UK Box Office Thread

[Jonwo]

I quite impressed how consistent the three day OW have been for The Hobbit. It'll have legs over the holidays, the family competition is NATM3 and Annie plus holdovers and Boxing Day has Unbroken, Exodus and Big Eyes. Im not if £50m is going to happen but I think over £40m is likely which means it would be the highest grossing film of 2014

[La Binoche]

How big is Kidman's role in Paddington? Is this her comeback? 

[Heretic]

 

 

Ian Sandwell @ian_sandwell · 4h4 hours ago

Paddington falls respectable 24% in its third weekend to add estimated £2.9m for UK haul of £14.3m.

 

Another excellent drop in face of The Hobbit. Looks like it's gonna hold strong throughout all of Christmas. 

[PhilipJ2001]

£9.7m for Hobbit

[Heretic]

Tiny bit up from DOS. Could see it with a higher total.

[La Binoche]

The Imitation Game grossed $821,000 (£522,000) for $19.5m (£12.4m).

[John Marston]

Disappointing it seems for Hobbit

[Jonwo]

Disappointing it seems for Hobbit

It's on par with the three day OW of the last two films.

[Heretic]

 

Warner Bros’ climactic Hobbit outing posts chart-topping $15.3m (£9.73m) bow; StudioCanal’s Paddington becomes distributor’s highest grossing release of all time.

 

It may not have hit the commercial heights of The Lord of the Rings trilogy, but there’s no denying The Hobbittrilogy’s opening consistency as The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies debuted top of the UK box office.

Warner Bros’ climactic outing posted a healthy $15.3m (£9.73m) debut from its 597 sites to comfortably lead the chart. That’s ahead of The Desolation of Smaug’s $14.6m (£9.3m) opening from 580 sites, but behind An Unexpected Journey’s $18.2m (£11.6m) from 598 sites.

However, An Unexpected Journey’s debut included $3.3m (£2.09m) in previews so, based solely on Fri-Sun figures,The Battle of the Five Armies opened ahead of Unexpected Journey’s Fri-Sun tally of $14.9m (£9.5m).

Both The Desolation of Smaug ($67.4m/£42.9m) and An Unexpected Journey ($81.2m/£51.7m) failed to challenge even the lowest grossing performer of the LOTR trilogy (The Two Towers’ $90.4m/£57.6m), meaning that The Battle of the Five Armies is unlikely to do so either.

An Unexpected Journey fell almost 50% (excluding previews) in its second weekend to stand at $37.2m (£23.7m) and if The Battle of the Five Armies can match or better that, then it at least stands a chance of becoming The Hobbit trilogy’s best performer.

Also for Warner Bros, Get Santa recorded a minimal drop on its way to a $703,000 (£448,000) second weekend for $1.9m (£1.2m) to date, which bodes well for the festive outing up to and including Christmas.

Horrible Bosses 2 and Interstellar stand at $5.2m (£3.3m) and $31m (£19.7m), respectively.

STUDIOCANAL

While it was prevented from a hat-trick of number one weekends, Paddington can console itself with the fact that it is now StudioCanal’s highest grossing release of all time in the UK.

The big screen outing for the marmalade-loving bear took an additional $4.5m (£2.9m) for $22.4m (£14.3m) after three weeks in play, meaning it has now surpassedTinker Tailor Soldier Spy’s final UK result of $22.3m (£14.2m) in 2011.

With Christmas and school holidays just around the corner, Paddington is showing no signs of slowing down and will prove a formidable presence for upcoming family openers Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb andAnnie.

Also for StudioCanal, The Imitation Game stands at $19.5m (£12.4m) following a $837,000 (£533,674) fifth weekend.

LIONSGATE

Dropping around 50% with the arrival of The Hobbit, The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1 recorded a $1.7m (£1.1m) fourth weekend.

Lionsgate’s adaptation is now up to $42.7m (£27.2m) in its attempt to hunt down Catching Fire as the series’ highest grossing outing in the UK. Catching Fire stood at $45.1m (£28.8m) at the same stage in its run.

FOX

Falling to fourth with a 28% drop, Penguins of Madagascar posted a $1.6m (£1.05m) second weekend. Fox’s spin-off is now up to $4.7m (£3m) and will be hoping for similar holds over the coming weeks to have a chance of hitting £10m.

Also for Fox, The Pyramid dropped 59% to dig up an extra $96,000 (£61,332) for $569,000 (£363,193) after ten days in play, while Gone Girl has now reached $34.9m (£22.26m).

DISNEY

Tinker Bell and the Legend of the NeverBeast flew in with a solid, if unspectacular, $627,000 (£400,000) UK bow from its 372 sites through Disney. That’s less than half the opening of the other 2014 outing for the fairy,Tinker Bell and the Pirate Fairy’s $1.5m (£966,920) from 405 sites.

Also for Disney, Frozen continued its re-release with a $105,000 (£67,000) weekend for $64.5m (£41.17m) to date.

