Jonwo Posted May 11, 2019 Share Posted May 11, 2019 3 minutes ago, Stewart said: Yeah, it was very busy when I went. Also interesting was that there were a lot of walkups. Although I'm concerned about legs, there were basically zero families at my showing, majority were nerdy teenagers. Nothing wrong with that, but might mean it's frontloaded. It’s only got two weeks to itself before Aladdin and Secret Life of Pets 2. It might be able to get to number 1, The Meg managed it last summer and it had a lot less cinemas compared to the competition Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stewart Posted May 11, 2019 Share Posted May 11, 2019 2 minutes ago, Jonwo said: It’s only got two weeks to itself before Aladdin and Secret Life of Pets 2. It might be able to get to number 1, The Meg managed it last summer and it had a lot less cinemas compared to the competition As I say though, the crowd that I saw didn't have the crossover with Aladdin and Slop2. Both of those will be aiming for the family/children crowd. Pika was definitely more young-adult/late teens at my showing. No idea if its representative at all of the nation though. But if this is the case, it's possible that Pika's only disadvantage going forward will be screen loss, not audience clash. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nakamura Posted May 11, 2019 Share Posted May 11, 2019 What is the current gross of Pikachu and EG recently? Thank you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TalismanRing Posted May 11, 2019 Share Posted May 11, 2019 (edited) nm/ wrong topic Edited May 11, 2019 by TalismanRing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ipickthiswhiterose Posted May 11, 2019 Share Posted May 11, 2019 (edited) I have a feeling Secret Life of Pets 2 is going to do incredibly, frustratingly, well. Like, $45-55m well. I guess it will easily outdo HTTYD3 and Lego 2 and probably cruise past Dumbo as well. Throw cute animals at British families and they will nearly always respond positively. Might be an interesting mini-contest with Aladdin though. Though the UK market tends not to have too many problems sustaining multiple family orientated movies. Edited May 11, 2019 by Ipickthiswhiterose Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SchumacherFTW Posted May 11, 2019 Share Posted May 11, 2019 52 minutes ago, Ipickthiswhiterose said: I have a feeling Secret Life of Pets 2 is going to do incredibly, frustratingly, well. Like, $45-55m well. I guess it will easily outdo HTTYD3 and Lego 2 and probably cruise past Dumbo as well. Throw cute animals at British families and they will nearly always respond positively. Might be an interesting mini-contest with Aladdin though. Though the UK market tends not to have too many problems sustaining multiple family orientated movies. SLOP is definitely going to beat Aladdin. The cat training trailer absolutely kills it every time they put it on. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cdsacken Posted May 11, 2019 Share Posted May 11, 2019 I love Aladdin but let's not hate of SLOP. Its frickin awesome just like Zootopia is. It will win young children over waaaay more so. I need my frickin Zootopia 2 already Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonwo Posted May 12, 2019 Share Posted May 12, 2019 10 hours ago, Ipickthiswhiterose said: I have a feeling Secret Life of Pets 2 is going to do incredibly, frustratingly, well. Like, $45-55m well. I guess it will easily outdo HTTYD3 and Lego 2 and probably cruise past Dumbo as well. Throw cute animals at British families and they will nearly always respond positively. Might be an interesting mini-contest with Aladdin though. Though the UK market tends not to have too many problems sustaining multiple family orientated movies. I think SLOP2 will decrease slightly from the first due to increased competition for screens not just from Aladdin but also Godzilla the week after. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lordmandeep Posted May 12, 2019 Share Posted May 12, 2019 Endgame at over 80 million in pounds. Should beat TLJ and enter top 5 shortly... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heretic Posted May 12, 2019 Author Share Posted May 12, 2019 £100m is looking unlikely unless it has very strong late legs. It seems to have slowed down quite quickly after its huge opening. Avatar and Spectre are the target now at £94m and £95.2m which would be good for 3rd biggest of all time. Will be close. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krissykins Posted May 13, 2019 Share Posted May 13, 2019 On 5/11/2019 at 3:39 PM, Ipickthiswhiterose said: Throw cute animals at British families and they will nearly always respond positively. Ha, yeh I think British families take their kids to anything to shut them up for 2 hours. Some of the most random looking cartoons make over £10m. 15 hours ago, Heretic said: £100m is looking unlikely unless it has very strong late legs. It seems to have slowed down quite quickly after its huge opening. It would’ve only needed a 2.3x multiplier to get to £100m with its opening, but alas it’s falling fast. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krissykins Posted May 13, 2019 Share Posted May 13, 2019 Did Endgame do £4.7m? That’s -66.5% 2nd weekend, -67% third weekend. Maybe it’ll calm down next week. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danhtruong5 Posted May 13, 2019 Share Posted May 13, 2019 2 hours ago, Krissykins said: Did Endgame do £4.7m? That’s -66.5% 2nd weekend, -67% third weekend. Maybe it’ll calm down next week. What does this mean? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heretic Posted May 13, 2019 Author Share Posted May 13, 2019 To be fair, 2nd weekend was not a 66% drop because the opening included a £12m Thursday. 3rd weekend was quite a steep fall though. Weather was very nice yesterday, and it was also the final premier league match day so perhaps that affected results a bit. The drop this weekend will hopefully be a bit softer before a very busy weekend the week after with Aladdin, Rocketman and SLOP2. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SchumacherFTW Posted May 13, 2019 Share Posted May 13, 2019 4 hours ago, Heretic said: To be fair, 2nd weekend was not a 66% drop because the opening included a £12m Thursday. 3rd weekend was quite a steep fall though. Weather was very nice yesterday, and it was also the final premier league match day so perhaps that affected results a bit. The drop this weekend will hopefully be a bit softer before a very busy weekend the week after with Aladdin, Rocketman and SLOP2. The weather yesterday was deceptive, not crazy warm, but my ears still got cooked being outside all day haha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stewart Posted May 13, 2019 Share Posted May 13, 2019 In a twisty turn of events, despite falling short in US, Pikachu actually defeated Thanos over here! I think this is a very good opening personally. Not bad for The Hustle either, bigger than Long Shot OW. Rank Film (Distributor) Three-day gross (May 10-12) Total gross to date Week 1 Pokémon Detective Pikachu (Warner Bros) £4.9m £4.9m 1 2 Avengers: Endgame £4.4m £80.4m 3 3 The Hustle (Universal) £1m £1m 1 4 Long Shot (Lionsgate) £411,308 £1.9m 2 5 The Curse Of La Llorona (Warner Bros) £243,000 £1.2m 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stfletch Posted May 14, 2019 Share Posted May 14, 2019 13 hours ago, Heretic said: To be fair, 2nd weekend was not a 66% drop because the opening included a £12m Thursday. 3rd weekend was quite a steep fall though. Weather was very nice yesterday, and it was also the final premier league match day so perhaps that affected results a bit. The drop this weekend will hopefully be a bit softer before a very busy weekend the week after with Aladdin, Rocketman and SLOP2. Third weekend was a steep fall because last Monday was a holiday so presumably Sunday was inflated. My guess is the drop next weekend will be considerably less than 60%. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
terrestrial Posted May 14, 2019 Share Posted May 14, 2019 longer chart (per distributor) Quote Live action-animation hybrid Pokémon Detective Pikachu sprang a surprise at the UK box office this weekend, taking top spot from Avengers: Endgame with an impressive £4.9m opening. This figure is more than £2m higher than the opening for any previous Pokémon film in the UK, and brought a strong location average of £8,519 from 579 sites. The film was the number one title on each day from Friday to Sunday. Warner Bros’ The Curse Of La Llorona remains in the top five on its second week on release, with the horror falling 59% with £243,000 takings and a £1.2m cume. Shazam! brought in £42,000 and is at £13.3m after six weeks on release. Disney Pikachu’s unexpected triumph was in part aided by a large 69% drop for Avengers: Endgame, with £4.4m taking it to £80.4m to date. Barring an unprecedented surge, the title will struggle to take the all-time UK box office