its 13th week and has rejoined the Top 5. As a reminder, 'Luca' is the biggest Hollywood success of the summer – even beating 'F9' and 'Black Widow' by a very wide margin. Notably, last week's second-place finisher, Clint Eastwood's 'Cry Macho', fell 88%. Bond help us...

Weekend: 9th–12th September 2021 Rank Title Weekend admissions % Change Screen count / Change Total admissions Week 1 Άνθρωπος του Θεού (aka Man of God) [GR] 25,398 -50.3% 129 -15 217,094 3 2 Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings 18,784 – 94 – 20,454 1 3 PAW Patrol: The Movie 7,151 -46.3% 68 -1 25,858 2 4 After We Fell 4,124 -57.8% 33 -29 20,355 2 5 Retfærdighedens Ryttere [Danish] 2,676 – 15 – 2,676 1 6 The Green Knight 1,715 – 22 – 1,715 1 7 Luca 1,286 +97% 14 N/A 121,292 11 8 The Dry 1,081 -47.4% 7 -1 3,524 2 9 Malignant 754 -50.9% 7 -11 3,681 2 10 The Father 720 +14% 3 N/A 81,324 10 Sources: https://flix.gr/news/box-office-9-september-2021.html https://freecinema.gr/greek-box-office-the-ecstasy-exhaled/ Weekend: 16th–19th September 2021 Rank Title Weekend admissions % Change Screen count / Change Total admissions Week 1 Άνθρωπος του Θεού (aka Man of God) [GR] 14,074 -44.6% 94 -35 245,795 4 2 Cry Macho 9,537 – 82 – 9,537 1 3 Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings 7,658 -59.2% 78 -16 34,299 2 4 PAW Patrol: The Movie 4,207 -41.2% 55 -13 31,086 3 5 Adieu les cons [French] 2,530 – 8 – 2,530 1 6 Retfærdighedens Ryttere [Danish] 2,075 -22.5% 20 +5 6,179 2 7 Luca 1,692 +31.6% 24 +10 123,132 12 8 After We Fell 1,264 -69.4% 24 -9 22,793 3 9 The Green Knight 753 -56.1% 8 -14 3,651 2 10 Persischstunden [Russian–Belarusian] 700 – 5 – 700 1 Sources: https://flix.gr/news/box-office-16-09-2021.html https://freecinema.gr/greek-box-office-only-prayers-for-the-new-007/ https://www.grandmagazine.gr/el/article/6192/box-office-to-eispraktiko-8auma-sunexizetai During the last two weekends, cinema traffic followed a downward trend (69,276 and 49,880 respectively) due to the decline of 'Man of God' and the absence of any new blockbusters. 'Man of God' saw drops around 45-50% on both weekends and seems destined to finish with somewhere around 280K admissions. It has however managed to top the box office for four consecutive weekends. That is despite the release of the MCU's latest film, 'Shang-Chi', which opened on par with 'Black Widow' and had an similarly dismal second-weekend drop. Notable holdovers include 'Luca', which has now achieved 11 weekends (9 consecutive) in the Top 10 and 'The Father', which remained in the Top 10 for 9 weekends (8 consecutive). The box office has otherwise been very quiet, with no new films making waves.

