Romania Box Office

[Andreas]

"Avengers: Endgame" has made it PAST THE $3M-mark after just three weekends in theatres. It's now way past IW's final haul ($2.55M) and past "Furious 7" (approx. $2.75M), sitting at a gargantuan $3.015M. "Fate of the Furious" (approx. $3.2M) and "The Force Awakens" (approx. $3.3M) are also sure to be surpassed by next week. The only question that remains is if EG can surpass "Aquaman" ($3.8M) in order to become the second highest grossing movie of all time in Romania (behind "Avatar").

 

On ‎5‎/‎1‎/‎2019 at 3:15 PM, thunder storm said:

I'm sure Hobbs & Shaw will be the biggest movie this year

at least 200k adm. ow/500k adm. total

Right now I really don't think it's possible for "Hobbs & Shaw" to become the biggest movie of the year.

 

[Andreas]

"John Wick 3" had an awesome opening weekend, bringing in $296K / 1.26M RON in three days. JW3 far outopened its predecessors.

In other news, "Avengers: Endgame" has made it to $3.2M / 13.67M RON and will soon enough pass both "The Fate of the Furious" AND "Star Wars: The Force Awakens" in order to become the third highest grossing movie of all time in Romania. "Aquaman"'s $3.8M-haul might be a stretch too big for EG.

 

Other holdovers: The Hustle $343K, UglyDolls $46K, Brightburn $103K.

[Andreas]

UPDATE on Romania's box office:

 

"The Lion King" opens at number 1 and scores a hefty $411K / 1.73M RON on OW. Comps: "Toy Story 4" $83K, "Incredibles 2" $210K, "The Jungle Book" $375K, "Beauty and the Beast" $518K. The movie is well-liked and should have very solid legs.

 

After opening at number 1 and making $418K on its OW (comps AMATW $238K, SM:H $281K, Black Panther ~ $500K), "Spider-Man: Far From Home" passed the $1M-mark after this weekend, now having grossed $1.02M. Movie needs $9K more to outgross its predecessor.

 

Holdovers: Toy Story 4 $334K, MIB $592K, Annabelle $409K, Stuber $97K.

[Andreas]

Romania box office UPDATE:

 

"Hobbs and Shaw" has a great opening, scoring $670K / 2.86M RON on its first weekend in Romanian theaters. It's not as good as F7 or F8, yet the movie should have solid legs and make it as far as it goes. $2M should be easy.

 

"The Lion King" has shown great legs and made it to $1.28M, while "Spider-Man: Far From Home" made it to $1.21M, now $200K ahead of "Homecoming".

 

Holdovers: Crawl $118K, Annabelle Comes Home $566K, Toy Story 4 $422K, Aladdin $1.157M.

[Andreas]

Update:

 

Angel Has Fallen opens at no. 1 and makes $178K / 764K RON on OW. Impressive for this kind of movie. The Big Trip makes $48K.

 

OUATIH has a nice run in Romania, it opened with $212K and has now made $637K.

Even more impressive is The Lion King. The movie has proven to be very leggy, having grossed $1.82M. Could pass $2M in Romania.

 

As expected, Hobbs & Shaw surpassed the $2M-mark in Romania. Currently sits at $2.006M. Even though it's a F&F movie (which is perhaps the most popular franchise in Romania), it doesn't have any chance at getting close to recent blockbusters Aquaman and Avengers:Endgame.

 

Holdovers: Scary Stories $154K, Angry Birds 2 $507K, Good Boys $133K.

 

IT 2 opens on Friday. Expect a huge opening for a horror movie.

 

 

 

 

[Aristis]

There hasn't been an update in some time so I'll just post some stats from InsideKino.

 

Frozen 2 opened with 164k admissions for the 4th biggest OW ever:

1	366.195	Fast & Furious 8
2	196.210	Fast & Furious 7
3	175.584	Star Wars 7
4	164.400*	Frozen 2
5	154.200*	Avengers: EG
6	150.501	FSOG2
7	148.642	Hobbit 3
8	146.898	FSOG3
9	145.702	FSOG
10	135.200*	Avengers: IW

 

WE 06.12. - 08.12.

1	89.995	---	89.995	1	Jumanji 2
2	49.400*	-54	377.900*	3	Frozen 2
3	8.954	-59	35.607	2	Playing with Fire
4	8.792	-51	33.153	2	Jexi
5	7.069	-64	31.976	2	Charlies Angels
6	7.043	-43	130.007	5	Maria, Regina Romaniei
7	5.834	-38	76.231	4	Last Christmas
8	4.712	-48	79.387	4	FvF – Le Mans 66
9	3.013	---	3.013	1	Systemsprenger
10	2.355	-57	26.942	3	Doctor Sleep

 

TOP10 2019:

1	575.800*	Avengers: EG
2	519.889	Joker
3	430.083	Hobbs & Shaw
4	377.900*	Frozen 2
5	356.400*	The Lion King
6	299.200*	Captain Marvel
7	292.600*	Maleficent 2
8	260.531	Oh, Ramona
9	249.505	Spider-Man - FFH
10	226.100*	Aladdin

*Those are estimates since it seems that Disney doesn't publish actuals

 

http://www.insidekino.de/BO/RO2019.htm

 

[Andreas]

Romania Box Office Update:

 

"Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker" makes $684K / 2.938M RON on its OW. "The Last Jedi" made $767K / 3.01M RON on its OW. TROS' reception is better than TLJ's in Romania, so legs should be pretty solid. $1M+ guaranteed by next weekend.

