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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 

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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.

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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.

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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. 

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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. 

 

 

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£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. 

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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. 

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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. 

 

 

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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

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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
Avengers: Endgame £4.4m £80.4m 3
The Hustle (Universal) £1m £1m 1
Long Shot (Lionsgate) £411,308 £1.9m 2
5 The Curse Of La Llorona (Warner Bros) £243,000 £1.2m 2

 

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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%.

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longer chart (per distributor)

 

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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.

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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

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