Weekend: 26th–29th August 2021 Rank Title Weekend admissions % Change Screen count / Change Total admissions Week 1 Άνθρωπος του Θεού (aka Man of God) [GR] 62,305 – 117 – 62,305 1 2 Stillwater 5,203 -37.8% 20 -3 17,962 2 3 Around the World in 80 Days [English-laguage French–Belgian] 4,491 – 27 – 4,491 1 4 The Suicide Squad 2,041 -73.8% 31 -60 15,363 2 5 Candyman 1,950 – 23 – 1,950 1 6 Druk [Danish] 1,673 +35.6% 6 0 50,998 9 7 Reminiscence 1,567 – 27 – 1,567 1 8 Luca 1,372 -17.8% 13 -5 117,601 9 9 Spirit Untamed 1,306 -57.7% 26 -11 19,514 3 10 The Father 1,127 -53.7% 4 -5 79,335 8 Sources: https://flix.gr/news/box-office-26-august-2021.html https://freecinema.gr/greek-box-office-oh-my-god-but-predictable-too/ https://www.grandmagazine.gr/el/article/6159/box-office-to-8auma-tou-agiou-nektariou Religious film 'Man of God' miraculously managed to double the previous post-pandemic opening-weekend record, held by 'Tenet' (28.4K admissions). Fueled by its theme about one of the most revered 20th-century Orthodox Christian saints, St Nectarios, it drove Greeks of all ages to the outdoor cinemas that are still making most of the cinema business in the country at this time of year. Expect this one to stay around for some time... Meanwhile, it was business as usual for the rest of the crop, with other newcomers having disappointing openings and holdovers having disappointing drops. Last weekend's winner, 'Stillwater' held well with a 38% drop, while 'Luca' and 'Druk', both in their ninth week, continue their phenomenal (in post-pandemic terms) runs. Total weekend admissions reached 88,701. Weekend: 2nd–5th September 2021 Rank Title Weekend admissions % Change Screen count / Change Total admissions Week 1 Άνθρωπος του Θεού (aka Man of God) [GR] 51,074 -18.0% 144 +27 169,056 2 2 PAW Patrol: The Movie 13,313 – 69 – 13,313 1 3 After We Fell 9,766 – 62 – 9,766 1 4 Annette 3,051 – 11 – 3,051 1 5 The Dry 2,054 – 8 – 2,054 1 6 Malignant 1,537 – 18 – 1,537 1 7 The Suicide Squad 1,243 -39.1% 11 -20 18,325 3 8 Candyman 1,192 -38.9% 17 -6 4,809 2 9 Spirit Untamed 1,165 -10.8% 16 -10 22,165 4 10 Druk [Danish] 1,108 -33.8% 6 0 53,454 10 Sources: https://flix.gr/news/box-office-02-09-2021.html https://freecinema.gr/greek-box-office-bless-the-flock/ With an impressive hold, 'Man of God' overtook 'Luca' in less than 10 days, to become the biggest post-pandemic film as yet. It is eyeing 300K admissions, which would make it the biggest film since Christmas 2019's Greek film 'Eftyhia' (668K admissions). It's unique Greek-centric religious theme has probably attracted several people who would not otherwise go to the cinema. Cumulative weekend admissions reached 92,992, the biggest total of any post-pandemic weekend so far. 'After 3' opened to almost half of its predecessor's opening, which was less than half of the original's opening. The saga has gone from bad to worse, so my interest ends there. 'PAW Patrol' scored a decent second place, while DreamWorks Animation's 'Spirit 2' achieved the best hold among the Top 10. Next week sees the arrival of Marvel's 'Shang-Chi'. It will be interesting to see how well it performs, although I'd still put my money on 'Man of God' finishing on top...

Weekend: 29th July–1st August 2021 Rank Title Weekend admissions % Change Screen count / Change Total admissions Week 1 Mystère à Saint-Tropez [French–Belgian] 7,082 – 24 – 7,082 1 2 Jungle Cruise 5,172 – 51 – 5,172 1 3 Luca 3,870 -51.2% 35 -17 101,492 5 4 Old 3,756 – 39 – 3,756 1 5 The Father 3,081 -53.9% 12 -11 63,234 4 6 The Courier 2,657 -70.2% 21 -5 15,725 2 7 La Daronne [French] 2,090 – 9 – 2,090 1 8 Druk [Danish] 1,526 -38.1% 9 -5 39,919 5 9 Lassie – Eine abenteuerliche Reise [German] 850 – 11 – 850 1 10 Black Widow 832 -74.6% 14 -19 47,556 4 Sources: https://freecinema.gr/greek-box-office-we-re-having-a-heatwave/ https://flix.gr/news/box-office-29-07-2021.html Moving into August and with a ridiculous heatwave across the country, cinemas were not on people's minds it seems, as evidenced by the 39,067 admissions sold this weekend. Holdovers mostly dropped more than 50% (except Danish black comedy 'Druk'). French comedy 'Mystère à Saint-Tropez' made it to the top, beating Disney's 'Jungle Cruise', which achieved a middling result. 