efialtes76 Posted October 26, 2014 Share Posted October 26, 2014 Ian Sandwell@ian_sandwell Gone Girl drops just 34% in fourth weekend of release in UK for estimated £1.6m to teach £17m. The Book of Life opens in the UK with around £930k, as The Maze Runner takes £870k for £5.8m. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles adds around £1.9m for UK running total of £7.8m. Fury rolls into top spot at the UK box office with estimated £2.6m debut, including previews. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonwo Posted October 26, 2014 Share Posted October 26, 2014 That's a okay drop for TMNT without previews, should clean up at half term perhaps at the expense of Book of Lie. Fury did decently, next week I imagine it'll hold okay since Halloween will dent the Friday numbers. What do we think Interstellar will do? Inception did £5.9m OW but that opened in summer, I think £6-7m is likely, maybe a bit higher. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhilipJ2001 Posted October 27, 2014 Share Posted October 27, 2014 any news on Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JCS Posted October 27, 2014 Share Posted October 27, 2014 Sony’s war drama posts $4.4m (£2.7m) debut, including previews, to dethrone Turtles; Icon’s The Babadook lands with $557,000 (£345,862) from 147 sites ahead of Halloween. Further distributor results to come… Having closed the BFI London Film Festival last week, Fury opened in style at the UK box office as it shelled Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles off the top spot. Sony’s war drama blasted its way to a healthy $4.4m (£2.7m) bow from its 464 sites, including $1.1m (£700,000) in previews. It’s worth noting that its Fri-Sun tally of $3.2m (£2m) would have also seen it land at number one. The result means that Fury is already director David Ayer’s best-ever UK performer, outgrossing End of Watch’s $3m (£1.9m) result. It could be set for a strong holdover this coming week as counter-programming to Halloween’s batch of horrors. Also for Sony, The Equalizer is up to $10.8m (£6.7m) following a $217,000 (£135,000) fifth weekend. PARAMOUNT It may have slipped from the top spot, but Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles enjoyed a solid second weekend of $3.1m (£1.9m). Paramount’s reboot is now up to $12.7m (£7.9m) and has become director Jonathan Liebesman’s best-ever UK performer, surpassing Wrath of the Titans’ $12.6m (£7.8m) final tally. With a lack of direct competition, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles could prosper over this week’s school holidays and potentially cross £10m by the weekend. FOX Falling a highly respectable 32% in its fourth weekend, Gone Girl charted third with $2.6m (£1.6m). Fox’s adaptation is now up to a terrific $27.5m (£17.1m) in the UK in its quest to first become David Fincher’s best-ever UK performer (currently Seven’s $31.4m/£19.5m) and then potentially the best-ever 18-rated performer, set earlier this year by The Wolf of Wall Street’s $35.9m (£22.3m). The Wolf of Wall Street stood at $28.7m (£17.8m) at the same stage in its run after also posting a $2.6m (£1.6m) fourth weekend. Gone Girl is currently the sixth highest grossing 18-rated film of all time in the UK. Also for Fox, The Book of Life opened with a solid, if unspectacular, debut of $1.6m (£980,986) from its 537 sites. With no new family openings over the half term, the animation should thrive over the coming days. The Maze Runner fell a slim 36% in its third weekend to claim an additional $1.5m (£905,314) for $9.4m (£5.9m) to date, while How to Train Your Dragon 2 flew again at the chart with a 66% boost seeing it add $183,000 (£113,620) for $39.8m (£24.7m). WARNER BROS Dropping almost 50% in its third weekend, Warner Bros’ Annabelle scared up a further $1.2m (£749,000) for a sturdy $9.7m (£6m) to date. It could potentially enjoy good returns leading up to (and including) Halloween, but it’s now unlikely to challenge The Conjuring’s $16.9m (£10.5m). Also for Warner Bros, The Judge fell heavily in its second weekend as it added $185,000 (£115,000) for $1.3m (£822,000), while This Is Where I Leave You recorded a soft $175,000 (£109,000) UK debut from its 222 sites for director Shawn Levy’s lowest-ever opening. DISNEY Expanding to 457 sites nationwide, Disney’s Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day grossed $918,000 (£570,000) for $1.1m (£700,000) to date. If we were this weekend’s gross as the ‘opening’, then it ranks behind Youth in Revolt ($1.2m/£743,932 from 280) in terms of director Miguel Arteta’s UK debuts. ICON FILM DISTRIBUTION Landing one week ahead of Halloween, well-received horror The Babadook possessed $557,000 (£345,862) from its 147 sites through Icon Film Distribution. That marks a decent site average of $3,788 (£2,353) and good word-of-mouth should set it up for a fruitful Halloween period. UNIVERSAL As expected, The Boxtrolls is now Laika’s highest-grossing outing at the UK box office. Universal’s animation has now stacked up $12.4m (£7.68m) after taking $332,000 (£206,000) this weekend. Also for Universal, Dracula Untold has bitten into $7.6m (£4.74m) after four weeks in play. EONE Falling over 80% in its second weekend, eOne’s The Best of Me took a further $134,000 (£83,000) and has at least hit the £1m mark to stand at $1.7m (£1.04m). MUNRO FILMS Northern Soul followed up its record-breaking opening with a non-final $131,000 (£81,400) second weekend from its 63 sites. Munro Films’ music drama should be around $805,000 (£500,000) once all weekend figures are confirmed. CURZON FILM WORLD Released in 28 sites through Curzon Film World, Jimi: All Is By My Side grossed $39,000 (£24,008) on its UK bow. DOGWOOF With one site still to report, Time Is Illmatic has so far posted a UK debut of $17,000 (£10,857) from four sites through Dogwoof. UPCOMING RELEASES This week sees saturation releases for Lionsgate’s Horns (opens Oct 29), Universal’s Ouija and eOne’s Nightcrawler. Signature’s Extraterrestrial, Entertainment’s The Necessary Death of Charlie Countryman, eOne’s Mr. Turner, Artificial Eye’s Citizenfour and eOne’s re-release of The Woman in Black all receive wide releases. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heretic Posted October 27, 2014 Author Share Posted October 27, 2014 (edited) Decent for Fury. Gone Girl still impressive, will hit £20m with ease. As for Interstellar, I see an opening around £6m. Reviews are mixed right now, but depending on WOM, it could leg its way to £30m. Edited October 27, 2014 by Heretic 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
norbar Posted October 28, 2014 Share Posted October 28, 2014 Any predictions for Love Rosie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lab276 Posted October 30, 2014 Share Posted October 30, 2014 September admissions were 8.5m, YTD is 114.4m. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JCS Posted October 30, 2014 Share Posted October 30, 2014 September admissions were 8.5m, YTD is 114.4m. We need a big boost this winter... lagging behind last year majorly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Posted October 30, 2014 Share Posted October 30, 2014 We need a big boost this winter... lagging behind last year majorly. What can we expect for the final Hobbit movie? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heretic Posted October 30, 2014 Author Share Posted October 30, 2014 Yeah. But it's no surprise. The slate of films this year just haven't matched last year. But November /December should be big, and October has been good. As for Hobbit, first did 78m, second did 70m. It's the last one, so depending on WOM, I'd say it has a shot at 80m. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JCS Posted October 30, 2014 Share Posted October 30, 2014 What can we expect for the final Hobbit movie? Has to do at least £50M really. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
efialtes76 Posted November 2, 2014 Share Posted November 2, 2014 (edited) https://twitter.com/ian_sandwell Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles up to around £11.8m in the UK following a drop of only 26% in its third weekend. It's a tight race at the top of the UK box office between Turtles ($2.3m) and Ouija (strong bow of $2.2m/£1.4m)... Gone Girl falls respectable 34% in fifth weekend of release in UK and has now reached an estimated £19.5m. The Maze Runner has now grossed almost £8m, while The Book of Life fell just 3% in second weekend to take £960k for £3.9m in the UK to date. Fury falls almost 40% (excluding previews) for second weekend of £1.3m in UK and tally of £5.6m. Edited November 2, 2014 by efialtes76 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JCS Posted November 3, 2014 Share Posted November 3, 2014 Paramount’s reboot climbs back to number one on its third weekend; eOne’s Mr. Turner posts strong $1.4m (£880,000) UK debut. Further distributor results to come… Turns out Halloween was no match for half term. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles has narrowly seen off Ouija to regain top spot at the UK box office. Paramount’s reboot added $2.27m (£1.42m) in its third weekend and has now amassed a strong $18.8m (£11.77m), after taking around $4m (£2.5m) over the Mon-Thurs of half term. It’s unlikely to remain at number one this weekend as Interstellar lands, but a lack of family competition opening could see it to another sturdy hold. UNIVERSAL It may have missed out on the top spot but Universal can be very happy with Ouija’s $2.18m (£1.36m) UK bow, recording a healthy site average of $5,269 (£3,292) in the process. In terms of horror at the UK box office in 2014, that’s only behind Annabelle’s bow of $3.1m (£1.93m) and that film arguably benefitted from its connection to 2013’s horror smash The Conjuring. Also for Universal, The Boxtrolls has now stacked up $13.4m (£8.37m) following a $269,000 (£168,000) eighth weekend. SONY Last week’s champion Fury fell 37% (excluding previews) as it rolled to a $2m (£1.25m) second weekend. Sony’s war drama is now up to $9m (£5.6m) in the UK, with £10m a possible target. Also for Sony, The Equalizer has reached $10.9m (£6.8m) and is now unlikely to surpass King Arthur ($11.4m/£7.1m) as director Antoine Fuqua’s best-ever UK performer. FOX Falling a respectable 30% in its fifth weekend, Gone Girl found a further $1.7m (£1.061m) as it dropped one place to fourth. Fox’s adaptation is now up to a sterling $30.9m (£19.3m) and will become David Fincher’s best-ever UK performer this week, topping Seven’s $31.2m (£19.5m). Also for Fox, The Book of Life prospered