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07/09/19 (Saturday) 1 IT - CAPITOLO DUE (IT CHAPTER TWO) 05/09/2019 USA WARNER BROS ITALIA S.P.A. € 1.169.611 151.998 2 IL RE LEONE (THE LION KING) 21/08/2019 USA WALT DISNEY S.M.P. ITALIA € 950.451 136.028 3 ATTACCO AL POTERE 3 (ANGEL HAS FALLEN) 28/08/2019 GBR LUCKY RED DISTRIB. € 205.562 28.483 4 MIO FRATELLO RINCORRE I DINOSAURI 05/09/2019 ITA EAGLE PICTURES S.P.A. € 186.411 27.283 5 MARTIN EDEN 04/09/2019 ITA 01 DISTRIBUTION € 135.629 19.833 6 FAST & FURIOUS - HOBBS & SHAW (FAST & FURIOUS PRESENTS: HOBBS & SHAW) 08/08/2019 USA UNIVERSAL S.R.L. € 64.410 8.682 7 5 E' IL NUMERO PERFETTO 29/08/2019 ITA 01 DISTRIBUTION € 42.786 6.115 8 IL SIGNOR DIAVOLO 22/08/2019 ITA 01 DISTRIBUTION € 30.093 4.066 9 GENITORI QUASI PERFETTI 29/08/2019 ITA ADLER ENTERTAINMENT S.R.L. € 23.142 3.323 10 L'AMOUR FLOU - COME SEPARARSI E RESTARE AMICI 29/08/2019 FRA ACADEMY TWO DISTR. S.R.L. € 14.968 2.263 IT 2 was really tricky it seems, didn't expect it to be so frontloaded on a rainy FSS after an OD on a sunny Thursday. Barring a surge today, it should open around 5M, maybe a bit more. That would be down 20%+ from the first. Pretty damn good for Angel Has Fallen. Its chances of overtaking London (2.8M) keep increasing. And the Lion King...is the third Hollywood movie of all time behind the two Camerons in the official charts (those that only use incomplete numbers) and soon to beat itself in the complete charts. The 5M admission barrier will be passed either tomorrow or the day after. COMPLETE SIAE NUMBERS 1. TITANIC € 71,100,000 2. AVATAR € 66,800,000 3. QUO VADO € 66.000.000 (est) 4. SOLE A CATINELLE € 56,000,000 5. LA VITA E' BELLA € 47,700,000 6. CHE BELLA GIORNATA € 43,474,000 7. IL CICLONE € 40,000,000 8. FUOCHI D'ARTIFICIO € 38,300,000 9. CHIEDIMI SE SONO FELICE € 37,843,000 10. NATALE SUL NILO € 34,622,000 11. PINOCCHIO € 33,520,000 12. THE LION KING (1994) € 32,900,000 13. COSI' E' LA VITA € 32,300,000 14. THE LION KING (2019) € 31,510,000 14. ICE AGE 3 € 31,150,000 15. ALICE IN WONDERLAND € 31,000,000 16. THE DA VINCI CODE € 30,873,000 The King's number is still incomplete, so if SIAE already added the non-counted theaters it would already be above 32 millions. And for those interested, here's the Top 100 movies in the official charts (95% of the market) https://movieplayer.it/film/boxoffice/italia/di-sempre/

Corgi: Top Dog What a title! 🤣

I don't know how anyone could expect a minor sh movie sandwiched between Shazam and Endgame to gross 7.5M or more (about the gross needed to get into the top 20), which would be basically on par with the average gross of non-Avengers MCU movies.

Indeed, we need a new title for this thread. Yearly numbers now: 1 IL RE LEONE (THE LION KING) 21/08/2019 USA WALT DISNEY S.M.P. ITALIA € 30.555.041 4.620.583 2 AVENGERS: ENDGAME 24/04/2019 USA WALT DISNEY S.M.P. ITALIA € 30.282.131 4.098.361 3 ALADDIN 22/05/2019 USA WALT DISNEY S.M.P. ITALIA € 15.417.078 2.406.287 4 SPIDER-MAN: FAR FROM HOME 10/07/2019 USA WARNER BROS ITALIA S.P.A. € 11.734.306 1.763.393 5 DUMBO 28/03/2019 USA WALT DISNEY S.M.P. ITALIA € 11.206.031 2.003.113 6 RALPH SPACCA INTERNET (RALPH BREAKS THE INTERNET) 01/01/2019 USA WALT DISNEY S.M.P. ITALIA € 10.850.304 1.684.067 7 AQUAMAN 01/01/2019 USA WARNER BROS ITALIA S.P.A. € 10.766.727 1.537.777 8 CAPTAIN MARVEL 06/03/2019 USA WALT DISNEY S.M.P. ITALIA € 10.244.047 1.556.091 9 GREEN BOOK 31/01/2019 USA EAGLE PICTURES S.P.A. € 10.097.019 1.622.154 10 BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY 29/11/2018 GBR 20TH CENTURY FOX ITALIA S.P.A. € 7.752.663 1.150.951 I don't know if it's crazier to have 2 30M+ movies withing a few months, or to have a November 2018 release still in the top 10 for the year. And the full Friday numbers: 1 IT - CAPITOLO DUE (IT CHAPTER TWO) 05/09/2019 USA WARNER BROS ITALIA S.P.A. € 1.106.814 152.740 2 IL RE LEONE (THE LION KING) 21/08/2019 USA WALT DISNEY S.M.P. ITALIA € 702.526 106.234 3 ATTACCO AL POTERE 3 (ANGEL HAS FALLEN) 28/08/2019 GBR LUCKY RED DISTRIB. € 126.958 18.904 4 MIO FRATELLO RINCORRE I DINOSAURI 05/09/2019 ITA EAGLE PICTURES S.P.A. € 117.349 18.243 5 MARTIN EDEN 04/09/2019 ITA 01 DISTRIBUTION € 65.731 10.455 6 FAST & FURIOUS - HOBBS & SHAW (FAST & FURIOUS PRESENTS: HOBBS & SHAW) 08/08/2019 USA UNIVERSAL S.R.L. € 42.873 6.116 7 5 E' IL NUMERO PERFETTO 29/08/2019 ITA 01 DISTRIBUTION € 20.427 3.259 8 IL SIGNOR DIAVOLO 22/08/2019 ITA 01 DISTRIBUTION € 16.693 2.441 9 GENITORI QUASI PERFETTI 29/08/2019 ITA ADLER ENTERTAINMENT S.R.L. € 12.746 2.069 10 L'AMOUR FLOU - COME SEPARARSI E RESTARE AMICI 29/08/2019 FRA ACADEMY TWO DISTR. S.R.L. € 6.257 1.025 IT 2 dropped a little too much, and may come closer than expected to my forecast. The Lion King not only surpassed Endgame in total gross, but it did so with a very good Friday rise, helped by bad weather. Solid also for Angel Has Fallen, 50% 2nd weekend drop avoided with ease. It may even beat London's 2.8M total, though I wouldn't bet on it.

