UK Box Office Thread

[Heretic]

4 sold out at Vue Westfield already for CF. 5:30 show only has front 2 rows.

[Jonwo]

It's actual opening.will be more than DM2 without previews. I think it should more or less match IM3 for admissions.

DM2 did £10m without previews so It'll be fourth highest three day opening. Man of Steel was the film that I was surprised managed £11.3m OW I knew IR would do well but not as well as it did.

[Olive]

CF $20M

Ian Sandwell ‏@ian_sandwell 23s

The Hunger Games: Catching Fire debuts with a mighty debut of around £14.8m in the UK to top chart.

Edited November 24, 2013 by Olive

[Heretic]

What the FUCK!?

 

Surely that's a typo. That would mean $24m. With the numbers RTH gave that's just not possible.

[Heretic]

Ian Sandwell ‏@ian_sandwell3m

Depending on final figures, Catching Fire could be the biggest debut of 2013, ahead of Despicable Me 2's £14.85m.

 

 

 

I really do not understand right now.

[Heretic]

$20m is £12.3m, which sounds about right.

[JCS]

Edit:

 

Conversion seems to have been off for Catching Fire UK debut. £12.3m ($20m) seems likelier, but still double first film tally.

 

Edited November 24, 2013 by JCS

[Heretic]

Yep. Fantastic opening, nonetheless. $55-60m potential.

[Heretic]

Ian Sandwell ‏@ian_sandwell1h

Gravity edges towards £20m in the UK, stands at estimated £19.3m at end of third weekend.

 

Ian Sandwell ‏@ian_sandwell1h

Philomena adds £515k for £8.8m to date in the UK, as The Counsellor falls heavily with around £230k for £1.5m to date.

[efialtes76]

The Hunger Games: Catching Fire blazes to top of UK box office

 

 

Lionsgate’s highly anticipated sequel scores excellent non-final debut of $19.8m (£12.2m) to mark the distributor’s biggest ever opening.

It seems the odds were in its favour. The Hunger Games: Catching Fire ignited the UK box office on debut to dethrone Gravity at the top of the chart.

Lionsgate’s sequel posted a terrific non-final $19.8m (£12.2m) debut, including $3.4m (£2.1m) in previews with $486,000 (£300,000) of that coming from its Wednesday [Nov 20] midnight showings.

Not only is Catching Fire’s debut over double that of its predecessor’s $7.9m (£4.9m) UK opening, but it also marks Lionsgate UK’s best-ever opening.

It’s also the third biggest debut of 2013, behind Despicable Me 2 ($22.6m/£14.9m with $7.4m/£4.9m previews) and Iron Man 3 ($21.3m/£13.7m with $3.6m/£2.3m previews).

The Hunger Games went on to take $38.9m (£24m) in the UK and a tally of over £30m seems highly possible for Catching Fire, which would make it only the fifth film to cross the £30m mark this year.

WARNER BROS

Falling 45% in its third weekend, Gravity added $3.9m (£2.4m) as it dropped to second.

Warner Bros’ sci-fi is now up to a strong $31.5m (£19.4m) and grossed $7.7m (£4.7m) over the past seven days, suggesting it could still provide healthy midweek numbers in the coming weeks despite the presence of Catching Fire.

Also for Warner Bros, Don Jon is up to $1.1m (£656,506) after ten days in play and took $127,000 (£78,709) in its second weekend.

BBC

Starting from today [Nov 25], Rentrak has announced that Event Cinema releases will now be included in the official UK chart, starting with the huge success of Doctor Who: Day of the Doctor on Saturday night [Nov 23] which saw it chart third.

The simulcast 3D outing achieved a superb $2.8m (£1.7m) from its 450 sites on Saturday alone, with figures for its repeat screenings on Sunday unavailable at the time of writing.

Event Cinema releases are anticipated to gross around £20m this year, according to Rentrak.

DISNEY

Dropping two places to fourth, Thor: The Dark World hammered its way to a further $1.2m (£721,989) in its fourth weekend.

Disney’s latest Marvel outing is now up to $29.9m (£18.5m) and is now the fourth-best Marvel performer in the UK having surpassed Iron Man’s $27.9m (£17.4m). Its next target will be Iron Man 2’s $34.3m (£21.2m).

Also for Disney, animations Planes and Monsters University have amassed $14.4m (£8.9m) and $49.6m (£30.6m), respectively.

ENTERTAINMENT

Falling just 22% in its second weekend, Entertainment’s Lee Daniels’ The Butler served up $993,000 (£610,000) from its 307 sites for a ten-day tally of $3.3m (£2m).

FOX

Philomena added $861,000 (£531,469) in its fourth weekend of release.

Fox’s well-received comedy-drama is now up to $14.3m (£8.9m) in the UK and should cross the £10m mark in the coming weeks to become Stephen Frears’ best-ever UK performer.

Also for Fox, animation Turbo grossed $409,000 (£252,649) for $18.2m (£11.2m) to date, while The Counsellor fell a hefty 64% in its second weekend and stands at $2.4m (£1.5m) after ten days in play.

