UK Box Office Thread

[Films]

That's not exactly new information. BFI IMAX has been booking it for about a week and a half.

But it looked like it was only goi in IMAX a day early

[PhilipJ2001]

one of the major circuits has been advertising it as from the 7th on their facebook page for a few weeks now

[efialtes76]

Cloudy With A Chance Of Meatballs 2 :$6.1m

 

Captain Phillips:$3.8m/$12.9m

 

Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa:$3.2m

 

Turbo:$2.2m/$10m

 

Ender’s Game:$1.9m

 

DM2:$71,7M

 

Escape Plan:$3.2m

Edited October 27, 2013 by efialtes76

[Heretic]

Decent for Cloudy, should have a strong half term week.

 

Excellent for Captain Phillips. Should ease past $20m, possibly hitting $25m.

 

Good opening for Jackass too.

[PhilipJ2001]

so Cloudy was a lower opening than Turbo?

[CJohn]

Is that good for Ender's Game?

[Heretic]

No, it's a pretty bad opening.

[CJohn]

Expected

 

It is a sign of "great" things to come in America and the rest of OS markets.

Edited October 27, 2013 by CJohn

[Jonwo]

Cloudy did quite well, even without previews, its still up from the first film.

[zackzack]

Expected

 

It is a sign of "great" things to come in America and the rest of OS markets.

 

GRAVITY & GRNDPA will still rule US box office next weekend, it seems

[JCS]

Great weekend for Cloudy2 and Captain Phillips.

[cwhitty]

No, it's a pretty bad opening.

 

The film is also hideous

[Heretic]

 

ony’s sequel records $5.9m (£3.66m) debut, including previews, to dethrone Fox’s Turbo; Captain Phillips tops Fri-Sun weekend for second consecutive week with $3m (£2.44m).

 

Figures from other distributors still to come…

Somewhat appropriately given last night’s storm, Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2 has debuted top of the UK box office.

Sony’s animated sequel scored a $5.9m (£3.66m) debut, including $2.5m (£1.55m) in previews, to dethrone Turbo. That’s a debut over double its predecessor’s $2.6m (£1.6m) UK bow, and almost half its overall UK run of $10.5m (£6.5m) already.

With half term in full swing and as long as the weather holds off, there’s every chance Cloudy 2 will have surpassed that tally before next weekend.

Cloudy 2’s debut also marks Sony’s best opening of 2013, but Captain Phillips holds the distributor’s highest Fri-Sun performance with $4.9m (£3m).

Marking a Sony one-two combo at the top of the UK chart, Captain Phillips posted an excellent hold, dropping just 19% for $3m (£2.44m).

As with last week, Paul Greengrass’ thriller led the Fri-Sun weekend, ahead of Cloudy 2’s $3.4m (£2.1m), and stands at an impressive $12.8m (£7.9m) having added $7.2m (£4.2m) over the past seven days.

In terms of Greengrass films in the UK, Captain Phillips is now only behind the director’s two Bourne outings and has a great chance of surpassing The Bourne Supremacy’s $18.7m (£11.6m). The Bourne Ultimatum’s $38.9m (£24m) is likely to prove a step too far though.

PARAMOUNT

Charting third on debut, Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpais off to a strong start in the UK with a non-final bow of $3.1m (£1.94m) from its 372 sites.

The opening includes $884,000 (£546,000) in previews, and marks the biggest opening for the Jackass franchise in the UK, topping Jackass 3D’s $2.7m (£1.7m) from 373 sites.

It’s worth noting however that the opening for Jackass 3Dwas without previews, so based solely on Fri-Sun, Bad Grandpa’s $2.3m (£1.39m) is behind Jackass 3D, but Bad Grandpa didn’t benefit from a 3D boost.

To become the franchise’s best ever UK performer, Bad Grandpa has Jackass 3D’s $9.1m (£5.64m) to surpass.

Also for Paramount, animated sequel The Reef 2: High Tide posted a soft $43,600 (£26,910) from its 110 sites, some way short of The Reef’s $337,000 (£208,259) UK bow from 209 sites.

FOX

Last week’s champion Turbo fell 38% (excluding previews) as it grossed $2.1m (£1.3m) to drop to fourth.

Fox’s animation now stands at $10.1m (£6.2m), with Bee Movie the next DreamWorks Animation title in its sights at $15.3m (£9.4m).

Also for Fox, Enough Said has grossed $601,000 (£370,902) after ten days in play following a $150,000 (£92,821) second weekend.

