UK Box Office Thread

[m3racer123]

1 hour ago, John Marston said:

is Fantastic Beasts expected to be the top grossing film of the year here? 

 

No, Rogue One will probably gross more.

[Heretic]

1 hour ago, John Marston said:

is Fantastic Beasts expected to be the top grossing film of the year here? 

Doubt it. If it beats Bridget Jones' £48m (Unlikely, but not impossible), Rogue One will probably top it. I'm expecting £55-60m for that.

 

 

[James]

On 11/13/2016 at 9:14 PM, Heretic said:

Yeah, I'm expecting somewhere between £10-12m for FB, similar ranges to the last 3 Hunger Games. New Moon also opened to £11.7m. A result like this wouldn't surprise me. Will be very interesting to see where it lands, given the fact it's part of the Potter universe. 

 

GoF for comparison opened to £14.9m back in 2005, a result that FB will almost certainly not aheive. DH1 opened to £18.3m. Potter was just a monster at the UK BO. 

Still keeping my hopes for at least £15m on OW. If FB somehow manages a 115-120m in the US and matches Potter's total, I'd be disappointed if it lost so much ground in the UK (in local currency ofc).

[Heretic]

7 minutes ago, James said:

Still keeping my hopes for at least £15m on OW. If FB somehow manages a 115-120m in the US and matches Potter's total, I'd be disappointed if it lost so much ground in the UK (in local currency ofc).

You have to understand though that, while Potter was huge in the US, it wasn't a monster in the same way that it was in the UK. 5 of the 8 Potter films here are in the top 25 biggest films of all time.

 

Only one Potter (DH2) is in the top 25 in the US, at exactly number 25, so it won't be there for much longer. So for Fantastic Beasts to open to a similar number to Potter in the US than in the UK is a much smaller challenge, by comparison.

 

A £15m opening just isn't realistic at all. Only 2 Potters (The last two) and a few other films (Mainly Bond) have had a 3-day over £15m. It won't happen for FB, nothing is indicating that, so no one should expect it.

 

An £11m opening would be a great result, and nothing to be disappointed in. This isn't Harry Potter, but it's still going to be very popular. Just not on that level.

Edited November 14, 2016 by Heretic

[PhilipJ2001]

Our presales are looking very strong. Had to add a second screen on Friday night

[Quigley]

4 hours ago, Heretic said:

You have to understand though that, while Potter was huge in the US, it wasn't a monster in the same way that it was in the UK. 5 of the 8 Potter films here are in the top 25 biggest films of all time.

 

Only one Potter (DH2) is in the top 25 in the US, at exactly number 25, so it won't be there for much longer. So for Fantastic Beasts to open to a similar number to Potter in the US than in the UK is a much smaller challenge, by comparison.

 

A £15m opening just isn't realistic at all. Only 2 Potters (The last two) and a few other films (Mainly Bond) have had a 3-day over £15m. It won't happen for FB, nothing is indicating that, so no one should expect it.

 

An £11m opening would be a great result, and nothing to be disappointed in. This isn't Harry Potter, but it's still going to be very popular. Just not on that level.

 

I know I'm asking for a lot but could we get a table with the top 3-day openings (whenever these 3-days occurred), a table with the the top Fri-to-Sun openings and a table with the top openings (cume up to the films first Sunday, regardless of when the film opened and incl. previews)?

[Jonwo]

£11m OW for a spin-off would be fantastic and on par with other YA films that have been in this slot and because it's an original story, I think legs might be slightly better if it's well received.

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'Arrival' dethrones 'Doctor Strange' to land top of UK box office: http://www.screendaily.com/news/arrival-lands-top-of-the-uk-box-office/5111318.article …

Ranking	Film/Distributor	Weekend gross	Running total
1	Arrival (eOne)	$3.63m (£2.92m)	$3.63m (£2.92m)
2	Doctor Strange (Disney)	$2.92m (£2.34m)	$24.4m (£19.58m)
3	Trolls (Fox)	$2.26m (£1.81m)	$24.1m (£19.32m)
4	The Accountant (WB)	$1.27m (£1.02m)	$4.51m (£3.62m)
5	A Street Cat Named Bob (Sony)	$1.07m (£860,000)

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EONE

... a strong non-final $3.63m (£2.92m) debut from its 561 sites, including $441,000 (£354,052) in previews....Fri-Sun tally of $3.19m (£2.56m)... it chart top.

