FantasticBeasts Posted March 6, 2017 Share Posted March 6, 2017 2 hours ago, Heretic said: Great opening for Logan, it should make it to the £25m mark at least. Another amazing week for Lion, probably the most impressive run of the year thus far. As for this week, Kong arrives on Thursday, expecting around £5m 4-day. Is it early to ask you for a Batb OW/Total prediction? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhilipJ2001 Posted March 6, 2017 Share Posted March 6, 2017 The UK box office is on fire at the moment. I think the quality of the films is helping massively - almost every major release since the start of the year is getting great reviews. It's only the likes of Resident Evil and XXX that are getting panned and are rightly doing terribly 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heretic Posted March 6, 2017 Author Share Posted March 6, 2017 (edited) 1 hour ago, FantasticBeasts said: Is it early to ask you for a Batb OW/Total prediction? £10m+ OW for sure, I think maybe £11-12m. Jungle Book did £9.9m, and there's no reason whatsoever to suggest BaTB won't at least match it. Pre-sales already look strong. As for total, can't really say, but it does have the benefit of two weeks of Easter holidays in April, so there's a good chance that £50m will happen. It may struggle to top JB's dollar gross though ($66.5m) due to a weaker pound. Edited March 6, 2017 by Heretic 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rthmessiah Posted March 7, 2017 Share Posted March 7, 2017 Top playdates 5-Mar all Logan 1-Vue Westfield London 2-Imax Southbank 3-CW Sheffield 4-CW Glasgow Renf 5-Vue Stratford 6-CW Dublin 7-Odeon Liverpool One 8-Odeon Manchester 9-CW Leicester Square 10-CW Crawley 11-Odeon Metrocentre 12-CW Milton Keynes 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonwo Posted March 7, 2017 Share Posted March 7, 2017 (edited) 5 minutes ago, Fifty Shades Rth said: Top playdates 5-Mar all Logan 1-Vue Westfield London 2-Imax Southbank 3-CW Sheffield 4-CW Glasgow Renf 5-Vue Stratford 6-CW Dublin 7-Odeon Liverpool One 8-Odeon Manchester 9-CW Leicester Square 10-CW Crawley 11-Odeon Metrocentre 12-CW Milton Keynes Vue Westfield reclaiming the top spot from Cineworld Sheffield, BFI IMAX did very well to get second, it's going to be a busy month for IMAX with Kong, Beauty and I think Ghost in the Shell. It's interesting that Vue Westfield usually beat the central London cinemas, I guess combined CW LS and OLS do more business money wise but they're limited by showtimes for a single film whereas VWL can have up to 4-5 screens solely for a blockbuster. Edited March 7, 2017 by Jonwo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Heretic Posted March 9, 2017 Author Share Posted March 9, 2017 (edited) Pre-sales for Kong are almost non-existent, and it opens today. I don't know if walk ups will be strong, but as it stands I wouldn't be surprised if Logan beat it over Fri-Sun. I guess it's not entirely surprising as one of the biggest films of the year is coming out next weekend, and the market has been fully saturated for weeks now. Kong seems to have drawn the short straw. Edited March 9, 2017 by Heretic Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krissykins Posted March 9, 2017 Share Posted March 9, 2017 Cineworld in Glasgow always up there! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fmpro Posted March 9, 2017 Share Posted March 9, 2017 9 hours ago, Heretic said: Pre-sales for Kong are almost non-existent, and it opens today. I don't know if walk ups will be strong, but as it stands I wouldn't be surprised if Logan beat it over Fri-Sun. I guess it's not entirely surprising as one of the biggest films of the year is coming out next weekend, and the market has been fully saturated for weeks now. Kong seems to have drawn the short straw. Its the same here in Denmark. Is Kong vs Godzilla in danger? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhilipJ2001 Posted March 11, 2017 Share Posted March 11, 2017 Yeah Kong is flopping.. about half of Logan here yesterday Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heretic Posted March 11, 2017 Author Share Posted March 11, 2017 Kong is doing way better today. Should have a big Saturday increase. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
efialtes76 Posted March 11, 2017 Share Posted March 11, 2017 (edited) 5 hours ago, PhilipJ2001 said: Yeah Kong is flopping.. about half of Logan here yesterday Wait a little bit... Edited March 11, 2017 by efialtes76 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonwo Posted March 12, 2017 Share Posted March 12, 2017 I wonder if the marketing hurt Kong's OD? There were posters I saw on tubes and buses which had the 10th March as its release date but a handful with the 9th March. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhilipJ2001 Posted March 12, 2017 Share Posted March 12, 2017 Yes it picked up a lot here yesterday as well actually.. about 50% more than Logan did. It's playing better with families than I expected. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heretic Posted March 12, 2017 Author Share Posted March 12, 2017 $7.6m for Kong, which is over £6m. That's actually a great start, and more than expected especially considering the weak pre-sales. It must've done really well Sat+Sun, playing like a family film. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heretic Posted March 12, 2017 Author Share Posted March 12, 2017 Only around £200k below Godzilla. You can see how much the pound has dropped though since then. $7.6m v $10.7m. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonwo Posted March 12, 2017 Share Posted March 12, 2017 2 hours ago, Heretic said: $7.6m for Kong, which is over £6m. That's actually a great start, and more than expected especially considering the weak pre-sales. It must've done really well Sat+Sun, playing like a family film. Logan being a 15 meant there is room for a 12A tent pole. Kong has to make the most of this week before BATB dominates the market Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
efialtes76 Posted March 12, 2017 Share Posted March 12, 2017 Ian SandwellCuenta verificada @ian_sandwell 2 hhace 2 horas Más Kong: Skull Island roars to an estimated four-day £6.2m debut in the UK. Logan adds around £4m for £17.4m after 12 days in play in the UK. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heretic Posted March 12, 2017 Author Share Posted March 12, 2017 Fantastic for Logan. It's down only 42% Fri-Sun, and its weekday business (£4m) was very strong. Should end up close to £25m, which would be the 2nd biggest of the franchise after Days of Future Past. X Men 2 is the only other film to top £20m, so this is a massive achievement for Logan. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avatree Posted March 12, 2017 Share Posted March 12, 2017 (edited) good numbers for both movies. Has anyone seen Kong in 4DX? I am tempted to go tonight as I haven't tried 4DX before and got nothing better to do... is the experience worth a try? I have already seen the movie btw. Edited March 12, 2017 by Manchester by the Tree Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
