UK Box Office Thread

[Heretic]

38% drop for IT. Absolutely insane. £35m+ should happen. 

[Jonwo]

18 minutes ago, Heretic said:

38% drop for IT. Absolutely insane. £35m+ should happen. 

Any predictions for Kingsman?

[Heretic]

38 minutes ago, Jonwo said:

Any predictions for Kingsman?

I think around £6-7m sounds about right..

[Heretic]

38 minutes ago, Jonwo said:

Any predictions for Kingsman?

I think around £6-7m sounds about right..

[MinaTakla]

Looks like DM3 has crossed £47m in the UK, catching up to both DM2 and Minions. 

 

SCREEN

 

Illumination’s Despicable Me 3 grossed $4.2m in 44 territories for an international total of $753.8m. China remains the film’s top grossing market on $152.3m, the UK comes in a distant second on $61.1m.

 

@HereticDo we have a list of highest grossing animated films in the UK in local currency?

[Avatree]

Kingsman appears to be doing fantastic.

[The Dark Alfred]

Very strong preview numbers for KM. £1.2m Wednesday. £10m 5-day OW probable.

 

It reached £23m. Vic weekdays are strong as expected. Cume £3m.

 

Dunkirk will hit £56m this weekend. Passing TDKR is a a lock, it's a question of when.

Edited September 21, 2017 by The Dark Alfred

[Jonwo]

Murder on the Orient Express tickets have gone on sale and it seems Fox is going for a nine day opening as it's opening on the 4th November. I assume they want to get the number 1 slot over Paddington 2. 

 

Odd that Murder has presales but Thor still isn't on sale yet. 

[Lizzy]

8 hours ago, Jonwo said:

Murder on the Orient Express tickets have gone on sale and it seems Fox is going for a nine day opening as it's opening on the 4th November. I assume they want to get the number 1 slot over Paddington 2. 

 

Odd that Murder has presales but Thor still isn't on sale yet. 

At least at Cineworld 

https://twitter.com/cineworld/status/910941735131406336

[Jonwo]

1 hour ago, Lizzy said:

At least at Cineworld 

https://twitter.com/cineworld/status/910941735131406336

About time! 

[MinaTakla]

United Kingdom Box Office September 15–17, 2017 (US $1 = 0.7358 British Pound Sterling)

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TW LW Movie Studio Weekend Gross Change Theaters Change / Avg. Gross-to-Date Week 1 1 It WB $8,250,261 -37.5% 608 +2 $13,570 $28,769,634 2 2 N Victoria and Abdul UPI $2,493,867 - 601 - $4,150 $2,938,972 1 3 N mother! PPI $1,116,825 - 464 - $2,407 $1,453,797 1 4 N American Assassin Lions Gate $974,980 - 433 - $2,252 $974,980 1 5 4 The Emoji Movie Sony $532,424 -26.6% 514 -114 $1,036 $17,757,508 7 6 N Les As de la Jungle - Operation banquise (The Jungle Bunch: The Movie) E1 $509,625 - 507 - $1,005 $509,625 1 7 2 American Made UPI $468,066 -47.0% 331 -159 $1,414 $6,584,303 4 8 3 Dunkirk WB $457,389 -44.9% 370 -132 $1,236 $75,778,845 9 9 6 Wind River STX $346,612 -40.0% 229 +66 $1,514 $1,281,290 2 10 7 Despicable Me 3 UPI $343,260 -31.2% 431 -59 $796 $61,142,346 12 11 5 The Hitman's Bodyguard Lions Gate $319,439 -50.1% 317 -125 $1,008 $9,664,353 5 12 8 Logan Lucky StCanal $159,817 -66.6% 300 -194 $533 $4,108,147 4 13 14 Cars 3 Disney $151,256 -29.9% n/a - n/a $14,916,380 1

[Heretic]

On 17/09/2017 at 7:03 PM, MinaTakla said:

Looks like DM3 has crossed £47m in the UK, catching up to both DM2 and Minions. 

 

SCREEN

 

Illumination’s Despicable Me 3 grossed $4.2m in 44 territories for an international total of $753.8m. China remains the film’s top grossing market on $152.3m, the UK comes in a distant second on $61.1m.

 

@HereticDo we have a list of highest grossing animated films in the UK in local currency?