.. best-ever UK opening...Denis Villeneuve, .

...

...The Girl On The Train ...n extra $595,000 (£477,110) for $28.5m (£22.9m) to date, s....

... in 217 sites, I, Daniel Blake grossed a further $216,000 (£173,174) for an impressive $3.17m (£2.54m) after four weeks in play.

The BFG has now amassed $38m (£30.51m).

DISNEY

Doctor Strange fell a respectable 32% on its way to a $2.92m (£2.34m)....

... up $24.4m (£19.58m) after 20 days...has overtaken Iron Man... second-biggest Marvel original offering (not a sequel).

... the eighth biggest Marvel outing, but it will soon surpass Thor: The Dark World ($25.1m/£20.13m) and Iron Man 2 ($26.4m/£21.18m).

....Finding Dory and Pete’s Dragon stand at $53.3m (£42.75m) and $6.44m (£5.17m), respectively.

FOX

Trolls dropped only 9% (and rose 22% on Saturday) with a non-final $2.26m (£1.81m) ....... $24.1m (£19.32m) and will soon overtake Kung Fu Panda’s $25.3m (£20.29m) result.....

... Miss Peregrine’s Home For Peculiar Children added $213,000 (£170,924) for $15.2m (£12.16m) ....

Ae Dil Hai Mushkil stands at $1.68m (£1.35m) after three weeks in play.

WARNER BROS

The Accountant fell 33% ... $1.27m (£1.02m) second weekend.

... $4.51m (£3.62m) in the UK and is already director Gavin O’Connor’s best-ever performer.

.....Storks flew to $424,000 (£340,000) ... drop of 8% ...total to $7.78m (£6.25m).

SONY

A Street Cat Named Bob en... fell only 12% with a $1.07m (£860,000) second weekend.

S.... increased on Saturday (November 12) by 16% and is ... $3.24m (£2.6m) in the UK,...

...Inferno uncovered $147,000 (£118,000) for $10.2m (£8.2m) after five weeks in play.

UNIVERSAL

Nocturnal Animals expanded to 358 sites, h... slim 12% decline (excluding previews) with a $768,000 (£616,204) second weekend.

.... $2.3m (£1.85m) ...

... Bridget Jones’s Baby delivered another $248,000 (£198,699) for a whopping $59.2m (£47.53m) to date.

PARAMOUNT

.... Jack Reacher: Never Go Back shot to a further $411,000 (£330,000) for $9.47m (£7.6m) to date.

ENTERTAINMENT

,,, in 81 sites,,,, American Pastoral ,,, a $71,000 (£56,832) UK debut.

PICTUREHOUSE ENTERTAINMENT

,,, 21 sites,,,The Innocents,,, $30,000 (£24,133).

BFI DISTRIBUTION

,,,,Napoleon grossed a non-final $25,000 (£20,321) from its 25 sites, with figures still to come from its screening at Leeds International Film Festival.

CURZON ARTIFICIAL EYE

,,, Francofonia ,,, $10,900 (£8,785) from its four sites through Curzon Artificial Eye.

VERTIGO RELEASING

Including its BFI Blackstar preview, Vertigo Releasing’s 100 Streets grossed $6,500 (£5,237) from its one-site release.

 

 

Edited November 15, 2016 by terrestrial

[terrestrial]

cS Movies UK&Ireland ‏@cSMoviesUK

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

[Olive]

