Films Posted December 1, 2013 Share Posted December 1, 2013 And I was predicting a quite low £800,000. Knew this would bomb. A stupid release dateNow I want SMB to start really well (which im doubting as it hasn't seem that picked) and free birds to fail heavily Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Films Posted December 1, 2013 Share Posted December 1, 2013 Carrie opened to less than half of evil dead earlier this year Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhilipJ2001 Posted December 1, 2013 Share Posted December 1, 2013 we've done mediocre on Saving Mr Banks which bodes badly for it as it's the sort of film we normally do really well on. About 50% down on our opening of Philomena I think. Free Birds is very quiet - maybe around £500k? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhilipJ2001 Posted December 2, 2013 Share Posted December 2, 2013 Free Birds actually did £1m - I am surprised. Haven't seen any numbers for Saving Mr Banks yet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olive Posted December 2, 2013 Share Posted December 2, 2013 The Hunger Games: Catching Fire retains UK lead with £5.5m second weekend Gravity posts smallest drop of top 15 to add £1.7m for £22.5m - Free Birds takes £1m for the week's highest new entry in third Philomena becomes Stephen Frears' best-ever UK performer at £9.8m. Will cross £10m in coming days Saving Mr. Banks and Carrie record UK bows of £792k from 465 sites and £670k from 367, respectively Report: Lionsgate’s sequel takes $9m (£5.5m) to hold onto the top spot for the second consecutive week; Fox’s Philomena becomes Stephen Frears’ best-ever UK performer at $16.1m (£9.8m). Posting a respectable drop of under 50% (excluding previews) on its big opening, The Hunger Games: Catching Fire has retained the top spot at the UK box office. Lionsgate’s sequel grossed $9m (£5.5m) in its second weekend to stand at a strong $35.5m (£21.7m) after only 11 days in play. It will shortly overtake The Hunger Games’ $38.9m (£24m) UK result, and is also likely to top the $45.1m (£27.5m) UK run of The Twilight Saga: New Moon. Frozen will provide stiff competition this week as Catching Fire looks to become only the fourth film this year to go three straight weeks as the UK’s number one, following Prisoners, The Croods and Les Misérables. With around $6.6m (£4m) grossed during its first Mon-Thurs window, a UK result of over £30m is all but guaranteed. WARNER BROS With an exceptional hold in its fourth weekend as it posted the smallest drop in the top 15, Gravity remained in second with $2.9m (£1.74m). Warner Bros’ sci-fi is now up to a terrific $37m (£22.52m) in the UK and while £30m could prove a step too far, a result over £25m would cement its position as one of the hits of the year. Given its run so far though, don’t rule out £30m for Gravity just yet. Also for Warner Bros, Joseph Gordon-Levitt’s directorial debut Don Jon is up to $1.2m (£749,000) after three weeks in play. EONE Thanksgiving-centred Free Birds flew into the UK box office as the week’s highest new entry in third. eOne’s animation posted a solid debut of $1.7m (£1.04m) from its 449 sites at an average of $3,786 (£2,320). The opening is however behind director Jimmy Hayward’s previous animated outing, Horton Hears a Who!, which took $4.8m (£2.95m) from 501 sites. Also for eOne, action comedy The Family added $310,000 (£188,809) in its second weekend for a ten-day running total of $1.5m (£928,461). DISNEY Despite being well received by the majority of critics, Disney’s Saving Mr. Banks could only manage a UK debut of $1.3m (£792,248) from its 465 sites. That’s down on director John Lee Hancock’s previous UK outing The Blind Side, which posted an opening of $2.2m (£1.3m) from 371 sites. Given its more adult-orientated target market, there’s every chance Saving Mr. Banks could enjoy healthier numbers midweek. Also for Disney, superhero sequel Thor: The Dark World has hammered its way to $31.5m (£19.2m) to date in the UK following a $694,000 (£423,372) fifth weekend. Planes is up to $14.6m (£8.9m). SONY Rounding off this week’s top five, Carrie recorded a UK bow of $1.1m (£670,000) from its 367 sites. The debut of Sony’s horror remake is down on 2013’s other notable horror remake Evil Dead, which scared up $2.3m (£1.4m) from 395 sites (including $472,000/£287,973 in previews) despite a higher 18 certificate. Also for Sony, animated sequel Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2 added $353,000 (£215,000) for $19.4m (£11.85m), while Captain Phillips has amassed $25.7m (£15.65m) to date. FOX Philomena is now director Stephen Frears’ best-ever UK performer, having overtaken The Queen’s $15.5m (£9.42m). Fox’s critically acclaimed comedy-drama grossed a further $475,000 (£289,785) for $16.1m (£9.8m) and will cross the £10m mark in the coming days, crowning a fantastic run at the UK box office. Also for Fox, Turbo and The Counsellor stand at $18.6m (£11.33m) and $2.9m (£1.8m), respectively. Fox International Productions’ Bullett Raja was released in 48 sites this weekend, resulting in a $134,000 (£81,603) UK bow. UNIVERSAL The Best Man Holiday recorded a $210,000 (£128,000) UK bow at an average of $1,725 (£1,052) through Universal. That’s ahead of its predecessor The Best Man’s UK debut of $85,000 (£51,860), albeit from considerably less sites at 24. ARTIFICIAL EYE In its second weekend of release, Artificial Eye’s Palme d’Or winner Blue is the Warmest Colour grossed a non-final $141,000 (£85,969) from its 54 sites for $530,000 (£323,754) to date. PARAMOUNT Nearing the end of its UK run, Paramount’s Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa has taken $10.6m (£6.47m) so far, following a $92,000 (£56,000) weekend. UPCOMING RELEASES This week sees saturation releases for Disney’s Frozen, Paramount’s Nebraska, Eros’ R…Rajkumar and Lionsgate’s Homefront. Warner Bros’ Getaway, Fox’s Black Nativity and Universal’s Oldboy all receive wide releases, while Metrodome’s Big Bad Wolves, The Works’ Kill Your Darlings and Vertigo’s Powder Room are among the films receiving a limited release. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heretic Posted December 2, 2013 Author Share Posted December 2, 2013 Pretty poor for openers. CF held well, and excellent drop for Gravity. Should end near $45m.Frozen should be number one this weekend. I expect £4-5m for its opening. And strong legs in the run up to Christmas.CF I think £3-3.5m this upcoming weekend, for around £27m ($44-45m) by Sunday, on the way to $55-60m. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonwo Posted December 2, 2013 Share Posted December 2, 2013 I expect Frozen will match what Tangled and Wreck it Ralph did, its been advertised so heavily perhaps at the expense of Saving Mr Banks although I think SMB will likely draw the afternoon and weekday crowd. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JCS Posted December 2, 2013 Share Posted December 2, 2013 Froze should do at least £25M. Will barely drop at all until 2014. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heretic Posted December 3, 2013 Author Share Posted December 3, 2013 Hobbit pre-sales are looking pretty strong. I expect a similar opening to the first, maybe a bit higher, and the rest depends on the movie itself. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leyla Posted December 3, 2013 Share Posted December 3, 2013 (edited) Hobbit pre-sales are looking pretty strong. I expect a similar opening to the first, maybe a bit higher, and the rest depends on the movie itself. great to hear (read))) a german guy from TORN website said they track it a bit higher than AUJ as well yay too bad for SMB I thought it would do well. Hopefully at least it has legs Edited December 3, 2013 by Leyla Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonwo Posted December 3, 2013 Share Posted December 3, 2013 Hobbit DoS has a three day opening so I think it's possible Itll match the opening of AUJ which did £11m four days. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heretic Posted December 3, 2013 Author Share Posted December 3, 2013 Oh yeah, forgot it had 4 days. If it can match the 4 day opening that'd be a massive success. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heretic Posted December 3, 2013 Author Share Posted December 3, 2013 Frozen's getting loads of showtimes. Vue Westfield has 22 shows a day. Pretty huge for an original animation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Films Posted December 4, 2013 Share Posted December 4, 2013 (edited) 47 ronin rated 12A (woo-HOO)American hustle rated 15 (boo-HOO)Devils due moves date again, this time going a day forward to January 16The book thief flees a very crowded last weekend of January and opening in the west end on 14 February before going wide on Wednesday 26 februaryMonuments men moves up a week to February 14Grand Budapest hotel moves back a week to 7 marchAmazing spider-man 2 moves back 4 days to the 18th AprilWhen is justin twatface bieber believe coming out? Edited December 4, 2013 by HairsprayFilmsCatchingFire Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SchumacherFTW Posted December 4, 2013 Share Posted December 4, 2013 Carrie was busier than I expected tonight, about 30 or 40 people at my screening when I was expecting around 10. Definitely reaffirmed why I hate going to my local odeon on a Wednesday though, fucking Chavs nearly ruined the film! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SchumacherFTW Posted December 4, 2013 Share Posted December 4, 2013 47 ronin rated 12A (woo-HOO)American hustle rated 15 (boo-HOO)Devils due moves date again, this time going a day forward to January 16The book thief flees a very crowded last weekend of January and opening in the west end on 14 February before going wide on Wednesday 26 februaryMonuments men moves up a week to February 14When is justin twatface bieber believe coming out?By the sounds of it the Bieber thing is a Vue exclusive. Saw a trailer for Devils due earlier. Looks like a turd. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Films Posted December 4, 2013 Share Posted December 4, 2013 By the sounds of it the Bieber thing is a Vue exclusive. Saw a trailer for Devils due earlier. Looks like a turd.I wished it was any other cinema chain, yuck. Believe looks horrible and devils due will bomb Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
htall90 Posted December 4, 2013 Share Posted December 4, 2013 CF did what i expected tbh here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heretic Posted December 5, 2013 Author Share Posted December 5, 2013 tara barnett @starabarnett2h PHILOMENA hits £10m! Retweeted by Ian Sandwell 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leyla Posted December 6, 2013 Share Posted December 6, 2013 tara barnett @starabarnett2h PHILOMENA hits £10m! Retweeted by Ian Sandwell great news! btw is that guy Anchorman popular in the UK???? I thought its an american thing but it seems he will do big in Aus too... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
