Heretic Posted June 6, 2012 Author Share Posted June 6, 2012 Fox’s sci-fi beats Universal’s fantasy Snow White And The Huntsman with a $10.1m (£6.6m) debut. Ridley Scott’s eagerly anticipated Prometheus has opened top in the UK, toppling Men In Black 3 after just one week. Fox’s sci-fi landed at number one after gathering $10.1m (£6.6m) from its 1,019 screens for a per-screen average of almost $10,000. 73% of the weekend tally came from 3D screens. The result is Scott’s best-ever opening in the UK, besting the likes of Hannibal ($9.8m/£6.4m) and Gladiator($8.8m/£5.8m), and was almost double the gross of its nearest competitor. That competitor was Universal’s Snow White And The Huntsman. The second Snow White adaptation of 2012, Rupert Sanders’ take on Grimm’s fairy tale battled its way to $5.6m (£3.6m), including two days of previews, from its 472 sites. By comparison, Tarsem Singh’s Mirror Mirror debuted to $3.7m (£2.4m) back in April, albeit from less sites (397). Despite dropping two places to third, Sony’s Men In Black 3 rose 3% in its second week, adding $4.9m (£3.2m) for $12.9m (£8.4m) overall. After two weeks in play, Men In Black stood at $24.1m (£15.7m) and Men In Black 2 had amassed $19.6m (£12.8m). Disney/Marvel’s The Avengers - Marvel Avengers Assemble in the UK - charted a remarkable holdover of only a 3% decrease in its sixth week on its way to $1.3m (£847,598) and has amassed $75.0m (£48.4m) so far. Continuing to slip from power was Paramount’s The Dictator as it fell to fifth. The latest Sacha Baron Cohen comedy recorded a 39% week-on-week drop with a $1m (£650,000) weekend and stands at $14.4m (£9.4m) to date. Lionsgate’s rom-com What To Expect When You’re Expecting charted sixth with a $981,853 (£633,935) second weekend for $3.1m (£2.0m). This week sees saturation releases for Universal’s A Fantastic Fear Of Everything, eOne’s The Pact and Momentum’s Red Tails (opens today). Revolver/Paramount’s iLL Manors receives a wide release from today, while StudioCanal’s Casa De Mi Padre gets a limited release. So the Avengers isn't at $78m, but it should get to £52m-ish by the end of it's run ($80-81m). Stunning total. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SchumacherFTW Posted June 6, 2012 Share Posted June 6, 2012 That Dictator drop is better than they make out seeing as they lost all of Odeon's screens. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonwo Posted June 6, 2012 Share Posted June 6, 2012 Prometheus should have a good drop next week, even at 50% it'll still be at £3.3m as I can't see the new entries doing over £1m apart from maybe A Fantastic Fear of Everything. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lab276 Posted June 6, 2012 Share Posted June 6, 2012 Hannibal was a fucking monster Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonwo Posted June 6, 2012 Share Posted June 6, 2012 Hannibal's numbers are more extraordinary as it was released in February rather than summer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SchumacherFTW Posted June 6, 2012 Share Posted June 6, 2012 Is that still the biggest 18 rated opening? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lukey Posted June 6, 2012 Share Posted June 6, 2012 1 Prometheus £6,236,580 £6,236,5802 Snow White And The Huntsman £3,589,027 £3,589,0273 Men In Black 3 £3,032,053 £7,958,4604 Marvel Avengers Assemble £847,598 £48,367,5855 The Dictator £754,068 £9,251,6356 What To Expect When You're Expecting £633,935 £1,983,3327 Top Cat - The Movie £457,287 £457,2878 American Pie: Reunion £267,682 £16,396,4619 The Angels' Share £256,446 £256,44610 Moonrise Kingdom £210,804 £724,870 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heretic Posted June 6, 2012 Author Share Posted June 6, 2012 (edited) Whaaaaat? How can it go from £6.6m to £6.2m?Is that a typo or something?Either way, it takes hold of full IMAX this weekend. So far it's only had 1 show a day, and I remember for it's opening it accounted for around 7%, so it's very important. I could see a 40% drop, but no higher than 50%. Edited June 6, 2012 by Heretic Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonwo Posted June 6, 2012 Share Posted June 6, 2012 Is that still the biggest 18 rated opening?I believe it is, 18 rated films tend not be as successful hence why studios try and get a film to 15. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SchumacherFTW Posted June 6, 2012 Share Posted June 6, 2012 I like 18's, weeds out the little shits. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth Homer Posted June 6, 2012 Share Posted June 6, 2012 Go Avengers! It's less than a million away from passing The Dark Knight now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heretic Posted June 7, 2012 Author Share Posted June 7, 2012 (edited) MIB3 and The Avengers are doing VERY well this week it seems. Especially the former. I'd imagine It's pretty close to Prometheus on weekdays.Snow White seems to be doing okay, but it doesn't look as strong. Obviously it'll beat The Avengers though, as it has way more showtimes. Edited June 7, 2012 by Heretic Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonwo Posted June 7, 2012 Share Posted June 7, 2012 I imagine MIB3 will be at £13-14m due to half term by the end of this week, I wonder if it can hit £20m total. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SchumacherFTW Posted June 8, 2012 Share Posted June 8, 2012 What do we think about Prometheus's drop this weekend. 40%? 50%? 60%? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heretic Posted June 8, 2012 Author Share Posted June 8, 2012 (edited) Prometheus had a 5 day start of £9.92m, including the bank holiday monday and Tuesday. Excellent. Including Wednesday and Thursday previews of £976,000, Snow White posted a five-day figure of £3.59m. Chuck in the bank holiday Monday and Tuesday takings, and that number rises to £5.58m. Men in Black 3 bounced back from its disappointing opening, rising 3% from the previous weekend, with takings of £3.03m. That's higher than the Snow White number, if you discount the fairytale's preview takings. Including Monday and Tuesday, Men in Black 3's tally rises to £5.53m, which represents a 48% increase on the same five-day period the week before.Avengers is now the biggest superhero movie of all time, and stands at £49.4m. Should be over £50m by Sunday, heading towards a total of between £52-55m. Brilliant for MIB3. It's rebounded like crazy, and it's now having higher weekdays than Snow White. Edited June 8, 2012 by Heretic Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heretic Posted June 8, 2012 Author Share Posted June 8, 2012 What do we think about Prometheus's drop this weekend. 40%? 50%? 60%?I'd say around 50%. I wonder how much the euro matches this weekend will effect it... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CJohn Posted June 8, 2012 Share Posted June 8, 2012 I'd say around 50%. I wonder how much the euro matches this weekend will effect it...Portugal plays on Saturday night. Movies are fucked here Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonwo Posted June 8, 2012 Share Posted June 8, 2012 I'd say around 50%. I wonder how much the euro matches this weekend will effect it...Football does hit attendance but it doesn't help that studios never release films that could attract the non-football, Rock of Ages is the exception but I don't see that doing more than £2-3m for its opening. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fmpro Posted June 8, 2012 Share Posted June 8, 2012 What do we think about Prometheus's drop this weekend. 40%? 50%? 60%?I say around 50% Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fmpro Posted June 8, 2012 Share Posted June 8, 2012 Prometheus had a 5 day start of £9.92m, including the bank holiday monday and Tuesday. Excellent. Avengers is now the biggest superhero movie of all time, and stands at £49.4m. Should be over £50m by Sunday, heading towards a total of between £52-55m. Brilliant for MIB3. It's rebounded like crazy, and it's now having higher weekdays than Snow White. Fantastic for all 3 MIB is doing great but the OW was also a flop Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
