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[Ball Lightning]

Pretty much every suburban multiplex is digital now. Most of the country cinemas I've been to have also been digital. Only Nova, Astor, IMAX and I think Palace are left with film in Melbourne? And even many of their shows are becoming digital.

[DeeCee]

IMAX Melbourne has both.

 

http://www.imaxmelbourne.com.au/about_imax/IMAX_Digital/

[Rthmessiah]

I'd imagine that once 2013 is added the # of digital screens will increase dramatically again.... possibly more than half the total screens.

 

I do wonder whether we will see that flatten out eventually though (I suspect that not all cinemas will convert in the end)

Digital conversion theaters/screens is almost at 100%, theres a few Independents still to convert all other sites are either 100% or have just a few screens left(major circuits theres like 3-4 screens in complexes left). 35mm prints per titles these days is 3-5 max and will probably disappear completely by mid year

 

Imax Sydney /Melbourne by mid-end of the year will go Laser projection (need to fill large screen size, current Imax digital can't even come close) and at that point  get rid of the current digital projectors and probably 70mm as well(unless they feel for some older ttitles they need to keep untill everything is availalbe in laser format)

Edited January 29, 2014 by Rth

[lab276]

[DeeCee]

WOWS is heading for $20m+.

[Robertron]

Looks as if Frozen will stall at just over $35m. Not too shabby. Not too shabby at all.

[Hernan Gonzalez]

Weekend results here: http://www.urbancinefile.com.au/home/boxoffice.asp

 

 

 

Most Popular Films For Period Weekend, January 30 - February 2, 2014
WIR = Weeks In Release No WIR Title $ %

Total $

1 2 THE WOLF OF WALL STREET (R18+), ROADSHOW [325/ $11,538] 3,749,908 -27%

12,057,024

2 1 12 YEARS A SLAVE (MA15+), ICON [121/ $9,580] 1,159,222 N/A

1,729,546

3 4 THE BOOK THIEF (PG), FOX [262/ $4,182] 1,095,732 -27%

11,063,816

4 6 FROZEN (PG), WALT DISNEY [250/ $3,104] 775,956 -63%

33,035,095

5 4 SAVING MR. BANKS (PG), WALT DISNEY [250/ $2,804] 700,956 -50%

8,949,563

6 2 PARANORMAL ACTIVITY :THE MARKED ONES (MA15+), PARAMOUNT [206/ $3,366] 693,349 -50%

2,744,029

7 6 PHILOMENA (M), EONE /HOPSCOTCH [193/ $3,509] 677,284 16%

9,206,884

8 3 JACK RYAN: SHADOW RECRUIT (M), PARAMOUNT [235/ $2,427] 570,382 -43%

5,146,336

9 6 THE HOBBIT: THE DESOLATION OF SMAUG (M), WARNER BROS [202/ $2,546] 514,195 -43%

37,622,425

10 3 47 RONIN (M), UNIVERSAL [222/ $2,140] 475,163 -42%

4,180,171

11 6 THE RAILWAY MAN (M), TRANSMISSION/PARAMOUNT [190/ $1,977] 375,588 13%

6,315,657

12 1 GRUDGE MATCH (M), WARNER BROS [158/ $2,216] 350,050 N/A

350,050

13 4 FREE BIRDS (G), ROADSHOW [206/ $1,373] 282,802 72%

5,653,962

14 8 AMERICAN HUSTLE (M), ROADSHOW [112/ $2,367] 265,142 -31%

12,577,938

15 1 THE MONKEY KING (M), INDIES [10/ $13,819] 138,188 N/A

138,188

16 3 HER (MA15+), SONY PICTURES [33/ $4,183] 138,038 -19%

937,120

17 6 THE SECRET LIFE OF WALTER MITTY (PG), FOX [66/ $2,070] 136,611 -54%

13,613,464

18 9 CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF MEATBALLS 2 (G), SONY PICTURES [86/ $1,459] 125,498 -51%

12,963,605

19 6 WALKING WITH DINOSAURS 3D (PG), FOX [135/ $912] 123,139 -65%

6,254,703

20 3 INSIDE LLEWYN DAVIS (MA15+), ROADSHOW [31/ $3,260] 101,066 -24%

731,045

Edited February 3, 2014 by HenryBcn

[Ball Lightning]

Absolutely fantastic drop for Wolf!

[Robertron]

Yep, pretty decent drop for Wolf!

[JJ-8]

- Frozen might have the legs for 35m, but we shall have to wait now.... i think around 34.5m is where this is heading.

- DOS looks to be winding up just short of 39m.  It may still pass 39m and threaten for the top film that opened in 2013 but it looks unlikely.

- The book thief is tracking towards 15m.

- Philomena is now pushing for a total above 10m.

- Grudge match got demolished on it's first weekend... a mere 350k ... 

 

the story of the week though is The wolf of Wall Street... a 27% dip from it's already strong opening weekend.  Looks to be on track for a total well above 20m which is way above my expectations.

 

of note frozen lost the most screens this past weekend loosing 130 out of it's 380 from the weekend before.  DOS wasn't far behind with a 94 screen dip.

[pieman]

Strange that Grudge Match did THAT badly because I did see a decent amount of promotion for it.

 

I'm pleasantly surprised at how well 12 Years a Slave did as usually films about American issues/history don't usually do very well. The per theatre average is pretty strong.

 

And Banks should cross 10 million which is nice. I also didn't expect The Book Thief to play as well as it did even with the Australian influence.

[Robertron]

Any chance Frozen could benefit from V-Day? I think it's the kinda movie that would play well to younger and possibly older couples.

Edited February 6, 2014 by Catching Robertron

[lab276]

I'm pleasantly surprised at how well 12 Years a Slave did as usually films about American issues/history don't usually do very well. The per theatre average is pretty strong.

They normally do better here than any other country, like The Help for example.

[Planodisney]

Yes, typically if it makes Anglo Americans look bad, there is more appetite overseas. Not a political statement or anything, just something I've noticed.

[Tower]

Yes, typically if it makes Anglo Americans look bad, there is more appetite overseas. Not a political statement or anything, just something I've noticed.

 

Then you have noticed wrong, films that deal with slavery/civil rights, and general black white relationships (in which the term Anglo American would be meaningful), are usually amongst the worst performers OS.

[Ball Lightning]

Wolf barely dropped today from last week's Saturday at work, but the 40C had to do with that.Robocop about 50% of Wolf this week, Last Vegas about 65% of it.

[pieman]

Any chance Frozen could benefit from V-Day? I think it's the kinda movie that would play well to younger and possibly older couples.

 

Probably not.

[JJ-8]

Wolf barely dropped today from last week's Saturday at work, but the 40C had to do with that.Robocop about 50% of Wolf this week, Last Vegas about 65% of it.

you would think if you seeing figures like that for wolf then it should be able to pull another sub 30% dip australia wide ?

 

robocop is a flop then ?  lol

[JJ-8]

@RTH - did we ever get any further update on where Catching Fire got to... my last figure for the film is 39.19m just short of Iron Man 3.

[Ball Lightning]

I would think around a 30% drop or under. Robocop just under $2m I'm thinking?