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

[el sid]

The top 7 (insidekino.de final trend):

#1 Dune: Part Two 675k
#2 The Zone of Interest 92.5k
#3 Eine Million Minuten 72.5k
#4 Anyone But You 65k
#5 Bob Marley 60k
#6 Ella und der schwarze Jaguar 57.5k
#7 Migration 42.5k

I think at least partly the weather is to blame. The week was pretty grey but even in my region it was sunny after noon and many people visited cafés and so on.

[el sid]

The Monday update from insidekino.de - some small increases:

#1 Dune: Part Two 690k (the predecessor had 396.256 admissions)
#2 The Zone of Interest 100k (released in only 155 theaters)
#3 Eine Million Minuten 72.5k/887.5k
#4 Anyone But You 65k/1.400M
#5 Bob Marley: One Love 60k/375k
#6 Ella und der schwarze Jaguar 57.5k/772.5k

[IndustriousAngel]

Germany's Top18 last weekend:

	title	admissions	th.	PTA	total adm.	total €	drop	week
1	Dune 2	608.371	806	755	686.842	8.431.969	-	1
2	The Zone of Interest	89.476	155	577	100.651	956.006	-	1
3	Eine Million Minuten	72.382	702	103	888.637	8.882.632	-37	5
4	Anyone But You	64.166	533	120	1.401.104	13.662.796	-34	7
5	Bob Marley - One Love	61.049	608	100	374.928	3.285.463	-36	3
6	Le Dernier Jaguar	58.776	708	83	771.784	6.138.913	-38	5
7	Migration	42.527	620	69	2.137.437	18.767.633	-37	11
8	Madame Web	24.593	493	50	235.184	2.408.732	-54	3
9	The Beekeeper	21.993	303	73	756.701	7.828.361	-38	8
10	Demon Slayer Kimetsu no Yaiba	21.840	340	64	112.495	1.477.196	-	1
11	Dune 1	20.012	302	66	1.947.176	20.254.078	+	4
12	Poor Things	16.094	240	67	477.665	4.838.948	-43	7
13	Wonka	16.042	337	48	2.521.801	23.295.039	-42	13
14	Argylle	11.833	278	43	340.920	3.606.623	-58	5
15	Wish	11.546	373	31	1.981.811	16.731.952	-36	14
16	Spuk unterm Riesenrad	11.150	314	36	41.051	324.027	-35	2
17	Anatomie d'une chute	10.912	217	50	435.729	4.468.187	-31	18
18	La Passion de Dodin Bouffant	10.236	198	52	125.379	1.207.809	-48	4

A strong opening by Dune 2 - that's about 75% increase from the first one! Of course it's too early to be sure but 3mil total look very likely and with the good reception it's getting, I'm hoping for a bit more. And an even stronger opening (going by expectations) for The Zone of Interest; that's a badass PTA for such a release - I have no idea how that happened, maybe a lot of school shows? Good for the market though; despite the fine openers the overall market is down once more compared to last year (which was already dreadful).

In Austria, once more, a much stronger weekend. While The Zone of Interest opened only half as strong as in Germany (meaning: in line with expectations), most other releases were doing better - Dune 2 was at 76,5k on Sunday, Anyone But You and Le Dernier Jaguar were still in the 5-digit range, Wonka has now crossed 350k total - but the most impressive release atm is domestic Andrea lässt sich scheiden which had nearly 32k again (3day), a drop of only 14% from an already astonishing OW on a weekend with a massive opener! It was already at 89k total on Sunday which means it's even getting about 5k admissions each weekday!

Next weekend: Thriller comedy Drive-Away Dolls might get a few admissions, as might biopic La Nouvelle femme about Maria Montessori (persumably with school shows), but this week's Top3 should stay on top. The big question, of course, is, how well Dune 2 can hold in its 2nd weekend - a 35% drop would put it around 400k which would still top the first one's OW - let's keep those fingers crossed!

[Issac Newton]

Dune Part II (Austria)

 

€840K WKend / €1.1M Debut 

 

In COMP Part I did €412,916 / 32,416 admits

[BOfficeStats]

@IndustriousAngel

Any predictions for Zone of Interest's final total?  

[IndustriousAngel]

8 hours ago, BOfficeStats said:

@IndustriousAngel

Any predictions for Zone of Interest's final total?  

none at all, I have no idea why the OW was this big or the PTA that high ... usually such a movie might come in around 150-200k total I'd say, but that's obviously much too low in this case.

[titanic2187]

3 hours ago, IndustriousAngel said:

none at all, I have no idea why the OW was this big or the PTA that high ... usually such a movie might come in around 150-200k total I'd say, but that's obviously much too low in this case.

I mean, the movie is after all, a German-language movie starring German actor. I believe many would just assume this is a German movie that got big Oscar moment, making the movie far more “appealing” to local. 

[IndustriousAngel]

Early weekend estimates for Germany from insidekino.de:

#1: Dune 2 - 515k admissions (-15%, that would be insane if true)

#2: The Zone of Interest - 90k (even a slight increase!, also insane)

#3: La Nouvelle Femme - 80k (strong)

and doc Wunderland (which I didn't mention at all) about the Hamburg attraction is also opening really strong with 60k

So, overall a fine weekend! Additionally, Kung Fu Panda 4 is having a lot of preview shows on Sunday

 

Even if those 15% drop for Dune2 might be overly optimistic, it's way above the first one's OW - nice!