EONE

With the lowest drop of all films in the top ten at 16%,Nativity 3: Dude, Where’s My Donkey?! enjoyed a $598,000 (£381,673) fifth weekend. eOne’s threequel stands at $8.9m (£5.7m) and has overtaken the firstNativity!’s UK result, but is likely to fall short of Nativity 2: Danger in the Manger!’s $14.4m (£9.2m).

Also for eOne, Mr. Turner has now amassed $9.9m (£6.3m) after seven weeks in play.

ENTERTAINMENT

Falling over 50% in its second weekend, Entertainment’sSt. Vincent grossed $228,000 (£145,657) for $1.2m (£780,002) after ten days in play.

UNIVERSAL

Unsurprisingly dropping a hefty 77% after its soft opening, Universal’s Black Sea added $88,000 (£56,000) for $745,000 (£475,000), meaning it has at least avoided becoming Kevin Macdonald’s lowest-grossing feature outing.

ARTIFICIAL EYE

Sundance 2014 audience award winner The Green Prince enjoyed a $26,000 (£16,359) UK debut, including $5,100 (£3,245) in previews, from its 12 sites through Artificial Eye.

PARAMOUNT

Men, Women & Children couldn’t recover from its weak bow last weekend, taking just $16,000 (£10,364) for $214,000 (£136,470) after ten days in play through Paramount.

SODA PICTURES

Released in eight sites through Soda Pictures, Electricitytook $9,600 (£6,118) on its UK bow, including just over $3,100 (£2,000) in previews.

METRODOME

The Grandmaster is up to $119,000 (£75,973) following a $9,400 (£5,967) second weekend through Metrodome.

DOGWOOF

Locarno 2013 double winner Manakamana posted a strong UK opening of $9,000 (£5,727) from its nine sites through Dogwoof.

SONY

From its one-site release, Sony’s Merchants of Doubtgrossed $507 (£323) on its UK bow.

UPCOMING RELEASES

This week sees saturation releases for Fox’s Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb and Universal’s Dumb and Dumber To.

Soda Pictures’ Kon-Tiki, Park Circus’ re-release of Guys and Dolls and IG Interactive Entertainment’s P.K. all receive limited releases.

£45m may be the target for The Hobbit this time, though if legs are good over Christmas, which they should be, £50m is still a possibility.

 

Mockingjay will end up in the low 30s it seems, just below CF.

[Heretic]

DoS only fell 43% in its second week and AUJ dropped only 37% from its 3 day. Hopefully that means a drop of around 40-45% for BotFA too. 

 

Night at the Museum won't top The Hobbit, however its setting in London might help it. Doubt it does much more than £3m though for its opening.

 

Dumb and Dumber 2...I dunno. Probably will have a decent opening, enough for 3rd place unless Paddington stays flat.

[SchumacherFTW]

Fun fact if the hobbit hits £50m. If it makes the mark it will be the first film since Am Unexpected Journey to do so. 2 year drought.

[Heretic]

Thankgod next year will have plenty. Bond, Avengers, SW7 all locked. There is potential even for 3 £60m+ films there.

Edited December 15, 2014 by Heretic

[SchumacherFTW]

DoS only fell 43% in its second week and AUJ dropped only 37% from its 3 day. Hopefully that means a drop of around 40-45% for BotFA too.

Night at the Museum won't top The Hobbit, however its setting in London might help it. Doubt it does much more than £3m though for its opening.

Dumb and Dumber 2...I dunno. Probably will have a decent opening, enough for 3rd place unless Paddington stays flat.

I could see Paddington rising this weekend. Family films general good strong or increase the weekend before Christmas.

[SchumacherFTW]

Thankgod next year will have plenty. Bond, Avengers, SW7 all locked. There is potential even for 3 £60m+ films there.

Katniss will make a run for £50 as well if they add 3D. And Jurassic World has potential to get close too.

[Jessie]

Fun fact if the hobbit hits £50m. If it makes the mark it will be the first film since Am Unexpected Journey to do so. 2 year drought.

 

It wont hit 50m

[Heretic]

I could see Paddington rising this weekend. Family films general good strong or increase the weekend before Christmas.

I could definitely see it keep 2nd place. NATM seems kinda dead now.

[PhilipJ2001]

we're getting loads of people excited about Night At The Museum, but they all seem to be surprised that it is coming out so soon.

 

if the marketing picks up in the next few days it could have a decent opening and a solid run

[SchumacherFTW]

we're getting loads of people excited about Night At The Museum, but they all seem to be surprised that it is coming out so soon.

if the marketing picks up in the next few days it could have a decent opening and a solid run

Very few places seem to be picking up the 3D version of this. I think a lot of people might be expecting it to come out on boxing day. I sure as hell did.

[PhilipJ2001]

I didn't even realise it was 3D to be honest (we don't bother with 3D here).

[CJohn]

Museum 3 has 3D version? That is new to me, I think we are not even getting the 3D version over here.