'Luca' reached the 100K-admission milestone and is aiming to beat 'Tenet', to be become the biggest post-pandemic film so far. 'The Father' has successfully topped 'F9' to become the biggest non-animated film of the summer. Last weekend's number one, 'The Courier' crashed completely in a slightly unexpected turn of events. Weekend: 5th–8th August 2021 Rank Title Weekend admissions % Change Screen count / Change Total admissions Week 1 Luca 3,203 -17.2% 44 +9 106,722 6 2 The Father 2,698 -12.4% 17 +5 67,048 5 3 Druk [Danish] 2,270 +48.8% 20 +11 42,726 6 4 Mystère à Saint-Tropez [French–Belgian] 2,235 -68.4% 16 -8 11,862 2 5 Old 1,999 -46.8% 40 +1 7,866 2 6 Smagen af sult [Danish] 1,766 – 16 – 1,766 1 7 The Courier 1,493 -43.8% 16 -5 17,931 3 8 Jungle Cruise 1,346 -74.0% 33 -18 9,462 2 9 Été 85 [French–Belgian] 803 – 8 – 1,290 1 10 Rifkin’s Festival 743 N/A N/A N/A 63,063 4 Sources: https://freecinema.gr/greek-box-office-what-happened-this-august/ https://www.grandmagazine.gr/el/article/6105/box-office-i-ptosi-sunexizetai Thanks to several expansions, this weekend's holdovers managed to compensate for last weekend's catastrophic results. That of course didn't stop the overall downward trend, with total tickets falling to 25,210. Pixar's 'Luca' regained the top spot on its 6th weekend, with 'The Father' jumping up 3 spots to second place. 'Druk' jumped up 5 spots to third place, forming an impressive trio of what seems to be the summer's quality hits (each in its genre). 'Luca' is days away from topping 'Tenet', 'The Father' is days away from reaching the 75K-admission mark, while I can easily see 'Druk' topping 50K admissions. Last week's winner, French comedy 'Mystère à Saint-Tropez', crashed and burned, as did last week's second-place finisher, Disney's 'JungleCruise'. It's not helping that the film is already available on Disney+. Weekend: 12th–15th August 2021 Rank Title Weekend admissions % Change Screen count / Change Total admissions Week 1 Spirit Untamed 6,840 – 49 – 6,840 1 2 Free Guy 3,871 – 41 – 3,871 1 3 The Father 2,633 -2.4% 10 -7 N/A 6 4 Un tour chez ma fille [French] 2,441 – 15 – 2,441 1 5 Luca 1,996 -37.7% 39 -5 N/A 7 6 Druk [Danish] 1,921 -15.4% 9 -11 N/A 7 7 The Misfits 1,449 – 16 – 1,449 1 8 Old 1,231 -38.4% 23 -17 N/A 3 9 Red Shoes and the Seven Dwarfs [South Korean] 1,183 – 32 – 1,183 1 10 Jungle Cruise 1,148 -14.7% 15 -18 N/A 3 Sources: https://freecinema.gr/greek-box-office-what-happened-this-august/ DreamWorks Animation decided to release yet another film this summer (after 'Croods 2') but chose the worse weekend ever – what is often the lowest or second-lowest grossing weekend of the year after Easter. This year was an exception though, as this weekend actually saw 30,337 admissions sold across Greece. With indoor cinemas only accessible to vaccinated individuals, multiplexes have taken aa major hit. The totally unnecessary sequel 'Spirit Untamed' managed a middling result but still topped all the competition. Newcomer 'Free Guy' was the next best thing and that's already too much of a compliment for its performance. Holdovers performed quite well, despite 11 new films entering the arena. 