BenedictL11 Posted August 7, 2015 Share Posted August 7, 2015 Once again a very warm and sunny weekend, cinema-going may be down as a result. Wish it would be cloudy so the holdovers can do well. #nooffense #justmyopinion Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SchumacherFTW Posted August 8, 2015 Share Posted August 8, 2015 Wish it would be cloudy so the holdovers can do well. #nooffense #justmyopinion The good thing is, whatever gets lost over the weekend at the moment is able to be recuperated during the week, which makes the impact of a nice weekend less damaging than in March or may. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Rambo Posted August 8, 2015 Share Posted August 8, 2015 (edited) Can MI:RN top this week in UK FF4 looks like a bomb! Edited August 8, 2015 by John Rambo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heretic Posted August 8, 2015 Author Share Posted August 8, 2015 Could, I doubt either will do more than £3m this weekend. They'll probably be quite close. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JCS Posted August 8, 2015 Share Posted August 8, 2015 Seems Pixels has previews this weekend, not out until next Wednesday but playing at Vue Westfield this weekend at least. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SchumacherFTW Posted August 8, 2015 Share Posted August 8, 2015 Seems Pixels has previews this weekend, not out until next Wednesday but playing at Vue Westfield this weekend at least. nationwide previews this weekend by the look of it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rthmessiah Posted August 8, 2015 Share Posted August 8, 2015 Can MI:RN top this week in UK FF4 looks like a bomb! Could, I doubt either will do more than £3m this weekend. They'll probably be quite close. F4 will win WE with previews added, but for 3 day fri-sun definitely MI5, in fact F4/IO could battle for 2/3 3 day result 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heretic Posted August 8, 2015 Author Share Posted August 8, 2015 That's horrendously bad for F4. Sounds good holdovers though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonwo Posted August 9, 2015 Share Posted August 9, 2015 (edited) How did Pixels do in previews? I imagine it'll win next week because of its seven days worth of taking. It'll be interesting how The Man from UNCLE and Trainwreck. The rest of August isn't as good with Vacation, Bad Education and Straight Outta Compton being the only highlights Edited August 9, 2015 by Jonwo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SchumacherFTW Posted August 9, 2015 Share Posted August 9, 2015 What's Bad Education? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan9 Posted August 9, 2015 Share Posted August 9, 2015 Fantastic Four leads with £2.7m including previews. MI5 has a £2.4m second weekend and stands at £11.1m so far. Inside Out up to £23m (around $35-36m). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heretic Posted August 9, 2015 Author Share Posted August 9, 2015 Amazing week again for Inside Out. £30m+ should definitely happen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bishop54 Posted August 9, 2015 Share Posted August 9, 2015 How'd Jurassic World do? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heretic Posted August 9, 2015 Author Share Posted August 9, 2015 We'll find out tomorrow morning. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heretic Posted August 10, 2015 Author Share Posted August 10, 2015 Paramount’s Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation leads over Fri-Sun with $3.7m (£2.4m); Universal’s Jurassic World becomes the eighth biggest film of all time with $97.9m (£63.32m). FOX Boosted by its previews on Thursday [Aug 6], Fantastic Four dethroned Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation to debut top of the UK box office. Fox’s reboot grossed $4.2m (£2.7m) from its 541 sites, including $1.3m (£817,192) in previews. Based solely on its Fri-Sun take of $2.9m (£1.9m), Fantastic Four would have charted third. That’s a debut behind Tim Story’s 2005 take on the iconic superhero group which opened to $5.5m (£3.5m) from 406 sites, including $642,000 (£414,852) in previews, as well as its sequel which landed with $6.4m (£4.1m) from 475 sites. Both of those films went on to take over £12m in the UK, a target that Fantastic Four could struggle to match given its poor critical reception. Fantastic Four did at least manage to open higher than the $3.4m (£2.2m) bow of Josh Trank’s directorial debutChronicle, taken from 397 sites with $954,000 (£616,717) in previews. Chronicle went on to gross $10.7m (£6.9m). Also for Fox, Secret Cinema’s production of The Empire Strikes Back has now amassed $5.8m (£3.75m) after ten weeks of its run. PARAMOUNT It may have been knocked off the top spot, but Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation did lead the UK market over Fri-Sun with $3.7m (£2.4m). Paramount’s latest mission for Ethan Hunt is now up to $17m (£11.02m) as it attempts to overtake Mission: Impossible ($28.8m/£18.65m) as the highest grossing outing of the series. The first target though is Mission: Impossible III’s $23.9m (£15.45m). Also for Paramount, Terminator Genisys is near the end of its UK run and has accumulated almost $17m (£11m). DISNEY Falling 46% in its third weekend, Disney’s Inside Outadded $3m (£1.95m) for $35.3m (£22.8m) to date, adding almost £6m over the past seven days. In terms of Pixar outings in the UK, Inside Out has now overtaken Brave ($34.3m/£22.18m) and Toy Story($34.8m/£22.5m), and will surpass Wall-E ($35.4m/£22.9m) today. Next in its sights will be Ratatouille’s $38.4m (£24.8m). Also for Disney, Ant-Man dropped 50% on its way to $866,000 (£560,000) for $22.3m (£14.4m) after four weeks in play. As expected, it has now overtaken Thor’s $21.7m (£14.04m) UK result. ENTERTAINMENT Southpaw continued its healthy run with a $1.2m (£792,195) third weekend to drop one place to fourth. Entertainment’s boxing drama has now taken $8.9m (£5.75m) and has a great shot at becoming director Antoine Fuqua’s best-ever UK performer, currently King Arthur’s $10.9m (£7.07m) result. LIONSGATE Following strong reviews, Lionsgate’s The Gift opened to a promising $904,000 (£584,293) from its 334 sites, marking a decent site average of $2,714 (£1,755). Joel Edgerton’s feature directorial debut will hope to avoid the fast-burn nature of genre films at the UK box office, and good word-of-mouth could see it enjoy a healthy run. UNIVERSAL Minions is starting to slow down, falling 49% with a $794,000 (£513,000) seventh weekend. Universal’s animated spin-off is now up to $64.7m (£41.8m) and is still tracking ahead of Despicable Me 2($61.8m/£39.98m at same stage), but it did record a seventh weekend almost double that of Minions. Also for Universal, Jurassic World is now the eighth biggest film of all time in the UK with $97.9m (£63.32m) following a $275,000 (£178,000) weekend. Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone’s $98.9m (£63.96m) still isn’t out of reach for the Jurassic behemoth. Ted 2 stands at $15.2m (£9.84m) after five weeks in play. ALTITUDE Having become the highest-grossing British documentary of all time on Friday [Aug 10], Altitude’s Amy added $147,000 (£95,395) to stand at an excellent $5m (£3.25m). It still stands a chance of ending its run as the second highest grossing non-concert feature documentary of all time, currently March of the Penguins’ $5.1m (£3.31m). Also for Altitude, Marshland recorded a non-final UK bow of $60,000 (£38,885), including previews, from its 32 sites. VERTIGO FILMS Despite its audience-limiting 18 certificate, Vertigo Films’The Diary of a Teenage Girl enjoyed a solid start to its UK run with $126,000 (£81,185) from its 80 sites, including previews. WARNER BROS Dropping a hefty 70% on its opening, Warner Bros’ Hot Pursuit took just $104,000 (£67,000) for a ten-day tally of $1.1m (£707,000). Also for Warner Bros, Max landed with a soft $59,000 (£38,000) from its 118 sites to mark director Boaz Yakin’s lowest-ever UK debut, while Magic Mike XXL has amassed $10.6m (£6.82m) to date. ICON FILM DISTRIBUTION Playing in 62 sites in its third weekend, Icon Film Distribution’s The Legend of Barney Thomson added $73,000 (£46,960) for $852,000 (£549,835) to date. PICTUREHOUSE ENTERTAINMENT Glyndebourne Festival Opera’s production of The Rape of Lucretia grossed a non-final $46,000 (£29,796) from its 49 sites through Picturehouse Entertainment. CURZON ARTIFICIAL EYE Manglehorn opened with $23,000 (£14,756), including previews, from its 23 sites through Curzon Artificial Eye. It did at least avoid becoming director David Gordon Green’s lowest UK bow which remains Prince Avalanche’s $18,000 (£11,569) from 16 sites. PECCADILLO PICTURES Including previews of $2,100 (£6,324), Peccadillo Pictures’ critically acclaimed 52 Tuesdays took $10,000 (£6,428) from its 15 sites on its UK bow. ARROW FILMS Released in seven sites, Arrow Films’ Hard to Be a Godposted a UK debut of $4,500 (£2,894) with London’s ICA its top-grossing venue. UPCOMING RELEASES A busy window sees saturation releases for Sony’s Pixels(opens Aug 12, following previews this weekend), Universal’s Trainwreck, Warner Bros’ The Man from U.N.C.L.E., Lionsgate’s Absolutely Anything and Fox’sMistress America. eOne’s Precinct Seven Five, Fox’s Brothers and Metrodome’s Pleasure Island are among the films receiving a limited release. Not sure why JW only added $0.1m from last Sunday, considering it added about £0.6m in the last 7 days. Should be over $98.5m, so something to do with exchange rates... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JCS Posted August 10, 2015 Share Posted August 10, 2015 F4 bombed like in the USA, barely above Chronicle OW. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avatree Posted August 10, 2015 Share Posted August 10, 2015 Once again a very warm and sunny weekend, cinema-going may be down as a result. Our cinema was really empty at the weekend, especially Saturday and Sunday. Kind of nice to not be too stressed but it makes my job much more boring. FF took 3rd place behind MI / IO. Not surprising. I would have posted a projection on Friday night but I was too tired. This coming weekend should be interesting - no film will do great numbers but there are 4 major new releases, so overall box office should be alright given that it's mid-August. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rthmessiah Posted August 11, 2015 Share Posted August 11, 2015 Top engagements 7-9/8 1-Imax Southbank (MI5) 2-Vue Westfield 17, London (MI5) 3-Odeon Leicester Square (MI5) 4-CW Milton Keynes (F4) 5-NAC Showcase Bluwater (MI5) 6-Vue Westfield 17, London (F4) 7-Vue Westfield Stratford 20 (MI5) 8-Vue West End 9 (F4) 9-CW Crawley (MI5) 10-Vue Westfield 17, London (IO) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JCS Posted August 11, 2015 Share Posted August 11, 2015 Westfield the busiest UK cinema for 3 films, nice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhilipJ2001 Posted August 11, 2015 Share Posted August 11, 2015 Pixels took £400k on Saturday & Sunday Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