05/09/19 (Thursday) 1 IT - CAPITOLO DUE (IT CHAPTER TWO) 05/09/2019 USA WARNER BROS ITALIA S.P.A. € 1.396.425 194.663 2 IL RE LEONE (THE LION KING) 21/08/2019 USA WALT DISNEY S.M.P. ITALIA € 552.126 87.658 3 ATTACCO AL POTERE 3 (ANGEL HAS FALLEN) 28/08/2019 GBR LUCKY RED DISTRIB. € 85.372 13.556 4 MIO FRATELLO RINCORRE I DINOSAURI 05/09/2019 ITA EAGLE PICTURES S.P.A. € 71.820 11.572 5 MARTIN EDEN 04/09/2019 ITA 01 DISTRIBUTION € 36.826 6.133 6 FAST & FURIOUS - HOBBS & SHAW (FAST & FURIOUS PRESENTS: HOBBS & SHAW) 08/08/2019 USA UNIVERSAL S.R.L. € 27.665 4.245 7 5 E' IL NUMERO PERFETTO 29/08/2019 ITA 01 DISTRIBUTION € 12.997 2.206 8 IL SIGNOR DIAVOLO 22/08/2019 ITA 01 DISTRIBUTION € 10.441 1.577 9 GENITORI QUASI PERFETTI 29/08/2019 ITA ADLER ENTERTAINMENT S.R.L. € 8.185 1.420 10 TEEN SPIRIT - A UN PASSO DAL SOGNO 29/08/2019 GBR NOTORIOUS PICT. S.P.A. € 7.129 1.775 Oddly enough, IT 2 may even outopen the first chapter and beat its total gross. Its OD is 16% higher and with rain coming as soon as today it won't be too hard for it to get a Thu-to-weekend multipliers a little above 4x. Can't believe I'm saying this, but the market must be in good shape if it can sustain a potential 2M+ admissions movie after a record-breaking 5.5M one. The King dropped more than expected, but it can easily recover. When you post such big numbers, Thursday is not your key day (as last week showed). Angel Has Fallen held pretty well, while Mio Fratello Ricorre i Dinosauri didn't live up to expectations (it's similar to Wonder, which was a huge success here, higher than Jumanji and Jurassic World 2).

Weekend forecast 1. IT 2 > 4.7M (675K admissions) 2. The Lion King > 3.8 (-40%) 3. Mio Fratello Rincorre i Dinosauri > 1.0 (145K admissions) 4. Angel Has Fallen > 0.45 (-52%) 5. Hobbs & Shaw > 0.16 (-50%) IT 2 opened in October with 1.2M, for a 6.5M weekend and 875K admissions in 650 screens. The second chapter is released in 850 screens, but it doesn't seem to have the same kind of anticipation. Being released two weeks after the second biggest Hollywood event of this century surely doesn't help. Still, weather should get worse over the weekend, so that will limit the damage. I'm projecting a very good hold for the King considering this is the last weekend of summer holidays for kids and, as already mentioned, it's a rainy one too. 0.65 Thu/ 0.70 Fri / 0.95 Sat and 1.5 Sun is my guess - but I wouldn't rule out a 4M+ weekend (which would actually put a 40M total back in play). Keep in mind that we don't have any presales here, so the forecast is merely an educated guess based on experience.

04/09/19 (Wednesday) 1 IL RE LEONE (THE LION KING) 21/08/2019 USA WALT DISNEY S.M.P. ITALIA € 965.155 170.526 2 ATTACCO AL POTERE 3 (ANGEL HAS FALLEN) 28/08/2019 GBR LUCKY RED DISTRIB. € 114.810 20.637 3 CITY HUNTER - PRIVATE EYES (CITY HUNTER: SHINJUKU PRIVATE EYES) 02/09/2019 JPN NEXO DIGITAL S.P.A. € 43.769 4.559 4 FAST & FURIOUS - HOBBS & SHAW (FAST & FURIOUS PRESENTS: HOBBS & SHAW) 08/08/2019 USA UNIVERSAL S.R.L. € 39.917 7.120 5 5 E' IL NUMERO PERFETTO 29/08/2019 ITA 01 DISTRIBUTION € 30.015 5.848 6 MARTIN EDEN 04/09/2019 ITA 01 DISTRIBUTION € 27.010 4.510 7 IL SIGNOR DIAVOLO 22/08/2019 ITA 01 DISTRIBUTION € 24.671 4.593 8 GENITORI QUASI PERFETTI 29/08/2019 ITA ADLER ENTERTAINMENT S.R.L. € 20.882 4.127 9 BLINDED BY THE LIGHT - TRAVOLTO DALLA MUSICA 29/08/2019 GBR WARNER BROS ITALIA S.P.A. € 15.740 2.874 10 TEEN SPIRIT - A UN PASSO DAL SOGNO 29/08/2019 GBR NOTORIOUS PICT. S.P.A. € 8.536 1.829 The Lion King with the second best hold in the top 10, behind Teen Spirit's +7%. Along with Italian movie 5 è il Numero Perfetto, they're the only movies that increased over Tuesday. The reason of the lack of increases is that some middle schools started yesterday. 90% of the schools, though, will start between next Wednesday and the Monday after (11th/16th of the month). So expect a strong Monday hold for Simba next Monday, too.