over the half term and boosted 12% to take $1.69m (£1.056m) for $6.4m (£4m) after ten days in play. Like Turtles, the lack of family competition should see the animation to another decent holdover. The Maze Runner has raced to $12.4m (£7.8m) after four weeks in play, while Fox’s Halloween re-release of Alien grossed $104,000 (£65,225) from 75 sites. EONE Capturing $1.5m (£944,000) over Fri-Sun, eOne’s Nightcrawler posted an overall debut of just over $1.6m (£1m) from its 411 sites. A solid start for what is a tricky sell, but word-of-mouth and critical acclaim should see it to a long run. The success story of the weekend though is undoubtedly Mr. Turner, posting the highest site average of the period after a staggering $1.4m (£880,000) UK bow from just 129 sites. That’s comfortably Mike Leigh’s best-ever UK debut, topping Happy-Go-Lucky’s $610,000 (£381,005) from 77 sites, and the biopic will shortly become Leigh’s highest ever grosser, currently Vera Drake’s $2.9m (£1.8m) result. DISNEY Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day dropped just 9% on its way to a second nationwide weekend of $837,000 (£523,000). Disney’s adaptation is now up to $4m (£2.5m) and has become director Miguel Arteta’s best-ever UK performer. WARNER BROS Hit by the arrival of Ouija, Warner Bros’ Annabelle grossed $729,000 (£456,000) and has now possessed a decent $11.4m (£7.12m) after four weeks in play. Also for Warner Bros, The Judge and This Is Where I Leave You have taken $1.5m (£944,000) and $376,000 (£235,000), respectively. LIONSGATE Horns recorded a UK bow of $633,000 (£395,873) from its 379 sites through Lionsgate, including $150,000 (£93,860) in previews. That marks director Alexandre Aja’s lowest ever UK debut for an English-language feature, behind the $1.3m (£834,092) opening of Mirrors from 342 sites. Also for Lionsgate, Love, Rosie added $198,000 (£123,466) in its second weekend for $1.7m (£1.03m) to date. ICON FILM DISTRIBUTION Expanding to 240 sites for Halloween, The Babadook held well with a $470,000 (£293,605) second weekend. Icon Film Distribution’s well-received horror is now up to $1.5m (£964,044) in the UK. ARTIFICIAL EYE Edward Snowden documentary CITIZENFOUR enjoyed an $86,000 (£53,925) UK bow through Artificial Eye, including $55,000 (£34,452) from its London Film Festival live broadcast to 50 sites. It took $31,000 (£19,473) from 18 sites over Fri-Sun. STUDIOCANAL It was always going to struggle after its soft opening and so it proved for Serena as it could only manage a $19,000 (£11,649) second weekend for $320,000 (£200,065) to date through StudioCanal. DOGWOOF Released in two sites through Dogwoof, The Overnighters posted a $4,600 (£2,899) UK debut. UPCOMING RELEASES This week sees a saturation release for Warner Bros’ Interstellar, while Icon’s Say When and Munro Films’ Set Fire to the Stars both receive wide releases. Artificial Eye’s LFF winner Leviathan, Sony’s The Skeleton Twins, Disney’s November Man and Dogwoof’s The Case Against 8 are among the films receiving a limited release. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonwo Posted November 3, 2014 Share Posted November 3, 2014 Mr Turner did great, I imagine itll increase or have a small drop as it expands to more cinemas Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heretic Posted November 4, 2014 Author Share Posted November 4, 2014 I'm thinking £6m-ish (around $10m) for Interestellar this weekend. IMAX pre-sales as expected are strong. BFI opening weekend shows are all pretty much full apart from 5:30am shows. I'm doubting its as leggy as Gravity or Inception, though, but we'll see. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SchumacherFTW Posted November 4, 2014 Share Posted November 4, 2014 Surprised it's only getting 2 screens this weekend at my local. Would have thought at last 3 at night. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heretic Posted November 5, 2014 Author Share Posted November 5, 2014 (edited) There are 14 films over $30m this year and we've just entered November. Last year there were 14 $30m+ films in total. Interstellar, MJ1 and The Hobbit are all locks which puts it at 17. There's also potential in Paddington, Penguins of Madagascar, Dumb and Dumber 2, Night at the Museum 3, Exodus and Big Eyes. So the number could definitely top 20. Edited November 5, 2014 by Heretic 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonwo Posted November 6, 2014 Share Posted November 6, 2014 (edited) I wouldn't rule out Unbroken and Annie doing well, not sure about Paddington or Dumb and Dumber To but the rest has potential. Edited November 6, 2014 by Jonwo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heretic Posted November 6, 2014 Author Share Posted November 6, 2014 (edited) Tom Linay @TomLinay 16s16 seconds ago October box office was £93.5m, up 19% from October 2013. Biggest films were Gone Girl, TMNT, The Maze Runner and Annabelle. Pretty good considering last October was quite big. Edited November 6, 2014 by Heretic 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SchumacherFTW Posted November 6, 2014 Share Posted November 6, 2014 We're having a pretty good year thus far methinks. Even though lego is our biggest film. Lots of strength in depth. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
