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[DeeCee]

Here's the Disney re-releases so far.  Frozen is the final film this weekend.

 

14

1124

THE LION KING (G), BVI [70/ $2,289]

160,220

N/A

27,267,400

 

16

1187

ALADDIN (G), BVI/DISNEY [70/ $1,961]

137,262

N/A

18,324,052

 

17

199

BEAUTY AND THE BEAST (RE:12) (G), WALT DISNEY [70/ $1,781]

124,652

N/A

671,186

 

 

[JJ-8]

Lady in the Van topped the week even though Deadpool had a weekend some 500k ahead initially by the end of the week LITV had caught it up and ..... 

 

Very strong mid week (must be skewing older i'd say... much older)

 

Deadpool should pass 40m sometime in the next week (my guess is about tuesday at this point, but if it manages another good hold then it could be sooner.)  Should end it's run not far from 45m is my thought though i think the upcoming competition could finally cut it's legs.

 

The Revenant should manage to pass 20m now (I thought it might fall short but it's had a boost during the week as it creeps closer and closer to the mark (I suspect it will close at or just past the 20m mark at this rate.)

 

Star Wars TFA has finally wound itself down... Still making a reasonable 160k in it's 12th week.  even more impressive when u consider the film has pulled in 93.6m to date.  in the end i think it will just fall short of 94m unless it gets a re-release.  still a fantastic result.. not enough to unseat avatar, but we finally have a film that has split the james cameron films...... 

 

So far The Lion King has pulled the best result of the Disney Re-Releases. Now for the real test.  is Frozen a classic and join the likes of BATB, Aladdin and the TLK which is what disney is hoping here..  I wouldn't be surprised to see Frozen make the most of the 4 re-releases here, but we'll know soon enough.  

[JJ-8]

 

Weekly numbers

 

Most Popular Films For Period Week, March 3 - 9, 2016 WIR = Weeks In Release
No	WIR	Title	$	%	Total $
1	1	THE LADY IN THE VAN (M), SONY PICTURES [266/ $12,577]	3,345,513	N/A	3,477,176
2	4	DEADPOOL (MA15+), FOX [407/ $8,191]	3,333,774	-39%	38,012,881
3	3	HOW TO BE SINGLE (M), WARNER BROS [265/ $6,488]	1,719,267	-34%	8,501,263
4	PR	HAIL, CAESAR! (PG), UNIVERSAL [248/ $3,674]	911,170	N/A	2,784,930
5	2	GODS OF EGYPT (M), ENTERTAINMENT ONE [200/ $3,689]	737,812	-37%	1,917,798
6	1	TRIPLE 9 (MA15+), ROADSHOW [145/ $4,344]	629,936	N/A	642,338
7	4	BROOKLYN (M), TRANSMISSION [185/ $3,323]	614,708	-40%	4,809,311
8	6	SPOTLIGHT (M), ENTERTAINMENT ONE [176/ $3,469]	610,586	49%	4,513,739
9	9	THE REVENANT (MA15+), FOX [147/ $2,828]	415,773	45%	19,649,300
10	3	RIDE ALONG 2 (M), UNIVERSAL [173/ $2,297]	397,382	-49%	2,684,069
11	2	13 HOURS: THE SECRET SOLDIERS OF BENGHAZI (MA15+), PARAMOUNT [170/ $2,063]	350,775	-57%	1,192,614
12	1	THE FINEST HOURS (PG), WALT DISNEY [183/ $1,843]	337,288	N/A	337,288
13	4	ZOOLANDER 2 (M), PARAMOUNT [190/ $1,492]	283,416	-57%	6,896,872
14	12	STAR WARS: THE FORCE AWAKENS (M), WALT DISNEY [57/ $2,915]	166,134	-37%	93,665,892
15	1124	THE LION KING (G), BVI [70/ $2,289]	160,220	N/A	27,267,400
16	3	THE MERMAID (M), SONY PICTURES/ASIA RELEASING [19/ $7,116]	135,199	-60%	1,171,381
17	8	THE BIG SHORT (M), PARAMOUNT [59/ $2,249]	132,677	-31%	7,291,442
18	3	45 YEARS (M), MADMAN [44/ $2,724]	119,847	-47%	729,778
19	1	MET OPERA: LES PECHEURS DE PERLES (BIZET) (EX), SHARMILL [29/ $3,685]	106,856	N/A	106,856
20	1	THE BOY AND THE BEAST (PG), MADMAN [42/ $2,542]	106,773	N/A	106,773