record currently held by 2015’s Star Wars: The Force Awakens with £123.2m. It has sunk Titanic and taken sixth place though, and will have everything up to the number two title – 2012’s Skyfall with £103.2m – in its sights with a long tail. Dumbo fell 51%, taking £240,000 for £21.6m so far; while Captain Marvel added £48,000 in its 10th weekend for £39.3m to date. Universal Chris Addison-directed comedy The Hustle opened in third place on its first weekend, taking £1m and a £2,317 site average. That will be in line with the company’s hopes for a seven-figure start, although well down on the openings of recent comedies with leads Rebel Wilson and Anne Hathaway. Films nearing the end of their run for Universal include Us (took £19,764 for £9.9m after eight weekends); Little (took £16,123 for £1.9m after five); and Greta (took £10,925 for £972,928 after four). Lionsgate Long Shot dropped 49% on its second weekend, taking £411,308 for a £1.9m total so far. Red Joan fell 57% on its fourth weekend, adding £72,753 to take it to £2.4m. Missing Linktopped up £26,799 on its sixth weekend and has a £3.2m gross. 20th Century Fox Author origin story Tolkien again failed to make much headway with UK audiences, falling 57% with £237,157 and a gross of £1.3m to date. Bollywood sequel Student Of The Year started with £102,308 from 67 locations (a £1,527 average), down on the £131,101 opening of the 2012 first title which ended on £322,920. eOne eOne’s current release slate includes A Dog’s Journey and Wild Rose - Results still to come. Studiocanal One of the success stories of the weekend was Aretha Franklin doc Amazing Grace, which opened with £151,777. This was from just 69 sites for an excellent £2,200 location average. This was the best in the top 10 outside the top three titles. The documentary has taken £166,592 including previews. Trafalgar Releasing In event cinema this weekend, the Met Opera performance of Francois Poulenc’s 1957 Dialogue Des Carmélites brought in £139,098 (including Ireland) on Saturday May 11, and £141,630 in total including Sunday’s figures. It snuck into the top 10 for the weekend, and was the number five title on Saturday. The re-release of An American In Paris – The Musical on Tuesday May 7 did £79,989. Paramount Wonder Park topped up £108,000 for £4.4m after five weekends, while Pet Sematary approaches the end of its run with £12,000 and £4.2m after six. Quote Thunderbird Releasing High Life, Claire Denis’ space drama starring Screen Star of Tomorrow 2005 Robert Pattinson, opened to £70,461 from 53 locations – a reasonable £1,329 average. With previews, the film has £77,588. Entertainment Film Crime drama The Corrupted, led by Screen Star of Tomorrow 2010 Sam Claflin, started with a three-day £52,866. Fisherman’s Friends added £11,314, and has hit a very respectable £7.2m. Picturehouse Entertainment Cannes 2018 eco-warrior title Woman At War had the lowest drop in the top 20 this weekend, falling just 12% and actually increasing its takings on the Friday and Saturday. With £51,050, it now has £177,787 after two sessions. Vertigo Another independent title to score well from the few screens available amongst Avengers: Endgame’s theatrical dominance was Destination Wedding, starring Keanu Reeves and Winona Ryder. Playing in just 22 locations, it took £50,223 for a £2,283 location average – the fourth highest in the top 20. Sony Eighth Grade added £31,000 on its third weekend and now sits at £393,000. Curzon Vox Lux dropped 60% on its second weekend, taking £12,516 for £77,569 to date. MUBI Sundance 2018 favourite Madeline’s Madeline took £4,620 on opening weekend, plus £4,404 previews including last October’s BFI London Film Festival screenings. It has £9,024 in total to date. https://www.screendaily.com/news/pokemon-detective-pikachu-shocks-avengers-endgame-to-top-uk-box-office/5139304.article 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cdsacken Posted May 14, 2019 Share Posted May 14, 2019 (edited) Uk kids films do great. Awful films make 10+ million there. They also do the super cheap Sunday morning but kids films there. They sell well Edited May 14, 2019 by cdsacken Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SchumacherFTW Posted May 14, 2019 Share Posted May 14, 2019 Looking increasingly like John Wick is going to do good business this weekend, but be hamstrung by a lack of available screens, especially after next Wednesday. Gonna be a real shame if that holds it back. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...