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The Grinch is getting an insane amount of showings. At a multiplex near Venice, it has 38 showings listed for the weekend.

Bohemian Rhapsody's very strong too. Gonna be a big weekend...and an awful one for FB2, whose number of showings decreased drastically and whose dailies are down 60% from last week.

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Huge opening for Bohemian Rhapsody: 800K. If the Saturday rise is strong enough, we may have another film finishing with the double-digit.

 

The Grinch opened...in third place. 121K. Okay, this was not supposed to open above BR on a Thursday, but we're looking at a potential sub-2M opening.

FB2 already below 100K *-*

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WEEKEND ACTUALS 29 NOVEMBER - 2 DECEMBER

- all in million € -

 

-RANK- MOVIE WEEKEND GROSS HOLD TOTAL GROSS PROJECTED GROSS
1 Bohemian Rhapsody 5.41 NEW 5.41 20.10
2 The Grinch 1.81 NEW 1.81 6.00
3 Se Son Rose (It) 1.63 NEW 1.63 5.00
4 Fantastic Beasts 2 0.96 -63% 11.75 13.00
5 Robin Hood 0.49 -42% 1.53 2.10
6 Troppa Grazia (It) 0.28

-39%

0.82 1.10
7 The Nutcracker and the 4 Realms 0.19 -63% 9.20 9.50
8 Trois Visages (Iran) 0.12 NEW 0.12 0.30
9 Dead in a Week (GB) 0.11 -62% 0.46 0.60
10 Widows 0.10 -67% 1.19 1.30

 

 

Insane performance for Bohemian Rhapsody. In many other countries it's doing great numbers after developing very long legs, but Italy is one of the few countries where the opening is already at uber-blockbuster levels (at least by today's standards). Second best opening of the season, only behind FB2 and ahead of Incredibles 2, Hotel Transylvania, Nutcracker, Venom. Its 4-day gross is already above the total gross of Ant Man 2 and MI:6, and just 20% behind the total gross of A Star is Born. It even managed to get a Sunday increase, while adult movies always drop 10-25% that day.

Great opening, great WOM, very little competition until the weekend before the Xmas holidays...can it beat Avengers Infinity War (18.76M) for the top spot of the year? Chances are high, and it may even become the only film in the last 18 months able to pass the 20M milestone (the last one is Beauty and the Beast with around 20.5M). It'll be fun to follow.

 

Other than BR...The Grinch opened 50%+ lower than HT3 and I2. It should have a very good hold next weekend, and probably the following one too, but not enough to make a success out of it.

FB2 will indeed struggle to 13M. It will get the season crown next weekend, only to lose it the week(end) after.

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@Omni

 

 but Italy is one of the few countries where the opening is already at uber-blockbuster levels (at least by today's standards)

 

BR is uber blockbuster cause it's achieving insane OS run w/o China. many huge successes aren't BR level once you take China out. For example, BR is gonna crush Antman&theWasp, Wonder Woman, Doctor Strange despite their China grosses. It's absolutely incredible performance. Freddie Mercury is a superhero. 

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1 hour ago, Valonqar said:

@Omni

 

 

 

 

BR is uber blockbuster cause it's achieving insane OS run w/o China. many huge successes aren't BR level once you take China out. For example, BR is gonna crush Antman&theWasp, Wonder Woman, Doctor Strange despite their China grosses. It's absolutely incredible performance. Freddie Mercury is a superhero. 

WW did $821M...

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The top 3 of last weekend will repeat, and they should all have great holds.

Bohemian Rhapsody is down a mere 39% from its (inflated) OD (it certainly won't jump by 15% today like it did last week), while Se Son Rose (Italian comedy) and The Grinch are both down 35% or so from their non-inflated debuts.

Saturday is also a holiday here, meaning the boost may lead to sub-20% drops for all those three movies. And Bohemian Rhapsody may even show us something more.

 

Fantastic Beasts 2 will drop by around 50% even with the holiday's help.