	Weekend Nov.11-13
#	Title	Opening Date	Weekend	Total	Distributor
1	Arrival	2016/11/11	£ 2,924,059	£ 2,924,059	eOne Films
2	Doctor Strange	2016/10/28	£ 2,357,258	£ 19,596,167	Walt Disney Int'l
3	Trolls	2016/10/21	£ 1,820,578	£ 19,327,276	Fox Int'l
4	Accountant, The	2016/11/4	£ 1,020,899	£ 3,622,284	Warner Bros Int'l
5	Street Cat Named Bob, A	2016/11/4	£ 864,653	£ 2,609,103	Sony Int'l
6	Nocturnal Animals	2016/11/4	£ 617,071	£ 1,848,931	Universal Int'l
7	Girl On The Train, The	2016/10/7	£ 477,110	£ 22,897,010	eOne Films
8	Storks	2016/10/14	£ 343,898	£ 6,249,343	Warner Bros Int'l
9	Jack Reacher: Never Go Back	2016/10/21	£ 332,422	£ 7,627,482	Paramount Int'l
10	Light Between Oceans, The	2016/11/4	£ 226,094	£ 1,385,571	eOne Films

[terrestrial]

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[Heretic]

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Both Doctor Strange (£19.6m so far) and Trolls (£19.3m) are poised to pass £20m, when they will become the 14th and 15th films this year to do so, joining The Revenant, Deadpool, Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, Zootropolis, The Jungle Book, Captain America: Civil War, The Secret Life of Pets, The BFG, Finding Dory, Jason Bourne, Suicide Squad, Bridget Jones’s Baby and The Girl on the Train. In 2015, 15 films took £20m-plus at the box office. This year, there will certainly be more: Fantastic Beasts and Rogue One will do so, for sure, while Disney Animation and Sony will be pinning their hopes on Moana and Passengers.

 

Very impressive. 2016 is definitely a year of a lot of big hits, without a 'monster' hit, bar perhaps Rogue One which should top £50m, and I guess Bridget Jones which in its own right was a huge hit. Stark contrast to last year when we had the 1st and 3rd, and 10th biggest film of all time. However, takings so far are up on 2015, but may fall away with a smaller November and December than last year. We'll see.

 

 

 

 

 

Edited November 15, 2016 by Heretic

[Heretic]

19 hours ago, Quigley said:

 

I know I'm asking for a lot but could we get a table with the top 3-day openings (whenever these 3-days occurred), a table with the the top Fri-to-Sun openings and a table with the top openings (cume up to the films first Sunday, regardless of when the film opened and incl. previews)?

Top 3 day openings: (any days)

 

1. Star Wars 7 - £25.4m (Thu-Sat)

2. Deathly Hallows 2 - £23.8m 

3. Skyfall - £20.2m

4. Spectre - £20m

5. Deathly Hallows 1 - £18.3m

6. Jurassic World - £16.8m

 

Top Fri-Sun openings: 

 

From list above everything is Fri-Sun except SW

 

Star Wars 7 - £24.3m

 

After Jurassic World:

 

7. Breaking Dawn 2 - £15.9m
8. Quantum of Solace - £15.8m

9. Goblet of Fire - £14.9m

10. Batman Vs Superman - £14.6m

10. Age of Ultron/Civil War - £14.4m

12. The Dark Knight Rises - £14.3m

13. Breaking Dawn 1 - £13.9m

14. Fifty Shades - £13.6m

15. Order of the Phoenix - £13m

 

I might be missing a couple, but it's really difficult to get proper data for UK openings before about 2010, especially since a lot of openings had previews lumped on which values are unknown.

 

Top openings including previews:

 

1. Spectre - £41.3m (Mon-Sun)

2. Star Wars 7 - £34m (Thu-Sun)

3. Prisoner of Azkaban - £23.9m (Mon-Sun)

4. Deathly Hallows 2 - £23.8m 

5. Toy Story 3 - £21.2m (Mon-Sun)

6. Skyfall - £20.2m

7. Half-Blood Prince - £19.8m (Wed-Sun)

8. Jurassic World - £19.4m (Thu-Sun)

9. Chamber of Secrets - £18.9m (Don't know specific days)

10. Deathly Hallows 1 - £18.3m

11. Age of Ultron - £18m (Thu-Sun)

12. Shrek the Third - £16.7m (Don't know specific days)

13. Order of the Phoenix - £16.5m (Wed-Sun)

14. Philosopher's Stone - £16.3m (Don't know specific days)

14. Shrek 2 - £16.1m (Don't Know specific days)

15. Avengers - £15.8m (Thu-Sun)

16. Return of the King - £15m (Wed-Sun)

 

I think that's all of them, a few of the older films I couldn't find what day they were released on.