'The Father' continues its successful ascent, as did 'Luca' and 'Druk'. The prior seems to have remained relatively unaffected by 'Spirit Untamed'. Unfortunately, the only source for this weekend's results, freecinema.gr, does not mention the cumulative totals for any of the holdovers. Weekend: 19th–22nd August 2021 Rank Title Weekend admissions % Change Screen count / Change Total admissions Week 1 Stillwater 8,366 – 23 – 8,366 1 2 The Suicide Squad 7,777 – 91 – 7,777 1 3 Dragon Rider [German] 5,273 – 53 – 5,273 1 4 Spirit Untamed 3,086 -54.9% 37 -12 15,335 2 5 The Father 2,436 -7.5% 9 -1 76,217 7 6 Luca 1,670 -16.3% 18 -21 112,555 8 7 Young Frankenstein (1974 re-release) 1,497 – 4 – 1,497 1 8 Free Guy 1,381 -64.3% 17 -24 5,252 2 9 Un tour chez ma fille [French] 1,249 -48.8% 12 -3 5,286 2 10 Druk [Danish] 1,234 -35.8% 6 -3 47,902 8 Sources: https://freecinema.gr/greek-box-office-what-happened-this-august/ https://flix.gr/news/box-office-19-08-2021.html With the summer season coming to an end soon, people are slowly returning to the cities and to their former habits, including cinemagoers. Total admissions reached 41,523, with half of them coming from the top three, a trio of newcomers. 'Stillwater' grabbed most of the attention, while the sequel to 'Suicide Squad' came in a close second, but it was a far cry from the original's 61,555-admission opening. Last weekend's winner, 'Spirit Untamed', plummeted in the face of 'Dragon Rider', while 'Luca' became the biggest post-pandemic film so far, moving ahead of Christopher Nolan's 'Tenet' (109K admissions). 'The Father' continues to impress and is poised to approach 85K admissions by the looks of it. 'Druk' is still vying for the 50K-admission milestone.

What's new this weekend? When's Luca being released in the UK?

Weekend: 15th–18th of July 2021 Rank Title Weekend admissions % Change Screen count / Change Total admissions Week 1 The Father 13,051 -26.4% 31 +4 42,299 2 2 Rifkin’s Festival 12,312 – 33 – 12,312 1 3 Luca 9,922 -53.8% 59 -24 78,908 3 4 Black Widow 5,893 -69.7% 51 -45 38,646 2 5 Druk [Danish] 5,578 -14.8% 24 -3 32,341 3 6 F9: The Fast Saga 1,815 +13.2% 24 +10 57,641 5 7 The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It 1,414 -52.4% 20 -8 22,735 3 8 The Croods: A New Age 1,137 +10.4% 13 +4 34,494 7 9 Mulholland Drive (2001 re-release) 890 – 4 – 890 1 10 Space Jam: A New Legacy 855 – 9 – 855 1 Source: https://flix.gr/news/box-office-15-july-2021.html https://freecinema.gr/greek-box-office-the-father-is-strong-enough-for-the-top-spot/ https://www.grandmagazine.gr/el/article/6056/box-office-o-8riambos-tou-patera From this weekend onwards, entry into theatres is allowed only if you are vaccinated. You must also wear a mask. The authoritarianism of the Greek government is really showing itself with all its teeth. Not exactly a surprise thus that admissions fell to 59.4K this weekend. Setting all this aside however, last week's third-place finish 'The Father' achieved a successful rebound. It is now looking poised to top 'F9' as the summer's biggest adult entertainment. 'Rifkin's Festival' came in a close second from a similar number of screens. Unfortunately, Disney's one-two punch at the top of last week's chart plunged into third and fourth place. 'Luca' followed the common trajectory of dropping big on the third weekend despite a good sophomore hold, whereas 'Black Widow' has just tanked. There are now no hopes of giving 'F9' a run for its money, which is now nearing 60K admissions. 'Croods 2' also saw a minor rebound, but has made less than half of 'Luca', which will probably end up being the biggest kids hit of the summer. 