Films Posted May 26, 2014 Share Posted May 26, 2014 Yeah my TFIOS number is crazy. I think it will be a massive surprise but then I'll probably be laughed at by the time it gets released. £6M was a bit overboard but I think £5M will happen especially with 4 days Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heretic Posted May 26, 2014 Author Share Posted May 26, 2014 It will prove good counterprogramming for those not interested in football. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JCS Posted May 26, 2014 Share Posted May 26, 2014 GODZ's 2nd weekend drop in UK i s not bad at all I think Is UK audience rallying behind the British director? Not too bad, no. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JCS Posted May 26, 2014 Share Posted May 26, 2014 Love this time of year for its BO craziness, 1-2 blockbusters releasing every week! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heretic Posted May 27, 2014 Author Share Posted May 27, 2014 Ian Sandwell @ian_sandwell 47m X-Men: Days of Future Past doesn't just post biggest opening of series, but also of 2014 to date at a whopping £9.1m. Up to £11.6m already. What the fuck! Massively underestimated in estimates, that's a $15.3m opening!! And $19.5m including Bank Holiday. Monstrous. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JCS Posted May 27, 2014 Share Posted May 27, 2014 Wow, huge Bank Holiday Monday for most films! http://www.screendaily.com/news/x-men-tops-uk-box-office/5072458.article?blocktitle=MORE-TOP-NEWS&contentID=40294 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heretic Posted May 27, 2014 Author Share Posted May 27, 2014 (edited) Can't believe how big X-Men opened. Why all of a sudden the massive explosion? Almost overtaken Godzilla already. Anyway, full article: Fox’s latest X-Men outing posts best debut of the series to date at $15.4m (£9.1m), marking the biggest opening of 2014 in the process. Further distributor results to come… Not content with recording the best debut of the X-Menseries, X-Men: Days of Future Past has posted the best opening to date of 2014 as it topped the UK box office. Fox’s latest X-Men outing stormed its way to a terrific $15.4m (£9.13m), including previews of $2.7m (£1.6m), to surpass The Amazing Spider-Man 2’s $15.2m (£9m) bow which included $4.9m (£2.9m) in previews. That also marks the best opening of the X-Men series, overtaking X-Men: The Last Stand’s $11.9m (£7.1m) which included $1.7m (£1m) in previews. X2 is the best UK performer to date at $34.8m (£20.7m), a tally that Days of Future Past should easily overtake in the coming weeks. It’s worth noting that its Fri-Sun tally of $12.7m (£7.5m) would have also seen Days of Future Past comfortably land the number one spot and also the biggest opening of the X-Men series. Days of Future Past also posted the seventh biggest opening for Fox of all time and the biggest Fox opening since Ice Age: The Meltdown’s $16.5m (£9.8m) in 2006. Including Bank Holiday Monday [May 26], X-Men: Days of Future Past has grossed $19.5m (£11.6m) and should enjoy a prosperous week ahead with the school holidays. Also for Fox, Rio 2 boosted on its previous weekend to gross $575,000 (£341,785) for $23.8m (£14.1m) to date, while The Other Woman added $562,000 (£333,760) for $14.8m (£8.8m).UNIVERSALFalling just 13% week-on-week, Bad Neighbours fell to third with $2m (£1.21m) through Universal and stands at $23.3m (£13.87m) as of Monday. It will face its first direct competition this week with the arrival of stablemate A Million Ways to Die in the West.LIONSGATEPostman Pat: The Movie delivered a $1.3m (£774,743) UK debut from its 502 sites through Lionsgate. That’s a somewhat soft $2,600 (£1,543) average over the weekend, but it’s likely to enjoy a healthy week with the school holidays. Evidence of this comes from its Monday take of $540,000 (£320,250) which lifted its current UK gross past £1m to stand at $1.8m (£1.1m).STUDIOCANALWith a minimal drop on its sun-affected opening, The Two Faces of January grossed an additional $510,000 (£303,037) through StudioCanal. As of Monday, Hossein Amini’s directorial debut is up to $1.7m (£1.03m) in the UK. Also for StudioCanal, The Wind Rises has taken $893,000 (£530,438) to date following a $113,000 (£67,051) third weekend.SONYTaking a further $430,000 (£255,000) over the weekend and $190,000 (£113,000) on Monday, Sony’s The Amazing Spider-Man 2 has swung to $40.1m (£23.8m) to date in the UK. It’ll need to prosper over this week’s school holiday to stand a chance of surpassing its predecessor’s $43.8m (£26m) result to avoid becoming the lowest grosser of the series in the UK.PARAMOUNTReleased in 120 sites through Paramount, Fading Gigoloposted a $266,000 (£158,086) UK bow for director John Turturro’s best-ever opening, ahead of Romance & Cigarettes’ $116,000 (£69,102) albeit from just 29 sites. As of Monday, the comedy-drama stands at $375,000 (£222,453).SIGNATURE ENTERTAINMENTAnimated sort-of sequel Legends of Oz: Dorothy’s Return started its UK run with $157,000 (£93,469) from its 82 sites through Signature Entertainment, grossing a further $79,000 (£46,927) on Monday to stand at $236,000 (£140,396).CURZON FILM WORLDNow in its third weekend of release through Curzon Film World, Frank sung its way to $39,000 (£23,071) over the weekend and stands at $759,000 (£450,303) as of Monday.DOGWOOFThe Punk Singer notched a $23,000 (£13,817) UK bow from its five sites through Dogwoof, including previews. As of Monday, the Kathleen Hanna documentary has grossed $24,000 (£14,285).METRODOMEOpened in eight sites through Metrodome, Beyond the Edge grossed $6,800 (£4,071) on its UK debut.NETWORK RELEASINGWinner of Best Director at Cannes 2013, Heli posted a UK bow of $5,500 (£3,247) from