JCS Posted June 8, 2015 Share Posted June 8, 2015 Good weather leads to soft market, down 29% on previous weekend, with holdovers suffering big drops. FOX Defying the sunshine, Spy made it a domestic and UK chart-topping double as it dethroned San Andreas. Fox’s action comedy shot to $4m (£2.6m) from its 532 sites, including around $305,000 (£200,000) in previews. It’s worth noting that Spy’s $3.6m (£2.4m) Fri-Sun tally would have also seen it land top spot. In terms of director Paul Feig’s outings in the UK, Spy opened behind Bridesmaids’ $5.4m (£3.5m) from 485 sites, but did surpass The Heat’s $3.8m (£2.5m) from 440 sites and included $1.4m (£910,146) in previews. The arrival of Jurassic World this week means Spy’s stay in number one will be brief, but it could still prosper as counter-programming thanks to its strong reviews and word-of-mouth. Also for Fox, Secret Cinema’s latest production of The Empire Strikes Back opened its doors on Thursday [June 4] and, with Sunday takings still to report, grossed $351,000 (£230,400). Assuming that Sunday is likely to match Friday and Saturday’s gross of around $134,000 (£88,000), The Empire Strikes Back will have an overall debut of almost $487,000 (£320,000). Secret Cinema’s Back to the Future run grossed a total of $5.3m (£3.5m) and with The Empire Strikes Back running to Sept 27, it’s likely to surpass that. Poltergeist and Home have taken $5.9m (£3.9m) and $36.9m (£24.2m), respectively. WARNER BROS Dropping just over 50% (excluding previews), San Andreas posted a $2.7m (£1.8m) second weekend as it charted second. Warner Bros’ disaster thriller has now amassed $12.7m (£8.3m) and, as expected, is director Brad Peyton’s best-ever UK performer ahead of Journey 2: The Mysterious Island. Also for Warner Bros, Mad Max: Fury Road crossed the £15m mark with a $1.2m (£803,000) fourth weekend. The critically acclaimed return of the iconic character has taken $23.7m (£15.6m) to date. UNIVERSAL Pitch Perfect 2 rounded off this week’s top five with a $1.1m (£749,519) fourth weekend. Universal’s sequel is now up to an excellent $24.5m (£16.1m). EONE Insidious Chapter 3 landed in third as it scared up $2.1m (£1.4m) from its 436 sites on its UK bow. eOne’s horror threequel was second in the market on Friday [June 5] ahead of San Andreas. Overall, the debut ranks behind Insidious Chapter 2’s $4.4m (£2.9m) from 414 sites and is on par with Insidious, which also took $2.1m (£1.4m) albeit from only 325 sites. Both films capped just above $10.7m (£7m) in the UK, and Insidious Chapter 3 will be hoping to at least match that. Also for eOne, Two by Two has journeyed to $3.4m (£2.2m), while Danny Collins fell over 60% in its second weekend and has grossed $715,000 (£469,266) after ten days in play. DISNEY Now into its seventh week of release, Disney’s Avengers: Age of Ultron added an extra $520,000 (£341,000) for $72.9m (£47.8m), an excellent run even if it won’t reach Marvel’s Avengers Assemble’s $79.2m (£51.9m) result. Also for Disney, Tomorrowland: A World Beyond fell a hefty 70% on its way to $474,000 (£311,000) for $7.3m (£4.8m) after three weeks in play, while Cinderella has now waltzed to $31.8m (£20.9m). STUDIOCANAL Dropping almost 70%, StudioCanal’s Man Up posted a non-final second weekend of $215,000 (£141,170) for a ten-day tally of $1.55m (£1.02m). LIONSGATE James McTeigue’s Survivor landed with a soft $198,000 (£130,302) from its 179 sites through Lionsgate. That marks the director’s lowest-ever UK opening, although it’s worth noting that the film also received his smallest release, site-wise. Also for Lionsgate, Moomins on the Riviera has grossed $482,000 (£316,376) after three weeks in play. ALTITUDE FILM DISTRIBUTION / PICTUREHOUSE ENTERTAINMENT Falling just over 50% (excluding previews) in its second weekend, Altitude Film Distribution & Picturehouse Entertainment’s The Connection took a non-final $62,000 (£40,372) from its 57 sites for $262,000 (£171,598) to date. CURZON FILM WORLD Currently playing in 41 sites, Curzon Film World’s Timbuktu grossed $62,000 (£40,348) for $252,000 (£164,997) after its second weekend in play. EUREKA ENTERTAINMENT Listen Up Philip posted a UK bow of $29,000 (£19,013), including $682 (£447) in previews, from its 24 sites through Eureka Entertainment. METRODOME François Ozon’s The New Girlfriend has grossed $321,000 (£210,760) after three weeks in play through Metrodome. SODA PICTURES Released in 22 sites through Soda Pictures, Shooting for Socrates recorded a UK debut of $6,000 (£3,968), including previews. UPCOMING RELEASES This week sees saturation releases for Universal’s Jurassic World (opens June 11) and Picturehouse Entertainment & National Theatre’s London Road. Dogwoof’s The Look of Silence, Park Circus’ re-release of The Misfits and New Wave’s West are among the films receiving a limited release. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SchumacherFTW Posted June 8, 2015 Share Posted June 8, 2015 Charging £70+ per head is OBVIOUSLY going to help boost secret cinemas gross. