UK Box Office Thread

[Dilusha Bandara]

In UK, DM1 (32 million), Smurfs (28 million). Maybe you should care...

Everyone knows it is the most terribly bad Animation movie in recent time

[Tower]

Everyone knows it is the most terribly bad Animation movie in recent time

 

Who is everyone, this had a huge gross with great legs, and I wouldn't call it an animation, no more than Avatar anyway.

[PhilipJ2001]

box office could be affected by the tennis today.. real chance for the first british Wimbledon winner for about 70 years!

[zackzack]

MU will hit by next weekend but DM2 will have good legs, 'cause the next animation movie smurfs2(who cares?????) comes on 31st july.

 

 

SMURFS was a surprise hit in Europe. I think this one will be bigger than MU

[efialtes76]

DM2:$7.2m/$35.9m

 

NYSM:$4.4m

Edited July 7, 2013 by efialtes76

[CJohn]

SMURFS was a surprise hit in Europe. I think this one will be bigger than MU

Smurfs had lots of adult public curious to see the movie. But the movie was too childish and WOM between adults was poor. I think Smurfs 2 will decrease. Should still do 350M-400M WW or so and Smurfs 3 will still happen.

[Tower]

Smurfs had lots of adult public curious to see the movie. But the movie was too childish and WOM between adults was poor. I think Smurfs 2 will decrease. Should still do 350M-400M WW or so and Smurfs 3 will still happen.

 

We will see, but it's legs don't exactly point towards bad WOM, I really don't see it fall over 150M from the first one.

[mmacader]

any MOS numbers

[Rthmessiah]

any MOS numbers

Be over $lc 800k -67% cume close to 28.4m

 

highest grossing location weekend BFI Imax over 3.5 times #2 location  and cume is 30% higher than 2nd highest todate and the film comes off this thu for PR, At least in Aus where Syd Imax is #2 weekend from this Thursday PR & MOS get 2 sessions a day each and Melbourne Imax MOS is getting mix 1-2 a day 7 PR 2 a day

Edited July 8, 2013 by Rth

[Leyla]

DM2:$7.2m/$35.9m

 

NYSM:$4.4m

the Internship???

[Heretic]

Weather and tennis definitely had a big effect this weekend. Good opening for NYSM, though.

[Leyla]

^ btw how many screens for TITE & NYSM???

Edited July 8, 2013 by Leyla

[Jonwo]

Be over $lc 800k -67% cume close to 28.4m highest grossing location weekend BFI Imax over 3.5 times #2 location  and cume is 30% higher than 2nd highest todate and the film comes off this thu for PR, At least in Aus where Syd Imax is #2 weekend from this Thursday PR & MOS get 2 sessions a day each and Melbourne Imax MOS is getting mix 1-2 a day 7 PR 2 a day

MoS will cross £30m this week either by Thursday or the weekend, PR will dent it given that its taking away IMAX screens as will MU to a degree.

[kayumanggi]

Current totals please in dollars. Thanks.

[Leyla]

Despicable Me 2 holds lead at UK box office

 

Universal’s animated sequel adds $5.9m (£3.99m) for impressive $34.1m (£22.9m) to date; eOne’s Now You See Me debuts strongly with $4.3m (£2.9m).

With the hot weather seeing some hefty drops for holdover films, Despicable Me 2 fell 60% but managed to hold the top spot at the UK box office for a second straight week.

Universal’s animated sequel added $5.9m (£3.99m) for a strong $34.1m (£22.9m) to date in the UK, surpassing its predecessor’s $30.1m (£20.2m) result in the process.

Monsters University arrives this weekend to provide stiff competition for the top spot, but first Despicable Me 2 will be looking to chase down The Croods’ $39m (£26.2m) UK result to become 2013’s biggest animation.

 

EONE

Impressing on its UK debut, eOne’s Now You See Me conjured up $4.3m (£2.9m) to land second.

The result for Louis Leterrier’s heist thriller includes $1.6m (£1.1m) in previews and marks the distributor’s second-best debut of 2013, behind The Impossible. Outside of existing properties The Incredible Hulk and Clash of the Titans, it also marks Leterrier’s best-ever UK bow.

It’s worth noting too that without previews, Now You See Me’s Friday-Sunday result of $2.7m (£1.8m) would have still seen it chart second.

Also for eOne, Behind the Candelabra has grossed a strong $4.6m (£3.1m) to date.

 

FOX

Thanks to its previews totalling a non-final $710,000 (£477,000), The Internship debuted third behind Now You See Me.

Fox’s comedy laughed its way to $1.9m (£1.2m) over its five-day opening from its 411 sites at a sturdy average of $4,526 (£3,037). That result is just behind with director Shawn Levy’s last foray into comedy, Date Night, which opened with $2m (£1.3m) including $496,000 (£332,912) in previews.

