JCS Posted May 15, 2015 Share Posted May 15, 2015 Mad Max is great fun and has is getting 5 stars from critics and has 9/10 on IMDB. WOM will be great! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heretic Posted May 15, 2015 Author Share Posted May 15, 2015 Mad Max is nearly sold out in the biggest screen at my cinema. PP2 is absolutely packed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SchumacherFTW Posted May 15, 2015 Share Posted May 15, 2015 Cinema was rammed tonight for Max as well as pitch by the looks of it. Crowd absolutely ate up Pitch Perfect, can definitely see some legs on that. Also, Spy got a fantastic reaction before the film, can definitely see a good opening for that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rthmessiah Posted May 15, 2015 Share Posted May 15, 2015 PP2 will easily win Friday and be not 2 much under MMFR cume (prev+fri) 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heretic Posted May 16, 2015 Author Share Posted May 16, 2015 Great for PP2. That means OD is probably around £1.5m ($2.4m). Pitch perfect had an OW of $1.5m. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SchumacherFTW Posted May 16, 2015 Share Posted May 16, 2015 (edited) Excellent start! Is that heading to around £5m then? Edit: Just had a look at my local, 12.30pm show is about a quarter full right now, but the other 3 shows today are well over half. Avengers 3d at 5 has been cancelled and Madding Crowd at 8.30 has as well, likely to hand over to the Bella's again later. Edited May 16, 2015 by Schumacher FTW Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heretic Posted May 17, 2015 Author Share Posted May 17, 2015 £5.1m for PP2, £4.3m for Mad Max. Both fantastic openings. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SchumacherFTW Posted May 17, 2015 Share Posted May 17, 2015 Fantastic start! I can see £20m easy for Pitch Perfect. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonwo Posted May 18, 2015 Share Posted May 18, 2015 Pitch Perfect 2 will outgross the lifetime gross of the first film in a few days which is incredible. Mad Max did well too. It's sort of a reverse of Fast and Furious 6 and The Great Gatsby which were released on the same date by Universal and Warner Bros two years ago with Mad Max appealing to guys and Pitch Perfect 2 appealing mostly to women. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rthmessiah Posted May 18, 2015 Share Posted May 18, 2015 Top thr Engagements 15-17/5 1-Imax southbank (MMFR) 2-Vue Westfield 17 (MMFR) 3-CW Glasgow 18 (PP2) 4-Vue Westfield 17 London (PP2) 5-CW Dublin 17 (MMFR) 6-CW Sheffield 20 (MMFR) 7-CW Glasgow 18 (MFR) 8-Vue West end 9 (MMFR) 9-CW Sheffield 20 (PP2) 10-CW Crawley 15 (PP2) 11-CW Aberdeen 10 (PP2) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keysersoze123 Posted May 18, 2015 Share Posted May 18, 2015 What is AOU's weekend gross? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heretic Posted May 18, 2015 Author Share Posted May 18, 2015 Universal’s sequel out-sings Warner Bros’ revival to dethrone Avengers: Age of Ultron. UNIVERSAL Repeating its domestic success, Pitch Perfect 2 hit the high note at the UK box office with an excellent $7.8m (£5m) debut from 496 sites. Universal’s sequel recorded a superb site average of $15,815 (£10,081) across the weekend, a figure made all the more impressive as it achieved it without 3D or IMAX uptakes. It will shortly surpass Pitch Perfect’s final UK result of $10.5m (£6.7m) and looks set for a healthy extended run as counter-programming to what will become an increasingly blockbuster-heavy market. Overall, Pitch Perfect 2 achieved the sixth biggest opening of the year to date behind Avengers: Age of Ultron, Fifty Shades of Grey, Fast & Furious 7, Taken 3and Home, but is the fifth biggest Fri-Sun result ahead of Home. Also for Universal, Unfriended scared up $393,000 (£250,378) for a solid $5.2m (£3.3m) after three weeks in play, while Fast & Furious 7 has now amassed $59.8m (£38.1m) after seven weeks. WARNER BROS It may have missed out on top spot, but Mad Max: Fury Road is off to a terrific start in the UK. Warner Bros’ critically acclaimed revival of the iconic character raced to $7.1m (£4.5m) from its 546 sites, including $1m (£638,000) in previews. It’s worth noting that its Fri-Sun tally of $6.1m (£3.9m) would also have seen it land in second. According to figures from Rentrak, Mad Max: Fury Roadhas already outgrossed the lifetime totals of Mad Max 2($3.9m/£2.5m) and Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome($6.4m/£4.1m). Figures are unavailable for Mad Max. It also marks director George Miller’s best-ever UK bow, previously Happy Feet’s $5.8m (£3.7m) bow from 445 sites. The animation is also Miller’s highest grossing outing in the UK at $29.6m (£18.9m). DISNEY Hit by the duo of big-hitting arrivals, Avengers: Age of Ultron fell 53% on its way to a $2.6m (£1.66m) fourth weekend. Disney’s latest Marvel outing is now up to a mighty $67.7m (£43.24m) in