JCS Posted September 4, 2012 Share Posted September 4, 2012 We should do a mini-prediction game each week for each weekend at the UK box-office.Like predict what each new release will make in £ on OW and therefore where it will rank amongst all new-releases that weekend (which will include previews). So we ignore holdover films to make it quick and easy. Then at the end of the year 2012, total up who had the most wins. Only 1 person wins each weekend (the closest guess to the actual gross).Why?Bored so thought it would be fun. You can guess some weekends and skip others if you want and you guess every Monday so preview figures do not affect our judgement.Also will liven up the UK thread during the slow, cold autumn and winter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krissykins Posted September 4, 2012 Share Posted September 4, 2012 Anna Karenina ? Ive seen the poster once.I hate Keira. Hopefully it bombs."The Watch £2,235,933" Shame on those people who seen this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Toymaker Posted September 5, 2012 Share Posted September 5, 2012 Anna Karenina ? Ive seen the poster once.I hate Keira. Hopefully it bombs."The Watch £2,235,933" Shame on those people who seen this.My dad saw this. Shame on him. :lol:I also hope that Anna Karenina bombs hard, but...it is the UK, and Keira usually does ok there. Lanky ass man bitch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JCS Posted September 6, 2012 Share Posted September 6, 2012 We should do a mini-prediction game each week for each weekend at the UK box-office.Like predict what each new release will make in £ on OW and therefore where it will rank amongst all new-releases that weekend (which will include previews). So we ignore holdover films to make it quick and easy. Then at the end of the year 2012, total up who had the most wins. Only 1 person wins each weekend (the closest guess to the actual gross).Why?Bored so thought it would be fun. You can guess some weekends and skip others if you want and you guess every Monday so preview figures do not affect our judgement.Also will liven up the UK thread during the slow, cold autumn and winter.Guess I will play by myself next week then. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JCS Posted September 6, 2012 Share Posted September 6, 2012 (edited) Anyway, Top 10 Summer films of 2012: 1 The Dark Knight Rises, £54.5m 2 Marvel Avengers Assemble, £51.8m 3 Ice Age 4: Continental Drift, £29.1m 4 Ted, £28.1m 5 The Amazing Spider-Man, £25.8m 6 Prometheus, £24.7m 7 Men in Black 3, £22.0m 8 Brave, £17.9m 9 American Pie: Reunion, £16.8m 10 Snow White and the Huntsman, £15.8m Edited September 6, 2012 by JCS Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ecstasy Posted September 6, 2012 Share Posted September 6, 2012 Anyway, Top 10 Summer films of 2012: 1 The Dark Knight Rises, £54.5m 2 Marvel Avengers Assemble, £51.8m 3 Ice Age 4: Continental Drift, £29.1m 4 Ted, £28.1m 5 The Amazing Spider-Man, £25.8m 6 Prometheus, £24.7m 7 Men in Black 3, £22.0m 8 Brave, £17.9m 9 American Pie: Reunion, £16.8m 10 Snow White and the Huntsman, £15.8m Bourne should squeeze in there before it's all over. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JCS Posted September 6, 2012 Share Posted September 6, 2012 Bourne should squeeze in there before it's all over.I doubt it actually, it needed another £5.9M from Sunday and it probably will not make that before the end of it's run especially as the summer is now over and admissions decline. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ecstasy Posted September 6, 2012 Share Posted September 6, 2012 I doubt it actually, it needed another £5.9M from Sunday and it probably will not make that before the end of it's run especially as the summer is now over and admissions decline.Oh well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JCS Posted September 6, 2012 Share Posted September 6, 2012 Oh well.Yeah, BL did not do great here in the UK compared to other films in the Bourne franchise. I think that the fact it was a 'reboot' is not good here and also explains TASM's decline too.But the UK still had a really great summer BO in 2012 when you consider that hugely popular events like the Euro 2012 football tournament and the London Olympics took up huge chunks of the season. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ecstasy Posted September 6, 2012 Share Posted September 6, 2012 Yeah, BL did not do great here in the UK compared to other films in the Bourne franchise. I think that the fact it was a 'reboot' is not good here and also explains TASM's decline too.But the UK still had a really great summer BO in 2012 when you consider that hugely popular events like the Euro 2012 football tournament and the London Olympics took up huge chunks of the season.Aw man. I just checked mojo and see that BU made 47m usd in UK. That's a big drop off.But yeah. UK had some winners. Especially Ted. Who knew that thing would become so popular worldwide? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dark Alfred Posted September 6, 2012 Share Posted September 6, 2012 I'm up for a prediction game.Dredd £1.7mAnna Karenina £1.5mLawless £1mThat's My Boy £0.7m Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CJohn Posted September 6, 2012 Share Posted September 6, 2012 I have no idea how the box office in the UK works, but why not ?Dredd £1.3mAnna Karenina £1.2mLawless £0.9mThat's My Boy £0.5m Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhilipJ2001 Posted September 6, 2012 Share Posted September 6, 2012 Anna Karenina £1.6mDredd £1.2mLawless £0.8mThat's My Boy £0.4m Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JCS Posted September 6, 2012 Share Posted September 6, 2012 Yay, some players! :DJust a bit of fun so let us see how it goes. I guess we can do this weekend as there are no previews.Here are mine:Dredd £1.6MAnna Karenina £1.45MLawless £1.1MThat's My Boy £0.75M Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tower Posted September 7, 2012 Share Posted September 7, 2012 (edited) I'm not that knowledgeable about the market, but I'll try anyway:Anna Karenina £1.9MDredd £1.3MLawless £1.0MThat's My Boy £0.45M Edited September 7, 2012 by Tower Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JCS Posted September 7, 2012 Share Posted September 7, 2012 You don't need to be a UK Box-Office expert. The more the merrier! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heretic Posted September 7, 2012 Author Share Posted September 7, 2012 Anna Karenina seems to be doing very well this evening. Dredd looks like it's doing alright too. Infact, none of the openers look particularly bad at the moment. But I guess it's too late to enter for this weekend..but here's my predictions anyway.Anna Karenina - £2mDredd - £1.5mLawless - £1.2mThat's My Boy - £0.7m Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhilipJ2001 Posted September 7, 2012 Share Posted September 7, 2012 on Anna Karenina we've started out with nearly identical admissions as The Duchess did on its opening Friday (same director, star and genre). That had a £1.4m opening weekend back in 2008. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JCS Posted September 7, 2012 Share Posted September 7, 2012 But I guess it's too late to enter for this weekend..but here's my predictions anyway.Well if you win this weekend, we can say you had an advantage and cheated!Just kidding, good to have your predictions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dark Alfred Posted September 8, 2012 Share Posted September 8, 2012 Weather is good again, it's not going to be a great weekend for the new openers. Early reports, I don't have numbers, just the order:1 Dredd 2 Anna 3 Lawless 4 Recall, TBM tanks at #10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
