UK Box Office Thread

[Heretic]

Another $5m for MU, looks like it'll get close to $45m in the end. Amazing multiplier from its opening. DM2 has a good chance at becoming the 3rd biggest animated film of all time.

[Jonwo]

In a nutshell it opening in Ireland 2-aug

That makes sense, I'm surprised the previews didn't chart last week as we have seen with films that are released earlier in other parts of the country like Brave and Ice Age.

[Heretic]

Kick Ass 2 will be number 1 this weekend. The first was actually quite a big success here. Made $48m OS, $17m of which came from the UK. It's a 5 day opening, so £3m seems doable.

 

As for the other openers, 2 Guns, meh, and Planes, probably under £2m.

[Jonwo]

Kick Ass 2 will be number 1 this weekend. The first was actually quite a big success here. Made $48m OS, $17m of which came from the UK. It's a 5 day opening, so £3m seems doable. As for the other openers, 2 Guns, meh, and Planes, probably under £2m.

The first film also had a five day opening, I think it'll do well, 2 Guns might do okay but its not a must see. The only big releases left for the summer are Elysium, We're the Millers and The Mortal Instruments. September is looking okay in terms of new releases with About Time, Riddick, White House Down and Rush but nothing big until Thor at the end of October although I won't rule out Cloudy 2 and Enders Game doing well.

[SchumacherFTW]

The first film also had a five day opening, I think it'll do well, 2 Guns might do okay but its not a must see. The only big releases left for the summer are Elysium, We're the Millers and The Mortal Instruments. September is looking okay in terms of new releases with About Time, Riddick, White House Down and Rush but nothing big until Thor at the end of October although I won't rule out Cloudy 2 and Enders Game doing well.

i thought the first kick-ass opened with Fri and Sat previews and then opened on the weds for a 7 day opening?

[Jonwo]

i thought the first kick-ass opened with Fri and Sat previews and then opened on the weds for a 7 day opening?

You're right, think it was £3.8m including previews so £2.5-3m seems doable for KA2

[Dilusha Bandara]

The first film also had a five day opening, I think it'll do well, 2 Guns might do okay but its not a must see. The only big releases left for the summer are Elysium, We're the Millers and The Mortal Instruments.September is looking okay in terms of new releases with About Time, Riddick, White House Down and Rush but nothing big until Thor at the end of October although I won't rule out Cloudy 2 and Enders Game doing well.

 

I don't think Enders Game could breakout OS.

[SchumacherFTW]

Any news on Kick-Ass yesterday?

[Rthmessiah]

KA2 Wed-Thu will be about 1m probably just short of it (KA did about 1,14m prior weekend previews and 900k from We-Th prior)

[SchumacherFTW]

Dunno what I'm missing as I'm mainly excited due to it being about F1, but Rush has started pre-booking at Cineworld's. For the life of me I don't actually have a clue what this film is actually capable of. Beating Senna is the only thing I'm confident in predicting, and it might pave the way for formula one films to become slightly more common.

[Dilusha Bandara]

Dunno what I'm missing as I'm mainly excited due to it being about F1, but Rush has started pre-booking at Cineworld's. For the life of me I don't actually have a clue what this film is actually capable of. Beating Senna is the only thing I'm confident in predicting, and it might pave the way for formula one films to become slightly more common.

Rush should be another miss from Howard. Like DVC or A&D.

Edited August 18, 2013 by The Joker

[efialtes76]

Kick-Ass 2  opened in second place with $4m.

Planes:$2.9m

Edited August 18, 2013 by efialtes76

[CJohn]

Kick-Ass 2  opened in second place with $4m.

Planes:$2.9m

Those were the only 2 openers?

[efialtes76]

and 2 Guns.

[Heretic]

Both pretty good openings.

[PhilipJ2001]

what was number 1 if kick ass was 2 with that number..?

[efialtes76]

2 Guns:$2.1m

[efialtes76]

Kick-Ass 2:$4m

 

Planes:$2.9m

 

2 Guns:$2.1m

 

GU2:$1.8m/$7.5m

 

PJ2:$1.4m/$6.6m

 

Smurfs 2:$1.4m/$13.4m

 

AP:AP:$1.34m/$6.6m

[Leyla]

Kick-Ass 2 tops UK box office

 

Universal’s sequel scores $3.9m (£2.48m) debut, including previews, to land the top spot; Disney’s Planes leads the Fri-Sun weekend with $2.7m (£1.7m).

Thanks to a preview boost of $1.6m (£1m), Kick-Ass 2 has debuted top of the UK box office.

Universal’s sequel recorded an overall estimated opening of $3.9m (£2.5m) from its 482 sites to land the number one spot ahead of Planes. The debut is however behind Kick-Ass’ $6.1m (£3.9m) UK bow from 402 sites, but it’s worth noting that its debut included $3.2m (£2.1m) in previews.

Taking solely on Fri-Sun figures, Kick-Ass 2’s $2.3m (£1.5m) is narrowly behind Kick-Ass, which took $2.9m (£1.8m). The original was arguably boosted by stronger word-of-mouth and critical acclaim.

 

DISNEY

For the third week in a row, the official number one isn’t the film that led over the Fri-Sun weekend with that honour going this week to Planes.