 

"Jumanji: The Next Level", the sequel to one of the most successful movies in Romania, opened to $512K and has made it to over $1.2M.

 

Holdovers: Frozen II $2.43M (will become the highest grossing animation in Romania), Charlie's Angels $221K, Last Christmas $405K.

[Andreas]

Romania New Year's update:

 

Local Youtuber-movie "5GANG: Un altfel de Craciun"/ "5GANG: Another Christmas" opens at no. 1, making $657K / 2.8M RON on OW. The movie is received very poorly, so legs should be pretty bad. Still, it's the biggest opening for a local movie.

"Spies in Disguise" opens weak at no. 5, making just $92K / 398K RON on OW.

 

"Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker" makes it to $1.36M after two weekends in cinemas, while "Frozen II" sits at $2.71M, becoming, by far, the highest grossing animated movie ever in Romania.

 

"Jumanji: The Next Level" also continues to impress. It currently sits at $1.72M.

Edited January 2, 2020 by Andreas

[James]

Top 10 of the year in Romania (as expected, poor year given the many lockdowns - the market is still at less than half of what it was before the pandemic):

 

1. Fast & Furious 9 - $2.2m

2. Spiderman - $1.3m (Spidey just had a slightly bigger second week than FF9, but with Christmas holidays that is normal; the BO will collapse during New Years though, when everything is closed, so as it stands I think FF9 will remain the No. 1 in the end)

3. Dune - $1.02m

4. Luca - $1.05m (slightly above Dune in USD but under Dune in local currency - USD fluctuations)

5. No Time to Die - $933k

6. Venom 2 - $867k

7. House of Gucci - $842

8. Jungle Cruise - $720k

9. Shang-Chi - $699k

10. Black Widow - $688k

 

The surprises of the year were definitely Dune and especially House of Gucci (it is currently no. 7, but it has a good shot at beating No Time to Die to claim a place in the Top 5, which is outstanding).

 

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Also, here is the The Top 10 all Time in Romania in terms of admissions (from 2000s onward - there are a few movies pre 2000s that made over 1m admissions, but the ticket prices are not comparable - the average ticket price in 1994 for example was 10 cents or so, compared to around $7 now):

 

1. Avatar - 881.718

2. Fast and Furious 8 - 683.878

3. Aquaman - 679.617

4. Frozen 2 - 655.140 (no exact data for this one, but a very close aproximation)

5. Furious 7 - 651.232

6. Avengers: Endgame - 621.725 (no exact data for this one, but a very close aproximation)

7. Star Wars: The Force Awakens - 601.242

8. Joker - 531.407

9. The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies - 526.702

10. Miami Bici - 525.238 (local movie)

 

As it stands right now, the only titles that have even a remote chance of unseating Avatar as the most attended movie ever in Romania in the near future are Avatar 2 (maybeeee) and Aquaman 2 (if it's as good as the first one).

But tbh, I doubt the market will be back to normal by this time next year, when both those movies come out and they will canibalize each other lol (as it stands right now, they are set to debut on the same weekend which will likely ensure the biggest month in Romanian cinema history - it would also mean that any movie opening close to them will bomb),  so probably Avatar will reign supreme for the foreseeable future).

Edited December 28, 2021 by James

[Andreas]

Biggest OPENING WEEKENDS of 2022, before the launch of Avatar: The Way of Water:

 

1. Teambuilding (Romanian Comedy): $973K
2. Doctor Strange 2: $663K
3. Thor 4: $478K
4. BP2: $456K
5. The Batman: $381K
6. JWD: $364K
7. TGM: $348K

8. Minions, The Rise of Gru: $331K
9. Black Adam: $330K
10. Mirciulică (Romanian Comedy): $320K

 

Important notes:

Avatar 1 is, by far, the highest grossing movie of all time in Romania.

Its 2022 re-release earned $131K on its OW (no. 1 that weekend, $131K is an above average opening weekend for a movie in Romania this year) and $320K overall.

[Andreas]

13 minutes ago, Andreas said:

Biggest OPENING WEEKENDS of 2022, before the launch of Avatar: The Way of Water:

 

1. Teambuilding (Romanian Comedy): $973K
2. Doctor Strange 2: $663K
3. Thor 4: $478K
4. BP2: $456K
5. The Batman: $381K
6. JWD: $364K
7. TGM: $348K

8. Minions, The Rise of Gru: $331K
9. Black Adam: $330K
10. Mirciulică (Romanian Comedy): $320K

 

Important notes:

Avatar 1 is, by far, the highest grossing movie of all time in Romania, having grossed aprox. $7M after the re-release.