SONY

Dropping a respectable 35% in its fifth weekend, Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2 grossed an additional $777,000 (£480,000).

Sony’s animated sequel is now up to $18.8m (£11.6m) ahead of the arrival of Free Birds this week and Frozen in early December.

Also for Sony, Captain Phillips has sailed past the £15m mark in the UK and currently stands at $24.8m (£15.3m) following a $389,000 (£240,000) weekend.

EONE

Released in 324 sites through eOne, Luc Besson’s The Family recorded a $720,000 (£444,470) debut with a site average of $2,222 (£1,372)

Direct comparisons with Besson’s recent directed outings in the UK are tricky, but it’s a debut on par with the Besson-scripted Colombiana ($687,000/£424,049 from 332) and slightly behind Lockout ($966,000/£596,500 from 333).

ARTIFICIAL EYE

Palme d’Or winner Blue is the Warmest Colour posted a UK debut of $230,000 (£142,077) from its 52 sites through Artificial Eye.

That opening compares favourably with Palme d’Or 2012 winner Amour’s $187,000 (£115,700) UK bow, albeit from less sites at 29. Amour went on to take $1.4m (£860,000) during its UK run.

The debut is also ahead of director Abdellatif Kechiche’s only other UK outing Couscous (AKA The Secret of the Grain), which recorded a $51,500 (£31,814) opening from 11 sites.

PARAMOUNT

Having become the highest UK grosser of the Jackass franchise last week, Paramount’s Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa took a further $189,000 (£117,000) this weekend to climb to $10.3m (£6.35m).

KOCH MEDIA

Released in 147 sites through Koch Media, Parkland achieved a UK bow of $181,000 (£111,800) and arguably suffered as a result of limited performances at certain sites given the arrival of The Hunger Games: Catching Fire and the one-off event of Dr. Who on Saturday.

UPCOMING RELEASES

This week sees saturation releases for Sony’s Carrie and eOne’s Free Birds, while Disney’s Saving Mr. Banks, Fox’s Bullett Raja and Universal’s The Best Man Holiday all receive wide releases.

Dogwoof’s Leviathan, Lionsgate’s Jeune et Jolie and Kaleidoscope’s Saving Santa are among the films receiving a limited release.

Edited November 25, 2013 by efialtes76

[Heretic]

CF hit Gravity harder than expected. It should recover this weekend I expect. $45m is its target.

 

Thor has plummeted since opening, like the US pretty much. $35m is still a respectable total for it though.

 

LOL at MU still being tracked. Just $400k to $50m now. 

Edited November 25, 2013 by Heretic

[Films]

Ouch for parkland. Really ouchGreat for the butler. GO BUTLER

[SchumacherFTW]

Lots of bad buzz spreading for Walter Mitty thanks to Cineworld's big screw up of their Secret Unlimited Card screening tonight. Not really fair to hype up a big exclusive that no other audiences have seen when they're going to be showing it next monday night anyway.

[Films]

TOP 10 Vue Harrow/stratford/westfield London/Finchley O2

REPORT LATER
 

[*]CATCHING FIRE 165 NM [*]GRAVITY 103 [6/97] NM [*]FREE BIRDS 100 [71/29] NEW [*]SAVING MR BANKS 73 NEW [*]CARRIE 70 NEW [*]THE BUTLER 49 DOWN 1 [*]THOR THE DARK WORLD 45 [30/15] DOWN 4 [*]CLOUDY 2 29 NM [*]THE BEST MAN HOLIDAY 29 NEW [*]BULLET RAJA 23 NEW

[Films]

Lots of bad buzz spreading for Walter Mitty thanks to Cineworld's big screw up of their Secret Unlimited Card screening tonight. Not really fair to hype up a big exclusive that no other audiences have seen when they're going to be showing it next monday night anyway.

 

???

 

 

MY PREDICTIONS FOR THIS WEEKEND [OPENERS ONLY]

Saving Mr Banks- £2.9m

Free Birds- £1.42m

Carrie- £845,000

The Beat Man Holiday- £195,240

[Films]

Anchorman 2 officialy a 15

 

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[SchumacherFTW]

Anchorman 2 officialy a 15NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

just go to an odeon dude

[Films]

just go to an odeon dude

There's none anywhere near me. Only vues

[SchumacherFTW]

Really? I thought Odeon was the most populus chain of the lot.

[Heretic]

Wow you must be the youngest member on this forum.

 

CF will obviously repeat as number 1. DH1 managed to drop only 55.6% in its second weekend. NM dropped 63%, BD1 dropped 68%, BD2 dropped 66%.

 

This won't fall as hard as Twilight, and definitely won't fall as softly as THG (38.5%). Due to the 4 day opening, it'll probably fall close to 60%, for around £5m. Should put it around £21-22m ($34-35.7m) on Sunday.

 

Openers, I think Banks will do around £2m. With good legs, and Christmas coming up, £10m+ should be doable. The rest of the openers, probably around £1m or under.