03/09/19 (Tuesday) 1 IL RE LEONE (THE LION KING) 21/08/2019 USA WALT DISNEY S.M.P. ITALIA € 942.306 159.794 2 ATTACCO AL POTERE 3 (ANGEL HAS FALLEN) 28/08/2019 GBR LUCKY RED DISTRIB. € 120.645 20.406 3 CITY HUNTER - PRIVATE EYES (CITY HUNTER: SHINJUKU PRIVATE EYES) 02/09/2019 JPN NEXO DIGITAL S.P.A. € 44.325 4.603 4 FAST & FURIOUS - HOBBS & SHAW (FAST & FURIOUS PRESENTS: HOBBS & SHAW) 08/08/2019 USA UNIVERSAL S.R.L. € 42.193 6.956 5 5 E' IL NUMERO PERFETTO 29/08/2019 ITA 01 DISTRIBUTION € 29.906 5.428 6 IL SIGNOR DIAVOLO 22/08/2019 ITA 01 DISTRIBUTION € 27.033 4.664 7 GENITORI QUASI PERFETTI 29/08/2019 ITA ADLER ENTERTAINMENT S.R.L. € 21.060 3.822 8 BLINDED BY THE LIGHT - TRAVOLTO DALLA MUSICA 29/08/2019 GBR WARNER BROS ITALIA S.P.A. € 16.239 2.763 9 CRAWL - INTRAPPOLATI 15/08/2019 USA 20TH CENTURY FOX ITALIA S.P.A. € 8.234 1.427 10 TEEN SPIRIT - A UN PASSO DAL SOGNO 29/08/2019 GBR NOTORIOUS PICT. S.P.A. € 7.992 1.667 Another great day for the King, sub-2% drop, a much better hold than Angel and H&S. Top in admissions (this decade only): 1. AVATAR > 7.518.000 2. INSIDE OUT > 4.500.000 3. BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY > 4.260.000 4. THE LION KING > 4.240.000 (so far, Cinetel number) 5. ENDGAME > 4.160.000 So, once taken into account the SIAE correction (+5% or so), LK is passing Inside Out as the 2nd most attended movie of the decade sometimes today. Speaking of Inside Out, the fact it's the second (soon to be third) most attended movie of the decade is probably the thing Italy should be more proud of in this 21st century.

02/09/19 (Monday) 1 IL RE LEONE (THE LION KING) 21/08/2019 USA WALT DISNEY S.M.P. ITALIA € 958.154 153.827 2 ATTACCO AL POTERE 3 (ANGEL HAS FALLEN) 28/08/2019 GBR LUCKY RED DISTRIB. € 134.122 21.779 3 FAST & FURIOUS - HOBBS & SHAW (FAST & FURIOUS PRESENTS: HOBBS & SHAW) 08/08/2019 USA UNIVERSAL S.R.L. € 46.103 7.557 4 CITY HUNTER - PRIVATE EYES (CITY HUNTER: SHINJUKU PRIVATE EYES) 02/09/2019 JPN NEXO DIGITAL S.P.A. € 36.394 3.803 5 5 E' IL NUMERO PERFETTO 29/08/2019 ITA 01 DISTRIBUTION € 27.312 4.914 6 IL SIGNOR DIAVOLO 22/08/2019 ITA 01 DISTRIBUTION € 25.226 4.325 7 GENITORI QUASI PERFETTI 29/08/2019 ITA ADLER ENTERTAINMENT S.R.L. € 19.952 3.425 8 BLINDED BY THE LIGHT - TRAVOLTO DALLA MUSICA 29/08/2019 GBR WARNER BROS ITALIA S.P.A. € 14.213 2.353 9 CRAWL - INTRAPPOLATI 15/08/2019 USA 20TH CENTURY FOX ITALIA S.P.A. € 9.014 1.335 10 TEEN SPIRIT - A UN PASSO DAL SOGNO 29/08/2019 GBR NOTORIOUS PICT. S.P.A. € 7.948 1.611 First day below 1M for TLK, but it's still a pretty damn good day. It has now passed 4 million admissions (4.064.766) and is now just a few hours away from beating Endgame (4.098.361). In gross it's still 3 millions behind, so that will happen on Thursday or, more likely, on Friday.

WEEKEND RESULTS (29th August-1st SEPTEMBER) RANK MOVIE WEEKEND GROSS HOLD TOTAL GROSS PROJECTED GROSS (M) 1 The Lion King 6.356.788 -42% 26.144.294 36.00 2 Angel Has Fallen 942.897 NEW 1.165.380 2.40 3 Hobbs & Shaw 314.383 -50% 5.857.662 6.30 4 5 è il Numero Perfetto (It) 228.042 NEW 228.042 0.60 5 Il Signor Diavolo (It) 209.897 -50% 816.188 1.20 6 Genitori Quasi Perfetti (It) 156.505 NEW 161.445 0.40 7 Blinded by the Light (GB) 114.758 NEW 114.758 0.30 8 Teen Spirit 66.300 NEW 66.300 0.20 9 Crawl 56.338 -71% 783.880 0.80 10 L'Amour Flou (Fr) 49.939 NEW 62.922 0.15 The weekend was up 9.26% from the same weekend last year. 2019's lead on 2018 in now 12.50%. The weekend wasn't much better than last year's (when we had HT3's 2nd weekend, MI6's OW and stronger holdovers) but the weekdays of the King were so high that it was enough to gain one more percentage point. +20% over 2018 is still in play, and 15%+ very likely. The Lion King didn't live up to the hope of a superb second weekend hold, which some thought it was suggested by the amazing weekdays, but it's no big deal. First, because in Italy a scenario like that is quite common (Wed openers always get better drops on Thursday and often even better IMs). Second, because we're still talking about the highest non-Cameron 2nd weekend ever for a Hollywood production, much higher than Endgame's (though the last Avengers movie did all the greatness in the first week, its 2nd weekend wasn't even in the top 10 of this decade). With weather getting worse and a crazy high PTA, it should survive IT 2 and pass the 5M admissions mark. Angel Has Fallen recovered over the weekend and will see just a minor (-10/20%) drop from London. It even has a chance at outgrossing it. Hobbs & Shaw just needs one more decent weekend to be sure to pass Toy Story 4. It's still miles behind F&F6,7 and 8. The other openers were poor, but they took away enough screen and interest to make all the classic summer holdovers (FFH, MIB6, TS4) totally collapse. Teen Spirit did particularly bad. Next weekend we have IT 2. The first had a 6.48M OW (2nd highest of the 2017-18 season, higher than IW) and ended up with 14.39M, an unbelievable run for a horror movie (just like in many other countries). I see this opening in the 4/5M range and finishing between Green Book (10.1) and FFH (11.75).

