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That's gotta be close to £10m already in the can then, AT LEAST! 

 

Edit: Just under 2 weeks away and TFA has taken all 6 screens at my local for opening night already! Spectre took until the night before release for that treatment! I'm starting to feel like the second £10m opening day is coming... 

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5 hours ago, Heretic said:

TGD is doing so badly. Even from a small opening, it looks like it may fall below £2m this weekend. Even £15m looks like a challenge. Definitely a flop for Pixar. 

This is a flop everywhere. nobody cares about it

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Mockingjay - Part 2 looks to have done with other Hunger Games films couldn't and score a UK hat-trick with around £2.8m for £23.4m.

 

Krampus might not be around come Christmas at the UK box office after an estimated £424k bow from 323 sites.

 

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Sony’s Spectre crosses £90m mark in sixth weekend, Victor Frankenstein alive - but only just.

 

LIONSGATE

The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2 has become the first in the Hunger Games franchise to achieve a hat-trick of number one weekends in the UK.

Lionsgate’s final chapter in the young adult franchise fell 51% with a $3.4m (£2.24m) third weekend, but still had more than enough to beat a lacklustre field of new releases.

Mockingjay - Part 2 now stands at $35.2m (£23.32m), but is tracking behind both Mockingjay - Part 1 ($38.1m/£25.25m) and Catching Fire ($39.6m/£26.27m) at the same stages in their run.

It will require a Christmas boost if it’s to get to £30m and stand a chance of not finishing its run as the lowest-grossing title in the series.

Also for Lionsgate, Brooklyn stands at a healthy $7m (£4.6m) after a $165,000 (£109,182) fifth weekend.

DISNEY

The Good Dinosaur fell 42% on its way to a $2.6m (£1.7m) second weekend.

Disney’s latest Pixar outing is up to a ten-day tally of $7.7m (£5.12m) and will hope for stronger holds - and better midweek performances - once the schools break up for Christmas.

Cars 2’s $23.5m (£15.62m) result currently ranks as the lowest-grossing Pixar outing in the UK.

SONY

Spectre has become the first film since Skyfall to hit £90m at the UK box office.

Sony’s latest James Bond mission enjoyed a $1.8m (£1.2m) sixth weekend for $136.3m (£90.5m) to date.Skyfall’s $155m (£102.9m) is out of reach, but Avatar’s $141.6m (£94m) could still be overtaken.

Also for Sony, the remarkable The Lady in the Vancrossed the £10m mark with a $699,000 (£464,000) fourth weekend for a haul of $15.7m (£10.4m), whileThe Night Before struggled with a $410,000 (£272,000) debut from its 272 sites.

Hotel Transylvania 2 has amassed $29.4m (£19.5m) after eight weeks in play.

FOX

Remaining in fourth, Fox’s Bridge of Spies posted the best holdover of the top ten, dropping just 33% (excluding previews) for a non-final $1.6m (£1.08m) second weekend.

Steven Spielberg’s latest has now grossed $5.9m (£3.9m) after adding over $1.7m (£1.1m) across its first Mon-Thurs. It looks well-placed to play as counter-programming over the coming weeks.

Also for Fox, Victor Frankenstein is alive, but only just, at the UK box office with a non-final $649,000 (£430,990) debut from its 421 sites, including around $83,000 (£55,000) in previews, for a site average of just over $1,500 (£1,000).

That debut is just over half the $1.2m (£811,365) UK bow achieved by I, Frankenstein last year from 384 sites, which did include $246,000 (£163,158) in previews and was released in 3D.

Ahead of its release on Boxing Day, Snoopy and Charlie Brown: A Peanuts Movie banked almost $452,000 (£300,000) in previews on Saturday and Sunday.

Prem Ratan Dhan Payo and The Martian have taken $2.4m (£1.57m) and $35.3m (£23.43m), respectively.

EONE

The week’s highest new entry came in the form of eOne’sChristmas with the Coopers as it recorded a solid $1m (£683,217) debut from its 371 sites with an average of $2,775 (£1,842).

That includes $239,000 (£158,734) from its previews on Tues-Thurs, but it’s worth noting that the comedy’s Fri-Sun tally of $790,000 (£524,483) would have also seen it chart in the same position of fifth.

WARNER BROS

Dropping almost 50% (excluding previews) in its second weekend, Warner Bros’ Black Mass shot to an extra $716,000 (£475,400) for $3.6m (£2.38m) to date.

UNIVERSAL

Krampus opened up with $622,000 (£412,691) from its 323 sites for an average of $1,926 (£1,678) through Universal.

It will hope to buck the fast-burn trend of horrors at the UK box office and hold well this coming weekend.

STUDIOCANAL

Falling around 40% (excluding previews), StudioCanal’s awards contender Carol added a non-final $521,000 (£345,950) for $1.9m (£1.26m) to date.

It will soon become director Todd Haynes’ best-ever UK performer, currently Far from Heaven’s $2m (£1.3m) result.

METRODOME

Sunset Song has recorded the biggest UK debut for director Terence Davies despite charting outside the top ten in 12th.

Metrodome’s drama grossed $172,000 (£113,853), including previews, from its 81 sites, topping The Deep Blue Sea’s $164,000 (£108,767). The latter only opened on 53 sites, however.

PECCADILLO PICTURES

Including previews of $8,100 (£5,400), Peccadillo Pictures’s documentary ChemSex posted a UK bow of $16,000 (£10,820) from its four sites.

NEW WAVE FILMS

Released in seven sites through New Wave Films, Bulgarian drama The Lesson posted a UK debut of $4,800 (£3,204).

UPCOMING RELEASES

This week sees a saturation release for Universal’s By the Sea, while Sony’s Grandma receives a wide release. Universal’s Sisters starts previews from Saturday [Dec 12] ahead of its saturation release on Dec 18.

Dogwoof’s Peggy Guggenheim: Art Addict, Soda Pictures’ The Forbidden Room and Metrodome’s Swungare among the films receiving a limited release.

 

Looks like MJ2 is going to end very close to £30m. Whether it hits the mark or not depends on how hard SW hits it, and its Christmas boost. 

 

Spectre is almsot guaranteed to beat Avatar now. Should be near £92m after this upcoming weekend. It can squeeze another few million in throughout December to hit £95m. Another incredible run for Bond.

 

Awful for TDG. It's only saviour now is the Christmas holidays now, but even then, it's probably going to get buried. 

 

Will be very quiet this weekend ahead of SW, which looks set to break almost every BO record in the UK. It's even been tied in with fucking cheesestring. 

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After plenty more screenings have been added at Vue Westfield, out of 17 screens Star Wars now has 12 SCREENS dedicated to it. 12 out of 17. Leaving only 5 small screens for the rest of the market. It's not even like they've overdone it either, all of the late afternoon/evening were either effectively sold out or filling up fast. Pre-books will only surge upwards now with only 10 days to go. So pumped.

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£35m 4 day opening, £115m total. Can't believe I'm saying that, but I genuinely don't see how this doesn't become the biggest film ever. 

 

One thing to note is that the 2nd weekend drop will be massive as cinemas in the UK don't open on Christmas day, and the first Friday is probably gonna approach the £10m mark. 

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