UK Box Office Thread

[JCS]

Ice Age 4 will have an insane OW in this way...

And an insane week 2 drop.

Yes this will be true, but IA4 is an anomaly as normally films do not have 2 weekends of previews or release early in Scotland.

[CJohn]

And an insane week 2 drop.

Doesn't matter, enough money was already made by then.

[SchumacherFTW]

Yes this will be true, but IA4 is an anomaly as normally films do not have 2 weekends of previews or release early in Scotland.

Oh I'm aware of that. I can actually see Ice Age's drops being on a freefall thanks to The Lorax and Brave following fairly close behind starting the week after TDKR.

[lukey]

Ice Age 4 £2.9mThe Five-Year Engagement £765kPrometheus £717kMen In Black £702kAbraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter £401kFriends with Kids £358kRock of Ages £245kKiller Joe £208kStorage 24 £150k- Ice Age 4 has opened in Ireland and Scotland so the figure is a combination of the grosses from there plus previews from the rest of the UK.

[SchumacherFTW]

I bet my local cineworld's going to be kicking themselves for booting Men in Black on friday.

[PhilipJ2001]

not sure where my film booker got the £3.5m figure from

[Jonwo]

The Five Year Engagement had a decent drop as did MIB3 and Prometheus. Ugly for Abraham Lincoln.

[JCS]

Not a single film over £1m looks bad (Ice Age 4 made most from previews and not technically out in whole UK).And what on earth made SWATH drop out of the Top 10, was 5th last week...

Edited July 2, 2012 by JCS

[Heretic]

Fantastic number for previews. I expected nearer £2m.With that and next weekends previews, it should be able to do over £10m ($15m+).Now for Spider-man...opens tomorrow, and pre-sales, especially in IMAX have improved, but still, nothing amazing. If it does less than £10m in 6 days though, that's just bad.

[Fake]

How much is Spidey looking to do this weekend?

[Jonwo]

I expect Spider-Man to do better with walk ins, with no real competition, it should do £8-10m six days, Transformers last year did £10m five days and Pirates did £11m so the benchmark is for it to hit £10m first week.

[Heretic]

While it may not be number one when the official figures are released - where only the regional openings in Scotland and Ireland will count, and not the weekend previews across the rest of the UK - there’s no doubt that Ice Age: Continental Drift has delivered an excellent opening salvo.

With a combined estimated debut of $4.8m (£3.1m), including previews, the latest in Fox’s animated franchisetook over double its nearest competitor, Universal’s The Five-Year Engagement.

Its official opening figure, based on 134 sites (two in Border, 27 in Scotland [Cen], 11 in NE Scotland, 68 in Ireland and 26 in N. Ireland), is a strong $1.3m (£850,030) which, based on other studio estimates, should still be enough to see it chart top in the UK, which will make it one of the lowest ever debuts to land the number one spot.

The previews of $3.5m (£2.2m) will be added to its opening tally when it opens nationwide from July 13. It’ll also have another two days of nationwide previews thisSaturday and Sunday to add to that July 13-15 weekend tally.

Nicholas Stoller’s The Five-Year Engagement jumped up one place to chart second. Universal’s nuptial comedy fell only 27% on its way to a $1.2m (£765,000) weekend for $4.1m (£2.6m) after ten days in play. The second rom-com collaboration between Nicholas Stoller and Jason Segel still has some way to go to catch their first,Forgetting Sarah Marshall, which laughed its way to $12.1m (£7.7m).

Tussling closely behind were Prometheus and Men In Black 3.

Fox’s sci-fi took a further $1.12m (£717,000) for a highly impressive $36.1m (£23.0m) to date - the biggest international contribution for Ridley Scott’s return to the sci-fi genre; while Sony’s threequel continued its solid run with $1.1m (£702,000) and has now amassed $32.8m (£20.9m) after six weeks in the UK.

Falling 46% in its second week was Fox’s Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter. The 3D action-horror staked an additional $628,000 (£401,000) and has taken $3.2m (£2.1m) so far.

Lionsgate’s rom-com Friends With Kids enjoyed the week’s second strongest opening as it charted seventh with a $561,000 (£358,000) debut from its 294 sites. The distributor’s other maternal rom-com What To Expect When You’re Expecting has currently taken $6.4m (£4.08m) in the UK.

In its third week, Warner Bros’ musical Rock Of Agesgrossed $382,000 (£245,000) and has sung its way to $4m (£2.55m) to date. On a musical-related note, the distributor’s Joyful Noise opened outside the top 20 with a $50,000 (£32,000) debut.

As for the other new releases in the UK this week, William Friedkin’s Killer Joe started its UK run with $326,766 (£208,553) - including previews - through eOne, while Universal’s sci-fi horror Storage 24 opened disappointingly on a non-final $230,000 (£150,000) from its 287 sites with a soft average of $801 (£523).

This week sees saturation releases for Sony’s reboot The Amazing Spider-Man (opens July 3) and Paramount’s Katy Perry: Part Of Me (opens July 5). StudioCanal re-releaseTotal Recall, while Soda’s 7 Days In Havana, Artificial Eye’s The Hunter and Momentum’s The Players are among the films receiving limited releases.

[Jonwo]

Will be interesting how Katy Perry Part of Me does as the last music documentary with a similar fanbase Justin Bieber Never Say Never was a complete bomb, I imagine it'll do okay but it won't gross over £1m although it cost $2m so it'll make money regardless.

[lukey]

1 Ice Age: Continental Drift £853,226 £853,2262 Prometheus £750,652 £23,107,8413 The Five-Year Engagement £745,400 £2,617,5314 Men In Black 3 £727,787 £20,265,3405 Snow White And The Huntsman £606,624 £14,489,8726 Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter £386,743 £2,061,1757 Friends With Kids £357,520 £357,5208 Chernobyl Diaries £284,530 £1,150,7209 Rock of Ages £240,445 £2,556,43610 Killer Joe £208,553 £208,553

[JCS]

That chart looks so bad, Box-Office will start picking up now with Spiderman and other big films!(And SWATH is back in the Top 10, has not disappeared already).

[Heretic]

Some very nice totals though.

[JCS]

Some very nice totals though.

Indeed, but the weekend grosses look pathetic.We really need some big films now and thankfully Spiderman today which should make £10m as everyone loves Spiderman.

[keysersoze123]

So what are expected OW and totals for IA4,ASM and TDKR.

[A Marvel Fanboy]

So what total IA4 is looking at ?

[Jonwo]

Looks like Ice Age's Scotland and Ireland figures were included in the chart since it was released there fully rather than included when the film released in the UK.