SchumacherFTW Posted October 15, 2015 Share Posted October 15, 2015 Spectre's opening night showtimes at Vue Westfield are fucking insane. It's gonna have probably the biggest opening week ever, but are people really that desperate to watch this at 4:30am in the morning on a Monday night? Bond is only matched in insanity by Potter remember.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonwo Posted October 15, 2015 Share Posted October 15, 2015 Spectre's opening night showtimes at Vue Westfield are fucking insane. It's gonna have probably the biggest opening week ever, but are people really that desperate to watch this at 4:30am in the morning on a Monday night? IMAX had have 0530 showings but I don't know if anyone would watch it in the middle of the night on a work night, Friday and Saturday I understand but not a Monday Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arthur Pendragon Posted October 16, 2015 Share Posted October 16, 2015 59m for IO? It's crazy, I love it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SchumacherFTW Posted October 16, 2015 Share Posted October 16, 2015 IMAX had have 0530 showings but I don't know if anyone would watch it in the middle of the night on a work night, Friday and Saturday I understand but not a Monday Bond makes Muppets of many people. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SchumacherFTW Posted October 16, 2015 Share Posted October 16, 2015 BTW Heretic, that looks like 18 separate screens at once there, surely there's a typo?! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heretic Posted October 16, 2015 Author Share Posted October 16, 2015 (edited) Vue Westfield has 17 screens, but some showtimes overlap. For example, the 20:15 showtime is showing in both lists, but it's the 'Scene' screen. So those showtimes are showing in both lists. Which means it's playing on 12 screens. Edited October 16, 2015 by Heretic Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
juni78ukr Posted October 16, 2015 Share Posted October 16, 2015 Last weekend top10. http://www.kinobusiness.com/kassa_world_prokata/other_countries/britain/index.php?date=11.10.2015 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SchumacherFTW Posted October 16, 2015 Share Posted October 16, 2015 Vue Westfield has 17 screens, but some showtimes overlap. For example, the 20:15 showtime is showing in both lists, but it's the 'Scene' screen. So those showtimes are showing in both lists. Which means it's playing on 12 screens. Ahhh fair play. Still confident that by 9pm all 6 screens in my local will be showing Spectre that night. DH2 only failed in that regard due to a 35mm projector instead of digital, which is no longer a factor. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SchumacherFTW Posted October 19, 2015 Share Posted October 19, 2015 This morning has proven once again, that UK cinemas are ill equipped to deal with fanboys. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan9 Posted October 19, 2015 Share Posted October 19, 2015 I can't even think fast enough. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heretic Posted October 19, 2015 Author Share Posted October 19, 2015 (edited) My odeon has shows going all the way to 3am on Thursday night. Never seen that before. Vue Westfield's Xtreme midnight is nearly sold out already. This is gonna be fucking massive. Edited October 19, 2015 by Heretic Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heretic Posted October 19, 2015 Author Share Posted October 19, 2015 SONY Winning the battle of the extended openings, Hotel Transylvania 2 has repeated its domestic success by debuting top of the UK box office. Sony’s animated sequel opened with $9.7m (£6.3m) from its 542 sites, including $5.4m (£3.5m) from two previous weekends of previews totalling four days. It’s worth noting that its Fri-Sun tally of $4.3m (£2.8m) would have also seen it chart first. The result means that Hotel Transylvania 2 is already more than two-thirds of the way to its predecessor’s final result of $12.5m (£8.1m). With the school holidays coming up, it’s well placed to achieve at least double that tally. Also for Sony, The Walk suffered with a $209,000 (£135,000) second weekend for $1.9m (£1.25m) to date, meaning it’ll end its run as one of the worst UK performances for director Robert Zemeckis. FOX London Film Festival opener Suffragette enjoyed a promising start in the UK, charting second after its seven-day opening. The Pathe release (distributed by Fox in the UK) grossed an overall non-final $4.5m (£2.93m) from its 530 sites, including $2.2m (£1.39m) from Mon-Thurs. Based solely on Fri-Sun, Suffragette’s $2.4m (£1.54m) would have seen it chart fourth. Given its older-skewing audience, Suffragette should enjoy healthy midweek returns and maybe even prosper at the weekend as counter-programming to the current family-friendly market. Also for Fox, The Martian dropped a highly respectable 35% with a $3.7m (£2.4m) third weekend for a strong $27m (£17.5m) to date. That makes it Ridley Scott’s fourth biggest release, with Hannibal’s $33.4m (£21.6m) next in its sights. Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials stands at $13.4m (£8.7m) following a $265,000 (£171,419) sixth weekend. WARNER BROS Pan sailed into third on its UK bow, following last weekend’s previews. Warner Bros’ fantasy prequel took $4.2m (£2.73m) from its 506 sites, including $1.6m (£1.06m) in previews. Based solely on Fri-Sun totals, Pan would have also charted third. That marks the best opening for director Joe Wright in the UK, topping Pride & Prejudice’s $3.9m (£2.5m) from 397 sites. However, that film still achieved his best Fri-Sun result at $3.5m (£2.26m). Also for Warner Bros, The Intern added $414,000 (£268,000) for $3.7m (£2.4m) after three weeks in play. UNIVERSAL Rounding off this week’s top five was another new entry in the form of Crimson Peak. Universal’s gothic horror scared up $1.5m (£967,030) from its 420 sites, marking one of Guillermo del Toro’s lowest UK debuts for an English-language films, ahead of only Mimic’s $755,000 (£487,821) from 274 sites. However, based solely on Fri-Sun totals, Crimson Peakopened ahead of Hellboy’s $1.43m (£926,142) from 393 sites. Also for Universal, Everest grossed an extra $337,000 (£217,638) to lift it to $15.6m (£10.26m) after five weeks in play. Its performance means Universal has had eight £10m+ films in 2015, only the third time a studio has achieved the feat, following Fox last year and Paramount in 2011. LIONSGATE Following its strong opening, Lionsgate’s Sicario held well with just a 36% drop (excluding previews) in its second weekend. The crime drama added $1.36m (£877,236) for $5.18m (£3.34m) to date, but is now tracking narrowly behindPrisoners which stood at $5.24m (£3.39m) at the same stage in its run. Prisoners fell just 13% in its third weekend, so Sicario faces a tough challenge to keep up. PICTUREHOUSE ENTERTAINMENT Yorgos Lanthimos’ English-language debut The Lobsterrecorded a decent UK debut of $355,000 (£229,350), including around $15,000 (£10,000) in previews, from its 74 sites through Picturehouse Entertainment. That marks a healthy site average of $4,791 (£3,099) for what is undoubtedly a tricky sell, and is a sign that the film is well positioned to be the most notable arthouse offering over the coming weeks. Also for Picturehouse, NT Live’s production of Hamlethad some encore screenings over the weekend following its strong opening on Thursday (Oct 15) and currently stands at $2.9m (£1.9m). DOGWOOF Released in three sites through Dogwoof, Censored Voices posted a UK debut of $1,200 (£805). UPCOMING RELEASES This week sees saturation releases for eOne’s The Last Witch Hunter (opens Oct 21) and Paramount’sParanormal Activity: The Ghost Dimension (opens Oct 21), as Universal’s Back to the Future trilogy gets a one-day re-release on Oct 21. Lionsgate’s Paper Planes and eOne’s Mississippi Grindboth receive wide releases, while Metrodome’s Brand: A Second Coming and Picturehouse Entertainment’s Listen to Me Marlon are among the films receiving a limited release. HT2 will be huge over half term. Very nice again for The Martian. Pulling further away from Interstellar now, which stood at £15.9m. Gravity was at £19.4m, £25m still seems like a good bet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
efialtes76 Posted October 19, 2015 Share Posted October 19, 2015 HT2 will be huge over half term. Very nice again for The Martian. Pulling further away from Interstellar now, which stood at £15.9m. Gravity was at £19.4m, £25m still seems like a good bet. Not so huge.More than half of weekend's gross was in previews. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SchumacherFTW Posted October 19, 2015 Share Posted October 19, 2015 My odeon has shows going all the way to 3am on Thursday night. Never seen that before. Vue Westfield's Xtreme midnight is nearly sold out already. This is gonna be fucking massive. I'd put £20m 4 day as the absolute minimum. Thursday record will finally go down, and it won't even be close! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avatree Posted October 19, 2015 Share Posted October 19, 2015 Spectre's opening night showtimes at Vue Westfield are fucking insane. It's gonna have probably the biggest opening week ever, but are people really that desperate to watch this at 4:30am in the morning on a Monday night? Vue has gone a bit overboard. Bond is the ultimate GA franchise here - yes it will be massive, but it doesn't have a large enough hardcore fan base that could ever fill up 4am showings. If a day is sold out then customers will wait till the next day. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SchumacherFTW Posted October 19, 2015 Share Posted October 19, 2015 Vue has gone a bit overboard. Bond is the ultimate GA franchise here - yes it will be massive, but it doesn't have a large enough hardcore fan base that could ever fill up 4am showings. If a day is sold out then customers will wait till the next day. You'd be shocked what bond is capable of here. Eastbourne, my local, old people's capital of the world, was selling out 2300 screenings over the first two weekends! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatebox Posted October 19, 2015 Share Posted October 19, 2015 Ok for Suffragette. Doesn't look like it'll breakout though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonwo Posted October 19, 2015 Share Posted October 19, 2015 (edited) You'd be shocked what bond is capable of here. Eastbourne, my local, old people's capital of the world, was selling out 2300 screenings over the first two weekends! That's at the weekend, I have my doubts if there is a huge audience for showings at 3-4am on a weekday especially in places where night transport is nonexistent. Edited October 19, 2015 by Jonwo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan9 Posted October 19, 2015 Share Posted October 19, 2015 Got my local midnight screening, my opening day lie-max at Westfield and opening Sunday Empire IMAX Laser tickets all booked. I need to sit down. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SchumacherFTW Posted October 19, 2015 Share Posted October 19, 2015 That's at the weekend, I have my doubts if there is a huge audience for showings at 3-4am on a weekday especially in places where night transport is nonexistent. It's a bit of uncharted territory really, nothing this big has opened on a Monday evening before. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