01/09/19 (Sunday) 1 IL RE LEONE (THE LION KING) 21/08/2019 USA WALT DISNEY S.M.P. ITALIA € 2.012.454 283.819 2 ATTACCO AL POTERE 3 (ANGEL HAS FALLEN) 28/08/2019 GBR LUCKY RED DISTRIB. € 294.011 41.452 3 FAST & FURIOUS - HOBBS & SHAW (FAST & FURIOUS PRESENTS: HOBBS & SHAW) 08/08/2019 USA UNIVERSAL S.R.L. € 106.568 14.608 4 5 E' IL NUMERO PERFETTO 29/08/2019 ITA 01 DISTRIBUTION € 83.876 12.327 5 IL SIGNOR DIAVOLO 22/08/2019 ITA 01 DISTRIBUTION € 66.615 9.191 6 GENITORI QUASI PERFETTI 29/08/2019 ITA ADLER ENTERTAINMENT S.R.L. € 54.979 8.237 7 BLINDED BY THE LIGHT - TRAVOLTO DALLA MUSICA 29/08/2019 GBR WARNER BROS ITALIA S.P.A. € 33.439 4.784 8 TEEN SPIRIT - A UN PASSO DAL SOGNO 29/08/2019 GBR NOTORIOUS PICT. S.P.A. € 24.064 4.919 9 L'AMOUR FLOU - COME SEPARARSI E RESTARE AMICI 29/08/2019 FRA ACADEMY TWO DISTR. S.R.L. € 18.065 2.795 10 CRAWL - INTRAPPOLATI 15/08/2019 USA 20TH CENTURY FOX ITALIA S.P.A. € 17.046 2.339 A strong Sunday all around. The Lion King did well too, though its number is barely on par with my cautious prediction of 4 days ago. It has passed Endgame though the same point of the run (25.9 vs 26.1) and has got a 60% higher weekend. More later.

