UK Box Office Thread

[Olive]

Hope its over 5M pounds.

[Rthmessiah]

we had a HUGE day on Avengers yesterday.

Yep Fri-sun have to be lc 14.2-15

[SchumacherFTW]

Still can't beat the bat over the 3 day

[KATCH-2D2]

Yep Fri-sun have to be lc 14.2-15

A bit under TA then. Still a good number though..

[SchumacherFTW]

A bit under TA then. Still a good number though..

TA had around 12m for the 3 day weekend. It opened on Thursday as well. Edited April 26, 2015 by Schumacher FTW

[TalismanRing]

A bit under TA then. Still a good number though..

 

Thur was £3.5 so that would be £17.7- 18.5  so it would be over TA ($25,670,014) even on the lower end and in $s

[Lordmandeep]

Total gross over 80 million assured? 

[KATCH-2D2]

TA had around 12m for the 3 day weekend. It opened on Thursday as well.

 

Thur was £3.5 so that would be £17.7- 18.5  so it would be over TA ($25,670,014) even on the lower end and in $s

Thanks. I thought TA opened on Fri. So it's a great number for AOU then.

[picores]

Total gross over 80 million assured? 

 

Possible, definitely not locked. Over 80m would be near Avengers 1 legs.

[TalismanRing]

Possible, definitely not locked. Over 80m would be near Avengers 1 legs.

 

Avengers did $80.5m and the legs were ~ 3.15.  AOU looks to open around $28m so it would only need around 2.85.  Same legs and would mean $88m. 

Edited April 26, 2015 by TalismanRing

[Infernus]

80M should happen. Infact that opening would put it in line to have a final total of slightly less than 85m. That is, of course, considering that this is a sequel so frontloaded and also that this will not have very good WOM. If on the other hand glowing WOM does happen, the final gross may even come to be closer to 90 than to 85.

Edited April 26, 2015 by Infernus

[Heretic]

That's a fantastic number. Hopefully around £18m opening then, which is $27.3m. Great increase from TA's £15.6m.

 

AoU's 2nd weekend falls on bank holiday weekend, Monday is a public holiday, which means the drop should be softened.

Edited April 26, 2015 by Heretic

[Infernus]

That's a fantastic number. Hopefully around £18m opening then, which is $27.3m. Great increase from TA's £15.6m.

AoU's 2nd weekend falls on bank holiday weekend, Monday is a public holiday, which means the drop should be softened.

So the second weekend can also be better than TA1's? And how good is this weekend from TA1 in terms of dollars? And could the second weekend remain atleast on flat with the TA1 in terms of dollars? Edited April 26, 2015 by Infernus

[druv10]

That's a fantastic number. Hopefully around £18m opening then, which is $27.3m. Great increase from TA's £15.6m.

 

AoU's 2nd weekend falls on bank holiday weekend, Monday is a public holiday, which means the drop should be softened.

 

Great result. It's going to be a close battle between SK and UK for biggest OS OW for TA2.

[Heretic]

So the second weekend can also be better than TA1's? And how good is this weekend from TA1 in terms of dollars? And could the second weekend remain atleast on flat with the TA1 in terms of dollars?

Avengers opened to $25.7m.

 

I imagine it'll probably drop a little harder due to it being more frontloaded. The Avengers dropped 49% to £8.1m ($13.2m) for £29.9m to date. Say a drop of around 55% for AoU from £18m, that would also be £8.1m, but in dollars, a little lower at $12.3m. However, it's running total should remain higher in pounds because of the bigger opening, say around £32-33m by next Sunday.

Edited April 26, 2015 by Heretic

[Heretic]

AoU's Saturday was £6.2m ($9.4m). Absolutely massive!

[Rsyu]

AoU's Saturday was £6.2m ($9.4m). Absolutely massive!

Do you have the record for biggest single day?

[Heretic]

Do you have the record for biggest single day?

DH2 opening day is easily the biggest, over £9m.

Edited April 27, 2015 by Heretic

[Heretic]

 

Disney’s latest superhero outing posts biggest April opening, biggest Saturday ever for the distributor and the eighth-biggest opening of all time.