[DeeCee]

BOX OFFICE
Monday, March 14, 2016

Mary Sum says: Top two new releases are overshadowed by holdovers The Lady in the Van and Deadpool, and the top 20 rose just 2% to $10.8 million. #Figures in [brackets] indicate number of screens and averages; takings are in Aus dollars.

 

Most Popular Films For Period Weekend, March 10 - 13, 2016 WIR = Weeks In Release
No	WIR	Title	$	%	Total $
1	2	THE LADY IN THE VAN (M), SONY PICTURES [290/ $5,719]	1,658,403	-20%	5,135,792
2	5	DEADPOOL (MA15+), FOX [327/ $4,921]	1,609,207	-37%	39,622,252
3	1	GRIMSBY (MA15+), ROADSHOW [325/ $4,948]	1,608,230	N/A	1,632,556
4	1	10 CLOVERFIELD LANE (M), PARAMOUNT [232/ $6,265]	1,453,444	N/A	1,465,642
5	4	HOW TO BE SINGLE (M), WARNER BROS [270/ $3,253]	878,340	-33%	9,379,877
6	PR	ZOOTOPIA (PG), WALT DISNEY [164/ $3,308]	542,556	N/A	547,568
7	1	LOVE PUNJAB (PG), MINDBLOWING FILMS [27/ $15,059]	406,601	N/A	406,601
8	3	HAIL, CAESAR! (PG), UNIVERSAL [213/ $1,835]	390,860	-42%	3,175,790
9	7	SPOTLIGHT (M), ENTERTAINMENT ONE [169/ $2,060]	348,175	-23%	4,861,914
10	5	BROOKLYN (M), TRANSMISSION [212/ $1,548]	328,216	-22%	5,137,527
11	3	GODS OF EGYPT (M), ENTERTAINMENT ONE [177/ $1,801]	318,754	-42%	2,236,552
12	10	THE REVENANT (MA15+), FOX [116/ $1,833]	212,682	-33%	19,862,552
13	1	ARDAAS (M), SIPPY GREWAL PRODUCTIONS [15/ $14,172]	212,583	N/A	213,252
14	2	TRIPLE 9 (MA15+), ROADSHOW [143/ $1,344]	192,199	-58%	834,483
15	4	RIDE ALONG 2 (M), UNIVERSAL [97/ $1,486]	144,120	-55%	2,828,189
16	116	FROZEN (PG), WALT DISNEY [70/ $1,688]	118,169	N/A	35,276,655
17	PR	THE DAUGHTER (M), ROADSHOW [55/ $1,986]	109,213	N/A	109,213
18	5	ZOOLANDER 2 (M), PARAMOUNT [89/ $1,017]	90,519	-60%	6,988,191
19	13	STAR WARS: THE FORCE AWAKENS (M), WALT DISNEY [44/ $1,957]	86,128	-24%	93,753,557
20	3	13 HOURS: THE SECRET SOLDIERS OF BENGHAZI (MA15+), PARAMOUNT [107/ $738]	78,930	-69%	1,272,227

[JJ-8]

.....

so

 

The Lady in Van continues is strong run ... only down 20%.  Deadpool is now tracking for around 45m i believe with that number (it will pass 40m during the week - fantastic result for a film which i had pegged for about 15m before the opening)  Gimsby... firstly i'm going to lol at the stateside opening... but just  at the opening here... 1.6m (thats like 16m stateside).   For a film that has been so widely panned, for it open to 1.6m here is just .. i have no word... maybe us aussies have a weird sense of humor...   anyway moving, to the even bigger shock... 10 Cloverfield Lane only managed 1.5m.  I was expecting >> 2m and quite possibly above 3m.... that opening is just very disappointing. and to be beaten by grimsby also... wow  

 

HTBS will wind up north of 10m which a good result.  Other things of note, The Revenant looks like it will creep past 20m at this point.  TFA will slip just short of 94m.... 