TOP 100 OF THE SEASON - TITLE / GROSS / ADMISSIONS - - movies released from August 2018 to July 2019 - - NOTE: these are Cinetel's number (which covers 95% of the market), to get a rough complete gross just add 5/6% to family movies, 3/4% to adult movies and 1/2% to movies filled with special effects - 1. AVENGERS: ENDGAME - € 30.282.131 - 4.098.361 2. BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY - € 28.966.009 - 4.135.537 3. ALADDIN - € 15.412.878 – 2.405.663 4. FANTASTIC BEASTS 2 - € 12.784.922 – 1.828.799 5. HOTEL TRANSYLVANIA 3 - € 12.258.137 – 1.936.243 6. MARY POPPINS RETURNS - € 12.162.037 – 1.829.732 7. INCREDIBLES 2 - € 12.060.384 - 1.878.081 8. SPIDER-MAN: FAR FROM HOME - € 11.730.000 – 1.765.000 (currently 11.71/1.76) 9. DUMBO - € 11.203.767 - 2.000.379 10. RALPH BREAKS THE INTERNET - € 10.849.132 - 1.683.733 11. AQUAMAN - € 10.766.030 - 1.537.441 12. CAPTAIN MARVEL - € 10.241.882 - 1.555.385 13. GREEN BOOK - € 10.019.180 - 1.606.567 14. THE NUTCRACKER AND THE 4 REALMS - € 9.435.909 - 1.482.343 15. VENOM - € 8.498.378 - 1.236.277 16. AMICI COME PRIMA - € 8.244.920 – 1.162.504 17. LA BEFANA VIEN DI NOTTE - € 7.745.128 - 1.174.297 18. 10 GIORNI SENZA MAMMA - € 7.461.611 - 1.190.478 19. HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON 3 - € 7.251.703 - 1.124.134 20. CREED 2 - € 7.223.605 - 1.042.917 21. A STAR IS BORN - € 6.906.647 - 1.025.588 22. THE MULE - € 6.508.367 - 1.009.743 23. AFTER - € 6.350.678 – 945.054 24. TOY STORY 4 - € 6.200.000 – 980.000 (currently 6.16/0.975) 25. THE GRINCH - € 5.839.773 - 920.475 26. MIA ET LE LION BLANC - € 5.691.717 - 916.212 27. THE NUN - € 5.464.736 – 795.019 28. MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE - FALLOUT - € 5.247.493 - 767.261 29. DETECTIVE PIKACHU - € 5.200.583 – 801.825 30. MOSCHETTIERI DEL RE - € 5.158.908 - 761.317 31. MA COSA CI DICE IL CERVELLO - € 5.065.865 - 776.604 32. THE MEG - € 5.024.547 - 733.010 33. FIVE FEET APART - € 4.927.496 - 803.123 34. ANT-MAN AND THE WASP - € 4.883.246 - 752.057 35. NON CI RESTA CHE IL CRIMINE - € 4.733.589 - 722.973 36. IL TRADITORE - € 4.549.124 - 715.326 37. VAN GOGH: AT ETERNITY’S GATE - € 4.003.450 - 630.905 38. SE SON ROSE - € 4.257.242 - 630.801 39. GLASS - € 3.928.011 - 578.253 40. SHAZAM! - € 3.710.521 - 632.476 41. PETS 2 - € 3.710.000 - 590.000 (currently 3.705/0.59) 42. MAMMA MIA ! HERE WE GO AGAIN - € 3.392.690 - 522.311 43. HALLOWEEN - € 3.388.136 - 478.855 44. ANNABELLE 3 - € 3.320.293 - 492.649 45. ADRIFT - € 3.245.882 - 507.513 46. JOHN WICK 3 - € 3.163.074 - 473.300 47. BUMBLEBEE - € 3.133.078 – 453.797 48. DOLOR Y GLORIA - € 3.126.810 - 489.425 49. THE HOUSE WITH A CLOCK IN ITS WALLS - € 3.126.633 - 477.726 50. FIRST MAN - € 2.985.526 - 451.237 51. THE FAVOURITE - € 2.973.729 - 451.499 52. TI PRESENTO SOFIA - € 2.947.954 - 451.209 53. MIB INTERNATIONAL - € 2.780.415 - 420.000 54. SPIDER-MAN – INTO THE SPIDERVERSE - € 2.769.633 - 412.542 55. X-MEN: DARK PHOENIX - € 2.598.404 - 393.208 56. DRAGON BALL SUPER BROLY - € 2.432.96 - 355.988 57. I FEEL PRETTY - € 2.309.219 – 349.838 58. JOHNNY ENGLISH STRIKES AGAIN - € 2.254.689 – 337.435 59. GODZILLA: KING OF THE MONSTERS - € 2.227.476 - 333.230 60. SECOND ACT - € 2.202.577 - 334.734 61. IL PRIMO RE - € 2.185.249 – 337.685 62. IL TESTIMONE INVISIBILE - € 2.178.255 – 331.371 63. ALITA: BATTLE ANGEL - € 2.144.267 - 319.326 64. STAN & OLLIE - € 2.128.097 - 334.044 65. CROC BLANC - € 2.114.857 - 342.958 66. THE CHILDREN ACT - € 2.112.253 - 345.273 67. A SIMPLE FAVOUR - € 2.110.439 - 306.961 68. BEN IS BACK - € 2.026.752 - 312.256 69. GOOSEBUMPS 2 - € 1.979.486 - 309.745 70. WONDER PARK - € 1.944.729 - 313.483 71. ROBIN HOOD - € 1.942.267 - 299.222 72. TUTTI LO SANNO - € 1.934.966 - 310.761 73. LA LLORONA - € 1.902.958 - 269.900 74. MOMENTI DI TRASCURABILE FELICITA' - € 1.838.270 - 318.115 75. THE LEGO MOVIE 2 - € 1.801.578 - 292.042 76. NORTAL ENGINES - € 1.801.489 - 260.827 77. DOMANI E' UN ALTRO GIORNO - € 1.777.060 - 291.517 78. VICE - € 1.752.412 – 266.581 79 THE HUSTLE - € 1.733.220 – 265.601 80. ESCAPE ROOM - € 1.671.466 - 260.496 81. LA PARANZA DEI BAMBINI - € 1.664.393 - 269.102 82. EUFORIA - € 1.655.950 - 265.043 83. L'AGENZIA DEI BUGIARDI - € 1.624.744 - 253.337 84. ROCKETMAN - € 1.605.709 - 250.136 85. SMALLFOOT - € 1.577.663 - 261.956 86. BENTORNATO PRESIDENTE - € 1.517.026 – 281.958 87. CHRISTOPHER ROBIN - € 1.484.958 – 240.626 88. MARY QUEEN OF SCOTLAND - € 1.484.022 - 215.129 89. THE EQUALIZER 2 - € 1.477.541 – 225.389 90. CITY OF LIES - € 1.383.287 - 203.398 91. MODALITA' AEREO - € 1.374.331 – 222.252 92. SERENITY - € 1.371.211 - 210.000 93. EXTREMELY WICKED, SHOCKINGLY EVIL AND VILE - € 1.351.386 - 204.023 94. THE PROFESSOR - € 1.334.995 - 212.109 95. THE OLD MAN AND THE GUN - € 1.325.970 - 208.528 96. HELLBOY - € 1.317.697 - 212.727 97. IL PROFESSORE E IL PAZZO - € 1.311.715 - 229.847 98. NOTTI MAGICHE - € 1.307.215 - 211.334 99. BLACKKKLANSMAN - € 1.303.873 - 210.826 100. US - € 1.267.058 - 209.136 BIGGEST STANDOUTS OF THE SEASON 1. Bohemian Rhapsody It delivered one of the biggest openings of the year (5,4M, as much as MI6’s entire run)and after that managed almost a 5,4x multiplier, something that in Italy movies usually achieve only when/if they open before Christmas. Released at the end of November, it perfectly survived the Christmas pack (Mary Poppins Returns, Aquaman, Bumblebee, Ralph 2, 2 local hits,...) and once the holidays were over, it was still in the top 5. In its 10th weekend it was still in the top 10 chart, and while being a November 2018 release, it’s still in the top 10 movies of 2019 solar year. It was beaten by Endgame in total gross, but won in admissions. It would have been the craziest Hollywood run of the entire decade if not for Avatar being a 2010 release here. 2. Avengers: Endgame The final chapter of the Avengers shattered all opening records for a Hollywood blockbuster. More than 5M on OD, 5 consecutive days above 2,5M, Infinity War and the title of highest grossing sh ever reached in just around a week. First non-Raimi sh movie to have reached uber-blockbuster status. The insanely rainy weather in late April/May helped it a lot, but the actual number is what really counts, good luck or not. Despite the huge gross, it still trails Lion King (5,000,000+), Inside Out (4,290,000) and Bohemian Rhapsody (4,140,000) in admissions among this decade’s non-Cameron Hollywood titles, and it failed to beat Alice in Wonderland (#1 non-Cameron Hollywood movie in the official charts) by an extremely annoying 0,2%. It will be beaten by The Lion King this year, but I don’t think we’ll see a Hollywood movie beat its OD or its OW or its opening week until maybe the second half of next decade. And that’s a big maybe. 3. Green Book A movie that came out of nowhere. #10 movie of the season in admissions, ahead of Aquaman and Captain Marvel, twice as big as MI6 and Ant-Man 2, more than 10M grossed without any recognizable name, a 6,6x multiplier, which is even higher than Bohemian Rhapsody’s. An insane success that has continued during the summer, when the movie was played (and is still playing) here and there every week with great results (40K+ admissions added). 