 

Biggest single days:

 

Biggest opening day and single day (Thursday): Star Wars 7 - £9.7m (Including £2.4m midnight, also a record)

Friday: Deathly Hallows Part 2 - Over £9m (Exact figure unknown)

Saturday: Star Wars 7 - £8.7m

Sunday: Star Wars 7 - £8.6m

Monday: Star Wars 7 - £5.8m

Tuesday: Spectre - £6.3m

Wednesday: Spectre - £6m

 

Milestones and other records: 

 

Fastest to reach £50m: Star Wars 7 (6 days)

Fastest to reach £80m: Star Wars 7 (13 days)

Fastest to reach £100m: Star Wars 7 (20 days)

Biggest 7-day gross: Star Wars 7 - £55.8m

Highest grossing IMAX film: Star Wars 7 - £8.2m

Widest release of all time: Star Wars 7 - 670 theatres

Biggest advance sales: Star Wars 7 - £2m

Highest grossing film of all time: Star Wars 7 - £119.4m

2nd biggest weekend: Skyfall - £16.1m

 

As you can see, SW7 had a very impressive run at the UK BO.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited November 15, 2016 by Heretic

[Jonwo]

1 hour ago, Heretic said:

 

Very impressive. 2016 is definitely a year of a lot of big hits, without a 'monster' hit, bar perhaps Rogue One which should top £50m, and I guess Bridget Jones which in its own right was a huge hit. Stark contrast to last year when we had the 1st and 3rd, and 10th biggest film of all time. However, takings so far are up on 2015, but may fall away with a smaller November and December than last year. We'll see.

 

 

 

 

 

 

I think it's better to have a lot of big hits rather than one monster hit as it benefits attendance. The winners this year are Disney, Universal and WB but eOne have done exceptionally well beating Paramount and Sony with the success of The BFG and The Girl on the Train. We've seen a real rise of Studiocanal and eOne in the last few years. 

 

It'll be interesting to see what the big hitters are next year, Star Wars Episode VIII will likely be the number 1 film but I could see Guardians 2, Beauty and the Beast, Wonder Woman and Justice League being very successful and Paddington 2 is also next year along with Despicable Me 3. My dark horse big hit is Dunkirk even though it's opening in July against the likes of Planet of the Apes and Spider-Man,

Edited November 15, 2016 by Jonwo

[Heretic]

Beauty and the Beast could easily have a run that matches or even exceeds The Jungle Book here, especially with Emma Watson at the helm. £50m contender for sure.

 

SW8 should easily win the year though, probably over £75m. 

 

Lots of big potential next year, Dunkirk will definitely be one to watch.

Edited November 15, 2016 by Heretic

[SchumacherFTW]

I smell £40m for Dunkirk if quality is up to snuff. 

[Rthmessiah]

4 hours ago, Heretic said:

Top 3 day openings: (any days)

 

1. Star Wars 7 - £25.4m (Thu-Sat)

2. Deathly Hallows 2 - £23.8m 

3. Skyfall - £20.2m

4. Spectre - £20m

5. Deathly Hallows 1 - £18.3m

6. Jurassic World - £16.8m

 

Top Fri-Sun openings: 

 

From list above everything is Fri-Sun except SW

 

Star Wars 7 - £24.3m

 

After Jurassic World:

 

7. Breaking Dawn 2 - £15.9m
8. Quantum of Solace - £15.8m

9. Goblet of Fire - £14.9m

10. Batman Vs Superman - £14.6m

10. Age of Ultron/Civil War - £14.4m

12. The Dark Knight Rises - £14.3m

13. Breaking Dawn 1 - £13.9m

14. Fifty Shades - £13.6m

15. Order of the Phoenix - £13m

 

I might be missing a couple, but it's really difficult to get proper data for UK openings before about 2010, especially since a lot of openings had previews lumped on which values are unknown.