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JCS Posted June 8, 2015 Share Posted June 8, 2015 Yeah, I am not sure why Secret Cinema is mentioned tbh. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avatree Posted June 10, 2015 Share Posted June 10, 2015 Secret Cinema has a real nerve to charge £75 per ticket; they just know people will pay it to see Star Wars on the big screen. It really sucks for those of us who don't have spare £50 notes spilling from our pockets. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heretic Posted June 10, 2015 Author Share Posted June 10, 2015 Jurassic World tomorrow. £10m should definitely happen over the 4 day, £12m+ wouldn't suprise me at all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JennaJ Posted June 10, 2015 Share Posted June 10, 2015 I wish I could be in London just to see this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avatree Posted June 10, 2015 Share Posted June 10, 2015 Yeah, the tube marketing in London looks insane. The whole campaign by Universal in the UK is terrific. I don't want to even imagine how much it costs them, but it's looking like it will pay off. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SchumacherFTW Posted June 11, 2015 Share Posted June 11, 2015 Cinemas are looking nice and busy for this evening. Main IMAX and 2D shows at the cinema I'm going to tonight are practically down to single seats only now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heretic Posted June 11, 2015 Author Share Posted June 11, 2015 Jurassic World has so many showtimes. Wouldn't even surprise me if it got into mid teens. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SchumacherFTW Posted June 11, 2015 Share Posted June 11, 2015 Packed to hell here in Crawley. Imax was sold out for 8pm when I turned up at 20 to 5,and the foyer is rammed. Can't decide what to watch now though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhilipJ2001 Posted June 11, 2015 Share Posted June 11, 2015 we had a better day with it than Age Of Ultron's opening Thursday people were loving it as well. RTH, any numbers? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Purple Minion Posted June 11, 2015 Share Posted June 11, 2015 Dublin cinemas were jammers tonight! Irish numbers are reported under UK gross, I think. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SchumacherFTW Posted June 11, 2015 Share Posted June 11, 2015 we had a better day with it than Age Of Ultron's opening Thursday people were loving it as well. RTH, any numbers? WOOOOOO! Dino love! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RthDeadWov Posted June 11, 2015 Share Posted June 11, 2015 (edited) Dublin cinemas were jammers tonight! Irish numbers are reported under UK gross, I think. They are but there is also separate IR reports Edited June 11, 2015 by rthandhisMinions 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonwo Posted June 11, 2015 Share Posted June 11, 2015 Jurassic World will have a great weekend and luckily the competition the week after is weak with only Entourage and then Universal's own Minions is the weekend after. Will be interesting how Terminator does, I'm not feeling hype in the same way Jurassic World has been advertised. Ted 2 and MMXXL will likely open lower than the first films on July 10th and Ant-Man on July 17th I think will do similar numbers to GOTG OW although I doubt it'll have the same legs as Inside Out and Mission Impossible follow the next two weeks after Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RthDeadWov Posted June 12, 2015 Share Posted June 12, 2015 Jurassic World tomorrow. £10m should definitely happen over the 4 day, £12m+ wouldn't suprise me at all. Think for sure, Thu running about 65% of AOU 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SchumacherFTW Posted June 12, 2015 Share Posted June 12, 2015 Excellent start! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avatree Posted June 12, 2015 Share Posted June 12, 2015 Like Tele does for the LA area in America, I've started tracking sellouts across the country for major films. 9.3% of tonight's shows for Jurassic World in the UK are sellouts. That's impressive, especially given that it opened earlier in the week. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heretic Posted June 12, 2015 Author Share Posted June 12, 2015 What cinemas are you tracking? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avatree Posted June 12, 2015 Share Posted June 12, 2015 Every Cineworld, so 82 cinemas all across the country. Vue's website is a pain in the ass, I may add Odeons in the future but sticking with Cineworlds for now. Given that the cinemas are nicely spread out over the country, the data should be pretty solid. Though I have nothing to compare it to atm as JW is the first one I'm doing. There are probably 6-9 more films this summer that are worth doing it for, so by the end of the year I should have a healthy amount of data. It'll be interesting for Mockingjay/Spectre/SW later in the year. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