4. Hotel Transylvania 3 Highest grossing animated title of the season (which also shows how poor this season was for animated films), above Incredibles 2 by 200K. 5-day opening above 5 million euros (and I2). It opened right after Ant Man 2 and right before MI6 and grossed more than the two combined. Along with Ralph 2, it’s the only animated movie this year that exceeded expectations. It’s also a 26% improvement over the already very solid result of HT2, which improved quite a bit from HT1 too – hard to find such a progression in a stagnant market like Italy. 5. The Nutcracker and the 4 Realms Yes. The movie was a flop everywhere, but it turned into a strong grosser here. It opened in a pretty bad slot – 2 months away from Christmas, right on the Halloween weekend – and it went on beating Venom and A Star is Born (both opened before Nutcracker and both met/exceeded expectations). Further proof that a Disney princess (or semi-princess) movies just cannot fail here. Notable mentions Aquaman, Captain Marvel, Mia et le Lion Blanc. Creed 2, Dumbo, After BIGGEST FAILURES OF THE SEASON 1. The Secret Life of Pets 2 Honestly, I’m very happy to put this junk at the top of the list. Not a biased choice, it’s really a no-brainer. It’s the sequel that saw the highest drop from its predecessor both %-wise and in absolute terms. It opened just above 1M and couldn’t even recover the weekends after. It will barely pass the 3,7M mark, meaning it will finish almost 20% lower than the original’s...opening weekend (and 74% lower than its total gross)! Out of the top 40 over the season, beaten by Five Feet Apart and a Van Gogh movie. Incredible. 2. Godzilla Without Pets 2, Godzilla 2 would have been the clear King of the Failures. Its total gross is just 2/5 of the reboot’s result (2,2 vs 5,2) and its legs were atrocious to be generous (barely reached a 2x multiplier despite summer weekdays starting from week 2. This second chapter felt like it had nothing new to say (in fact, it didn’t) and looked bad (but it’s even worse), so not even the strong marketing campaign could save it. 3. Rocketman 250K tickets sold (1,6M total gross) for a movie that was supposed to benefit at least a bit from Bohemian Rhapsody’s insane success, that had strong awareness (trailer shown before every damn movie in May) and that was about a very popular (and peculiar) singer. The result is proportionally way worse than its already poor performance in other european countries. For example, it’s 1/3 of a somehow comparable country like Germany and even below Norway and Sweden. 4. Mortal Engines For a big production with a big name attached, to open below 800K and get just a 2.3x multiplier despite opening a week before Christmas holidays is just terrible. Okay, the movie had bomb written on it even from the first trailer, but it’s outside the top 80 in admissions and was even well advertised. 5. The Grinch (tie) All conditions were perfect. Ralph 2 moved to the 1st of January, there was a void among kids titles that needed to be filled, no competition for 3 straight weekends and a very good release date (a weekend that started in November and ended in December). It also received a ton of showtimes, as a Christmas movie opening before Christmas and released by the studio behind DM and Pets was supposed to do great numbers. It was also heavily advertised. Result: sub-2M opening and sub-6M total gross, less than what The Good Dinosaur did with the same release date. Even the legs were pretty poor given the theme and the lack of competition (and its 2nd weekend behind inflated by a holiday). Just a bad season for Illumination. 5. Toy Story 4 (tie) 55% decrease from TS3 and 40% drop in admissions. The drop from TS3 isn’t even comparable to the one experienced in other European countries, and the previous chapter was released in summer as well. I can find 3 main reasons for the failure: first, the 3D boost was even more noticeable in Italy than it was in the other European countries; second, in 2010 Toy Story 3 was the big title in an overall empty summer, while this time it was just one of the many options; third, Woody’s voice changed because of the unfortunate death of his dubber (Fabrizio Frizzi, highly beloved showman), a death whose effect on media and people was really something unprecedented. That said, while signs were there, having a Toy Story barely below 1M admissions (though it will go above with Siae's complete numbers) and barely above The Good Dinosaur is still something sad. Notable mentions Hellboy, Smallfoot, Alita, Little AWARDS “BS: Drown of Justice” Prize for Worst Legs After and Creed 2 (tie) Achievement: Creed 2 managed to go sub-2x (1,95), a rare thing for a non-inflated 3M+ opener; After did even “better” some weeks later (1,9x). Runner-ups: Smallfoot (1,9x), (Godzilla (2,2x) “The Cold Never Bothered Me” Prize for Strongest Legs Bohemian Rhapsody Achievement > 5,4x multiplier after achieving one of the biggest openings of the year Runner-up: Green Book (6,6x) “Prince Alì” Prize for Strongest Opening Avengers: Endgame Achievement: Biggest Hollywood OD ever, biggest Hollywood OW ever, biggest Hollywood opening week ever Runner-ups: - “Melon Grando” Prize for Most Reliable Actor/Director Clint Eastwood Achievement: The Mule is his nth movie to post solid number, with Italy being – as usual for Clint – one of the top 3 OS markets Runner-ups: Julia Roberts (Italy = #1 OS market for Ben is Back), Paola Cortellesi (she has 2 of the top 5 Italian movies) “Ma chi situ, Inarritu?” Prize for Most Acclaimed Movie Il Traditore (=The Traitor) Achievement > the Marco Bellocchio movie about a mafia repentant was praied by pretty much every critic and dominated at the yearly Nastro d’Argento (= movie awards) Runner-up: Green Book “A Hoot!” Prize for Lowest Gross for a Wide Hollywood release Little Achievement > 37K euros grossed on OW, basically removed from theaters the weekend after, around 8000 tickets sold in the whole country Runner-up: - “Cheaper by the Thousands” Prize for Lowest Average Ticket Price Dumbo and Bentornato Presidente (tie) Achievement > around a 5,5x average ticket price for both, while every movie usually manages 6+ (reason: it opened right before Festa del Cinema, when tickets cost 3 euros) Runner up: - “Reaching Zalem” Prize for Longest Struggle to a Milestone Dumbo Achievement > it opened 5 months ago; three months ago it needed 10K admissions to reach the important 2M mark, kept adding a few hundreds a week and it finally reached the mark in the second half of August Runner-up: Green Book (reached 10M euros after 5 months of release) “I can lift Mjolnir, too!” Prize for Most Unexpected Blockbuster Start After Achievement: 550K opening Thursday (10% more than Captain Mavel), almost half a million tickets sold on OW Runner-up: The Nutcracker and the Four Realms (4,3M holiday OW) “The Fairest one of All“ Prize for Best Movie of the season Alita: Battle Angel (deal with it!)

