brazil Brazil Box Office Thread

[ThatWaluigiDude]

Taylor Swift's The Eras Tour will release in Brazil on november 3rd. It will be exclusive to UCI and Cinemark, tickets will cost a salty R$90.

[ThatWaluigiDude]

Box office 21 - 24 september

	Movie	Box Office (R$)	Change (%)	Total (R$)	Admissions	Admissions total (Est)
1	Sound of Freedom	5.762.000	---	5.762.000	244.000	244.000
2	The Nun 2	4.379.000	-50.6%	42.690.000	214.000	>2.000.000
3	Expend4bles	2.979.000	---	2.979.000	137.000	137.000
4	A Haunting in Venice	1.169.000	-45.6%	4.410.000	50.000	200.000
5	Blue Beetle	981.000	-54.3%	38.950.000	46.000	2.000.000
6	Nosso Sonho	910.000	---	910.000	43.000	43.000
7	Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem	454.000	-70%	13.080.000	33.000	615.000
8	Finnick	405.000	---	405.000	19.000	19.000
9	Elis & Tom, Só Tinha de ser Com Você	356.000	---	356.000	14.000	14.000
10	Oppenheimer	203.000	-55.2%	67.440.000	6.000	2.880.000

 

R$19M and 866k tickets were sold this weekend.

 

Like I predicted, Sound of Freedom had a good opening though not a breakout as some would expect. But a good one still. The movie, like in US, have been hit with a lot of controversies due to the free tickets being given out, also due to partnerships between the distributor and big right-wings portals that are very supportive of Bolsonaro and were also a big responsible on the given of free tickets. It have all been counted to the box office.

 

Not gonna toss opinions, at least I can be happy for a no.1 launch for a small drama.

 

Expend4bles had the second worst opening of the franchise (the second made R$8.4M, the third made R$7.8M, the first one made R$2.3M). Nosso Sonho entered the long list of local movies to disapoint in 2023, but Elis & Tom had a really solid debut for a documentary.

 

 Blue Beetle have passed 2M admissions and with monday should have passed the total admissions of Birds of Prey.

 

Next weekend is Cinema Week, and will see the releases of The Creator, Saw X, Strays, The Marsh King's Daughter, the full release of Pérola, the re-release of Nosso Lar (Our Home) and Fairytale. Also some pre-screenings of Paw Patrol.

[ThatWaluigiDude]

Retratos Fantasmas passed R$1M, for a documentary and a movie that haven't charted on the weekend's top 10 that is very decent. Other local documentary, Elis & Tom, also seens that will be doing good business on the holding department next weekend.

[ThatWaluigiDude]

TAYLOR SWIFT, NATAL T-38

 

T-38 Cinemark: 8 showings, 2384 seats, 219 sold (9.19%)

T-38 Cinepolis: 8 showings, 1546 seats, 22 sold (1.42%)

T-38 Total: 16 showings, 3930 seats, 263 sold (6.69%)

 

Barbie (First day of pre-sales): 103.95%

Barbie (First day, but only those two chains): 113.85%

 

First of all, despite being announced as only being released by Cinemark and UCI, other chains like Cinépolis and Kinoplex have started selling tickets too.

 

Now my thoughts: A very strong first day, beating Barbie despite being low on two theaters, and since this event is a lot more expensive, we are about to have a seriously profitable weekend. On the other hand, being down two theaters does not look like an issue on the Cinemark side, they gave a LOT screens to it, it will be a Taylor-only weekend. No exaggeration, they gave it so many on saturday and sunday that I don't think there is space to any other movie. I kinda wonder if despite the success if it isn't too over the top?

 

There is the point of discussion of the frontloadness so to get this out of the way, yes I think it will be hella frontloaded, first because the amount of screens on the second weekend will decrease massively to only 5, and then while still very early I noticed a big gap where it is selling amazing on friday, decent on saturday and then barely nothing on sunday. We will indeed enjoy a huge opening weekend, one of the bests of the year, so I warn everyone to hold on to that.

[ThatWaluigiDude]

On the first day of Cinema Week, Sound of Freedom sold 62k tickets, growing 52% over the opening thursday. It have passed 500k admissions.

Edited September 29, 2023 by ThatWaluigiDude

[ThatWaluigiDude]

As a whole the first thursday of Cinema Week sold 195k tickets and R$2.3M. On the admissions, this is down the first two Cinema Weeks (that sold 212k and 280k), on the box office was about the same of the first one, down from the second (R$3.1M).

[ThatWaluigiDude]

Rio de Janeiro will become, if approved by the governor, the first state of the country to bring back the screen quota. This brings 3 demands to theaters: Theaters must show a minimum amount of brazilian movies a year, a minimum amount of days with at least one brazilian movie among the screenings and a limit on how many screens can show a single movie.

