BO Germany/Austria: Dune first 2024 blockbuster (3mil admissions)

[Rudolf]

German reviews of "Merida Legend of The Highlands" also say that story is weak. http://www.moviemaze.de/filme/4266/brave.html

[lab276]

2nd TrendTed: 725k (up from 700k)TDKR: 525kBrave: 300-375k (down from 325-400k)Ice Age: 250-325k (down from 275-350k)Rum Diary: 45kLorax: 40k5YE: 30k

[Fake]

Fantastic for Ted!

[Olive]

Good hold for TDKR!

[IndustriousAngel]

Fantastic for Ted and good hold for TDKR!

[pinocchio]

IA4 will be the number two movie this year in Germany anyway I guess.Bad number for Brave/Merida.

[lab276]

IA4 will be the number two movie this year in Germany anyway I guess.Bad number for Brave/Merida.

You don't expect much for The Hobbit, or are you going by calendar year?

[IndustriousAngel]

I do expect much from The Hobbit, but few posters seem to realize how much of the LotR-admissions were repeat viewings. The Hobbit may or may not become 2012s nr1-film but that depends on quality - not only quality of the film but also of the material which may be the bigger problem. But I do expect at least 8mil admissions (nr.2) and maybe even 9mil which would put it at nr.1

[pinocchio]

Jackson just lost all of his credibility when he announced the trilogy. And the new trailer is just been there, done that without end IMO.LOTR trilogy was THE event movie worldwide for two years. You can't repeat that.

[Rudolf]

yes trilogy was bad judgement

[IndustriousAngel]

well we will have to judge that after they've had their theatrical runs

[Olive]

3rd Trend:

Ted (725k)

The Dark Knight Rises (500k),

Merida - Legende der Highlands (300k),

Ice Age 4(250k),

Rum Diary (45k),

Edited August 5, 2012 by Olive

[lab276]

So Brave and Ice Age are likely to end up at the lower ends of their ranges. Shame about Brave really, but if 2012 has been anything, it's been leggy so it might still get a respectable total for its poor opening.

[Elessar]

Jackson just lost all of his credibility when he announced the trilogy.

If he lost all his credibility with that he didn't have much to begin with.

And the new trailer is just been there, done that without end IMO.

There's no new trailer.

[John Marston]

how is Dark Knight Rises holding

[Olive]

dropped around 40%

[lab276]

[lab276]

Pretty good weekend overall, nice for Ted and TDKR. But very wak for Brave. Intouchables sticking around in the top 10 and TASM had a huge drop. MIB3 has passed TA.

Edited August 7, 2012 by lab276

[IndustriousAngel]

Ted's number is even more amazing if you look at its low theater count - it more than doubled TDKR's PTA. And WOM is great, expecting 3 million admissions (as Insidekino.de does) may be lowballing it. A real breakout. With Austria and german-speaking Switzerland, the german areas account for more than 900k admissions this weekend.

Edited August 7, 2012 by IndustriousAngel

[IndustriousAngel]

Germany + Austria Top 13 August  02-05

TW	LW	Movie	Studio	Weekend	Change	Gross	Week
1	N	Ted	UPI	$ 8.052.776	-	8.838.395	1
2	1	The Dark Knight Rises	WB	$ 5.895.025	-45,11	23.836.802	2
3	N	Brave	Disney	$ 3.364.463	-	3.606.930	1
4	2	Ice Age 4	Fox	$ 2.899.042	-37,9	60.636.768	5
5	3	The Lorax	UPI	$ 401.292	-53,6	3.690.989	3
6	4	Five Year Engagement	UPI	$ 227.495	-59,2	5.360.248	4
7	N	The Rum Diary	Wild Bunch	$ 221.393	-	372.971	1
8	5	Amazing Spiderman	Sony	$ 219.262	-65,7	19.992.800	6
9	N	Le Prénom	WB	$ 184.249	-	214.370	1
10	7	Intouchables	Senator	$ 176.859	-19,9	81.011.547	31
11	8	Bavaria	Concorde	$ 147.030	-32,4	458.500	2
12	N	When Pigs Have Wings	Alamode	$ 133.560	-	150.948	1
13	6	SnowWhite&H	UPI	$ 107.744	-55,5	16.808.290	10

Perfect start for Ted, good hold for Batman and IA4, Brave is weak, Spider-Man dead. In Austria, Ted had 3 x the admissions of TDKR - just wow!

The numbers are from BOM, they use a different €-$-rate this week and so the final gross of many films went actually down in US-$ - Intouchables (still in the Top10 in week 31) was at 83mil last week, for instance.

The upcoming weekend has only (but finally) Prometheus as a big opener. With already 2 films dominating the adult market, screens will be at a premium and it will be interesting how theaters allocate their evening ressources. My guess: Ted stays on top and Prometheus beats out TDKR for nr. 2.