Heretic Posted November 3, 2013 Author Share Posted November 3, 2013 Bad Grandpa adds around £1m in the UK for a two-week tally of just over £4m. Only Jackass 3D's £5.64m to catch. — Ian Sandwell (@ian_sandwell) November 3, 2013 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
efialtes76 Posted November 3, 2013 Share Posted November 3, 2013 Ian Sandwell @ian_sandwell 36min Turbo posts 2% boost in the UK, adding an estimated £1.4m to close in on £10m at around £9.8m. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
efialtes76 Posted November 3, 2013 Share Posted November 3, 2013 Ian Sandwell @ian_sandwell 27min Philomena off to decent start in the UK with £1.4m bow from 531 screens. That marks director Stephen Frears' biggest ever opening. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JCS Posted November 3, 2013 Share Posted November 3, 2013 Big OW for Philomena! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SchumacherFTW Posted November 3, 2013 Share Posted November 3, 2013 Me thinks Bad Grandpa is definitely benefiting from the 15 this time around. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heretic Posted November 4, 2013 Author Share Posted November 4, 2013 Nice little 300k increase with actuals. That's around $13.7m Thor: The Dark World tops weekend estimates with £8.6m UK debut, including £3.1m in previews. Full story @Screendaily later this morning. — Ian Sandwell (@ian_sandwell) November 4, 2013 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olive Posted November 4, 2013 Share Posted November 4, 2013 Ian Sandwell @ian_sandwell39m UK top five: Thor: TDW (£8.6m); Cloudy 2 (£2.1m); Captain Phillips (£1.6m); Philomena (£1.5m); Turbo (£1.3m) - http://www.screendaily.com/box-office/thor-the-dark-world-tops-uk-chart/5063198.article?blocktitle=MORE-TOP-NEWS&contentID=40294 … 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heretic Posted November 4, 2013 Author Share Posted November 4, 2013 Full article: Disney’s latest Marvel outing records $13.8m (£8.65m) debut, including previews, to dominate the UK chart; Fox’s Philomena posts Stephen Frears’ best-ever UK opening at $2.4m (£1.5m). The ever-popular Marvel franchise shows no sign of audience fatigue as Thor: The Dark World hammered its competition to top the UK box office on debut. Disney’s superhero sequel topped weekend estimates by smashing its way to $13.8m (£8.65m) from its 523 sites at a mighty average of $26,379 (£16,525). The opening included $4.9m (£3.1m) in previews, but even Thor: The Dark World’s Fri-Sun performance of $8.9m (£5.54m) would have seen it comfortably land the top spot. Thor: The Dark World marks the third-best opening for a Marvel outing in the UK, behind Iron Man 3 ($21.9m/£13.7m including $3.7m/£2.3m previews) and Marvel’s Avengers Assemble ($25.2m/£15.8m including $4.1m/£2.6m previews). Based solely on Fri-Sun weekend figures, Thor: The Dark World is the fourth-best Marvel debut behind Iron Man 2’s $10.8m (£6.8m), as well as Iron Man 3 ($18.2m/£11.5m) and Marvel’s Avengers Assemble ($21.1m/£13.2m). Thor: The Dark World is already over halfway to surpassing Thor’s $22.4m (£14m) entire UK run. Also for Disney, Monsters University added $196,000 (£122,739) for $48.8m (£30.6m), while Cars spinoffPlanes has flown to $14.1m (£8.8m) after 12 weeks in play. SONYLast week’s champion, Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2 fell just 2%, discounting previews, as it grossed $3.4m (£2.1m) to chart second. Sony’s animated sequel enjoyed a healthy half term, taking $8.5m (£5.3m) over the past seven days to stand at an early $14.4m (£9m). It’s already overtaken its predecessor’s $10.5m (£6.5m) UK result and with no new animation openers until eOne’s Free Birds on Nov 29, should enjoy a long run at the box office. Capping off a terrific October for Sony, Captain Phillipsposted a great hold in its third week, dropping 33% on its way to $2.6m (£1.61m). Paul Greengrass’ thriller has amassed an impressive $18.2m (£11.4m) and will become the director’s second-best UK performer this week, overtaking The Bourne Supremacy’s $18.7m (£11.6m). Also for Sony, Drinking Buddies was released in 70 sites resulting in a $30,300 (£19,000) debut. FOXPathe’s Philomena, distributed in the UK through Fox, is off to an excellent start as it charted fourth with a $2.4m (£1.5m) debut from its 510 sites. That marks director Stephen Frears’ best-ever UK opening, topping The Queen’s $1.4m (£856,273) from 347 sites, and Philomena has every chance of becoming Frears’ best-ever UK performer, currently The Queen’s $15m (£9.4m). Given its older skewing audience, Philomena draws comparisons to The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel which opened with $3.5m (£2.2m) from 504 on its way to $32.6m (£20.4m). Philomena’s midweek performance should be strong, given both the “grey pound” and its critical acclaim, and its holdover next weekend will go a long way to showing if it can replicate Best Exotic’s long UK run. Also for Fox, Turbo has sped to $15.5m (£9.7m) after adding $2.1m (£1.3m) this weekend, a 7% boost week-on-week. Enough Said dropped 47% in its second weekend and stands at $725,000 (£454,431) after ten days in play, while Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters has sailed to $11.6m (£7.25m) PARAMOUNTRecording a decent holdover (discounting previews), Paramount’s Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa added $1.5m (£970,000) in its second weekend as it fell to sixth. The latest in the Jackass