WEEKEND BOX OFFICE
Thanks to 'Fast and Furious 7's record breaking opening, last weekend was the 6th most attended overall weekend ever.
- Fast and Furious 7 opened to an incredible 196.210 admissions and $899k. That is way up from the previous record holder, 'The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies' in both admissions (148.191) and USD ($860k).
Highest OWs ever:
It is also more than double the previous high of the franchise.
Here is a chart that shows the evolution of the series over the years:
With no competition till 'Avengers: Age of Ultron' arrives, on the 24th, and because it's getting so much kiddie audience, 'Fast and Furious 7' is locked to end up with at least 500.000 admissions and $2.3m. In fact, if it follows 'Fast and Furious 6', it will end up with $2.5m+ and almost 600.000 adm, which would be the third highest grossing title ever behind only 'Avatar' and 'The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies'.
Either way, the only way 'Furious 7' doesn't win the year, is if 'Star Wars 7' seriously overperforms even the wildest predictions.
- In second, TinkerBell and the Legend of the NeverBeast opened to 18.977 adm and $87k. That is way behind the last movie in the franchise, despite Disney releasing it on 98 screens, one of the widest releases ever, and way above the 75 screens of 'Furious 7'.
- In third, Insurgent fell 57% and reached $560k. That is actually the second best hold in the Top 10, which goes to show what a beast 'Furious 7' is. Anyway, 'Insurgent' now surpassed 'Divergent' in both tickets and USD and it is going to finish with at least $700k.
- Get Hard collapsed 64% and reached a good $268k.
- Home was down 68% and it now stands at a weak $117k.
- Cinderella slided 64%. Total is $418k.
- Big Game lost a huge 71%. Cume: $110k.
- Local title Aferim! actually had the best hold (-47%). It now made $173k, which is quite a win for the dead local market.
- Run All Night dropped big again (-66%). Total is $265k.
- Focus closes the top, after sliding 64% to reach a great $753k.
Top 10
Next week's openers:
- The Longest Ride
- Kidnapping Mr. Heineken
- Minuscule - La vallee des fourmis perdues
- Un beau dimanche
If any of these titles opens above 10.000 adm, it won't be by much.