Definitely. I thought it would recover over the weekend, but it has made around 12K on Thursday, Friday and Saturday combined after grossing 14K on Wednesday alone (and 55K over the 3 weekdays - unbelievable). One hell of a freefall. It needs almost 60K to overtake TASM, and it may just disappear next Thursday. It shows how much Spider Man and MIB benefited from the lack of movie options. As soon as a pack of small movies opened, moviegoers said adieu.

31/08/19 (Saturday) 1 IL RE LEONE (THE LION KING) 21/08/2019 USA WALT DISNEY S.M.P. ITALIA € 1.548.523 216.421 2 ATTACCO AL POTERE 3 (ANGEL HAS FALLEN) 28/08/2019 GBR LUCKY RED DISTRIB. € 260.294 36.567 3 FAST & FURIOUS - HOBBS & SHAW (FAST & FURIOUS PRESENTS: HOBBS & SHAW) 08/08/2019 USA UNIVERSAL S.R.L. € 86.434 11.708 4 5 E' IL NUMERO PERFETTO 29/08/2019 ITA 01 DISTRIBUTION € 69.135 10.339 5 IL SIGNOR DIAVOLO 22/08/2019 ITA 01 DISTRIBUTION € 63.954 8.790 6 GENITORI QUASI PERFETTI 29/08/2019 ITA ADLER ENTERTAINMENT S.R.L. € 48.207 7.165 7 BLINDED BY THE LIGHT - TRAVOLTO DALLA MUSICA 29/08/2019 GBR WARNER BROS ITALIA S.P.A. € 35.453 5.025 8 TEEN SPIRIT - A UN PASSO DAL SOGNO 29/08/2019 GBR NOTORIOUS PICT. S.P.A. € 20.781 4.332 9 L'AMOUR FLOU - COME SEPARARSI E RESTARE AMICI 29/08/2019 FRA ACADEMY TWO DISTR. S.R.L. € 17.655 2.740 10 CRAWL - INTRAPPOLATI 15/08/2019 USA 20TH CENTURY FOX ITALIA S.P.A. € 17.034 2.303 And after its first disappointing number, we have the first bad number for the Lion King: just a 17% Saturday rise, for a 1.55 Saturday that is behind its Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday and even behind Minions' 2nd Saturday (1.63M), despite the fact the LA has run way above the yellow bananas through the week. This number kills every chance LK had to reach 40M euros.

30/08/19 1 IL RE LEONE (THE LION KING) 21/08/2019 USA WALT DISNEY S.M.P. ITALIA € 1.325.358 198.489 2 ATTACCO AL POTERE 3 (ANGEL HAS FALLEN) 28/08/2019 GBR LUCKY RED DISTRIB. € 199.235 29.970 3 FAST & FURIOUS - HOBBS & SHAW (FAST & FURIOUS PRESENTS: HOBBS & SHAW) 08/08/2019 USA UNIVERSAL S.R.L. € 64.509 9.388 4 5 E' IL NUMERO PERFETTO 29/08/2019 ITA 01 DISTRIBUTION € 44.594 7.233 5 IL SIGNOR DIAVOLO 22/08/2019 ITA 01 DISTRIBUTION € 41.618 6.259 6 GENITORI QUASI PERFETTI 29/08/2019 ITA ADLER ENTERTAINMENT S.R.L. € 28.057 4.580 7 BLINDED BY THE LIGHT - TRAVOLTO DALLA MUSICA 29/08/2019 GBR WARNER BROS ITALIA S.P.A. € 24.565 3.701 8 TEEN SPIRIT - A UN PASSO DAL SOGNO 29/08/2019 GBR NOTORIOUS PICT. S.P.A. € 14.743 3.148 9 CRAWL - INTRAPPOLATI 15/08/2019 USA 20TH CENTURY FOX ITALIA S.P.A. € 11.542 1.712 10 L'AMOUR FLOU - COME SEPARARSI E RESTARE AMICI 29/08/2019 FRA ACADEMY TWO DISTR. S.R.L. € 8.062 1.383 First disappointing day for the King, as it dropped from Thursday in an overall decent Friday (the lowest rise is Angel's +12%). It fell below my (slightly pessimistic) prediction, and is now on course for a 6.5/7.0M weekend (or a 40%- from OW). Let's hope Saturday is stronger than expected. New cume is 22.507.164, with 3.37M admissions. It will pass Endgame before or at the beginning of next weekend.

Chances this turns out to be a respectable sequel to T2 are very very slim. Looks much more action-filled than intense. Still, I'll be there on OW.

29/08/1997 2019 1 IL RE LEONE (THE LION KING) 21/08/2019 USA WALT DISNEY S.M.P. ITALIA € 1.387.247 214.476 2 ATTACCO AL POTERE 3 (ANGEL HAS FALLEN) 28/08/2019 GBR LUCKY RED DISTRIB. € 178.991 27.773 3 FAST & FURIOUS - HOBBS & SHAW (FAST & FURIOUS PRESENTS: HOBBS & SHAW) 08/08/2019 USA UNIVERSAL S.R.L. € 53.711 8.285 4 IL SIGNOR DIAVOLO 22/08/2019 ITA 01 DISTRIBUTION € 35.985 5.656 5 5 E' IL NUMERO PERFETTO 29/08/2019 ITA 01 DISTRIBUTION € 29.019 4.885 6 GENITORI QUASI PERFETTI 29/08/2019 ITA ADLER ENTERTAINMENT S.R.L. € 23.855 3.998 7 BLINDED BY THE LIGHT - TRAVOLTO DALLA MUSICA - - GBR WARNER BROS ITALIA S.P.A. € 20.395 3.130 8 CRAWL - INTRAPPOLATI 15/08/2019 USA 20TH CENTURY FOX ITALIA S.P.A. € 9.809 1.529 9 TEEN SPIRIT - A UN PASSO DAL SOGNO 29/08/2019 GBR NOTORIOUS PICT. S.P.A. € 6.302 1.109 10 L'AMOUR FLOU - COME SEPARARSI E RESTARE AMICI 29/08/2019 FRA ACADEMY TWO DISTR. S.R.L. € 5.766 996 The Lion King is a tank. -27% from Wednesday, best drop in the top 10 by far, and even a better drop than Minions on the same day. Minions did -40% on Monday, -2% on Tuesday, +20% on Wednesday and -37% on Thursday The King did -41.5% on Monday, +2% on Tuesday, +8% on Wednesday and -27% on Thursday. LK is already above 20M euros and 3M admissions. Endgame is still slightly ahead thanks to its first 2 days, the daily comparison work totally in favour of the Disney LA: 1.39M vs 506K. EG's 2nd Thursday was, in fact, its first day not boosted by a holiday. It will be fun to see how it performs this weekend. If bad weather started on Saturday instead of Monday, I'd even put a sub-20% drop on the table. About the rest, the huge amount of small openers hurt the weaker holdovers greatly. MIB and FFH are now out of the top 10, and for the latter (11.704.082) it's not sure if it can pass the total gross of the Amazing Spiderman (11.77).