its six sites through Network Releasing.UPCOMING RELEASESThis week sees saturation releases for Disney’sMaleficent (opens May 28), Universal’s A Million Ways to Die in the West and Warner Bros’ Edge of Tomorrow. eOne’s Jimmy’s Hall receives a wide release, while Curzon Film World’s Venus in Fur, Soda Pictures’ Omarand Sony’s Heaven is for Real are among the films receiving a limited release. No Godzilla or Bad Neighbours yet. DOFP should make a further $8m-ish over Tue-Thu, maybe more, putting it at around $27.5m by the end of the week. 2nd weekend drop from the 3 day of 50% means a weekend of around £3.75m ($6.3m), and an 11 day total of $33.8m. I'd say the range of where it could be by Sunday is $32-35m. Stunning. Previous X-Men totals: X-Men - $22.2m X2 - $33.5m X-Men 3 - $35.8m Origins - $26.9m First Class - $24.7m Wolverine - $21.1m So this is gonna blow past all of them. Edited May 27, 2014 by Heretic 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heretic Posted May 27, 2014 Author Share Posted May 27, 2014 WARNER BROSDropping around a respectable 50% on its strong opening,Godzilla charted second with $4.5m (£2.7m) from its 549 sites. Warner Bros’ reboot is now up to $21.4m (£12.7m) as of Monday and will likely surpass the $26.9m (£16m) UK result of Roland Emmerich’s take on Toho’s iconic monster in the coming weeks. Also for Warner Bros, Blended rounded off the week’s top five with a $1.2m (£688,000) debut from its 390 sites. That marks one of the lowest UK openings for director Frank Coraci, ahead of only Here Comes the Boom’s $729,000 (£433,052) bow from 281 sites. It’s also down on the UK debuts of previous Adam Sandler/Drew Barrymore collaborations, The Wedding Singer ($1.7m/£1m from 270) and 50 First Dates ($2.8m/£1.7m from 395). UNIVERSALFalling just 13% week-on-week, Bad Neighbours fell to third with $2m (£1.21m) through Universal and stands at $23.3m (£13.87m) as of Monday. It will face its first direct competition this week with the arrival of stablemate A Million Ways to Die in the West. That's a pretty good hold for Godzilla with big competion from X-Men. With half term now, it'll get a boost, and should hit $30m in the end. Neighbours could leg its way to $30m, too. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heretic Posted May 27, 2014 Author Share Posted May 27, 2014 (edited) As for openers this week, Maleficent is tomorrow. Well positioned, orange Wednesday + half term should mean a good opening. I'd say £4-5m ($6.7-8.4m) 5 day is doable, though X-Men may still top the 3 day. Edge of Tomorrow opens Friday, but I doubt it'll do that well. Maybe £2m-ish opening. There's also A Million Ways to Die in the West. Not sure about this, it looks quite funny, but I can't see more than £1.5m in such a crowded market, Edited May 27, 2014 by Heretic Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zackzack Posted May 27, 2014 Share Posted May 27, 2014 No $60M - $70M grosser yet in UK.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heretic Posted May 27, 2014 Author Share Posted May 27, 2014 Nothing has had the potential for that yet.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhilipJ2001 Posted May 27, 2014 Share Posted May 27, 2014 we've got loads of bookings for Maleficent tomorrow.. most bookings we've had for anything for a while actually. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonwo Posted May 27, 2014 Share Posted May 27, 2014 Maleficent should do decently, Oz did £3.7m OW in March last year so I think £4-5m five day opening is doable. I think X-Men, the timing was right and there has been a lot of buzz with it being a sequel to both First Class which was well received and X-Men The Last Stand. Having Hugh Jackman, Jennifer Lawrence, Michael Fassbender, James McAvoy plus the original stars of the X-Men series helped as well. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heretic Posted May 28, 2014 Author Share Posted May 28, 2014 (edited) Maleficent is doing REALLY well around my area. A lot of packed shows this afternoon. £1m+ OD should happen. Edited May 28, 2014 by Heretic 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SchumacherFTW Posted May 28, 2014 Share Posted May 28, 2014 Looks like I'm seeing the Queen on Friday in D-Box. Mental day that's going to be. Train up to London from Hastings, then film at the o2, dinner, then go and watch Katy Perry. I really hope I'm not working Saturday. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heretic Posted May 28, 2014 Author Share Posted May 28, 2014 Just got to cinema to see x-men. It's absolutely fucking heaving. Haven't seen it like this for a long time, the queue to get tickets is huge. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Films Posted May 28, 2014 Share Posted May 28, 2014 Saw blended yesterday. Massive packed crowd (about 90% full). Great film and great audienceSo my plans are to see Maleficent and X-Men next week Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reddevil18 Posted May 28, 2014 Share Posted May 28, 2014 Just got to cinema to see x-men. It's absolutely fucking heaving. Haven't seen it like this for a long time, the queue to get tickets is huge. Orange Wednesdays, eh? We have 'em here as well, and it's always crazy, especially if there are two or more huge releases playing at the same time. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CJohn Posted May 28, 2014 Share Posted May 28, 2014 Guys, do a favor to yourself and go see Edge of Tomorrow. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Films Posted May 28, 2014 Share Posted May 28, 2014 Guys, do a favor to yourself and go see Edge of Tomorrow.Forgot to mention, also seeing that next weekIs it good? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