Disney’s spin-off to Pixar’s Cars flew to a $2.7m (£1.7m) debut from its 507 sites at a solid average of $5,306 (£3,392). That result is ahead of DisneyToon’s last UK release, Tinker Bell and the Secret of the Wings, which managed an $827,000 (£528,820) opening from its 383 sites.

However, it is behind Cars’ $4.2m (£2.7m) UK bow from 513 sites, although arguably that had a higher profile as a result of Pixar’s involvement.

Speaking of Pixar, Monsters University crossed the £25m mark last week and added $1.4m (£889,884) to climb to $41.1m ($26.2m). Having overtaken Ratatouille’s $38.4m (£24.8m) UK result, A Bug’s Life is the next target in the prequel’s sights at $46.1m (£29.4m).

Also for Disney, The Lone Ranger took $1.2m (£753,210) in its second weekend for a ten-day total of $5.2m (£3.3m). Without a significant hold, it’s hard to see it even matching Rango’s $11.1m (£7.1m) result.

 

EONE

Rounding off an all-new top three, 2 Guns charted third on its UK debut after shooting its way to $2.2m (£1.4m) from its 397 sites.

That result marks director Baltasar Kormákur’s best-ever UK result, doubling the debut of his only other English language release, Contraband, which took $1.1m (£683,654) from 412 sites.

It is, however, behind Denzel Washington’s last foray into the action genre, Safe House, which debuted with $3.4m (£2.1m) from 424 sites.

Also for eOne, action sequel Red 2 added $177,000 (£112,956) for $4.3m (£2.8m) to date, while Now You See Me is up to $17.1m (£10.9m) following an $115,000 (£73,529) weekend.

 

SONY

Falling just 33% in its second weekend, last weekend’s Fri-Sun champion Grown Ups 2 grossed $1.7m (£1.1m).

The comedy sequel is up to $7.5m (£4.8m) in the UK and will need another solid hold to stand a chance of matching its predecessor’s $12.1m (£7.8m) tally.

Also for Sony, The Smurfs 2 is up to $13.6m (£8.7m) after three weeks in play after taking an additional $1.3m (£834,000). The sequel is unlikely to match the original’s $26.7m (£17.25m) UK result, but could still enjoy a healthy run until the end of the school holidays.

 

WARNER BROS

Proving to be excellent counter-programming by Warner Bros, The Conjuring scared up $1.5m (£971,000) in its third weekend.

James Wan’s horror is now up to $12.7m (£8.1m) in the UK and is the director’s strongest performer in the UK, surpassing Insidious’ $11.1m (£7.1m).

 

STUDIOCANAL

Last weekend’s official number one Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa fell to seventh this week following a $1.3m (£852,670) second weekend from its 418 reported sites through StudioCanal.

The first big screen outing for Steve Coogan’s iconic character is now up to $6.6m (£4.2m) in the UK and will hope to challenge I Give It A Year’s $9.7m (£6.2m) to become the distributor’s biggest hit in 2013 to date.

Also for StudioCanal, horror Aftershock was given a limited release in three sites resulting in a $2,258 (£1,442) opening ahead of its home entertainment release today [Aug 19].

 

FOX

Fantasy sequel Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters posted a $1.3m (£833,662) second weekend in the UK for $6.7m (£4.3m) to date through Fox.

It’s just over halfway to Percy Jackson & the Lightning Thief’s $11.6m (£7.4m) UK tally and, with a little over £2m added in its past seven days, will need a similar performance to challenge that result.

Also for Fox, The Heat crossed the £6m mark in its third week, adding $833,000 (£532,411) for $9.8m (£6.2m) to date.

Meanwhile The Wolverine sliced its way to a further $661,000 (£422,116) for $20.4m (£13.1m), now just under £2m away from X-Men ($23.4m/£15m) to prevent becoming the franchise’s lowest UK grosser.

 

LIONSGATE

In its third week of release, Lionsgate’s Only God Forgives grossed $96,000 (£61,000) for $1.8m (£1.2m) to date.

Also for Lionsgate, the multi-platform release of Bachelorette resulted in a theatrical debut of $30,000 (£19,000) from its 20 sites. That debut is narrowly behind 2013’s other notable multi-platform release, A Field in England, which debuted with $32,000 (£21,399) from 17 sites.

 

 

UPCOMING RELEASES

This week sees saturation releases for Sony’s Elysium (opens Aug 21), eOne’s The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones (opens Aug 21) and Warner Bros’ We’re The Millers.

Lionsgate’s Lovelace and Curzon Film World’s What Maisie Knew both receive wide releases, while Universal’s Jurassic Park 3D receives an IMAX-only re-release and StudioCanal’s The Kings of Summer is among the films receiving a limited release.

Edited August 19, 2013 by Leyla

[Heretic]

July's cinema admissions totalled 14,321,221, which is down 7.7% from July 2012. That'll be down to the heatwave.

— Tom Linay (@TomLinayDCM)

August 19, 2013

Absolutely terrible. Easily the lowest grossing July for many years, and also the first time May has beaten July for many years too. Definitely down to the heatwave, but also the fact that compared to other years, July was missing that huge tentpole.