 

For example: If a theater have 1 screen, at year they must have screened at least 3 brazilian movies during 27 days, with these numbers increasing alongside the amount of screens (Like, if a theater have 2 screens they must show 4 movies on 28 days, if they have 3 screens then it's 5 movies on 29 days and so on).

 

The most important change though, theaters with more than 3 screens can't dedicate all of the screens to a single movie and have a max amount they can give to only one movie depending on how many screens it have, usually going around 50-30%. Taylor Swift might be one of the last cases of a whole multiplex being given to a single movie.

[ThatWaluigiDude]

Box office 28 september - 1 october

	Movie	Box Office (R$)	Change (%)	Total (R$)	Admissions	Admissions total (Est)
1	Sound of Freedom	7.280.000	+26.3	17.000.000	521.300	980.000
2	Saw X	4.600.000	---	4.600.000	367.000	367.000
3	The Nun 2	3.600.000	-17.8%	47.000.000	302.000	2.570.000
4	The Creator	1.980.000	---	1.980.000	141.000	141.000
5	Paw Patrol: The Mighty Movie (Pre-release)	1.820.000	---	1.820.000	144.000	144.000
6	Expend4bles	1.770.000	-40.6%	5.980.000	141.700	355.000
7	Nosso Sonho	902.000	-0.8%	2.270.000	73.800	148.900
8	Strays	615.000	---	615.000	49.750	49.750
9	Blue Beetle	509.000	-48.1%	39.770.000	41.900	>2.000.000
10	A Haunting in Venice	433.000	-63%	5.160.000	31.200	255.000

 

 

On this 3rd Cinema Week, 1.95M tickets were sold and R$25.4M on the box office. These first 4 days are better than the first Cinema week (1.8M tickets, R$20.57M box office) and worse than the second (2.4M tickets, R$26.9M box office).

 

6 movies managed to do more than 100k admissions this weekend. From all of the movies, the clear winner was Sound of Freedom that doubled the amount of admissions of last weekend and will cross the million admissions ASAP. Saw X also had a wonderful opening, beating all of the other openings on the franchise. Will soon also beat Jigsaw's R$8.6M to become the highest grossing on the franchise. The Nun 2 is about to pass the total of It Chapter 2 also.

 

Next weekend is the full release of Paw Patrol and also the release of The Equalizer 3, Wildflower and Rodeo Rock.

Edited October 2, 2023 by ThatWaluigiDude

[ThatWaluigiDude]

On monday, Sound of Freedom passed 1 million admissions and Nosso Sonho made R$250k, becoming the 3rd best selling brazilian movie of the year.

[ThatWaluigiDude]

The 3rd Cinema Week ended with more than 3M admissions, down from the first two that had 3.2M and 3.8M respectively. Will update with the final numbers and the ranking once they fully reveal.

[ThatWaluigiDude]

Once again, controversy has come regarding the distribution model of a brazilian movie. Nosso Sonho released on 500 screens, and despite the not impressive opening, it was hit by strong WoM. However, theaters cut to only 150 screens during Cinema Week while old movies like Blue Beetle and Meg 2 increased. The second weekend had sold out screens and excelent boost on admissions, but because the rollout was cut so hard it put a stop on the chances of going higher.

 

Screen quota can't come any sooner tbh

[ThatWaluigiDude]

Some interesting movement of Eras Tour in my city. First, all of the chains are releasing now, it's not a limited release anymore. But one thing I noticed is that the local Cinemark is taking away screens for it on saturday and specially on sunday. I don't know the motivations but is the first time I've seen that happen here on a movie doing pre-sales.

[ThatWaluigiDude]

Box office 5 - 8 october

	Movie	Box Office (R$)	Change (%)	Total (R$)	Admissions	Admissions total (Est)
1	Sound of Freedom	8.150.000	+11.9%	30.670.000	355.000	1.700.000
2	Paw Patrol: The Mighty Movie	6.070.000	+223.5%	7.900.000	312.500	450.000
3	The Equalizer 3	4.920.000	---	4.920.000	219.000	219.000
4	Saw X	3.111.000	-32.3%	10.220.000	156.100	723.600
5	The Nun 2	2.610.000	-27.5%	52.450.000	130.500	2.870.000
6	Nosso Sonho	1.090.000	+20.8%	4.080.000	54.300	264.000
7	The Creator	884.000	-55.3%	3.750.000	39.500	249.600
8	Expend4bles	712.000	-59.7%	7.670.000	33.800	---
9	A Haunting in Venice	249.000	-42.5%	5.580.000	10.500	---
10	Strays	223.000	-63.7%	1.120.000	9.300	---

 

R$28M was sold on the box office and 1.3 admissions.

