Heretic Posted June 29, 2013 Author Share Posted June 29, 2013 The first one remains hugely popular, and it opens when everyone's breaking up for school, so it's perfectly positioned for a big gross. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcneil039 Posted June 29, 2013 Share Posted June 29, 2013 (edited) I can totally vouch for what PhilipJ2001 has said. I mean I don't run a cinema chain or anything but I've been living in London for the past few years and I go to the cinema a lot. Usually I go to the Vue Finchley Road one if I'm seeing a movie by myself, it's not a particularly busy place, for example when WWZ came out each of the two screenings I attended (both during the weekend) there had like 10 people or so. I watched DM2 last Saturday at 3:30pm and not only was that show practically sold out when I bought the ticket using one of the machines (very handy because you can check out how well/bad the films are doing) at 1pm (aka almost sold out two and half hours before the show which is ridiculous for any film let alone an animation) but also every other screening that day from 3pm onwards were close to being sold out. It was completely ridiculous, which is why I wasn't surprised at all when reading that DM2 had grossed more in 2 days than WWZ did in its proper debut weekend. And the audience loved it, yes there's less (but still some) 'heart' in it but as mass entertainment it is absolutely fantastic and superb fun for all age groups, the jokes and gags are there almost non-stop, and the minions were universally loved and adored, quite often even the ADULT ladies/guys around me were also laughing hysterically, and there were quite a lot of them too. Quite a few people clapped at the end. At the end of that screening my impression was quite simple: we have a monster hit in our hands. Guys, this seriously resembles far more towards Shrek than KFP. Then I checked out a few cinemas today as well, again at both Vue Westfield White City (Londoners will know how big that one is) and Vue Finchley Road every single show from 1pm onwards were either sold out or close to sold out, even the Sunday afternoon shows were like 2/3 booked already. For a comparison: I watched MoS with a friend at Vue Islington at 1:40pm on its release day, and there was like 15 people there. If you consider how ridiculously expensive cinema tickets are in the UK these days (a standard 2D ticket with a 'student discount' cost me 10.95GBP for crying out loud!) DM2 really is performing at a level I've never seen during my years in the UK. Thanks for reading the post, by the way. Edited June 29, 2013 by mcneil039 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fmpro Posted June 29, 2013 Share Posted June 29, 2013 (edited) That 44% drop for WWZ is not to bad either :)Fri-fri that is Edited June 29, 2013 by fmpro 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RthDeadWov Posted June 29, 2013 Share Posted June 29, 2013 DME2 looking to do over lc4m sat, mos should come in 2 the wwz 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heretic Posted June 29, 2013 Author Share Posted June 29, 2013 My god. Could be around £9m for the 3 day, £13.8m with previews, which would top IM3 as biggest opening of the year. I can't believe this. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
efialtes76 Posted June 29, 2013 Share Posted June 29, 2013 Doubt even MU will be able to beat this now. For an animation, this is unprecedented. Shrek 2,Shrek 3... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcneil039 Posted June 29, 2013 Share Posted June 29, 2013 (edited) My god. Could be around £9m for the 3 day, £13.8m with previews, which would top IM3 as biggest opening of the year. I can't believe this. Baumer's club is looking more and more like a real possibility with every passing day, if the UK performance translates to the US it will be really, properly massive. Edited June 29, 2013 by mcneil039 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RthDeadWov Posted June 29, 2013 Share Posted June 29, 2013 (edited) Shrek 2,Shrek 3... Yep DME2 is in that club, Shrek 2 &3 had much bigger previews, for normal 1st weekend so far 2days DME2 is on track to beat S3 and not far behind S2 for same Edited June 29, 2013 by Rth Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RthDeadWov Posted June 29, 2013 Share Posted June 29, 2013 (edited) My god. Could be around £9m for the 3 day, £13.8m with previews, which would top IM3 as biggest opening of the year. I can't believe this. mmm unless Sunday falls over ...well over 9m most likely more in the slightly over/under 10 range and seeing how Sat ends up of cause. Edited June 29, 2013 by Rth 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mattrek Posted June 29, 2013 Share Posted June 29, 2013 Can someone tell me how much it is in USD previews/OW? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heretic Posted June 29, 2013 Author Share Posted June 29, 2013 Previews were £4.8m ($7.3m), and the full opening is likely to be around £14m, which going by todays exchange rate would = $21.3m. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Founder / Operator Shawn Robbins Posted June 29, 2013 Founder / Operator Share Posted June 29, 2013 (edited) Can someone tell me how much it is in USD previews/OW? EDIT: Heretic beat me to it. Edited June 29, 2013 by ShawnMR Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mattrek Posted June 29, 2013 Share Posted June 29, 2013 (edited) :o HOLY SHIT that's beyond insane. We need new words for this opening. None of the current ones in existence can describe it. Edited June 29, 2013 by Minion Mattrek Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Founder / Operator Shawn Robbins Posted June 29, 2013 Founder / Operator Share Posted June 29, 2013 :shock HOLY SHIT that's beyond insane. We need new words for this opening. None of the current ones in existence can describe it. It's minionastic. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CJohn Posted June 29, 2013 Share Posted June 29, 2013 It's minionastic. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mattrek Posted June 29, 2013 Share Posted June 29, 2013 If it followed the 10% rule without previews it would beat Transformers 2 and TDK 5-day... If we included previews it would near 300m for the 5-day. I know that won't happen, but holy shit is UK over performing! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CJohn Posted June 29, 2013 Share Posted June 29, 2013 UK is on fire in the last few months. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RthDeadWov Posted June 30, 2013 Share Posted June 30, 2013 Dme2 sat should be around 4.4m, MOS/WWZ neck neck for 2/3 wkend MOS probably pull ahead(more than doubles wwz sat increase) both should be down 44-48% 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heretic Posted June 30, 2013 Author Share Posted June 30, 2013 Lost for words now, but this is looking certain for a minimum of £14.5m, with the outside possibility of £15m if it holds very well on Sunday. Great for MoS and WWZ too! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcneil039 Posted June 30, 2013 Share Posted June 30, 2013 It's minionastic! It's Minionmania! Now just wait til the US cathes it too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
