UK Box Office Thread

[Heretic]

May be a little steeper due to Penguins of Madagascar which will eat into its audience

Penguins will probably flop like it did in the US, I doubt it'll have that big of an effect.

[SchumacherFTW]

Penguins will probably flop like it did in the US, I doubt it'll have that big of an effect.

Penguins has a seriously abnormal number of 3D shows in my area, similar to 2011 levels with just one or two 2D shows the whole weekend! They're using it as a crutch here.

[SchumacherFTW]

I'm saying £4m weekend for Paddington. Stupid busy when I went this afternoon, and I think steady attendance will mostly counteract the Penguins.

[PhilipJ2001]

On last week we dropped 30% yesterday and only 10% today. And yesterday there was a big Christmas Market event in town which probably kept some away

[PhilipJ2001]

Penguins is poor. Puss in Boots type numbers

[SchumacherFTW]

Penguins is poor. Puss in Boots type numbers

Ouch. Dreamworks is on a cold streak here too I guess.

[Jonwo]

Ouch. Dreamworks is on a cold streak here too I guess.

 

With NATM3 and Annie coming up and Paddington still doing great, I think it'll be lucky if it does £10m total, Rise of the Guardians which had no kiddy competition did £12m. 

 

Any predictions on The Hobbit, DoS did £9,3m so I think it'll around that level if not a little higher since this is the final film.

[Heretic]

Hobbit 3 will top £10m I think.

[La Binoche]

Does anyone know how The Imitation Game is holding this weekend? 

[Olive]

Ian Sandwell @ian_sandwell · 25m25 minutes ago

 

Men, Women & Children might not have even cracked £100k on UK opening...

Paddington retains UK lead with around £3.75m for £10.2m after ten days in play, as The Imitation Game reaches £11.2m.

The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1 hits £25m mark in the UK.

[Heretic]

So around 25% drop for Paddington, very good. With Christmas holidays fast approaching, £25m+ is likely.

Edited December 7, 2014 by Heretic

[SchumacherFTW]

Slightly less than I thought for Paddington, but that is still really good. I think it could top Lego to be number 2 for the year.

[Olive]

Ben Roberts ‏@bfiben  2m2 minutes ago

W'end BO: #1 Paddington (£3.42m/£9.9m), #4 Imitation (£816k/£11.2m), #7 Santa (£518k/new). Plus, Nativity=5.2m, Turner=6.2m, Hockney=£184k

[Heretic]

Big fall from estimates for Paddington. Strange.

[Olive]

The right Paddington numbers are here

Ian Sandwell ‏@ian_sandwell  7m7 minutes ago

UK top five: Paddington (£3.8m); Mockingjay (£2.2m); Penguins (£1.6m); Imitation (£875k); Horrible Bosses 2 (£642k) - http://www.screendaily.com/news/paddington-retains-uk-lead/5080780.article?blocktitle=LATEST-FILM-NEWS-HEADLINES&contentID=42422 

[SchumacherFTW]

OUCH for the Penguins. That's fucking awful!

[Heretic]

Lol. Dunno where that other guy got £3.4m from then...

 

 

StudioCanal’s adaptation adds $6m (£3.8m) to hold off Mockingjay and Penguins of Madagascar.

 

Further distributor results to come…

Having recorded StudioCanal’s biggest-ever opening last weekend, Paddington has retained top spot at the UK box office for the second straight week.

StudioCanal’s big screen adaptation enjoyed a $6m (£3.8m) second weekend with a drop of just 25% as it crossed the £10m mark to stand at $16.2m (£10.3m).

It is already the distributor’s third highest grossing film of all time and it will definitely overtake Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy’s $22.2m (£14.2m) UK result to become StudioCanal’s biggest-ever film.

Paddington is taking the majority of its gross over the weekend period which bodes well for the film once schools break up for Christmas. Expect to see a lot more of the marmalade-loving bear throughout the rest of 2014.

Also for StudioCanal, The Imitation Game is up to $17.6m (£11.3m) after a $1.4m (£874,931) fourth weekend and also stands a chance of overtaking Tinker…, even if the Alan Turing biopic will also be outgrossed byPaddington.

LIONSGATE

In a repeat of last week’s top two, The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1 remained in second with a third weekend of $3.5m (£2.2m).

Lionsgate’s threequel is now up to a healthy $39.3m (£25.2m) in the UK as it attempts to overhaul The Hunger Games: Catching Fire ($53.3m/£34.2m) to become the highest grossing outing of the series to date. Mockingjay Part 1 has now overtaken The Hunger Games’ final result of $37.4m (£24m).

It’s currently tracking just over £1m behind Catching Firewhich stood at $40.9m (£26.3m) at the same stage in its run. Like its predecessor, Mockingjay Part 1 has to contend with the opening of the latest Hobbit outing in its fourth weekend, an opening that sawCatching Fire fall almost 50%.

FOX

The week’s highest new entry came in the form of Fox’s animated spin-off Penguins of Madagascar with a solid, if unspectacular, $2.5m (£1.6m) from its 498 sites.

That’s lower than every opening in the Madagascar series and fellow spin-off from a popular DreamWorks Animation series, Puss in Boots’ $3.1m (£2m) from 510 sites. As with Paddington, Penguins should prosper come the festive break and will hope to overtake Puss in Boots’ $22.5m (£14.43m) UK haul.