 

Finally Frozen - while ok, i'd say that result in comparison to the other disney re-releases was a little disappointing. i'm wondering if a little of its thunder got stolen by zootopia in preview mode... 

[DeeCee]

Why would you be surprised about Grimsby here? Cohen has had a much longer presence in Australia then in the US.  Grimsby looks like making around the same as Ali G did 14 years ago.

[DeeCee]

Here's a photo of the George St Cinemas in 1967.  The current Event Cinemas George St is where it says Rapallo.  You can see Paramount obscured by the traffic light.

 

Edited March 16, 2016 by DeeCee

[DeeCee]

Deadpool has cracked AUD40m.  It's in the top 20 all time and the only comic book films to have grossed more are The Avengers, TDK and the TDKR.  It has a good shot of passing TDKR.

 

Most Popular Films For Period Weekend, March 10 - 16, 2016 WIR = Weeks In Release
No	WIR	Title	$	%	Total $
1	2	THE LADY IN THE VAN (M), SONY PICTURES [290/ $8,702]	2,523,713	-25%	5,998,537
2	5	DEADPOOL (MA15+), FOX [327/ $6,718]	2,196,922	-34%	40,209,967
3	1	GRIMSBY (MA15+), ROADSHOW [323/ $6,752]	2,180,835	N/A	2,205,163
4	1	10 CLOVERFIELD LANE (M), PARAMOUNT [232/ $8,655]	2,008,052	N/A	2,020,250
5	4	HOW TO BE SINGLE (M), WARNER BROS [272/ $4,583]	1,246,640	-27%	9,749,898
6	1	LOVE PUNJAB (PG), MINDBLOWING FILMS [27/ $22,037]	594,992	N/A	594,992
7	3	HAIL, CAESAR! (PG), UNIVERSAL [213/ $2,647]	563,820	-38%	3,348,566
8	PR	ZOOTOPIA (PG), WALT DISNEY [164/ $3,316]	543,755	N/A	548,766
9	5	BROOKLYN (M), TRANSMISSION [216/ $2,406]	519,610	-15%	5,328,110
10	7	SPOTLIGHT (M), ENTERTAINMENT ONE [169/ $2,990]	505,327	-17%	5,019,066
11	3	GODS OF EGYPT (M), ENTERTAINMENT ONE [177/ $2,461]	435,638	-41%	2,353,436
12	1	ARDAAS (M), SIPPY GREWAL PRODUCTIONS [15/ $22,697]	340,454	N/A	341,123
13	10	THE REVENANT (MA15+), FOX [116/ $2,591]	300,546	-28%	19,950,416
14	2	TRIPLE 9 (MA15+), ROADSHOW [142/ $1,925]	273,334	-57%	915,618
15	4	RIDE ALONG 2 (M), UNIVERSAL [97/ $1,944]	188,579	-53%	2,872,645
16	5	ZOOLANDER 2 (M), PARAMOUNT [89/ $1,513]	134,659	-53%	7,032,942
17	13	STAR WARS: THE FORCE AWAKENS (M), WALT DISNEY [55/ $2,340]	128,683	-23%	96,801,696
18	116	FROZEN (PG), WALT DISNEY [70/ $1,687]	118,121	N/A	35,276,607
19	3	13 HOURS: THE SECRET SOLDIERS OF BENGHAZI (MA15+), PARAMOUNT [107/ $1,039]	111,179	-68%	1,304,163
20	2	THE FINEST HOURS (PG), WALT DISNEY [121/ $891]	107,764	-68%	459,864

Edited March 17, 2016 by DeeCee

[keysersoze123]

WOW. it has beaten AOU. Sensational run for sure.