It's not uncommon for movies in Italy to get drops from OD that are greater than the weekend drop afterwards. Inside Out for example was up from its OD but down over the weekend. Aladdin behaved even worse. 1st Thursday drops are better than 2nd Thursday drops pretty much every time for Wednesday openers, and it's still probable for TLK to do something like 1.25M today, 1.4 on Friday and 4M from Sat + Sun for a weekend drop around 40%. To get sub-30% it needs bad weather to come earlier than expected (which right now is Sunday evening/night).

€ 1.894.024 326.583 admissions Another rise. Increases on Wednesdays are quite common (cheaper tickets) but in the summer they're usually fairly weaker. Yesterday, however, most movies have dropped (because of Angel Has Fallen opening) so that makes LK's 8% increase more impressive. 2 ATTACCO AL POTERE 3 (ANGEL HAS FALLEN) 28/08/2019 GBR LUCKY RED DISTRIB. € 218.773 34.233 3 FAST & FURIOUS - HOBBS & SHAW (FAST & FURIOUS PRESENTS: HOBBS & SHAW) 08/08/2019 USA UNIVERSAL S.R.L. € 85.578 14.833 4 IL SIGNOR DIAVOLO 22/08/2019 ITA 01 DISTRIBUTION € 61.824 11.333 5 LA RIVINCITA DELLE SFIGATE (BOOKSMART) 21/08/2019 USA EAGLE PICTURES S.P.A. € 31.682 5.727 6 CRAWL - INTRAPPOLATI 15/08/2019 USA 20TH CENTURY FOX ITALIA S.P.A. € 24.797 4.489 7 VIVERE! (TO LIVE) 01/08/1994 CHN SONY PICT. ITALIA S.R.L. € 17.489 2.420 8 SPIDER-MAN: FAR FROM HOME 10/07/2019 USA WARNER BROS ITALIA S.P.A. € 14.254 2.504 9 MEN IN BLACK INTERNATIONAL 25/07/2019 USA WARNER BROS ITALIA S.P.A. € 13.846 2.608 10 THE NEST (IL NIDO) 15/08/2019 ITA VISION DISTRIBUTION € 9.308 1.697 The "Fallen" series is is continuous decline. 3.7M total for Olympus, 2.8 for London - and with this kind of OD Angel will be lucky to pass the 2M mark. 30% drops for FFH and MI6, which countinue to run extremely close to each other.

I'd like to know what kind of weekdays the movie would have posted with bad weather. 2.5M a day? More?

€ 1.769.402 291.472 admissions Well, nevermind. A slight increase. At this point it may just get above 2 millions today. It's really unbelievable that with this kind of weather it's doing more than what Minions did on a very very rainy Saturday. New cume is 17.693.423, which is also its opening week. Rest of the chart: 2 FAST & FURIOUS - HOBBS & SHAW (FAST & FURIOUS PRESENTS: HOBBS & SHAW) 08/08/2019 USA UNIVERSAL S.R.L. € 91.333 14.915 3 IL SIGNOR DIAVOLO 22/08/2019 ITA 01 DISTRIBUTION € 59.022 10.028 4 LA RIVINCITA DELLE SFIGATE (BOOKSMART) 21/08/2019 USA EAGLE PICTURES S.P.A. € 30.090 5.206 5 CRAWL - INTRAPPOLATI 15/08/2019 USA 20TH CENTURY FOX ITALIA S.P.A. € 28.670 4.928 6 SPIDER-MAN: FAR FROM HOME 10/07/2019 USA WARNER BROS ITALIA S.P.A. € 20.065 4.184 7 MEN IN BLACK INTERNATIONAL 25/07/2019 USA WARNER BROS ITALIA S.P.A. € 20.034 4.423 8 THE NEST (IL NIDO) 15/08/2019 ITA VISION DISTRIBUTION € 13.346 2.268 9 KIN 15/08/2019 USA INDIPENDENTI REGIONALI € 5.828 1.305 10 IL TRADITORE 23/05/2019 ITA 01 DISTRIBUTION € 5.440 1.028

It's turning very hot here, Lion King's business may be affected.

50%+ drops for all the top 4 movies.

€ 1.731.544 277.977 admissions A 41.5% drop from a record-breaking Sunday. This is higher than any post-OW daily of Endgame, included the holiday on its post-OW Wednesday. the rest of the chart: 2 FAST & FURIOUS - HOBBS & SHAW (FAST & FURIOUS PRESENTS: HOBBS & SHAW) 08/08/2019 USA UNIVERSAL S.R.L. € 82.553 13.229 3 IL SIGNOR DIAVOLO 22/08/2019 ITA 01 DISTRIBUTION € 51.870 8.638 4 LA RIVINCITA DELLE SFIGATE (BOOKSMART) 21/08/2019 USA EAGLE PICTURES S.P.A. € 27.751 4.571 5 CRAWL - INTRAPPOLATI 15/08/2019 USA 20TH CENTURY FOX ITALIA S.P.A. € 27.711 4.631 6 SPIDER-MAN: FAR FROM HOME 10/07/2019 USA WARNER BROS ITALIA S.P.A. € 19.363 3.989 7 MEN IN BLACK INTERNATIONAL 25/07/2019 USA WARNER BROS ITALIA S.P.A. € 13.811 2.311 8 THE NEST (IL NIDO) 15/08/2019 ITA VISION DISTRIBUTION € 11.988 1.984 9 KIN 15/08/2019 USA INDIPENDENTI REGIONALI € 5.568 1.268 10 THE QUAKE - IL TERREMOTO DEL SECOLO (SKJELVET) 08/08/2019 NOR ALTRE STORIE € 4.827 1.041 At this point I wonder if a 40M finish is actually possible.

It's going to get there, don't worry y'all!