From BFI statistical yearbooks:

 

TS3 - £74m

Shrek 2 - £48.1m

Minions - £47.7m

DM2 - £47.4m

DM3 - £46.5m

TS2 - £43.5m

Finding Dory - £43m

Frozen - £41.2m

Inside Out - £39.3m

Shrek 3 - £38.7m

Simpson's Movie - £38.6m

Monsters Inc - £37.9m

Finding Nemo - £37.4m

The Secret Life of Pets - £36.6m

Ice Age 3 - £35m

Up - £34.6m

The Lego Movie - £34.3m

Shrek 4 - £32.4m

The Incredibles - £32.3m

Wallace & Gromit - £32m

Monsters University - £30.7m

Ice Age 4 - £30.3m

 

Some figures might not be 100% accurate, for example Frozen, as it's had lots of re-releases in the winter time/Christmas. Also Toy Story 2, the info is from IMDB. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Heretic]

On 21/09/2017 at 1:43 AM, The Dark Alfred said:

Very strong preview numbers for KM. £1.2m Wednesday. £10m 5-day OW probable.

 

It reached £23m. Vic weekdays are strong as expected. Cume £3m.

 

Dunkirk will hit £56m this weekend. Passing TDKR is a a lock, it's a question of when.

That's decent for Kingsman, but I don't see how that would get it anywhere close to £10m. More like £7m, unless it has crazy increases over the weekend. 

 

IT should pass £27m over the weekend, on its way to ~£35m.

Edited September 22, 2017 by Heretic

[Heretic]

Some good news, the pound has recovered slightly in the past couple of weeks, now £1 to $1.36 compared to 1.29 at the beginning of the month. Let's hope it stays like that. 

Edited September 22, 2017 by Heretic

[MinaTakla]

1 hour ago, Heretic said:

From BFI statistical yearbooks:

 

TS3 - £74m

Shrek 2 - £48.1m

Minions - £47.7m

DM2 - £47.4m

DM3 - £46.5m

TS2 - £43.5m

Finding Dory - £43m

Frozen - £41.2m

 

Thanks Heretic! Very impressive that the Despicable Me Franchise has 3 of the 5 all-time spots for animated films in the UK. 

That makes it the highest grossing animated franchise in the UK in local currency!

Edited September 22, 2017 by MinaTakla

[efialtes76]

Kingsman-£8.2M

It-£26.7M

Victoria&Abdul-£1.4M-£4.9M

 

[Jonwo]

Kingsman opened well, I'm guessing it did around £6m for the actual weekend, still a great opening for September after IT.

[MinaTakla]

UK TOP FIVE

Ranking	Film/Distributor	Weekend gross	Running total
1	Kingsman: The Golden Circle (Fox)	$11.5m (£8.5m)	$11.5m (£8.5m)
2	It (WB)	$3.84m (£2.84m)	$35.8m (£26.44m)
3	Victoria And Abdul (Universal)	$1.67m (£1.24m)	$6.5m (£4.83m)
4	mother! (Paramount)	$490,000 (£362,345)	$2.26m (£1.67m)
5	The Emoji Movie (Sony)	$483,000 (£357,000)	$18.9m (£14m)

(Note - Dollar conversions are based on today’s rates)

FOX

Kingsman: The Golden Circle scared off It as it posted Matthew Vaughn’s biggest ever UK debut.

Fox’s sequel scored an impressive non-final $11.5m (£8.5m) from its 603 sites, including around $3.1m (£2.3m) in previews. It’s worth noting that its Fri-Sun tally of $8.3m (£6.2m) would have also seen it land top.

That’s double the $5.7m (£4.24m) bow of Kingsman: The Secret Service and tops Vaughn’s previous best, X-Men: First Class’ $7.4m (£5.44m) from 507 sites, including $2.7m (£2m) in previews.

Kingsman: The Secret Service is Vaughn’s highest grossing UK release with $22.5m (£16.6m), a tally that The Golden Circle shouldn’t have any problem surpassing.

Also for Fox, Captain Underpants has reached $10.6m (£7.81m) after nine weeks in play.

WARNER BROS

It dropped to second as it fell 53% with a $3.84m (£2.84m) third weekend.

Warner Bros’ horror is now up to an excellent $35.8m (£26.44m) to make it the highest grossing horror of all time at the UK box office, not taking inflation adjustment into account.

