Wednesday release (it's the begining holidays saturday) :
Turbo 600 theaters about
L'Extravagant voyage du jeune et prodigieux T.S Spivet (director Jean Pierre Jeunet (Amelie)) 518 theaters
9 mois ferme 400 theaters about (it's great comedy)
The Mortal Instruments : La cité des ténèbres 400 theaters about
Au bonheur des ogres 285 theaters
This will be a great week. Octobers is always a great month for the box office with novembre and december.
Gravity release in the 2 weeks, the best week of the year.
No, the drop would've been the same or almost. WWZ and DM2 don't have the same public.
Wednesday release :
Monsters University : 686 theaters (Here, this is the same public).
WWZ release Wednesday in France. 7,8 million isn't bad. But 450K admissions wednesday was with previews and wednesday was "la fête du cinéma" so great day, but the others days are bad for the box office, because the sun is coming and it was long overdue. The people enjoy and do not really go to the movies.
On the week, the figure will be less impressive in France. The Wednesday was a real boom for the box office, the others days will be normal.
Nevertheless, it should be better than Transformers 3 for example.
Nobody expected.
WWZ is a amazing surprise. Same if "la fête du cinéma" have helped, the film do the 31st biggest opening day in France with previews and help by "la fête du cinéma". Nevertheless it's a spectacular number.
Opening day Paris Periphery :
World War Z : 92 178
Best opening of the year. To compare with a film release during "la fête du cinema" :
Transformers 3 was 63 126
Ice age 4 (very different) : 90 314