[DeeCee]

@JJ-8 What's your impression of BvS pre sales and number of session times?  Both seem incredibly low. 

 

Sydney IMAX has only 4 sessions on opening day whereas TFA had 9 straight over the first 27 hours. None of the 4 sessions have sold what TFA had already sold 2 months out. 

 

I looked at various Event Cinemas and they have only 1 midnight session or none at all. Less then 20% of the seats have been sold for the midnight sessions.  Event George St has 1 VMAX session at midnight with about 20% of the seats sold. TFA had 2 x VMAX, 4 x Gold Class plus another 2 or 3 other sessions at midnight. The VMAX and Gold Class were all sold out weeks in advance. 

 

Looking around the country I only found a few Gold Class sell outs on the Thursday night. 

[DeeCee]

On 22 October 2015 at 1:18 AM, JJ-8 said:

Just looking @ Chermside....

 

Midnights:

 

Vmax (All 3D) (2 cinemas - 640 seats) - 90% full

Gold class (All 3D) (2 cinemas - 80 seats) - SOLD OUT

normal cinemas (2 x 3D) (> 600 seats) - 65% to 70% full

normal cinema (1 x 2D) (~ 200 seats) - 80% full

 

of note - Chermside has put on 3 am sessions too - 1 x Gold Class + 1 x Vmax - gold class is about 70% full and the vmax has only sold about 20 tickets so far.. but that wasn't on sale from day dot...

 

good signs.... 

For BvS Chermside has 1 VMAX with about 40% sold and 2 x Gold Class with just over 50% sold. 

[JJ-8]

1 hour ago, DeeCee said:

@JJ-8 What's your impression of BvS pre sales and number of session times?  Both seem incredibly low. 

 

Sydney IMAX has only 4 sessions on opening day whereas TFA had 9 straight over the first 27 hours. None of the 4 sessions have sold what TFA had already sold 2 months out. 

 

I looked at various Event Cinemas and they have only 1 midnight session or none at all. Less then 20% of the seats have been sold for the midnight sessions.  Event George St has 1 VMAX session at midnight with about 20% of the seats sold. TFA had 2 x VMAX, 4 x Gold Class plus another 2 or 3 other sessions at midnight. The VMAX and Gold Class were all sold out weeks in advance. 

 

Looking around the country I only found a few Gold Class sell outs on the Thursday night. 

It's where I expected it to be.  i never expected lots of sellouts at this point. My gut says an opening in the 12m to 14m is where this will land.  Above 14m would be a great performance. 

 

I also think it will be on about 650 screens.  

 

That amount of sales this far from opening is give or take fairly in line with other blockbusters that opened in the 13m to 15m range. Except I see that total spread over 5 days. Hence my expectation of a 12 to 14 weekend (4 day). 

 

To be fair to BVS nothing has ever come close to what TFA did in presales or eventual sales on OW. Mybe potter is a tad closer given it pulled a 25m 5 day. Still TFA's presales and ow / OD records are the new yardsticks. 

[DeeCee]

I didn't expect pre sales near TFA levels I just thought they'd be higher then they are relative to TFA. 

[RthDeadWov]

On 3/16/2016 at 0:19 PM, DeeCee said:

Here's a photo of the George St Cinemas in 1967.  The current Event Cinemas George St is where it says Rapallo.  You can see Paramount obscured by the traffic light.

