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weekend TF4 should get something around bit over/under lc13m with previews and dragon over 9m, MBB off about 50%. Boyhood about 300k

That looks like a terrible weekend. Since you mentioned earlier that TF4 made 9M pounds and HTTYD2 had around 8M pounds in previews then that would leave them with 4M and >1M for the weekend :(

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Paramount’s latest outing records year’s biggest opening to date with non-final $20.1m (£11.74m); Universal’s Boyhood scores strong $565,000 (£330,000) debut.

 

As expected, Transformers: Age of Extinction has recorded the year’s biggest opening to date as it exploded into life at the UK box office.

Paramount’s latest outing for the popular franchise shot to a non-final $20.1m (£11.74m) debut from its 532 sites, including $13.7m (£8m) in previews. As with last weekend’s Sat-Sun take, the film’s Fri-Sun tally of $6.3m (£3.7m) would have also seen it top the chart, based purely on Fri-Sun takings.

The debut also marks the biggest opening of theTransformers series to date, surpassing Transformers: Dark of the Moon’s $18.4m (£10.7m) which included $7.2m (£4.23m) in previews.

If we consider this Fri-Sun to be its first ‘weekend’ though, Age of Extinction’s $6.3m (£3.7m) gross is actually the lowest of the franchise.

Dark of the Moon is currently the highest grossingTransformers outing in the UK at $48.1m (£28.11m), and the arrival of Dawn of the Planet of the Apes will provide stiff blockbuster competition for Transformers: Age of Extinction this coming weekend in its attempt to overtake that result.

FOX

Expanding nationwide after two weeks of release in Scotland and Ireland, How to Train Your Dragon 2climbed up to second with a $12.5m (£7.3m) weekend, including $7.5m (£4.4m) from its UK and Wales previews over the past month.

Just taking into account Fri-Sun, Fox’s animated sequel took $5m (£2.9m) for a boost of 11% over last Fri-Sun when the film previewed across the UK and Wales. With its predecessor’s $29.7m (£17.4m) in its sights, How to Train Your Dragon 2 stands at $16.4m (£9.6m).

Also for Fox, The Fault in Our Stars is on the cusp of £10m after a $956,000 (£558,357) weekend lifted it to $16.9m (£9.9m).

X-Men: Days of Future Past stands at $46.2m (£27m).

UNIVERSAL

Last week’s champion Mrs. Brown’s Boys D’Movie fell to third with a $1.8m (£1.06m) third weekend through Universal. The big screen outing of the popular TV sitcom is up to a healthy $20.3m (£11.84m) in the UK, and still has a good chance of hitting £15m.

Also for Universal, the critically acclaimed Boyhood is off to a strong start with a $565,000 (£330,000) debut, including $34,000 (£20,000) in previews, at a site average of $5,827 (£3,402).

That marks director Richard Linklater’s second highest opening in the UK, behind School of Rock’s $4.6m (£2.7m) debut from a considerably wider release (377). Linklater’s acclaimed Before trilogy all missed the £1m mark in the UK, a target that looks the minimum aim for Boyhood.

EONE

Landing in 347 sites through eOne, Begin Again started its UK run with $777,000 (£454,139) and was arguably hit by the unexpected good weather this weekend.

It is, however, director John Carney’s best-ever UK debut by some distance and it will shortly overtake Once’s $1.2m (£682,000) UK result.

SONY

With a further slim drop in its sixth weekend, Sony’s 22 Jump Street added $711,000 (£415,000) for an excellent $30m (£17.5m) to date.

DISNEY

Also with a minimal drop of 32% was Disney’s Maleficent, conjuring up $526,000 (£307,000) for $30.8m (£17.96m) after seven weeks in play. Worldwide, the reimagining ofSleeping Beauty is the fourth biggest film of the year at $670m.

WARNER BROS

Falling almost 50% in its second weekend, Warner Bros’Tammy added $414,000 (£242,000) for $1.9m (£1.13m) in the UK.

Also for Warner Bros, Edge of Tomorrow has amassed $13.3m (£7.75m).

LIONSGATE

Chef cooked up a $133,000 (£77,588) third weekend through Lionsgate for $2.3m (£1.3m) to date.

VERTIGO FILMS

Now in its third week of release, Vertigo Films’ Walking on Sunshine grossed $93,000 (£54,436) from its 91 sites for $1.9m (£1.1m) to date.

STUDIOCANAL

Currently playing in 65 sites, The 100-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared added $79,000 (£46,251) for $394,000 (£230,638) after ten days in play through StudioCanal.

UPCOMING RELEASES

This week sees saturation releases for Fox’s Dawn of the Planet of the Apes (opens July 17) and Vertigo’s Pudsey the Dog: the Movie (opens today in Ireland and Scotland).

Soda’s Finding Vivian Maier, Peccadillo’s I Am Divineand StudioCanal’s Grand Central are among the films receiving a limited release.

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So Apes on Thursday. First one did very well in the UK, $9.5m opening, and $32m total, the biggest OS territory.

 

I could see a 4 day of £7m ($12m), and with the amazing reception and the whole of the summer break to take advantage of, $40m is possible.

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