UK Box Office Thread

[Issac Newton]

3 hours ago, Jonwo said:

Barbenheimer leads to the best week for UK cinemas ever:

https://deadline.com/2023/07/barbie-oppenheimer-barbenheimer-box-office-record-1235450374/

 

I'm surprised TFA was the biggest week, I would have that Skyfall, Spectre or NTTD's opening week would have been bigger. 

Unconfirmed figures from UK cinema advertising organization Digital Cinema Media also suggest admissions for this past week were at a 10-year high, with cinemas on track to clock north of seven million admissions.

 

The previous record of 7.6M admissions was set in 2012 during the first-week of Sam Mendes’ Bond pic Skyfall. We can expect firm figures on admissions in the coming weeks.

 

I wonder if Admission records were broken or not 

[Issac Newton]

Box-office success for both Warner Bros’ Barbie and Universal’s Oppenheimer has been shared by all types of exhibitors. Cineworld and Vue both recorded their busiest-ever weeks; the former had 1.7 million admissions across all films at its 103 venues. It had 846,000 admissions for Barbie and 500,000 for Oppenheimer, including 120,000 in Imax for the latter where it was the market leader; and sold out 190 showings in that time across both films.

 

[Issac Newton]

Odeon, the largest exhibitor with 110 venues, brought in 1 million admissions across the first four days, marking its busiest weekend since Avengers: Endgame in April 2019; while Vue Cinemas sold out an astonishing 2,000 Barbie screenings on the first weekend, boosted by its cut-price tickets available for as little as £4.99 in some venues. This contributed to the biggest admissions week in the chain’s history, beating the previous record – for 2012’s Skyfall – by 20%. Thirty-seven of its 91 venues had their best-ever week, with Barbenheimer comprising 80% of all admissions.

[Issac Newton]

Barbie set a new record for the BFI Film Audience Network’s Indie Box Office chart, with 62,975 admissions from the 37 chart-participating venues that played the film; while Oppenheimer’s 34,915 from 36 participating sites was the best-ever opening result for a film that didn’t make it to the top spot.

 

Picturehouse Cinemas recorded its busiest weekend ever across its 29 venues, including 50,000 guests in the first three days for Barbie. Almost 3,000 of the boutique chains’ members did the double bill in the first three days; while it has also welcomed 500 dogs to see Greta Gerwig’s film, through its dog-friendly screenings

 

Both last weekend and this week have set new records for admissions, box office and food and beverage (F&B) sales in the 89-year history of Curzon Cinemas. It is 63% up on its best box office week, which was previously the third week of February 2020 when it had Parasite in cinemas, released through its own distribution arm. First-week box office on Barbenheimer has topped the entire run of Top Gun: Maverick, its highest-grossing title of last year. The weekend saw 260 sellouts across its 16-cinema estate, with roughly two for Barbie for every one for Oppenheimer.

[Issac Newton]

Independent are doing great too - 

 

Spoiler

Independent venues shared in this success. Newcastle-upon-Tyne’s Tyneside Cinema record its biggest weekend in its 86-year history, with Barbie as its number one opening title of all-time by ticket revenue and Oppenheimer as number six. Glasgow Film Theatre recorded its highest admissions weekend and week ever outside of Christmas and Glasgow Film Festival, and on fewer shows due to Oppenheimer’s three-hour runtime. It was one of the venues where Christopher Nolan’s blockbuster led the way, with 2,106 weekend admissions pipping Barbie’s 2,060, boosted by being Scotland’s only 70mm venue for Oppenheimer.

 

Amongst London’s independent sites, Genesis Cinema had its biggest week and weekend ever, beating the first-week admissions for the Endgame opening week by Monday; with Barbie and Oppenheimer recording its number one and two biggest openings this year. Two-screen Rio Cinema did 3,594 weekend admissions for a £43,816 gross, and has sold 5,000 tickets including future bookings.

The double-bill was a big seller across the market. Of the Cineworld Unlimited members who saw both films, 50% did so back-to-back; while 3,000 Picturehouse members saw both films within the first three days.

 

Full admissions figures arrive on a two-week lag, so are expected on August 10 for the first Barbenheimer week; early indications are that it may have been the UK-Ireland’s biggest week ever for cinemagoing.

 

[Heretic]

Insane figures all around for cinema chains, it is good to see after the pandemic and the rise of streaming that cinemas are still very much alive

[Krissykins]

Thanks for sharing all these figures @Issac Newton, what a record breaking week for all involved. Incredible. 

[The Dark Alfred]

What a shock: BARBIE £4.2m, OP  £2.2m Friday 😃

[Heretic]

£13m 2nd weekend and sub 30% drop for Barbie incoming? 
 

Opp looking at maybe £7m, ~35% drop.

[The Dark Alfred]

BARBIE also breaks music records, 6 songs in the top 40 singles, 3 in the top 5. That has never happened.

Edited July 29, 2023 by The Dark Alfred

[solaris]

So if it's at £45m by the end of this weekend, is +£70m a done deal?

[WorkingonaName]

7 minutes ago, The Dark Alfred said:

BARBIE also breaks music records, 6 songs in the top 40 singles, 3 in the top 5. That has never happened.

Duas impact. 

[Krissykins]

10 minutes ago, The Dark Alfred said:

BARBIE also breaks music records, 6 songs in the top 40 singles, 3 in the top 5. That has never happened.

Yeh I seen this yesterday, a new record.

 

Glad the Billie Eilish song charted the highest of the bunch, love it. Billie at 3, Dua at 4 and Nicki at 5. 
 

Do you have a number for Talk To Me by any chance? 

[The Dark Alfred]

TALK TO ME Friday #5 £185k, cume £265k incl. previews

[JustLurking]

Remember when people were saying oppy would overtake barbie perhaps as soon as midweek last week? That didn't age so well 😛

[Simplyobsessed]

Something very unusual in my area today, seems to be less busy for Barbie this afternoon than afternoon for all of the last midweek.

Edited July 29, 2023 by Simplyobsessed

[Heretic]

1 hour ago, Simplyobsessed said:

Something very unusual in my area today, seems to be less busy for Barbie this afternoon than afternoon for all of the last midweek.

This is common in summer holidays. Kind of makes sense, more kids and parents go to the cinema in the week, and people that work are more likely to go on weekends. Weekends make up for it with stronger late night business than weekdays.

 

Having said this, I just checked Vue Stratford and it looks packed throughout the entire afternoon, with most shows near to sellout. Very similar to last weekend. 

Edited July 29, 2023 by Heretic

[Jonwo]

It must sting a little for Empire that Barbie's success came too late for them.

[UKBoxOffice]

definitely increases today. how much remains to be seen

[keysersoze123]

1 hour ago, UKBoxOffice said:

definitely increases today. how much remains to be seen

Give us 5/3 for B/O 🙂