its quest to surpass the $81.3m (£51.9m) result of Marvel’s Avengers Assemble, which stood at $70.4m (£45m) at the same stage in its run. Also for Disney, Cinderella has waltzed to $31.7m (£20.24m) after eight weeks in play. FOX Spooks: The Greater Good dropped two places to fourth as it fell 45% (excluding previews) on its way to a second weekend of $837,000 (£533,843). The Pinewood Pictures release, through Fox, is now up to $3.2m (£2.1m). Also for Fox, Far from the Madding Crowd rounded off this week’s top five with $622,000 (£396,414) for $7.4m (£4.7m) after three weeks in play, as Home reached $36m (£22.9m) with a $396,000 (£252,245) ninth weekend. Bombay Velvet grossed $146,000 (£93,214) from its 73 sites on its UK debut. LIONSGATE Following VE Day previews and an exclusive run at Odeon Leicester Square, Lionsgate’s A Royal Night Outexpanded nationwide to take a soft $431,000 (£274,955) from its 333 sites for a running total of $494,000 (£315,246). That marks one of the lowest UK openings for director Julian Jarrold, behind Brideshead Revisited’s $589,000 (£375,270) from 256 sites. EONE Falling 44% in its third weekend, eOne’s Two by Twojourneyed to a further $259,000 (£164,924) for $2.2m (£1.4m) to date. Also for eOne, Big Game dropped a hefty 71% (excluding previews) on its way to a $218,000 (£139,167) second weekend for $1.4m (£883,438). CURZON FILM WORLD Cannes 2014 Competition title Clouds of Sils Mariaposted a non-final $86,000 (£54,749) UK debut, including previews, from its 30 sites through Curzon Film World. It narrowly missed out on being director Olivier Assayas’ best-ever UK opening, which remains the $91,000 (£58,229) bow from 23 sites of Summer Hours. STUDIOCANAL Falling 25% (excluding previews) in its second weekend, StudioCanal’s Girlhood took a non-final $53,000 (£33,957) for $211,000 (£134,764) to date. METRODOME Released in 17 sites through Metrodome, Cannes 2014 Critics’ Week title The Tribe posted a UK bow of $20,000 (£12,727), including previews. DOGWOOF Music documentary Lambert and Stamp recorded a UK debut of $12,000 (£7,527) from its 12 sites through Dogwoof. UPCOMING RELEASES This week sees saturation releases for Disney’sTomorrowland: A World Beyond, Fox’s Poltergeist and Vertigo/Lionsgate’s The Moomins on the Riviera. Metrodome’s The New Girlfriend receives a wide release, while StudioCanal’s A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night, Metrodome’s Spring and Arrow Films’ Return to Sender are among the films receiving a limited release. Mad Max went up a bit, very impressive opening, more so than PP2. Great opening for that too, though. Don't know why AoU is so under-reported with estimates. Anyway, good number for it, might still be able to push for £50m. There's another bank holiday this upcoming weekend, so holds should be strong for all films. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heretic Posted May 18, 2015 Author Share Posted May 18, 2015 Not sure what'll top the BO this weekend. If MM has a sub 30% drop I think it could do it. Tomorrowland should do decently, but I doubt it'll top £4m. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SchumacherFTW Posted May 19, 2015 Share Posted May 19, 2015 Tomorrowland is getting the dual screen treatment at my local this weekend. Not sure it's necessary, but we'll see. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhilipJ2001 Posted May 20, 2015 Share Posted May 20, 2015 don't think Disney are expecting much from Tomorrowland. They let us keep Cinderella on an early show instead of giving Tomorrowland an extra show, and they aren't asking for evening shows in small cinemas Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heretic Posted May 20, 2015 Author Share Posted May 20, 2015 MM seems to be playing very strong during weekdays. Evening shows this week have been just as busy as at the weekend, I reckon it'll be past £10m by Sunday, and bank holiday Monday will give it a further boost. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SchumacherFTW Posted May 20, 2015 Share Posted May 20, 2015 Mad max was about 80% full when I saw it tonight. It was so fucking good! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robertron Posted May 20, 2015 Share Posted May 20, 2015 (edited) Australia out - opened the UK for PP2? I'm genuinely shocked. I just assumed it'd open higher. Edited May 20, 2015 by Age of Robertron Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heretic Posted May 20, 2015 Author Share Posted May 20, 2015 (edited) Depends. UK was only 3 day opening. But Pitch Perfect made more in Aus than UK first time around aswell. Edited May 20, 2015 by Heretic Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heretic Posted May 21, 2015 Author Share Posted May 21, 2015 Didn't even realise, it's half term this upcoming week. That plus bank holiday should mean a very good weekend, and great weekdays next week. Will help AoU on its way to £50m especially. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