 

That was a surprisingly great weekend??! For the first time the weekend after Cinema Week didn't see big falls, but rather we saw Sound of Freedom rising once again, Nosso Sonho also rising and having the best weekend since release, Paw Patrol and Equalizer 3 having the best openings of their franchises, Saw X becoming the best selling Saw movie, The Nun 2 closing on IT's R$61M. Seriously it was so good for the top 6, what happened here lol

 

Next weekend releases The Exorcist - Believer, Meu Nome é Gal, Uma Fada Veio me Visitar (Xuxa!) and Blackberry.

Edited October 9, 2023 by ThatWaluigiDude

[MrHardapple]

58 minutes ago, ThatWaluigiDude said:

Box office 5 - 9 october

	Movie	Box Office (R$)	Change (%)	Total (R$)	Admissions	Admissions total (Est)
1	Sound of Freedom	8.150.000	+11.9%	30.670.000	---	1.700.000
2	Paw Patrol: The Mighty Movie	6.070.000	+223.5%	7.900.000	168.500	312.500
3	The Equalizer 3	4.920.000	---	4.920.000	219.000	219.000
4	Saw X	3.111.000	-32.3%	10.220.000
5	The Nun 2	2.610.000	-27.5%	52.450.000
6	Nosso Sonho	1.090.000	+20.8%	4.080.000
7	The Creator	884.000	-55.3%	3.750.000
8	Expend4bles	712.000	-59.7%	7.670.000
9	A Haunting in Venice	249.000	-42.5%	5.580.000
10	Strays	223.000	-63.7%	1.120.000

 

R$28M was sold on the box office and 1.3 admissions (Will update the rest of admissions soon).

 

That was a surprisingly great weekend??! For the first time the weekend after Cinema Week didn't see big falls, but rather we saw Sound of Freedom rising once again, Nosso Sonho also rising and having the best weekend since release, Paw Patrol and Equalizer 3 having the best openings of their franchises, Saw X becoming the best selling Saw movie, The Nun 2 closing on IT's R$61M. Seriously it was so good for the top 6, what happened here lol

 

Next weekend releases The Exorcist - Believer, Meu Nome é Gal, Uma Fada Veio me Visitar (Xuxa!) and Blackberry.

Any idea why SoF was rising again?

[ThatWaluigiDude]

28 minutes ago, MrHardapple said:

Any idea why SoF was rising again?

No clue. Maybe it was the mix of positive WoM with the online campaigns for the movie.

[ThatWaluigiDude]

On 9/18/2023 at 4:29 PM, ThatWaluigiDude said:

Comparison 2022 v. 2023

	2022	2023	Change (%)	N°1 Movie (2022)	N°1 Movie (2023)
JANUARY	R$156.9M	R$210.3M	+25.3%	Spider-Man: No Way Home	Avatar: The Way of the Water
FEBRUARY	R$76.1M	R$142.7M	+46.6%	Uncharted	Ant-Man an the Wasp: Quantumania
MARCH	R$141.13M	R$122.25M	-14.4%	Batman	John Wick 4 - Baba Yaga
APRIL	R$148.9M	R$210.68M	+27.68%	Sonic, The Hedgehog 2	The Super Mario Bros. Movie
MAY	R$224.79M	R$257.14M	+12.58%	Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness	Fast X
JUNE	R$173M	R$222.86M	+22.37%	Top Gun: Maverick	The Little Mermaid
JULY	R$269.31M	R$346.09M	+22.18%	Thor: Love & Thunder	Barbie
AUGUST	R$90.66M	R$154.62M	+41.31%	Minions 2: Rise of Gru	Barbie
SEPTEMBER	R$103.69M	---	---	Orphan: First Kill	---
OCTOBER	R$122.9M	---	--	Black Adam	---
NOVEMBER	R$156.02M	---	--	Black Panther: Wakanda Forever	---
DECEMBER	R$168.12M	---	--	Avatar: The Way of the Water	---
Total	R$1.831B	R$1.667B	---	Avatar: The Way of the Water	Barbie

 

 

