UK Box Office Thread

[Jonwo]

On 01/11/2016 at 1:11 AM, Doctor Rth said:

Top engagements
all DS
1-Imax Southbank
2-Vue Westfield London
3-Vue Strathford
4-CW Glasgow
5-CW Leicester Squ
(combined with Odeon LS would be #2)
6-CW Sheffield
7-Odeon Manchester
8-CW Dublin
9-CW Birmingham Broad
10-Odeon Liverpool

 

BFI IMAX is still the one to beat considering it's limited by showtimes and capacity. Cineworld LS did very well to beat OLS, where did that chart?

 

 

[Rthmessiah]

20 hours ago, Jonwo said:

 

BFI IMAX is still the one to beat considering it's limited by showtimes and capacity. Cineworld LS did very well to beat OLS, where did that chart?

 

 

17, about 75% of CWLS

[SchumacherFTW]

OLS strikes me as the kind of place that coasts on the really REALLY big releases to make the rest of the year seem worthwhile to them. That and they probably get a pretty penny or two for hosting premieres. 

[Jonwo]

3 hours ago, Doctor Rth said:

17, about 75% of CWLS

 

Considering OLS has double the capacity, to not even be the top fifteen isn't good. 

 

2 hours ago, SchumacherFTW said:

OLS strikes me as the kind of place that coasts on the really REALLY big releases to make the rest of the year seem worthwhile to them. That and they probably get a pretty penny or two for hosting premieres. 

 

That's true, I imagine Cineworld LS has eaten into its attendance thanks to the IMAX screen showing the same film which would have been been exclusive to OLS.

[efialtes76]

Any update?

[SchumacherFTW]

Just got out of A Street Cat Named Bob, pretty packed show here. Nice wee film that too. 

[efialtes76]

Doctor Strange up to around £15m in the UK after 13 days in play.

 

Nocturnal Animals enjoys estimated £700k bow in the UK from 242 screens.

 

The Accountant tallies up estimated £1.5m, including previews, on its UK bow from 569 sites.

https://twitter.com/ian_sandwell

 

[terrestrial]

23 hours ago, efialtes76 said:

Any update?

 

Ian Sandwell ‏@ian_sandwell 

Doctor Strange up to around £15m in the UK after 13 days in play.

Ian Sandwell ‏@ian_sandwell

Nocturnal Animals enjoys estimated £700k bow in the UK from 242 screens.

Ian Sandwell ‏@ian_sandwell

The Accountant tallies up estimated £1.5m, including previews, on its UK bow from 569 sites.

 

 

[James]

11 minutes ago, terrestrial said:

 

Ian Sandwell ‏@ian_sandwell 

Doctor Strange up to around £15m in the UK after 13 days in play.

Ian Sandwell ‏@ian_sandwell

Nocturnal Animals enjoys estimated £700k bow in the UK from 242 screens.

Ian Sandwell ‏@ian_sandwell

The Accountant tallies up estimated £1.5m, including previews, on its UK bow from 569 sites.

 

 

So Strange only got 5.7m pounds this entire week, despite opening to 9.3m? I know the OW was more than 3 days, but that seems like a pretty big drop. Is that normal?

[terrestrial]

1 minute ago, James said:

So Strange only got 5.7m pounds this entire week, despite opening to 9.3m? I know the OW was more than 3 days, but that seems like a pretty big drop. Is that normal?

 

I'd ask @Heretic

[Heretic]

It had a 6-day opening, and also opened during half term holidays. This week kids were back in school so weekdays wouldn't have been as strong. Last weekend (fri-sun) Strange made £5.4m. This week It has made around £5.7m, with probably £3.5m or so coming from the weekend, so the drop is actually quite good, 3-day wise.

 

It should easily top £20m. 

 

 

[Heretic]

Quote

UK TOP FIVE

Ranking	Film/Distributor	Weekend gross	Running total
1	Doctor Strange(Disney)	$4.24m (£3.42m)	$19.5m (£15.7m)
2	Trolls (Fox)	$2.46m (£1.98m)	$21.3m (£17.19m)
3	The Accountant(WB)	$2m (£1.61m)	$2m (£1.61m)
4	A Street Cat Named Bob(Sony)	$1.22m (£985,000)	$1.22m (£985,000)
5	The Light Between Oceans(eOne)	$907,000 (£730,140)	$907,000 (£730,140)

(Note - Dollar conversions are based on today’s rates)

DISNEY

Doctor Strange comfortably saw off all newcomers to retain the lead at the UK box office for the second straight week.

