Jonwo Posted February 15, 2015 Share Posted February 15, 2015 Still looking quite busy on my end, 3 sell outs for the evening, but day shows are a lot quieter. It'll be interesting to see how hard it drops next week, I reckon 70% Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JCS Posted February 15, 2015 Share Posted February 15, 2015 Fifty Shades of Grey scores biggest 18-rated opening of all time in the UK with estimated £13.6m bow from 586 sites. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Films Posted February 15, 2015 Share Posted February 15, 2015 Amazing opening for 50 shades Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonwo Posted February 15, 2015 Share Posted February 15, 2015 On par with expectations but still an incredible result, I imagine £30-35m is the likely total. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
solaris Posted February 15, 2015 Share Posted February 15, 2015 Jesus that's HUGE. About $21m at current exchange rates. Should clear $50m or so. Us Brits love us some softcore S&M (and some Jamie Dornan) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rthmessiah Posted February 16, 2015 Share Posted February 16, 2015 Top thr Engagements UK all FSOG 1-Odeon Leicester Square 2-Vue Westfield London 3-vue Westfield Stratford 20 4-NAC Showcase Bluwater 12 5-CW Glasgow 18 6-Cw Sheffield 20 7-Odeon Liverpool One 14 8- Vue Star city birmingham 25 9-Empire Basildon 15 10-Vue Plymouth 15 Top thrs all films 1-vue westfield 17 2-vue Westfield Stratford 20 3-Odeon Leicester Square 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SchumacherFTW Posted February 16, 2015 Share Posted February 16, 2015 BASILDON?! What the fuck?! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rthmessiah Posted February 16, 2015 Share Posted February 16, 2015 BASILDON?! What the fuck?! They were horny and had nothing better 2 do 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SchumacherFTW Posted February 16, 2015 Share Posted February 16, 2015 They were horny and had nothing better 2 do That probably makes sense Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JCS Posted February 16, 2015 Share Posted February 16, 2015 Universal’s raunchy drama blows off opposition on way to $20.3m debut (£13.2m). Fifty Shades of Grey spanked rivals at the UK box office over the Valentine’s Day weekend, amassing a colossal $20.3m debut (£13.2m). The hotly anticipated book adaptation scored a whopping $35,400 (£23,000) screen average from around 580 sites, accounting for 58% of the total market-share. The film’s weekend total is the biggest ever for an 18-certificate (Hannibal previously debuted on $9.8m/£6.4m), the largest for a non-franchise/sequel opening, the biggest February and Valentine’s Day debut and the biggest debut of 2015. The film was also the biggest-ever opening for a Universal film, beating out the company’s previous record held by Despicable Me 2. Ticket pre-sales were through-the-roof for the buzzed-about drama, in which Dakota Johnson and Jamie Dornan star as student Anastasia Steele and the handsome but tormented billionaire Christian Grey. Vue ticket sales surpassed the $1.5m (£1m) mark 10 days prior to the film’s release and sold at the highest-ever rate for the company. According to the company, 80% of tickets were bought by women with an average of three tickets being bought per sale. More than 300,000 people visited 83 Vue sites alone on Saturday, making it the chain’s biggest-ever Saturday attendance. The film now looks set to surpass the UK’s highest-grossing 18-rated film of all time, The Wolf Of Wall Street, which took $35m (£22.7m); and David Fincher’s Gone Girl, another hit novel-turned-certificate-18, which has taken $34.5m (£22.4m) (and is still slowly ticking away). Meanwhile Universal’s Stephen Hawking biopic The Theory of Everything was buoyed by its BAFTA wins in its seventh week, taking a further $768,000 (£499,000) for an excellent cumulative of $29m (£18.9m). Disney Animation Big Hero 6 ranked second at the UK box office, totalling $2.8m (£1.8m) from 575 locations in its third week for a running total of $15m (£9.8m). StudioCanal StudioCanal’s family animation Shaun the Sheep Movie took a further $2.5m (£1.6m) in its second week from 554 sites (at an average of $4,600/£3,000), leading to a cumulative box office of $6.6m (£4.3m). Also still in the top ten for StudioCanal is hit animation Paddington, which grossed a further $303,000 (£197,000) from 343 sites for a huge running total of $55.4m (£36m). Fox Kingsman: The Secret Service took $2.3m (£1.5m) in its third week from 514 locations for a running total of $16.6m (£10.8m). The studio’s civil rights drama Selma scored a further $640,000 (£416,000) in its second week from 344 sites for a total of $2.6m (£1.7m). Warner Bros Warner Bros accounted for two top ten titles over the weekend in the shape of holdover Jupiter Ascending, which took $1.22m (£796,516) from 429 locations for a relatively meagre $4.3m (£2.8m), and Clint Eastwood’s Iraq war drama American Sniper, which made $957,000 (£622,000) from 401 locations in its fifth week for an impressive $18.8m (£12.2m) total box office. eOne Few were willing to take on Fifty Shades this weekend but fellow-openers did include the film version of eOne’s own mega franchise Peppa Pig: The Golden Boots, which arrived sixth in the UK, taking $1m (£660,000) from 370 screens. The family animation, which only runs 55 minutes, is something of an experiment for the distributor, which charged a lower ticket price and played almost entirely in the mornings. Altitude Well-reviewed drama Love is Strange also entered the fray over the Valentine’s weekend, taking $97,000 (£63,000) from 42 sites. Metrodome Metrodome’s Coherence took $3,000 (£2,000) from two sites. This week’s releases This week’s releases include Paramount’s Project Almanac, which gets a saturation release from today; Universal’s Michael Mann thriller Blackhat; Sony comedy The Wedding Ringer; Warner Bros.’ Jennifer Aniston drama Cake; Artificial Eye’s The Duke of Burgundy; Soda’s Kumiko: The Treasure Hunter; and Dogwoof documentary Maidan. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonwo Posted February 16, 2015 Share Posted February 16, 2015 I'm impressed how well Peppa Pig did considering it had child pricing and only had a two day opening and limited to morning showings. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heretic Posted February 16, 2015 Author Share Posted February 16, 2015 Half term should mean Big Hero 6 has a strong week. $30m is still within range. Orange Wednesday will be massive for 50 Shades, especially as the offer ends soon. It'll plummet at the weekend, but should hold the record for biggest 18 film ever by Sunday. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heretic Posted February 20, 2015 Author Share Posted February 20, 2015 50 shades already at $30m as of Thursday. Orange Wednesday must've been massive. Last one next week. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SchumacherFTW Posted February 20, 2015 Share Posted February 20, 2015 50 shades already at $30m as of Thursday. Orange Wednesday must've been massive. Last one next week. That'll be a sad day. Fingers crossed the cinemas either expand bargain Tuesday style deals or flat out replace the offer in house. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JCS Posted February 20, 2015 Share Posted February 20, 2015 Vue will be doing 2for1 in March to on Wednesdays to replace it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CelestialFairyIX Posted February 20, 2015 Share Posted February 20, 2015 Crossing my fingers Big Hero 6 passes $30 million! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rthmessiah Posted February 21, 2015 Share Posted February 21, 2015 FSOG only off about 60% last Fri, openings WS PA not worth mentioning BH6 /SSTD huge jumps over LW 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SchumacherFTW Posted February 21, 2015 Share Posted February 21, 2015 How badly is Blackhat doing??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rthmessiah Posted February 21, 2015 Share Posted February 21, 2015 How badly is Blackhat doing??? #15 4 friday 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SchumacherFTW Posted February 21, 2015 Share Posted February 21, 2015 Dang! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...