It will soon become the sixth release of 2017 to hit the £30m mark in the UK.

Also for Warner Bros, Dunkirk added $249,000 (£184,000) for $75.9m (£56.08m) to date, and should just edge past The Dark Knight Rises’ $76.2m (£56.3m) to become Christopher Nolan’s biggest ever film.

UNIVERSAL

Victoria And Abdul enjoyed a strong hold as it dropped only 33% with a $1.67m (£1.24m) second weekend.

Universal’s biopic has now marched to $6.5m (£4.83m) after ten days in play, having taken a healthy $2.35m (£1.74m) across its first Mon-Thurs period. It will need similar holds to reach Philomena’s $15.5m (£11.44m) UK haul.

Also for Universal, Despicable Me 3 took a further $264,000 (£195,291) for $63.2m (£46.71m) to date, while American Made has reached $7.2m (£5.35m) following a $205,000 (£151,910) third weekend.

PARAMOUNT

mother! fell 56% on its way to a non-final $490,000 (£362,345) second weekend as it dropped to fourth.

Paramount’s divisive psychological horror is now up to $2.26m (£1.67m) and will at least hope to match The Wrestler’s $3.4m (£2.5m) UK result, although Black Swan’s $21.9m (£16.19m) is a long way ahead.

SONY

In its eighth weekend, Sony’s The Emoji Movie fell only 9% with $483,000 (£357,000) for $18.9m (£14m) to date, almost eight times its opening weekend.

The critically derided animation hasn’t left the top five since its opening.

EONE

Falling a slim 23% despite its soft opening, eOne’s The Jungle Bunch swung to an extra $390,000 (£288,358) for $991,000 (£732,491), and should continue to do weekend business until The LEGO Ninjago Movie arrives next month.

LIONSGATE

Falling 57% (excluding previews), Lionsgate’s American Assassin added $354,000 (£262,042) for $1.85m (£1.37m) after 11 days in play.

Also for Lionsgate, prison escape drama Maze was a hit in Ireland as it broke out with $167,000 (£123,647) from its 65 sites, marking a $2,573 (£1,902) site average over its opening weekend.

The Hitman’s Bodyguard and The Limehouse Golem have grossed $9.8m (£7.23m) and $1.61m (£1.19m), respectively.

STX INTERNATIONAL

In its third weekend, STX International’s Wind River fell 54% with $160,000 (£118,206) for $1.63m (£1.2m) so far.

CURZON ARTIFICIAL EYE

Tennis biopic Borg Vs McEnroe didn’t quite serve an ace with a UK opening of $138,000 (£101,888) from its 145 sites, a site average of $951 (£703).

PECCADILLO PICTURES

From its seven sites through Peccadillo Pictures, In Between posted a non-final UK debut of $20,000 (£14,498) with previews still to be added.

UPCOMING RELEASES

This week sees saturation releases for STX International’s Home Again, Sony’s Flatliners and Fox’s Goodbye Christopher Robin.

Arrow Films’ Zoology, Altitude’s Daphne, Thunderbird Releasing’s Brimstone and Vertigo Releasing’s Killing Ground are among the films receiving a limited release.

 

 

[MinaTakla]

Weekend actuals

DM3 and Emoji made more than Dunkirk this weekend. Surprising!

After 13 weeks, DM3 is still in the top 10. Impressive.

 

Wochenende 38: 22.9.2017 - 24.9.2017 Nr. £ % Ges. Wo. Film 1 8.525.664 --- 8.525.664 1 Kingsman 2 2 2.852.965 -53 26.451.709 3 Es 3 1.239.085 -33 4.831.777 2 Victoria & Abdul 4 364.301 -56 1.668.307 2 mother! 5 359.793 -7 14.043.072 8 Emoji 6 288.416 -23 732.567 2 Les As de la Jungle 7 262.647 -66 1.371.723 2 American Assissin 8 195.960 -23 46.717.650 13 Ich - Einfach unverbesserlich 3 9 185.321 -45 56.086.005 10 Dunkirk 10 151.960 -56 5.345.061 5 Barry Seal   14.426.112 +26 553.577.977 38 GESAMT

[The Dark Alfred]

Kingsman has mixed WoM at best. Weekday drops are not good. Just hit £10m. It is meanwhile at £27m, keeping the hot run going. Dunkirk closing on TDKR.