Comparison 2022 v. 2023

	2022	2023	Change (%)	N°1 Movie (2022)	N°1 Movie (2023)
JANUARY	R$156.9M	R$210.3M	+25.3%	Spider-Man: No Way Home	Avatar: The Way of the Water
FEBRUARY	R$76.1M	R$142.7M	+46.6%	Uncharted	Ant-Man an the Wasp: Quantumania
MARCH	R$141.13M	R$122.25M	-14.4%	Batman	John Wick 4 - Baba Yaga
APRIL	R$148.9M	R$210.68M	+27.68%	Sonic, The Hedgehog 2	The Super Mario Bros. Movie
MAY	R$224.79M	R$257.14M	+12.58%	Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness	Fast X
JUNE	R$173M	R$222.86M	+22.37%	Top Gun: Maverick	The Little Mermaid
JULY	R$269.31M	R$346.09M	+22.18%	Thor: Love & Thunder	Barbie
AUGUST	R$90.66M	R$154.62M	+41.31%	Minions 2: Rise of Gru	Barbie
SEPTEMBER	R$103.69M	R$132.65M	+21.76%	Orphan: First Kill	The Nun 2
OCTOBER	R$122.9M	---	--	Black Adam	---
NOVEMBER	R$156.02M	---	--	Black Panther: Wakanda Forever	---
DECEMBER	R$168.12M	---	--	Avatar: The Way of the Water	---
Total	R$1.831B	R$1.831B	---	Avatar: The Way of the Water	Barbie

 

September started weak but fortunately the last few days were strong enough to put it ahead of the same period last year. This first weekend of october managed to push 2023's yearly numbers above 2022, though we are still a lot behind 2019's R$2.74B.

[ThatWaluigiDude]

On 2/23/2023 at 5:56 PM, ThatWaluigiDude said:

Semana do Cinema 2023 (Cinema Week) - 09-15 february

	Movie	Box Office (R$)	Box Office Total	Admissions	Admissions total
1	Puss in Boots: The Last Wish	9.180.556	79.316.069	891.463	4.752.196
2	Avatar: The Way of the Water	7.162.471	235.240.355	635.975	12.092.001
3	M3gan	4.738.456	24.838.991	466.934	1.582.555
4	Titanis 3D	4.623.131	4.623.131	406.609	406.609
5	Ant Man and the Wasp: Quantumania (Pre-release)	3.736.805	3.736.805	175.625	175.625
6	The Offering	2.720.687	2.720.687	267.539	267.539
7	Knock at the Cabin	1.929.183	4.210.291	183.085	296.898
8	Desapega!	1.386.845	1.386.845	133.266	133.266
9	A Man Called Otto	1.098.779	5.032.963	89.299	258.470
10	Pearl	936.442	4.832.861	79.656	89.299
11	Plane	659.925	4.210.291	61.258	243.450
12	Everything Everywhere All at Once	426.366	4.770.849	35.645	242.607
13	The Great Maurice	383.919	1.269.210	36.750	83.066
14	Enaldinho e o Mistério da Lagoa	288.450	288.450	25.952	25.952
15	The Banshees of Inesherin	283.783	868.146	17.092	40.235

(Totals until february 15th)

3° Semana do Cinema (Cinema Week) - 28 september - 4 october

	Movie	Box Office (R$)	Box Office Total	Admissions	Admissions total
1	Sound of Freedom	12.229.407	21.685.848	887.282	1.330.008
2	Saw X	7.100.000	7.100.000	>450.000	>450.000
3	The Nun 2	5.467.361	48.367.832	447.920	2.628.000
4	The Creator	2.759.023	2.759.023	200.076	200.076
5	Expend4bles	2.636.339	6.692.598	212.846	419.187
6	Paw Patrol: The Mighty Movie (Pre-release)	1.617.111	1.617.111	128.303	128.303
7	Nosso Sonho	1.522.697	2.851.327	124.555	296.898
8	Strays	868.971	868.971	70.645	70.645
9	Blue Beetle	754.070	39.118.410	62.198	2.024.925
10	A Haunting in Venice	551.120	5.169.526	39.823	258.942
11	Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem	364.390	13.304.088	30.580	670.727
12	Finnick	282.870	751.372	22.789	47.265
13	Nosso Lar (Our Home) - re-release	278.231	278.231	21.787	21.787
14	Marsh King's Daughter	258.470	258.470	14.595	14.595
15	Elis & Tom: Só Tinha de ser com Você	250.023	619.759	15.448	31.272

 

This week in total made around 2.9M in admissions and R$34-37M in box office. Also, Spiral showed up in the ranking selling R$1M but I didn't count since I assumed it was a mistake. It probably was.

[ThatWaluigiDude]

This thursday is Children's Day, Trolls 3's pre-release have been pushed to this weekend.

[ThatWaluigiDude]

Feeling pretty good about today's holiday. Most of the movies I've checked are selling well so far, at least while this early, including Trolls 3, Paw Patrol, Meu Nome é Gal,Exorcist, Xuxa. Sound of Freedom is doing super well, expect another really strong weekend.

 

Some cities (Not mine) have already started selling for Killers of the Flower Moon, also seens to be doing well.

[ThatWaluigiDude]

They are doing the Blue Beetle approach with Hypnotic's marketing and Alice Braga. It's her movie now. Sorry Ben Affleck.