Its 2022 re-release earned $131K on its OW (no. 1 that weekend, $131K is an above average opening weekend for a movie in Romania this year) and $320K overall.

 

[Andreas]

On 12/11/2022 at 1:33 AM, Andreas said:

Biggest OPENING WEEKENDS of 2022, before the launch of Avatar: The Way of Water:

 

1. Teambuilding (Romanian Comedy): $973K
2. Doctor Strange 2: $663K
3. Thor 4: $478K
4. BP2: $456K
5. The Batman: $381K
6. JWD: $364K
7. TGM: $348K

8. Minions, The Rise of Gru: $331K
9. Black Adam: $330K
10. Mirciulică (Romanian Comedy): $320K

 

Important notes:

Avatar 1 is, by far, the highest grossing movie of all time in Romania.

Its 2022 re-release earned $131K on its OW (no. 1 that weekend, $131K is an above average opening weekend for a movie in Romania this year) and $320K overall.

 

Avatar: The Way of Water had the second biggest opening weekend OF ALL TIME ( behind Fast and Furious 8 ) in Romania.

 

6.305.847 RON ($1.36M), probably over 200K admissions.

 

COMPS:

2.05 x Doctor Strange 2

1.94 x Spider-Man: No Way Home

1.5 x Avengers: Endgame

Edited December 19, 2022 by Andreas

[charlie Jatinder]

Gonna use this thread for Balkan region.

 

Avatar: The Way of Water Weekend

 

Romania - $1.36M (210K admits)

Greece - $702K (68K)

Bulgaria - $570K (73K)

Croatia - $328K (42K)

Slovenia - $273K (27K)

Serbia - $353K (51K)

Bosnia & Herzegovina - $78K (16K)

Albania - $36K (4K)

 

Total - $3.7M (491K)

 

There are probably $50-100k missing max.

 

[Andreas]

5 hours ago, charlie Jatinder said:

Gonna use this thread for Balkan region.

 

Avatar: The Way of Water Weekend

 

Romania - $1.36M (210K admits)

Greece - $702K (68K)

Bulgaria - $570K (73K)

Croatia - $328K (42K)

Slovenia - $273K (27K)

Serbia - $353K (51K)

Bosnia & Herzegovina - $78K (16K)

Albania - $36K (4K)

 

Total - $3.7M (491K)

 

There are probably $50-100k missing max.

 

I'd say it's quite debatable if Romania is part of the Balkan region (especially here in Transylvania, where I'm from), but I'll let that slide glad to see you around here.

[Andreas]

Avatar: The Way of Water has reached $2.5M in Romania by Sunday the 25th.

This is a great result, considering that:

- School holidays mostly started on 26th December

- People here don't go to the movies AT ALL on Christmas Eve

Thus, the movie should make a lot of money this week and the next.

[Gkalaitza]

On 12/22/2022 at 5:36 PM, charlie Jatinder said:

Gonna use this thread for Balkan region.

 

Avatar: The Way of Water Weekend

 

Romania - $1.36M (210K admits)

Greece - $702K (68K)

Bulgaria - $570K (73K)

Croatia - $328K (42K)

Slovenia - $273K (27K)

Serbia - $353K (51K)

Bosnia & Herzegovina - $78K (16K)

Albania - $36K (4K)

 

Total - $3.7M (491K)

 

There are probably $50-100k missing max.

 

Greece is at $1.76M (172k) up till Monday (assuming the same ATP as OW)

Edited December 28, 2022 by Gkalaitza

[Andreas]

As of SUN, Avatar: The Way of Water has reached 21M RON ($4.53M) in Romania, on its way to becoming at least the second highest grossing movie of all time (behind only Avatar 1).

 

On its 3rd week in Romania, the movie has grossed $2.03M (+78% vs week 2. It made $1.14M during its 2nd week here).

 

This week should also see a pretty decent hold, since schools are still closed.

[Sophia Jane]

maybe 35m RON final

[Andreas]

1 hour ago, Bruce said:

maybe 35m RON final

Highly doubtful, Romania is not known for very good legs. For now I'd say 30m RON max.

[Andreas]

On 1/3/2023 at 8:40 PM, Andreas said:

Highly doubtful, Romania is not known for very good legs. For now I'd say 30m RON max.

Apparently I was wrong, 35M RON do look doable right now.

 

"Avatar: The Way of Water" had another INCREDIBLE week in Romania.

It has grossed $1.6M during its 4th week.

As of SUN (08.01.2023), ATWOW has grossed 28.47M RON ($6.13M).

 

The movie has now become:

The highest grossing movie of all time in LC.

The second highest grossing movie in USD in Romania (after Avatar 1)

 

Avatar 1 has grossed $6.64M in Romania, ATWOW should be able to exceed that number and become the highest grossing movie of all time in USD in Romania.

 

EDIT: Not sure if $6.64M is Avatar 1's total after or before re-releases. Perhaps Charlie does have that information. In case it's the total for the original run only, $7M-$7.2M should be the number to beat for ATWOW in order to become no. 1 in USD.

Edited January 9, 2023 by Andreas