 

Further distributor results to come…

DISNEY

After recording the second highest opening Thursday of all time, it was only a question of how big Avengers: Age of Ultron would open at the top of the UK box office.

The result was a storming $27.3m (£18m) bow from its 585 sites, including $5.5m (£3.6m) from previews, as it dethroned Fast & Furious 7.

It marks the biggest debut of 2015, topping Fifty Shades of Grey’s $20.5m (£13.55m), and the highest opening in the UK since Skyfall shot to $30.6m (£20.18m) in 2012.

Overall, Avengers: Age of Ultron’s chart-topping debut ranks as the eighth biggest opening of all time in the UK, and lays down the gauntlet to James Bond’s Spectre andStar Wars: The Force Awakens for their bows later this year.

Among its many records, the film posted the biggest April opening of all time, while Saturday [April 25] saw the film deliver the biggest single day for Disney of all time with $9.4m (£6.2m), also the biggest day for a superhero film ever. It also achieved the biggest IMAX weekend result ever with $2.2m (£1.45m) across the four days.

In terms of Marvel Studios outings, it replaces the $23.9m (£15.78m) debut of its predecessor, Marvel’s Avengers Assemble, as the biggest opening, with that film’s final result of $78.6m (£51.9m) firmly in its sights as Avengers: Age of Ultron attempts to become Marvel’s best-ever UK performer.

Also for Disney, Cinderella is up to $27.9m (£18.44m) following a $1.1m (£756,000) fifth weekend, a slim drop of 30%.

UNIVERSAL

Fast & Furious 7 may have been prevented from a fourth straight week as the UK’s number one, but it can take comfort in that it will shortly become the year’s highest grossing film, if only for a brief time.

Universal’s latest outing of the popular action franchise added $2.4m (£1.6m) for a terrific $52.6m (£34.76m) to date, still narrowly trailing Fifty Shades of Grey’s $52.8m (£34.8m) as the year’s current highest grossing film.

Fast & Furious 7 will soon overtake Fifty Shades, and then it’s just a question of how long it takes Avengers: Age of Ultron to overtake it in turn.

PARAMOUNT

Falling a respectable 32% in its fifth weekend, Paramount’s The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water soaked up an extra $379,000 (£250,000) for $11.4m (£7.5m) to date.

WARNER BROS

Get Hard crossed the £5m mark in its fifth weekend for Warner Bros after grossing $235,000 (£155,000) to lift its running tally to $7.6m (£5.04m).

Also for Warner Bros, John Wick shot to a further $158,000 (£104,000) for $2.2m (£1.44m) after three weeks in play.

METRODOME

Carol Morley’s well-received The Falling posted a promising UK debut of $219,000 (£144,370), including previews, from its 57 sites through Metrodome.

It will shortly surpass Dreams of a Life’s $271,000 (£179,125) result as Morley’s best UK performer, although it’s worth noting that Dreams only received an 18-site release at its widest.

SONY

Now in its third week, Sony’s Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2 rode to an additional $188,000 (£124,000) for $1.9m (£1.26m) to date.

LIONSGATE

Dropping over 50% in its second weekend was Lionsgate’s A Little Chaos as it grossed $172,000 (£113,811) for a ten-day tally of $1.1m (£741,965).

Also for Lionsgate, Stonehearst Asylum scared up $47,000 (£30,859) from its 20 sites on its UK bow.

UPCOMING RELEASES

This weekend sees saturation releases for Fox’s Far from the Madding Crowd, eOne’s Two by Two: Ooops… The Ark has Gone and Universal’s Unfriended.

Kaleidoscope/Spectrum’s I Am Big Bird, Vertigo Films’Monsters: Dark Continent, Koch Media’s Samba and Shear Entertainment’s We Are Monster are among the films receiving limited releases.

 

Good weekend for F7 falling less than 50% in the face of The Avengers. Hopefully can crawl its way to £40m ($60m).

Edited April 27, 2015 by Heretic

[Darth Homer]

What are the chances AOU beats TDKR's total to take the comic book movie crown in the UK?

Edited October 14, 2015 by Darth Homer