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[JJ-8]

When I do up a showdown I'll include tangled and happy feet. Yes I know tangled was released first we in jan but has relevance. Wreck it Ralph also:)I think frozen is heading for at least 22 / 23m. Hoping for 30m hence happy feet and hf opened bd in 2006.

[Jethro]

G'day Jajang, think we ran across each other at movie marshall prior to it halting

 

Where are you sourcing your box office figures, not seeing anything on urban or the mpdaa site

 

Anyone got latest figures for Carrie, weekend ending boxing day I guess?

[eXtacy]

Welcome jethro to the forums!

[Ball Lightning]

Welcome Jethro!!We're getting our numbers from the user rth who has access to the box office numbers as they come in.

 

We won't have numbers for any of the smaller films until after new years :/

[JJ-8]

G'day Jajang, think we ran across each other at movie marshall prior to it halting :)Where are you sourcing your box office figures, not seeing anything on urban or the mpdaa site :(Anyone got latest figures for Carrie, weekend ending boxing day I guess?

Yeah mate. I did post over there from time to time. It's a shame Paul fell behind updating. Yeah those figures for Boxing Day are estimated. The top 10 has been widely reported by normal media. We won't get final figures until the 2nd January. :(Welcome to the forums mate! Edited December 29, 2013 by Jajang

[Ball Lightning]

DoS 2nd day (Friday) was larger then AUJ's 2nd (Thursday), but its 3rd day (Saturday) was down more vs AUJ's 3rd day (Friday). However today was higher then AUJ's 4th day (Saturday).

 

Frozen still continues to outpace Wreck it Ralph. Everything else is busy but nothing crazy.

[JJ-8]

From BOMs weekend report we have our top 2. 1. The Hobbit 2 - 12.8m USD or Est 14.3m AUD2. Frozen - 5.8m USD or Est 6.5m AUDnot bad. About expected for the hobbit 2 (slightly higher overall to the two towers though way off attendance of course). Should wind up at minumum of 35m with a strong chance of as high as high 45m. Frozen has had an excellent start and should play very well over the holidays for at least 25m. Hopefully should threaten 30m or more.

[Robertron]

Excellent start for Frozen - would love to see it go above $30m!

[JJ-8]

[DeeCee]

AM2 should make $15m+ now.

[JJ-8]

I've also updated all the showdowns and totals for 2013 on the blog - refer to the links at the top of the page for each showdown...

 

Showdowns on the blog include:

 

[*]Top 5 of 2013 Showdown [*]Middle Earth Showdown (The Hobbit vs Lord of the Rings) [*]Frozen Showdown [*]Catching Fire Showdown

 

Top 50 of 2013 and 2012 charts are also on the blog (refer the same links ) 

[DeeCee]

Jajang, good to see your blog back. Now, time for some nitpicking. Your bio probably works best like this. Jajang is a moderator on the Boxoffice.com forums. He is one of the international moderators who help support the community. He has a particular interest in the Australian Box Office. A specific thread which is very active on boxoffice.com and is located under the international section of the forum.

[JJ-8]

Jajang, good to see your blog back. Now, time for some nitpicking. Your bio probably works best like this.Jajang is a moderator on the Boxoffice.com forums. He is one of the international moderators who help support the community. He has a particular interest in the Australian Box Office. A specific thread which is very active on boxoffice.com and is located under the international section of the forum.

 

lol... will take a look when later on.

[RthDeadWov]

weekend actuals

DOS 631 14,447,756

(biggest Owe 2013, 2nd Boxing day opening(Prev TT),over all 5th biggest weekend)FRZ 462   6,052,278 7,621,730SLWM   257   3,273,270AM2 247   3,185,176 -39% 10,156,900AH         264 1,657,542 +11%  6,864,303PH   120   1,580,636 +11 1,841,460RM   118 1,203,170CF 244 1,081,535 -22%  36,032,747CWCM2 242  859,422 -39% 8,831,686D3   29   327,783 -53% 1,480,552

Edited December 30, 2013 by Rth

[JJ-8]

Thanks for the update mate. I didn't think we'd see any numbers this year but it appears we got em anyway. One question I did have was relating to screen count. The count for DOS you have listed makes sense. The number I saw said 273 or similar too. Is this referring to something else. Hence why I didn't include on my blog.