 

Actually the current site is everything from end of The Regent through the Rapallo. The land  between Paramount & Rapallo became Hoyts Centre 7-plex in late 70's. the Rapallo/Paramount got demolished (late 80's) and replaced with  GU 4-plex, cinema 3 in the GU 4-plex was roughly modeled after the Paramount(its now been carved into 2 cinemas, what is now known as cinemas 10&11) and then GU/Hoyts complexes merged with more cinemas carved up

 

[DeeCee]

Most Popular Films For Period Weekend, March 17 - 20, 2016 WIR = Weeks In Release
No	WIR	Title	$	%	Total $
1	1	ZOOTOPIA (PG), WALT DISNEY [479/ $8,847]	4,237,586	N/A	4,786,352
2	1	LONDON HAS FALLEN (MA15+), ROADSHOW [218/ $9,963]	2,171,977	N/A	2,207,054
3	6	DEADPOOL (MA15+), FOX [306/ $3,306]	1,011,612	-23%	41,224,832
4	3	THE LADY IN THE VAN (M), SONY PICTURES [305/ $3,190]	972,879	-41%	6,975,782
5	2	10 CLOVERFIELD LANE (M), PARAMOUNT [232/ $3,593]	833,665	-43%	2,856,154
6	2	GRIMSBY (MA15+), ROADSHOW [324/ $2,337]	757,301	-53%	2,964,689
7	5	HOW TO BE SINGLE (M), WARNER BROS [221/ $2,281]	504,151	-43%	10,255,951
8	1	THE DAUGHTER (M), ROADSHOW [52/ $5,538]	287,989	N/A	584,156
9	6	BROOKLYN (M), TRANSMISSION [179/ $1,128]	201,861	-38%	5,530,326
10	8	SPOTLIGHT (M), ENTERTAINMENT ONE [140/ $1,436]	200,984	-42%	5,220,050
11	4	HAIL, CAESAR! (PG), UNIVERSAL [107/ $1,548]	165,609	-58%	3,515,367
12	1	MIRACLES FROM HEAVEN (PG), SONY PICTURES [37/ $4,128]	152,738	N/A	152,738
13	1	KAPOOR & SONS (M), MINDBLOWING FILMS [17/ $8,021]	136,356	N/A	136,356
14	1	THE WITCH (MA15+), UNIVERSAL [7/ $15,974]	111,819	N/A	165,848
15	4	GODS OF EGYPT (M), ENTERTAINMENT ONE [134/ $775]	103,894	-67%	2,459,379
16	11	THE REVENANT (MA15+), FOX [72/ $1,411]	101,604	-52%	20,052,020
17	2	ARDAAS (M), SIPPY GREWAL PRODUCTIONS [16/ $4,841]	77,453	-64%	418,576
18	2	LOVE PUNJAB (PG), MINDBLOWING FILMS [22/ $3,410]	75,009	-82%	670,001
19	14	STAR WARS: THE FORCE AWAKENS (M), WALT DISNEY [24/ $2,129]	51,101	-41%	93,852,135
20	5	RIDE ALONG 2 (M), UNIVERSAL [38/ $1,159]	44,035	-69%	2,916,720

[Robertron]

Will Deadpool reach top 10 all time? (If it hasn't already)

[DeeCee]

1 hour ago, Robertron said:

Will Deadpool reach top 10 all time? (If it hasn't already)

I think Crocodile Dundee is now number 10 with $47.71m so I would say the answer is no.  Jajang hasn't updated the first page of the thread with TFA yet.

Edited March 21, 2016 by DeeCee

[DeeCee]

On 3/16/2016 at 0:19 PM, DeeCee said:

Here's a photo of the George St Cinemas in 1967.  The current Event Cinemas George St is where it says Rapallo.  You can see Paramount obscured by the traffic light.

 

Here's the same spot today before BvS.  Event Cinemas George St is the highest grossing complex in Australia.  The bank on the corner is the same building but is now a KFC.  The Regent Theatre is now the Lumière Residences.  Event Cinemas is the next low rise silver building on the right of the street.  You can see the top of the "V" behind the trees.

I intend on sleeping in tomorrow so I would greatly appreciate opening day numbers when I wake up. Thank you. 

Edited March 24, 2016 by DeeCee

[DeeCee]

@RthHow did BvS go on Thursday? Thanks. 

[RthDeadWov]

BvS been around 3.4m put it up thee with FF7 Easter opening, IM3, over 90% of TDKR