Disney’s latest Marvel offering fell 38% (excluding previews) with a $4.24m (£3.42m) second weekend for $19.5m (£15.7m) after 13 days in play. It has now surpassed Thor’s $17.4m (£14.04m) result in the UK.

Next in its sights is Iron Man’s $21.6m (£17.42m) haul which would make it the second-biggest Marvel original offering (not a sequel). Guardians Of The Galaxy’s $35.3m (£28.5m) is likely a target too far though.

Also for Disney, family titles Pete’s Dragon and Finding Dory have amassed $6.33m (£5.11m) and $52.9m (£42.68m), respectively, while Queen Of Katwe has grossed $302,000 (£243,575) after three weeks in play.

FOX

Trolls remained in second as it fell almost 40% with a non-final $2.46m (£1.98m) third weekend.

Fox’s animation is now up to a strong $21.3m (£17.19m) in the UK, and the drop was to be expected as last Friday (October 28), children were still on school holidays. It will remain the leading family choice in the coming weeks.

In terms of DreamWorks Animation’s original outings in the UK, Trolls will soon overtake How To Train Your Dragon’s $21.6m (£17.37m), with Kung Fu Panda’s $25.2m (£20.29m) the next target.

Also for Fox, Ae Dil Hai Mushkil posted a $307,000 (£247,480) second weekend for $1.43m (£1.15m) to date, while Miss Peregrine’s Home For Peculiar Children added $285,000 (£229,166) for $14.8m (£11.95m).

Keeping Up With The Joneses has grossed $812,000 (£654,016) after three weeks in play.

WARNER BROS

The Accountant achieved director Gavin O’Connor’s best-ever opening in the UK as it charted third.

Warner Bros’ action thriller accumulated $2m (£1.61m) from its 497 sites, marking a decent site average of $4,022 (£3,247) and surpassing Warrior’s $1m (£808,410) bow from 383 sites.

Also for Warner Bros, Storks fell around 40% with a $453,000 (£366,000) fourth weekend for $7.16m (£5.78m) to date.

SONY

A Street Cat Named Bob arrived in fourth as the week’s second highest new entry.

Sony’s adaptation of the heartwarming true story recorded a $1.22m (£985,000) UK bow from its 440 sites, marking a site average of $2,780 (£2,239), a decent result for a film without a huge lead star in a crowded market.

Also for Sony, Inferno uncovered a further $268,000 (£216,000) for $9.81m (£7.9m) to date.

EONE

Having opened on Tuesday (November 1), The Light Between Oceans recorded director Derek Cianfrance’s best-ever UK debut.

eOne’s adaptation swept up a non-final $907,000 (£730,140) from its 438 sites, including $345,000 (£277,655) in previews. That’s ahead of The Place Beyond The Pines’ $790,000 (£665,935) bow, but that was achieved from much fewer sites (114).

It will hope to hold well midweek, but there is currently stiff competition for the older-skewing audience, including from stablemate I, Daniel Blake.

Also for eOne, The Girl On The Train journeyed to an extra $774,000 (£623,030) for an excellent $27.3m (£21.95m) after five weeks in play.

Expanding to 285 sites, I, Daniel Blake enjoyed a $401,000 (£323,259) third weekend as it crossed the £2m mark to stand at $2.57m (£2.07m). It’s now Ken Loach’s second-best UK result, ahead of The Angels’ Share’s $2.46m (£1.98m).

PARAMOUNT

Falling more than 50% in its third weekend, Paramount’s Jack Reacher: Never Go Back shot to a non-final $707,000 (£571,000) for $8.61m (£6.95m) to date. It will likely fall short of the original’s $11.7m (£9.45m) haul.

DOGWOOF

In its second weekend, Dogwoof’s Lo And Behold: Reveries Of The Connected World added $6,600 from its 10 screens for $116,000 (£93,759) to date.