 

Top openings including previews:

 

1. Spectre - £41.3m (Mon-Sun)

2. Star Wars 7 - £34m (Thu-Sun)

3. Prisoner of Azkaban - £23.9m (Mon-Sun)

4. Deathly Hallows 2 - £23.8m 

5. Toy Story 3 - £21.2m (Mon-Sun)

6. Skyfall - £20.2m

7. Half-Blood Prince - £19.8m (Wed-Sun)

8. Jurassic World - £19.4m (Thu-Sun)

9. Chamber of Secrets - £18.9m (Don't know specific days)

10. Deathly Hallows 1 - £18.3m

11. Age of Ultron - £18m (Thu-Sun)

12. Shrek the Third - £16.7m (Don't know specific days)

13. Order of the Phoenix - £16.5m (Wed-Sun)

14. Philosopher's Stone - £16.3m (Don't know specific days)

14. Shrek 2 - £16.1m (Don't Know specific days)

15. Avengers - £15.8m (Thu-Sun)

16. Return of the King - £15m (Wed-Sun)

 

I think that's all of them, a few of the older films I couldn't find what day they were released on.

 

Biggest single days:

 

Biggest opening day and single day (Thursday): Star Wars 7 - £9.7m (Including £2.4m midnight, also a record)

Friday: Deathly Hallows Part 2 - Over £9m (Exact figure unknown)

Saturday: Star Wars 7 - £8.7m

Sunday: Star Wars 7 - £8.6m

Monday: Star Wars 7 - £5.8m

Tuesday: Spectre - £6.3m

Wednesday: Spectre - £6m

 

Milestones and other records: 

 

Fastest to reach £50m: Star Wars 7 (6 days)

Fastest to reach £80m: Star Wars 7 (13 days)

Fastest to reach £100m: Star Wars 7 (20 days)

Biggest 7-day gross: Star Wars 7 - £55.8m

Highest grossing IMAX film: Star Wars 7 - £8.2m

Widest release of all time: Star Wars 7 - 670 theatres

Biggest advance sales: Star Wars 7 - £2m

Highest grossing film of all time: Star Wars 7 - £119.4m

2nd biggest weekend: Skyfall - £16.1m

 

As you can see, SW7 had a very impressive run at the UK BO.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fri-Sun

Missing CACW 14.5, TA 13.3

 

Shrek 2 previews prior Sat,Sun

Shrek 3 previews prior Sat,Sun, Thu

chamber prior Fri-Sun, Thu

Stone prior Sat/sun

 

Missing 

T:BD2 15.9m (fri-Sun)
QOS 15.4m (fri-Sun)

 

HP:DH2 Fri 9.5m

Edited November 15, 2016 by Doctor Rth

[Jonwo]

1 hour ago, SchumacherFTW said:

I smell £40m for Dunkirk if quality is up to snuff. 

 

Inception did over £35m while Interstellar did £20m so I think £30m+ is doable 

 

 

[Rthmessiah]

Top Egments

1-Imax Southbank         (DS)
2-Vue Westfield London        (Arr)
3-Vue Westfield London        (DS)
(CW LSQ +Odeon LSQ DS, would be #3)

4-CW Feltham            (Chaar)
5-Vue Islington            (Arr)
6-Vue Stratford            (Arr)
7-CW Glasgow            (Arr)
8-CW LSQ            (Arr)
9-Vue Stratford            (DS)
10-CW Sheffield            (DS)
11-CW Glasgow            (DS)
12-CW Crawley            (DS)

[Jonwo]

1 minute ago, Doctor Rth said:

Top Egments

1-Imax Southbank         (DS)
2-Vue Westfield London        (Arr)
3-Vue Westfield London        (DS)
(CW LSQ +Odeon LSQ DS, would be #3)

4-CW Feltham            (Chaar)
5-Vue Islington            (Arr)
6-Vue Stratford            (Arr)
7-CW Glasgow            (Arr)
8-CW LSQ            (Arr)
9-Vue Stratford            (DS)
10-CW Sheffield            (DS)
11-CW Glasgow            (DS)
12-CW Crawley            (DS)

 

BFI IMAX dominates again but Vue Westfield London to have 2 and 3 is impressive, Vue Westfield SC also has two entries. Surprising Cineworld LS' top entry wasn't Doctor Strange but I guess it's been out a while.