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WEEKEND ACTUALS 6-9 DECEMBER

- all in million € -

 

-RANK- MOVIE WEEKEND GROSS HOLD TOTAL GROSS PROJECTED GROSS
1 Bohemian Rhapsody 4.18 -23% 11.72 20.10
2 The Grinch 1.37 -24% 3.51 6.00
3 Se Son Rose (It) 1.14 -30% 3.16 5.00
4 Alpha 0.60 NEW 0.60 1.50
5 Fantastic Beasts 2 0.45 -53% 12.42 12.80
6 Ghostland 0.42

NEW

0.42 0.90
7 Colette 0.25 NEW 0.25 0.60
8 La Prima Pietra (It) 0.24 NEW 0.24 0.60
9 Robin Hood 0.17 -65% 1.80 1.90
10 Santiago (It) 0.14 NEW 0.14 0.40

 

 

I have no words to describe Bohemian Rhapsody's performance. Its 2nd weekend, while inflated (though not as inflated as Grinch's, as it's not a family movie) is:

* Slightly higher than the 4-day opening of HT3 (previous leader of the season)

* Just 1% lower than I2's OW

* 10% higher than Venom's OW

Starting from its 4th weekend, it will begin to run out of gas just like every damn release in Italy, but by then it will already be above 16 millions, and will still be strong enough to be a solid option during Christmas I guess.  Infinity War (18.77M) is now very likely to fall. Incredible.

 

Good hold for The Grinch, though its Sunday being down 35% from the previous week shows how holiday-dependent was the hold. It should be able to survive the Spiderman toon, but likely not Mary Poppins the week after. In fact, once you exclude the top trio, Grindelwald got the best hold of all.

 

As usual, small openers are no threat for the bigger and "younger" movies, but have the ability of destroying smaller holdovers.

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SEASONAL (AUGUST 2018 - JULY 2019) TOP 10

- gross in € -

 

-RANK- MOVIE STUDIO RELEASE DATE TOTAL GROSS TOTAL ADMISSIONS
1 Fantastic Beasts 2 Warner Bros 15/11/2018 12.424.671 1.769.403
2 Hotel Transylvania Warner Bros 22/08/2018 12.248.608 1.933.886
3 Incredibles 2 Disney 19/09/2018 12.036.064 1.872.315
4 Bohemian Rhapsody 20th Century Fox 29/11/2018 11.722.046 1.647.209
5 The Nutcracker and the Four Realms Disney 31/10/2018 9.310.023 1.455.712
6 Venom Warner Bros

04/10/2018

8.477.649 1.233.523
7 A Star is Born Warner Bros 11/10/2018 6.751.578 989.560
8 The Nun Warner Bros 20/09/2018 5.459.259 794.150
9 Mission Impossible: Fallout 20th Century Fox 29/08/2018 5.244.349 766.740
10 The Meg Warner Bros 09/08/2018 5.023.769 732.881

 

 

Fantastic Beast: The Crimes of Grindelwald gets to the top spot (but only in euros, as in admissions it's #3, and will become #4 very soon). It won't last long. By Wednesday, Bohemian Rhapsody will have passed it.

The Grinch has a #8 spot locked, and a very very small chance of reaching ASiB for a temporary 7th place.

Among future releases: Aquaman should make a little less than Venom's number, Ralph will most likely find a place between Nutcracker and I2 (closer to the former), and Mary Poppins...no idea, total wildcard.

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And as expected Bohemian Rhapsody took the top spot from Fantastic Beasts 2 on Wednesday. 12.87M vs 12.50M. Grindelwald held the crown for just a few days.

 

This weekend holds may be a little harsh due to last weekend being inflated, but the lack of competition will limit the damage. The only "notable" new releases are A Simple Favor and Il Testimone Silenzioso (Italian thriller). Bohemian Rhapsody and The Grinch should remain on top, both with a drop in the 40's.