'Space Jam 2' failed miserably. Weekend: 22nd–25th of July 2021 Rank Title Weekend admissions % Change Screen count / Change Total admissions Week 1 The Courier 8,922 – 26 – 8,922 1 2 Luca 7,937 -20.0% 52 -7 92,711 4 3 The Father 6,678 -48.8% 23 -8 55,990 3 4 Rifkin’s Festival 4,629 -62.4% 22 -11 22,795 2 5 Black Widow 3,274 -44.4% 33 -18 45,175 3 6 Casablanca (1942 re-release) 3,022 – 7 – 3,022 1 7 Druk [Danish] 2,466 -55.8% 14 -10 36,715 4 8 Digger 1,282 N/K 4 N/K 16,003 6 9 Nobody 1,278 – 30 – 1,278 1 10 F9: The Fast Saga 1,126 -38.0% 22 -2 59,774 6 Sources: https://flix.gr/news/box-office-22-07-2021.html https://freecinema.gr/greek-box-office-the-courier-wins-a-slow-race/ 'Luca' came close to first place again this weekend, as it managed to drop only 20% and was only overtaken by newcomer 'The Courier'. The latter, Cumberbatch's latest historical drama, is bound to draw some adults over the next month or so, but with everyone abandoning the big cities in August and heading to their holiday houses and villages, it is unlikely to make it into the summer's Top 5. On the other hand, it is a foregone conclusion at this point that 'Luca' will top 100K admissions. It only needs to get to 109K admissions top beat 'Tenet' as the biggest post-pandemic film so far. 'The Father' is also days away from overtaking 'F9', despite an (expectedly) big third-weekend drop. 'Black Widow' might just make it to 50K admissions and save some face, although beating 'F9' is pretty much impossible at this point. Other openers and holdovers were not really of note. Total admissions for the weekend reached 48.4K, continuing a downward trend that is likely to reach its nadir on 15th August. I would wish to say that things will be uphill from there, but that will largely depend on how bad the situation will be on the epidemiological front, unfortunately.

So BW opened higher than F9 right?

Weekend: 8th–11th of July 2021 Rank Title Weekend admissions % Change Screen count / Change Total admissions Week 1 Luca 21,467 +5.1% 83 +18 56,264 2 2 Black Widow 19,451 – 96 – 19,451 1 3 The Father 17,734 – 27 – 17,734 1 4 Druk [Danish] 6,548 -39.1% 27 +6 23,000 2 5 The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It 2,971 -62.9% 28 -31 17,509 2 6 F9: The Fast Saga 1,604 -66.0% 14 -19 54,562 4 7 Digger 1,507 -19.9% 9 +3 11,903 4 8 Monday 1,173 -51.1% 7 -6 15,627 3 9 The Croods: A New Age 1,030 -62.8% 9 -16 32,684 6 10 Drømmebyggerne [Danish] 587 – 17 – 587 1 Sources: https://freecinema.gr/greek-box-office-kids-rule-again/ https://flix.gr/news/box-office-8-july-2021.html 78,366 admissions were sold last weekend across Greece. Numbers not seen since February 2020. What came as an even bigger surprise was the second-place finish of 'Black Widow'. Although it beat 'F9' for the year's biggest live-action opening so far, it failed to beat Pixar's 'Luca', which got a screen boost in its sophomore frame leading to a bigger weekend than its opening. Despite opening lower than 'Tenet', 'Luca' scored a bigger second weekend – the biggest second weekend since March 2020. The Pixar flick is now the biggest 2021 film so far (beating 'F9') and, the way things are going, crossing the 100K-admission milestone has become a lot more likely. 'Black Widow' had the third-lowest opening for an MCU film, only ahead of the two 'Ant Man' films (18,674 admissions for the first one, 18,970 for the second one). Based on the historical record, 'BW' should barely scrape past 50K admissions and will be vying to outgross 'F9', which is currently sitting at 54.6K admissions. Back to the weekend's chart, 'The Father' came in a close third from almost only a quarter of 'Black Widow's' screens. 'Druk' and 'Digger' were the only other holdovers that didn't drop more than 50%. Sequels 'Conjuring 3', 'F9' and 'Croods 2' got obliterated by the loss of screens. Next weekend sees the release of Liam Neeson's 'The Marksman', animated 'Space Jam: A New Legacy' and action horror film 'The Forever Purge'. Will it be enough to topple the Disney's domination at the top of the charts?

I have a feeling that's not how human behaviour works...