[Flip]

2nd trend is a bit worse: 475k. Would be around 400k behind Fantastic Beasts 3 at the same time but with a better drop

[el sid]

The final trend - almost no changes:

 

#1 Dune: Part Two 475k
#2 The Zone of Interest 90k
#3 Wunderland 65k
#4 Eine Million Minuten 50k
#5 Anyone But You 50k
#6 Ella und der schwarze Jaguar 45k
#7 Maria Montessori 47.5k
#8 Bob Marley 35k
#9 Migration 32.5k

...
Drive-Away Dolls 20k
Der Zopf 12.5k

[el sid]

The Monday update from insidekino.de - many films increased:

#1 Dune: Part Two 490k/1.367.5M total admissions
#2 The Zone of Interest 95k (+8%)/247.5k
#3 Wunderland - Vom Kindheitstraum zum Welterfolg 65k
#4 Eine Million Minuten 52.5k/967.5k
#5 Anyone But You 52.5k/1.470M
#6 Maria Montessori 52.5k
#7 Ella und der schwarze Jaguar 47.5k/827.5k

...

Drive-Away Dolls 20k
Der Zopf 12.5k

Edited March 11 by el sid

[IndustriousAngel]

Germany's Top15 last weekend:

	title	admissions	th.	PTA	total adm.	total €	drop	week
1	Dune 2	489.497	822	595	1.368.140	16.786.646	-20	2
2	The Zone of Interest	96.551	237	407	248.619	2.359.261	+8	2
-	Kung Fu Panda 4 prev.	87.162	588	148	87.162	777.317	-	0
3	Wunderland	66.101	523	126	66.478	635.537	-	1
4	Eine Million Minuten	53.374	663	81	967.664	9.658.966	-26	6
5	La Nouvelle femme	52.976	358	148	60.819	534.416	-	1
6	Anyone But You	51.802	533	97	1.470.226	14.336.634	-19	8
7	Le Dernier Jaguar	48.104	710	68	827.737	6.578.250	-18	6
8	Bob Marley - One Love	37.606	581	65	432.414	4.386.360	-38	4
9	Migration	35.939	580	62	2.178.942	2.178.942	-15	12
10	The Beekeeper	18.035	291	62	778.447	8.055.649	-18	9
11	Poor Things	13.161	295	45	498.319	5.041.944	-18	8
12	Wonka	12.236	304	40	2.536.584	23.420.921	-24	14
-	MET: La Forza del Destino	12.219	181	68	12.219	371.932	-	1
13	Madame Web	11.915	493	24	253.077	2.584.037	-52	4
14	Anatomie d'une chute	11.578	239	48	453.998	4.650.350	+6	19
15	Wish	9.403	308	31	1.992.325	16.816.436	-19	15

Nice weekend (even if we're still down compared to last year). Dune 2 with a fine hold - Dune 1 was at  792k after the 2nd WE, so it's ahead by >70% - I can see it getting near 3,5mil total. And The Zone of Interest even had an increase, astonishing - let's see how far it can get! Also an excellent opening for documentation Wunderland, and Kung Fu Panda 4 hat nearly 90k previews on Sunday! Biopic La Nouvelle Femme was also pretty strong (more screens than I had guessed).

In Austria, the weekend was even stronger - Dune 2 fell only 15% and was at nearly 156k after Sunday; Andrea lässt sich scheiden continues its strong run and was at 122k and Anyone But You was #3 and hit 238k total, much stronger than in Germany! Migration should hit 300k total on Thursday, also way ahead of Germany.

Next weekend: Despite having burnt some demand with those Sunday previews, Kung Fu Panda 4 should have a fine OW - it may become a close race for #1 with Dune 2. Also opening, on a smaller scale: Miller's Girl (very low presales).

[Issac Newton]

On 3/5/2024 at 10:25 PM, Issac Newton said:

Dune Part II (Austria)

 

€840K WKend / €1.1M Debut 

€720K WKend / €2.2M Total

 

-14.29% LW

[IndustriousAngel]

a nice fact from Germany: with the pre-awards push, Barbie has finally crossed 6mil admissions!

(in Austria, it has crossed 800k a while ago, so even more successful)

[IndustriousAngel]

first estimates for Germany's WE from insidekino.de :

#1; Dune2 - 325k (-34%)

#2: Kung Fu Panda 4 - 350k incl. previews

#3: Zone of Interest - 100k (another increase, when will it stop?!)

 

that's an ok hold for Dune2 (the first one dropped steeper in week 3 but that was against No Time To Die's OW) and a fine opening for KFP4, much better than nr.3 so the franchise is very much alive!

 

sadly, besides those three, there's a lack in attractive releases, nothing else >50k. In Austria, Andrea lässt sich scheiden is still popular, should stay on #3

[IndustriousAngel]

Saturday update from insidekino.de has Dune2 now at 340k (-31%); contrary to the first two weekends where it went down with updates - either MarkG has accounted for the stronger-than-usual Thursdays by now, or it had better Friday numbers than before. Either way, Dune2 will be >1,9 mil by Sunday and might overtake Dune1's total even before weekend #4 begins.

Edited March 16 by IndustriousAngel

[IndustriousAngel]

At least at my theater, Dune2 is holding up extremely well on Saturday, playing the two biggest screens near capacity. Would not be surprised about a <30% drop

[IndustriousAngel]

final weekend estimates from insidekino.de, everything goes up

#1: Dune 2 - 350k (-28%)

#2: KFP 4 - 400k incl. PV

#3: Zone of Interest - 110k (+14%)

[el sid]

The Monday update from insidekino.de:

#1 Dune: Part Two 355k/1.87M total admissions
#2 Kung Fu Panda 4 385k
#3 The Zone of Interest 110k/415k - it increased also on its third weekend
...
Imaginary 47.k
Miller's Girl 42.5k
Die Herrlichkeit des Lebens 37.5k
...
Eine Million Minuten has now more than 1M admissions 35k/1.020M
Poor Things (+25 %) and Oppenheimer (+600 %) increased significantly.

Edited March 18 by el sid

[titanic2187]

Germany may overtake NA as the biggest market for ZOI