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WEEKEND ACTUALS 13-16 DECEMBER

- all in million € -

 

-RANK- MOVIE WEEKEND GROSS HOLD TOTAL GROSS PROJECTED GROSS
1 Bohemian Rhapsody 2.40 -43% 15.29 20.10
2 The Grinch 0.79 -42% 4.53 6.00
3 Mortal Engines 0.75 NEW 0.75 2.00
4 A Simple Favor 0.73 NEW 0.73 2.40
5 Il Testimone Invisibile (It) 0.66 NEW 0.66 1.80
6 Se Son Rose (It) 0.48

-58%

3.82 4.50
7 Alpha 0.26 -57% 0.98 1.30
8 Ghostland 0.21 -50% 0.76 1.00
9 Fantastic Beasts 2 0.17 -62% 12.68 12.90
10 Santiago (It) 0.13 -10% 0.30 0.40

 

 

Bohemian Rhapsody has overtaken Fifty Shades of Sunday to become the #2 movie of the year. It still needs 3.5 millions to overtake Infinity Way for the top spot - which is more likely than not. I still believe it will eventually pass the 20M mark, but to do so it needs to survive the bunch of Christmas openers this Thursday: Mary Poppins Returns, Bumblebee, Amici come Prima (Italian comedy) and The First. I believe it will, as Mary Poppins is not a direct competitor, Bumblebee shouldn't do big numbers, The First will hardly be a factor and Amici come Prima is a nostalgic operation that received a very bad response from the critics, and it also came out 10 years too late.

 

The Grinch managed a relatively strong hold thanks to its huge jumps on Saturday and Sunday, but its other dailies are irrelevant and it's too easy to hold decently when there is litterally no other kids flick on screen. It only has 10 more days to make some money.

 

Mortal Engines (which I forgot was even opening this weekend) didn't do that bad, at least compared to the other markets. Granted, it sold those tickets only because Peter Jackson's name is still worth something and because of the weakness of the openers. It will disappear very soon.

 

And Fantastic Beasts...oh well, yet another awful hold. This one guarantees the movie will NOT reach 13 millions.

 

Overall, the weekend was down a big 29.78% from the same weekend last year (when Star Wars opened), but the great performance of the Queens reduced the yearly gap to -5.58%.

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SEASONAL (AUGUST 2018 - JULY 2019) TOP 10

- gross in € -

 

-RANK- MOVIE STUDIO RELEASE DATE TOTAL GROSS TOTAL ADMISSIONS
1 Bohemian Rhapsody 20th Century Fox 29/11/2018 15.293.263 2.179.118
2 Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald Warner Bros 15/11/2018 12.678.357 1.809.671
3 Hotel Transylvania 3 Warner Bros 22/08/2018 12.248.608 1.933.886
4 Incredibles 2 Disney 19/09/2018 12.039.608 1.873.022
5 The Nutcracker and the Four Realms Disney 31/10/2018 9.363.499 1.467.735
6 Venom Warner Bros

04/10/2018

8.477.649 1.233.523
7 A Star is Born Warner Bros 11/10/2018 6.758.698 990.755
8 The Nun Warner Bros 20/09/2018 5.459.259 794.150
9 Mission Impossible: Fallout 20th Century Fox 29/08/2018 5.244.349 766.740
10 The Meg Warner Bros 09/08/2018 5.023.769 732.881

 

 

Bohemian Rhapsody is only the third movie of the year (and the first of the season) to go above the 2 million admissions.

Fantastic Beasts 2 will end up selling less tickets than HT3 and I2.

Nutcracker is basically done (#20 this weekend, with a gross of 25K), so 9.4 should be its final figure.

A Star is Born added around 1000 admissions this week - so damn close to the million mark.

 

The Grinch will (but it's not guaranteed) enter the chart next weekend, only to leave it by the end of the year. Which will happen to The Nun, Fallout and The Meg as well.

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Mary Poppins Returns debuted at #1 on Thursday, with 240K. Should translate to about a 2M OW which, using the antipodes of legs, could lead to a final gross of 8M (The Last Jedi) or of 20M+ (Frozen). I'd say it's definitely aiming for at least the #2 spot of the season (13M+), between Bohemian Rhapsody and Fantastic Beasts. Bumblebee did weak as expected with less than 100K

 

Bohemian Rhapsody didn't hold too well, and I don't know how much it will recover on the weekend.

 

The Grich fell quite hard too, and now I'm skeptical about it reaching the 6M mark.

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