franchise now stands at $6.5m (£4.05m) and only has Jackass 3D’s $9.1m (£5.64m) tally to catch to become the franchise’s best-ever UK performer. EONESci-fi Ender’s Game fell over 50% in its second weekend to post $746,000 (£467,454) as it climbed to $3.9m (£2.46m) after ten days in play. Also for eOne, Escape Plan stands at $4m (£2.5m) following a $291,000 (£182,224) third weekend, while the critically acclaimed drama Prisoners has amassed $11.3m (£7.1m) after six weeks in play. WARNER BROSWoody Allen’s best UK performer Blue Jasmine added a further $172,000 (£108,000) through Warner Bros as it sets its sights on £5m with $7.7m (£4.8m) to date. UNIVERSALThe year’s biggest hit to date Despicable Me 2 has grossed $75.3m (£47.21m) to date through Universal. While it probably won’t surpass Shrek 2’s $76.7m (£48.1m) tally as the UK’s second biggest animation, the sequel has set a tough target for the likes of Frozen, The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug and The Hunger Games: Catching Fire to beat. STUDIOCANALRon Howard’s biopic of the rivalry between F1 drivers James Hunt and Niki Lauda, Rush, is set to cross £10m in the coming seven days, as it stands at $15.9m (£9.94m) following a $70,900 (£44,477) weekend through StudioCanal. Child’s Pose and Milius both received limited releases through StudioCanal this weekend, posting debuts of $3,000 (£1,874) from two sites and $302 (£189) from one sites, respectively. ARTIFICIAL EYEIn its second weekend of release, Artificial Eye’s The Selfish Giant took $51,200 (£32,091) from its 30 screens for a ten-day running total of $292,000 (£182,542). METRODOMEReleased on six prints through Metrodome, The Nunposted a $4,200 (£2,657) opening. DOGWOOFIn a limited release of three sites (all on reduced shows), Dogwoof’s Cutie and the Boxer debuted with $2,030 (£1,272). UPCOMING RELEASESThis week’s only saturation release comes in the form of the Warner Bros’ highly anticipated sci-fi Gravity (opens Nov 7), which has already made over $400m worldwide. Soda’s Seduced & Abandoned and Dartmouth Films’ How to Survive a Plague are among the films receiving a limited release. Excellent weekend. Half term gave a big boost to films. DM2 and MU still going too! Captain Phillips looks like it'll hit $25m, or get very close to it. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heretic Posted November 4, 2013 Author Share Posted November 4, 2013 Gravity this weekend. I'm gonna say an opening of around £6-6.5m ($10m-ish). 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leyla Posted November 4, 2013 Share Posted November 4, 2013 Philomena did good !!! go Judi. should get Bafta hopefully Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heretic Posted November 4, 2013 Author Share Posted November 4, 2013 I see no reason why Gravity shouldn't at the very least match Prometheus' £6.2m opening, especially with outstanding reviews and buzz from other countries. It also opens on Thursday, which gives it an extra day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonwo Posted November 4, 2013 Share Posted November 4, 2013 Cloudy 2 and Turbo did very well, Cloudy surpassing the original as well. Gravity should be number 1 next week. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Films Posted November 4, 2013 Share Posted November 4, 2013 Gravity- £6.7M Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JCS Posted November 5, 2013 Share Posted November 5, 2013 Philomena could get to £10M+ too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Films Posted November 5, 2013 Share Posted November 5, 2013 OFFICIAL: HUNGER GAMES: CATCHING FIRE RATED 12A [though we all knew that anyway] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Films Posted November 5, 2013 Share Posted November 5, 2013 Top 10 for Vue Harrow/ Westfield Statford/Westfield London/Finchley Road O2 showings times will be up soon UPDATE: Gravity is on track to debut over Thor's massive 216 opening times last week though the Norse g-d might also stay above the 200 mark. In position places, Cloudy 2 is on track to fall the most with no other new openers even accounting for 1 showing yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heretic Posted November 5, 2013 Author Share Posted November 5, 2013 (edited) Gravity is getting LOADS of showtimes! Vue Stratford has a show every 30 minutes from the morning until 12:30am. I'm thinking £7m may be a possibility. Edited November 5, 2013 by Heretic Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonwo Posted November 5, 2013 Share Posted November 5, 2013 Gravity is getting LOADS of showtimes! Vue Stratford has a show every 30 minutes from the morning until 12:30am. I'm thinking £7m may be a possibility.Gravity being only under 2 hours means they can squeeze in more showtimes, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JCS Posted November 5, 2013 Share Posted November 5, 2013 Gravity is pretty short but still brilliant and powerful. No need for every blockbuster to be 2/2.5 hours like most are today. Not sure Prometheus is a good comparison, more Life of Pi angle. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonwo Posted November 5, 2013 Share Posted November 5, 2013 Gravity is pretty short but still brilliant and powerful. No need for every blockbuster to be 2/2.5 hours like most are today. Not sure Prometheus is a good comparison, more Life of Pi angle.Prometheus did £6.2m OW, Pi was £3.8m but that had great legs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