Baggage Claim and Runner Runner stand at $688,000 (£424,819) and $4.4m (£2.7m) after three and five weeks in play, respectively.

EONE

Rounding off this week’s top five, eOne’s Ender’s Gamerecorded a solid debut of $1.9m (£1.2m) from its 424 sites.

That’s an average of $4,410 (£2,721), and marks director Gavin Hood’s second biggest UK debut behind X-Men Origins: Wolverine’s $10.8m (£6.7m) bow from 488 sites.

Also for eOne, Escape Plan fell almost 50% in its second weekend to add $810,000 (£499,663) from its 363 sites for $3.2m (£2m) to date. Director Mikael Håfström’s best UK performer is currently 1408’s $5.3m (£3.3m) result.

Critically acclaimed drama Prisoners stands at a strong $11m (£6.8m) following a $513,000 (£316,669) fifth weekend.

ENTERTAINMENT

David Frankel’s biopic of Paul Potts, One Chance, recorded an estimated $1.1m (£700,000) UK debut through Entertainment to chart sixth.

If the estimate holds up, that would mark Frankel’s fourth best UK opening behind Hope Springs ($1.2m/£728,689),The Devil Wears Prada ($5.3m/£3.3m) and Marley & Me($7.2m/£4.4m).

WARNER BROS

Woody Allen’s latest Blue Jasmine added $342,000 (£211,000) this weekend to climb to $7.4m (£4.58m) so far in the UK through Warner Bros.

STUDIOCANAL

Now in its seventh week of release, StudioCanal’s Rushadded an estimated $200,000 (£123,000) for $15.8m (£9.8m) to date.

CURZON FILM WORLD

Now in its third week of release, Le Week-end crossed the £1m mark to stand at $1.7m (£1.1m).

DISNEY

Ahead of the release of Thor: The Dark World on Wednesday [Oct 30], Disney’s animations MonstersUniversity and Planes have amassed $49m (£30.3m) and $14m (£8.7m), respectively.

Monsters University received a 9% boost week-on-week, and both films could receive mini boosts given this week’s half term.

ARTIFICIAL EYE

Released in 34 sites through Artificial Eye, The Selfish Giant posted a $125,000 (£77,507) debut to mark director Clio Barnard’s best-ever UK bow, ahead of The Arbor’s $27,300 (£16,883) debut from 17 sites.

ARROW FILMS

With limited screenings across its 17 sites, Arrow’s Cannes jury prize winner Like Father, Like Son added $16,300 (£10,061) for $58,400 (£36,067) after ten days in play.

Having played two days and one main evening show on Sunday [Oct 27], The Taste of Money posted a $1,500 (£955) UK debut from its two sites through Arrow.

UPCOMING RELEASES

This week’s only saturation release comes in the form of Disney’s Thor: The Dark World (opens Oct 30), while Fox’s Philomena, Verve’s Short Term 12 and Eros’ Krrish 3 all receive wide releases.

Lionsgate’s The Haunting in Connecticut 2: Ghosts of Georgia, Sony’s Drinking Buddies and StudioCanal’sChild’s Pose are among the films receiving a limited release.

[Heretic]

Thor on Wednesday. Half term + Orange Wednesday should mean a massive OD. I say £8.5m ($13.7m) 5 day.

[Jonwo]

Captain Phillips has benefitted from not facing Gravity unlike in the US, would like it to hit £15m total at least, it'll hit £10m by next weekend if not sooner.

[JCS]

Just saw Gravity at a preview screening.

 

Absolutely breathtaking brilliance encompassed and amazing in 3D on the big screen. Would be criminal if this did not pass £20M at least. Best film of the year so far.

[zackzack]

Just saw Gravity at a preview screening.

 

Absolutely breathtaking brilliance encompassed and amazing in 3D on the big screen. Would be criminal if this did not pass £20M at least. Best film of the year so far.

 

GRAVITY should earn Warner $35M-$40M from UK

Edited October 29, 2013 by zackzack

[JCS]

GRAVITY should earn Warner $35M-$40M from UK

 

I hope so!

[LexJoker]

Does Thor2 have IMAX in UK?

[Leyla]

 

 

This week’s only saturation release comes in the form of Disney’s Thor: The Dark World (opens Oct 30), while Fox’s Philomena, Verve’s Short Term 12

great weekend ahead!

hopefully all 3 will succeed 

 

Great for Cap Phillips! cant wait to see it