Also for Fox, The Pyramid dug up a soft $296,000 (£189,823) from its 251 sites on its UK bow and will hope to avoid the usual fast-burn nature of horrors, while The Drop stands at $2.5m (£1.6m) after four weeks in play.

Gone Girl has now amassed $34.7m (£22.22m) and, barring a late surge, may fall short of The Wolf of Wall Street’s $35.4m (22.7m) result as the UK’s highest grossing 18-rated film of all time. Either way, it’s been a terrific run.

WARNER BROS

Falling almost 50% as it dropped to fifth, Horrible Bosses 2 posted a second weekend of $1m (£642,000). Warner Bros’ comedy sequel is now up to $4.1m (£2.6m) in the UK, but is unlikely to challenge Horrible Bosses’ $16.4m (£10.5m) result.

Also for Warner Bros, Interstellar will hit £20m in the coming weeks after a $949,000 (£608,000) fifth weekend saw it reach $29.9m (£19.15m), while Get Santa charted seventh with a $898,000 (£575,000) debut from its 413 sites and will hope to post solid weekends up to (and including) Christmas.

Perhaps unsurprisingly given the director’s previous focus on genre films, Get Santa did post Christopher Smith’s best-ever UK opening ahead of Severance’s $759,000 (£485,883) from 302 sites.

EONE

Now in its fourth weekend, eOne’s Nativity 3: Dude, Where’s My Donkey?! added $709,000 (£454,000) for $8.2m (£5.2m) to date. The threequel is currently the distributor’s fifth best performer of 2014, but it’ll require a festive bump if it’s to outgross Nativity 2’s $14.4m (£9.2m).

Also for eOne, Mr. Turner is their third highest grossing film of the year with $9.7m (£6.2m) after six weeks in play.

UNIVERSAL

Narrowly avoiding becoming the lowest opening for Kevin Macdonald’s feature outings, Universal’s Black Sea sank on its UK bow with $383,000 (£245,000) at a site average of $1,219 (£780).

That’s just ahead of How I Live Now’s $362,000 (£232,400) debut from 349 sites and Black Sea will be hoping to overtake that’s film’s final tally of $720,000 (£462,000).

DISNEY

Following its re-release last week, Disney’s Frozen added a further $172,000 (£110,000) for $64.2m (£41.09m) to date.

PARAMOUNT

Posting Jason Reitman’s lowest-ever UK debut, Paramount’s Men, Women & Children could only manage an opening of $114,000 (£73,182) from its 211 sites.

Reitman’s previous lowest bow belonged to Young Adult’s $215,000 (£137,736) from 157 sites, which is also his lowest grossing film at $632,000 (£405,000). Men, Women & Children may struggle to surpass that.

METRODOME

Receiving its UK release almost two years after its local opening, Metrodome’s The Grandmaster sliced its way to $74,000 (£47,294), including previews, from its 54 sites. That opening is less than half of Wong Kar-wai’s best-ever UK bow, My Blueberry Nights’ $159,000 (£101,833) from 69 sites.

Also for Metrodome, What We Do in the Shadowsstands at $392,000 (£251,315) after three weeks in play, while Mea Culpa grossed $471 (£302) from its one-site release.

PECCADILLO PICTURES

Released in five sites through Peccadillo Pictures,Eastern Boys recorded a UK bow of $6,100 (£3,924).

MUNRO FILMS

Open Bethlehem posted a UK debut of $3,700 (£2,389) from its four sites through Munro Films, all of which were one-off showings.

UPCOMING RELEASES

This week sees saturation releases for Warner Bros’ The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies and Disney’sTinker Bell and the Legend of the NeverBeast.

Signature Entertainment’s The Snow Queen: Magic of the Mirror receives a wide release, while Soda Pictures’Electricity, Artificial Eye’s The Green Prince and Sony’sMerchants of Doubt are among the films receiving a limited release.

 

Frozen also stood at £10.3m after its second weekend, and went on to make £40m. Paddington will probably fall behind in the coming weeks, but £30m may be a possibility. Speaking of Frozen, still making £100k+ each weekend.

 

Good for MJ. Doubt it'll reach CF's £34m, but it'll probably only fall a few million short around £31-32m. MJ2 should easily do £35m+.

 

Imitation Game is will hit $20m soon. 

 

LOL @ Penguins. Big flop for DWA.

 

Interstellar loses IMAX this weekend to The Hobbit, so it'll probably end up around $32-33m in the end. Not bad, but nowhere near the heights of Inception/Gravity.

Edited December 8, 2014 by Heretic

[Heretic]

Hobbit pre-sales looks good. First opened to £11.6m but had a 4 day opening. Fri-Sun would have been £9.5m.

 

DOS opened to £9.6m, three day.

 

Hobbit 3 opens Friday, so £10m is a reasonable expectation I'd say.

[Heretic]

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Edited December 8, 2014 by Heretic

[James]

Hobbit pre-sales looks good. First opened to £11.6m but had a 4 day opening. Fri-Sun would have been £9.5m.

 

DOS opened to £9.6m, three day.

 

Hobbit 3 opens Friday, so £10m is a reasonable expectation I'd say.

Hmm... I hope the finale factor brings it closer to 11m.