Also for Dogwoof, Richard Linklater: Dream Is Destinyposted a $4,600 (£3,718) UK debut from its four screens, including previews.

UPCOMING RELEASES

This week sees a saturation release for eOne’s Arrival(opens November 10), while Entertainment’s American Pastoral receives a wide release.

BFI Distribution’s re-issue of Napoleon, Curzon Artificial Eye’s Francofonia and Vertigo Releasing’s 100 Streetsare among the films receiving a limited release.

 

Doctor Strange increased from estimates, it has 2 weeks now to take in as much as possible before Fantastic Beasts enters the market.  It should pass £19m by the end of this weekend, so will probably end up with around £23m in total, which is pretty good for an original Marvel film, only 2nd behind GotG.

 

Trolls is doing very well, it'll likely end up with a similar number to Doctor Strange in the end. There isn't much direct competition for it until Moana in the beginning of December. 

 

Interested to see what Arrival can do this weekend. It opens on Thursday, so should easily take the number 1 spot. Marketing has been good, and its critical acclaim will only help it. I reckon around £3-4m opening, and with strong legs it could end up with £15m+.

Edited November 7, 2016 by Heretic

[wildphantom]

Nocturnal Animals actually came 5th with £755,000 from 242 screens. Just beating Oceans, despite the latter having 3 days extra play and nearly double the theatre count.  A great start for Tom Ford's latest.

I saw it today. It's really terrific. 

[Olive]

Weekend Top 10

 

1	Doctor Strange	2016-10-28	£ 3,445,203	£ 15,730,195	Walt Disney Int'l
2	Trolls	2016-10-21	£ 1,990,129	£ 17,192,724	Fox Int'l
3	Accountant, The	2016-11-04	£ 1,623,866	£ 1,623,866	Warner Bros Int'l
4	Street Cat Named Bob, A	2016-11-04	£ 985,557	£ 985,557	Sony Int'l
5	Nocturnal Animals	2016-11-04	£ 755,427	£ 755,427	Universal Int'l
6	Light Between Oceans, The	2016-11-04	£ 733,421	£ 733,421	eOne Films
7	Girl On The Train, The	2016-10-07	£ 624,453	£ 21,965,662	eOne Films
8	Jack Reacher:Never Go Back	2016-10-21	£ 575,043	£ 6,959,837	Paramount Int'l
9	Storks	2016-10-14	£ 366,888	£ 5,871,165	Warner Bros Int'l
10	Bridget Jones's Baby	2016-09-16	£ 330,016	£ 47,072,015	Universal Int'l

[SchumacherFTW]

13 hours ago, wildphantom said:

Nocturnal Animals actually came 5th with £755,000 from 242 screens. Just beating Oceans, despite the latter having 3 days extra play and nearly double the theatre count.  A great start for Tom Ford's latest.

I saw it today. It's really terrific. 

I disagree on the quality there. Should have just made a whole film about Jake and Michael Shannon. 

[efialtes76]

MONDAY: 1- DOCTOR STRANGE 2-THE ACCOUNTANT 3-A STREET CAT NAMED BOB 4-NOCTURNAL ANIMALS 5-THE GIRL ON THE TRAIN

[terrestrial]

cS Movies UK&Ireland ‏@cSMoviesUK 12 Min.Vor 12 Minuten

TUESDAY: 1-DOCTOR STRANGE 2-THE ACCOUNTANT 3-A STREET CAT NAMED BOB 4-NOCTURNAL ANIMALS 5-THE GIRL ON THE TRAIN

[terrestrial]

cS Movies UK&Ireland ‏@cSMoviesUK 4 Min.Vor 4 Minuten

THURSDAY: 1-DOCTOR STRANGE 2-ARRIVAL 3-THE ACCOUNTANT 4-A STREET CAT NAMED BOB 5-NOCTURNAL ANIMALS

[SchumacherFTW]

That's...... Strange  

[Heretic]

Interesting. Arrival might win today, and then Strange will probably win Saturday and Sunday due to family boost during the day. Seems it'll be a close one for the weekend.

Edited November 11, 2016 by Heretic