However it is around £1m off Wedding Crashers, which last paired Vince Vaughn and Owen Wilson as leads. That film debuted with $3.3m (£2.2m) including previews of $521,000 (£349,634).

Also for Fox, Epic has taken $19.2m (£12.2m) to date, while The East has grossed $201,000 (£134,609).

 

PARAMOUNT

Falling one place to fourth, Paramount’s World War Z scared up $1.2m (£830,106) in its third weekend in play.

Marc Forster’s 3D adaptation of Max Brooks’ novel is now up to a decent $18.2m (£12.2m) in the UK, currently the third-best international performance for the film behind South Korea and Russia.

 

WARNER BROS

Rounding off this week’s top five was Man of Steel which took $1.2m (£802,763) as it closed in on £30m in the UK.

Warner Bros’ 3D reboot of Superman has now soared to $42.2m (£28.4m) and while it won’t catch Iron Man 3 as 2013’s best superhero outing, it’s a healthy performance for a reboot.

By comparison, Batman Begins managed $24.4m (£16.4m) in its UK run.

Also for Warner Bros, The Hangover Part III and The Great Gatsby have grossed $28.7m (£19.3m) and $23.2m (£15.6m), respectively.

 

SONY

Crossing the £3m mark after ten days in play, This is the End added a non-final $750,000 (£503,000) in its second weekend. Sony’s apocalypse comedy is now up to $4.5m (£3.03m) in the UK.

Also for Sony, Before Midnight is up to $933,000 (£626,000) and, despite a strong start, will struggle to catch Before Sunset’s $1.4m (£932,259) UK result.

Meanwhile, After Earth has taken $9.3m (£6.2m) to date.

STUDIOCANAL

Opening in 66 sites through StudioCanal, The Bling Ring recorded an estimated $200,000 (£133,788) debut. That result is ahead of director’s Sofia Coppola’s last film Somewhere, which opened with $188,000 (£125,581) from 62 sites, but behind Coppola’s best UK opener which belongs to Lost in Translation’s $1.2m (£797,071) UK bow from 96 sites.

 

PICTUREHOUSE

Ben Wheatley’s ambitious multi-platform release A Field in England played in 17 sites over the weekend, resulting in a $32,000 (£21,399) debut at a $1,876 (£1,259) average. The film played to sold-out crowds at the likes of the Ritzy in London, Dukes at Komedia in Brighton and the Curzon Soho.

 

UPCOMING RELEASES

This week sees saturation releases for Disney’s Monsters University and Warner Bros’ Pacific Rim.

StudioCanal Blancanieves opens in the West End, while Metrodome’s The Deep and Lionsgate’s Trap for Cinderella are among the films receiving a limited release.

http://www.screendaily.com/news/box-office/despicable-me-2-holds-uk-lead/5058096.article?blocktitle=LATEST-UK-BOX-OFFICE-NEWS&contentID=40073

Edited July 9, 2013 by Leyla

[Jonwo]

DM2 did okay considering the tennis and the weather and with the huge opening, a large drop was likely. It will hit £30-35m easily, NYSM off to a good start, Internship did okay but take away previews, it charted fifth.

[#ED]

So MoS will finish at 45M?

[Rthmessiah]

MoS will cross £30m this week either by Thursday or the weekend, PR will dent it given that its taking away IMAX screens as will MU to a degree.

Be at 30 if not by Thu then Fri

[Olive]

Friday 5 - Sunday 7 July 2013		Weekend total/ £	Cumulative total/ £
1	Despicable Me 2 (Universal)	£3,996,837	£22,914,407
2	Now You See Me (eOne)	£2,898,997	£2,898,997
3	The Internship (20th Century Fox)	£1,248,431	£1,248,431
4	World War Z (Paramount)	£837,347	£12,209,611
5	Man Of Steel (Warner Bros)	£802,763	£28,352,216
6	This Is The End (Sony)	£502,946	£3,028,722
7	The Bling Ring (Studiocanal)	£141,425	£141,425
8	Lootera (Eros)	£69,153	£69,153
9	Singam II (Ayngaran)	£65,806	£65,806
10	Behind The Candelabra (eOne)	£49,546	£3,110,655

 

[Krissykins]

Charles Gant from the Guardian:http://m.guardian.co.uk/film/filmblog/2013/jul/10/field-england-tennis-box-office-ukA Field In England debuted in cinemas, on TV, on demand and on DVD all at the same time and in that article shows numbers for each.Really cool. Can't believe the studio were so open with all figures. Hopefully this starts studios sharing more information regarding DVD sales.