Edited December 31, 2013 by Jajang

[JJ-8]

weekend actualsDOS 631 14,447,756(biggest Owe 2013, 2nd Boxing day opening(Prev TT),over all 5th biggest weekend)FRZ 462 6,052,278 7,621,730SLWM 257 3,273,270AM2 247 3,185,176 -39% 10,156,900AH 264 1,657,542 +11% 6,864,303PH 120 1,580,636 +11 1,841,460RM 118 1,203,170CF 244 1,081,535 -22% 36,032,747CWCM2 242 859,422 -39% 8,831,686D3 29 327,783 -53% 1,480,552

Cool. DOS and Frozen went up with actuals!Oh and bd for DOS (day) was 2nd. But the weekend is the biggest ever for a Boxing Day release. ??

[Jethro]

Dark genre top ten 2013 (Figures Oz dollars, only top twenty earnings included, ie most movies would have earnt a bit extra)

 

Ttitle, Date of Release, Distributor, Screens on release weekend, First Weekend Bow, Total Earnings while in top twenty.

 

1

World War Z

20 Jun 2013

Paramount

464

$6,003,673

$18,468,221

2

The Conjuring

18 July 2013

Warner Bros

135

$1,785,817

$8,839,611

3

Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters

07 Feb 2013

Paramount

334

$2,217,063

$8,017,773

4

Paranorman

10 Jan 2013

Universal

360

$937,587

$3,869,924

5

The Mortal Instruments: The City Of Bones

19 Aug 2013

Roadshow

230

$1,596,911

$3,815,057

6

Riddick

12 Sep 2013

Roadshow

186

$1,307,853

$3,426,446

7

Warm Bodies

11 Apr 2013

Icon

186

$976,068

$3,373,268

8

Scary Movie 5

11 Apr 2013

Roadshow

159

$1,234,805

$3,338,490

9

Beautiful Creatures

21 Feb 2013

Roadshow

228

$1,198,376

$2,813,488

10

The World's End

1 Aug 2013

Universal

224

$1,

[JJ-8]

Belated happy new year for those down under........ (only an hour and half late... though partying got in the way before bed time )

[Ball Lightning]

Crazy day here.Walking with Dinosaurs not bombing.. Frozen dominating, hobbit, walter mitty, anchorman and catching fire still strong.

[JJ-8]

Weekly top 20 is out

 

1. The Hobbit 2 ~ 19.6m - is comparable to the two towers opening which also had 19.6m for it's first week.  Very good signs so far for another lucrative run!  needs to be clear of 25m by the end of the weekend if it's keeping pace with Two Towers.  but I think this should put this film on track for a total > 40m now.

 

2. Frozen ~ 9.5m / 11.1m - very strong start for Frozen.  Should find out more this weekend whether this is more 25m or 35m

 

3. Anchorman 2 ~ 4.7m / 11.7m - great hold for AM2.  has surprised me as my predicted total was well below it's total now already.  This is increasingly looking like AM2 will pass 20m here in australia at this rate... (15m is done and dusted)

 

4. Walter Mitty ~ 4.4m / 4.6m - nice start.  is slightly above last years parental guidance at the same point and that film made it past 10m.  I think better WOM and better run should see this reach 15m.

 

5. Philomena ~ 2.6m / 2.9m 

 

Another think to take into account when comparing DOS to TTT.  Towers faced a lot less competition than DOS has faced which makes this opening even slightly more impressive.  It really shows how much the box office has expanded since 2002 i think.

 

ie. in 2002 we had a total of 41m for the week against what is essentially 50m for the week in 2013.  of course DOS didn't hold a candle to TTT in attendance but still an excellent result given the up hill battle this film has faced (after the US opening in particular)