UK Box Office Thread

[Neo]

I love that people routinely forget that ST09 also had a 4 day opening. The only film in May 09 that had the traditional 3 day was Angels and Demons. Wolverine and Drag me to Hell opened on Weds and Night at the Museum had a preview weekend.

 

ST09 $9.06m 3-day 4-day OW

STID $13.3M 4-day

[Heretic]

I have a feeling Gatsby's going to do very well. Wouldn't be surprised with a £4m+ opening, and FF6 could do over £8m. ST2 will probably have a 2nd weekend over £4m too, and IM3 will continue with another good weekend.

[Sam]

I have a feeling Gatsby's going to do very well. Wouldn't be surprised with a £4m+ opening, and FF6 could do over £8m. ST2 will probably have a 2nd weekend over £4m too, and IM3 will continue with another good weekend.

The UK can handle them all   

[Jonwo]

I have a feeling Gatsby's going to do very well. Wouldn't be surprised with a £4m+ opening, and FF6 could do over £8m. ST2 will probably have a 2nd weekend over £4m too, and IM3 will continue with another good weekend.

Gatsby is difficult to predict, don't think it'll be as big as is was in America but its going to do decently, I seriously thought it would underperform but it has been marketed very well as has The Hangover part III. Angels and Demons also had a four day opening IIRC but it was only slightly higher than Star Trek.

[fmpro]

Huge weekend comming up

[SchumacherFTW]

Man of Steel ALREADY has a sell out at the BFI IMAX for opening day. Can't remember another film barring TDKR selling out shows there this far in advance. Trek took until 3 weeks before to sell out its first showing, but Man of Steel is at least 10 days in front in that regard. Could it push £8m on Opening Weekend?

[Heretic]

Yeah, I think it's definitely gonna break out. Another potential £30m+ grosser there. There seems to be quite a few of them this summer, but not massive films (£50m+), except perhaps Monsters University.

[A Marvel Fanboy]

PROM had sell out one month  before release.

[SchumacherFTW]

Thanks firedeep, same cinema too, so £6m is the lower limit for Man of Steel probably at this point.

[Jonwo]

Man of Steel being a 12A will likely mean it may gross more than Prometheus, it's difficult to predict though but I'm going for £7-8m OW, WB isn't doing midnights or early screenings but TBH midnight screenings are rare in the UK.

[Olive]

When will MU open?

[Heretic]

Man of Steel being a 12A will likely mean it may gross more than Prometheus, it's difficult to predict though but I'm going for £7-8m OW, WB isn't doing midnights or early screenings but TBH midnight screenings are rare in the UK.

MOS should do WAY more than Prometheus, that's not really the right film to compare.

 

@ Olive, July 12th, right in time for 2 months of summer holidays.

[juni78ukr]

Screendaily: $12.9m (£8.4m) opening, including $2.4m (£1.6m) in previews

[Heretic]

If this followed ST09, it'd end up with £29.4m ($45m). But with all the upcoming competition, I'd say it'll end up closer to £25m.

[Olive]

Paramount’s sci-fi sequel dethrones Iron Man 3 with $12.9m (£8.4m) opening, including previews.

 

Following on from Iron Man 3’s $21.3m (£13.7m) debut a fortnight ago, Star Trek Into Darkness has delivered another strong opening salvo to top the UK box office.

Paramount’s 3D sci-fi sequel scored a $12.9m (£8.4m) opening, including $2.4m (£1.6m) in previews, from its 556 sites to land number one. That result is director J.J. Abram’s best-ever UK debut, topping predecessor Star Trek’s $9.1m (£6m) opening in 2009.

Star Trek is also Abrams’ strongest UK performer at $32.9m (£21.4m) and while some fellow big hitters arrive this week in the form of Fast & Furious 6 and The Great Gatsby, Star Trek Into Darkness has a good chance to top that performance.

Last week’s champion Iron Man 3 still performed well in its third weekend despite dropping to second.

Disney’s 3D superhero outing blasted its way to a further $4.9m (£3.2m) to break the £30m barrier and climb to $47.8m (£31.1m). With around £20m to make up on The Avengers, it’s unlikely that Iron Man 3 can become the UK’s best Marvel performer, but it’s an excellent performance regardless.

Also for Disney, Wreck-It Ralph has grossed $36.2m (£23.5m) while Chimpanzee has taken $185,000 (£120,340) after ten days in play.

eOne’s 21 and Over fell just 25% in its second weekend to laugh its way to a further $885,000 (£579,146) for $2.9m (£1.9m) to date.

Mud enjoyed a great start to its UK run, debuting with $361,000 (£236,000) from its 71 sites. That marks director Jeff Nichols’ best-ever UK debut, as well as Mud already being Nichols’ strongest UK performer, topping the $338,000 (£220,928) result of Take Shelter in 2011.

Dead Man Down has grossed $923,000 (£603,706) to date.

Vertigo’s All Stars enjoyed a slim drop as it posted a second weekend tally of $766,000 (£498,334) and has now danced its way to $2.1m (£1.4m).

Rounding off this week’s top five was Fox’s The Croodswhich is now up to an excellent $39.3m (£25.6m) after a $587,000 (£382,096) weekend.

Also for Fox, I’m So Excited added $219,000 (£142,240) for $940,000 (£611,304) to date.

Lionsgate’s Olympus Has Fallen added $556,000 (£362,772) in its fourth weekend and has now shot its way to a healthy $9.1m (£5.9m) in the UK.

Warner Bros released Deadfall in 105 sites, resulting in a soft debut of $52,000 (£33,987). That’s lower than director Stefan Ruzowitzky’s previous feature The Counterfeiters, which opened with $180,000 (£117,091) from 61 sites in 2007.

This week sees saturation releases for Universal’s Fast & Furious 6 and Warner Bros’ The Great Gatsby [opens May 16]. Metrodome’s The Liability is among the films receiving a limited release.

http://www.screendaily.com/box-office/star-trek-tops-uk-box-office/5055927.article?blocktitle=Latest-News&contentID=1846

[John Marston]

that seems like a weak opening. Also, maybe they should have released it later in the UK like most countries

[Heretic]

that seems like a weak opening. Also, maybe they should have released it later in the UK like most countries

It's a decent opening. Audience didn't really expand much like other sequels, probably due to the Trek 'stigma'. The same will probably happen in the US.

[A Marvel Fanboy]

MOS should do WAY more than Prometheus, that's not really the right film to compare.

We will see.

 

 

If this followed ST09, it'd end up with £29.4m ($45m). But with all the upcoming competition, I'd say it'll end up closer to £25m.

So my $45M was a bit optimistic ... 

[Heretic]

 

 

 

So my $45M was a bit optimistic ... 

OH MY GOD NO WAY

 

[JCS]

How did 21 & Over only drop 25%...