Bulgaria: Box Office Thread | Dune brings some much needed life to the BO

[Simionski]

POS	LW	TITLE	WiR	WEEKEND			WEEK		TOTAL
				ADM	GROSS	CNG %	ADM	GROSS	ADM	GROSS
1	1	Creed III	2	10 935	134 908 BGN	-45%	29 008	343 935 BGN	39 943	478 843 BGN
2	NEW	Чалга	1	11 489	134 753 BGN	-	4 735	68 266 BGN	16 224	203 020 BGN
3	NEW	Scream VI	1	11 523	134 417 BGN	-	1 767	23 294 BGN	13 290	157 711 BGN
4	NEW	Amazing Maurice, The	1	7 288	77 980 BGN	-	-	-	7 288	77 980 BGN
5	2	Mummies	3	3 202	33 133 BGN	-64%	9 946	103 790 BGN	20 399	210 634 BGN
6	3	Игра на доверие	4	2 328	29 462 BGN	-53%	7 466	88 354 BGN	29 535	336 524 BGN
7	6	Avatar: The Way of Water	13	1 659	24 948 BGN	-39%	3 586	51 720 BGN	470 137	6 597 094 BGN
8	4	Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania	4	1 551	21 994 BGN	-55%	4 633	63 423 BGN	33 902	476 143 BGN
9	5	Puss in Boots: The Last Wish	12	1 699	21 581 BGN	-54%	4 121	51 182 BGN	164 231	1 870 098 BGN
10	7	Cocaine Bear	3	1 263	17 067 BGN	-54%	4 603	53 156 BGN	12 999	148 108 BGN

 

Here is the top 10 from last weekend.

 

Last weekend was inflated due to Liberation Day so the drops aren't so good this week, as can be seen. Overall, this was a pretty good weekend with 3 movies over 10k admissions in what should be probably the closest top 3 I ever seen - the difference between gold and bronze is less than 500 BGN.

 

Creed III had the second best drop in the top 10 and it held quite well given the bigger than expected competition. It's now the highest grossing movie in the Rocky franchise and during the week it should become the most attended one as well. I see a final total of at least 60k admissions and 750k BGN.

 

Of course, the new local movie - Chalga, that looks as bad as it can be, had a great debut. Unless it's super frontloaded, standard legs should carry it above 50k admissions and 675k BGN.

 

Scream VI is continuing the trend started by Creed with doubling past entries. It had an astounding debut for the type of movie it is and should easily outgross all of the past movies combined (full chart below - unfortunately, I don't have any data for Scream 3). I see a final total around 40k admissions and 470k BGN.

 

Title	OW (Attendance)	OW (Gross)	Total (Attendance)	Total (Gross)
Scream	N/A	N/A	6 311	26 000 BGN
Scream 2	N/A	N/A	6 193	26 000 BGN
Scream 3	-	-	-	-
Scream 4	1 892	14 179 BGN	9 516	59 689 BGN
Scream	7 395	77 972 BGN	24 842	244 393 BGN

 

The Amazing Maurice had an expected debut and should land somewhere around 25k admissions and 300k BGN.

 

Mummies plummeted given the animated movie in town. It should end up around 25k admissions and 300k BGN. as well.

 

The other local movie in the top 10 - Trust Game, did not hold that well in the face of direct competition. It should end up around 35k admissions and 400k BGN.

 

The Way of Water had another great hold and now it seems poised to pass Titanic for the second place in the all-time admissions chart. It should end up around 475k admissions - same as the original run of Avatar.

 

Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania had another bad hold and will definitely end up with a miserable multiplier of around 2.75x. It has the worst legs for a MCU movie and should end up around 35k admissions and 510k BGN.

 

Puss in Boots: The Last Wish had its first bad drop but it's expected given the amazing increase last week. Otherwise, it's just a 20% drop when compated to its gross from 2 weeks ago. It's nearing the end of its run and should end up around 170k admissions and 1.95M BGN. 

 

Cocaine Bear had a so-so hold and should end up around 15k admissions and 175k BGN.

 

The upcoming weekend has three new entries and most likely we'll see a new movie on top. Shazam: Fury of the Gods should be able to match Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania so I expect it to pass 12k admissions and comfortably win. I expect for 65 to end up around 8k admissions which should give it a place in the top 5. Another low-tier animation is opening as well - Latte & the Magic Waterstone but I don't expect for it to pass 5k admissions.

 

P.S. All the relevant charts have been updated in the first few posts.

Edited March 13, 2023 by Simionski
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[Simionski]

POS	LW	TITLE	WiR	WEEKEND			WEEK		TOTAL
				ADM	GROSS	CNG %	ADM	GROSS	ADM	GROSS
1	2	Чалга	2	15 038	183 036 BGN	36%	24 814	265 622 BGN	44 587	516 925 BGN
2	NEW	Shazam! Fury of the Gods	1	7 111	93 789 BGN	-	-	-	7 111	93 789 BGN
3	3	Scream VI	2	6 152	74 914 BGN	-44%	17 797	201 180 BGN	25 716	299 388 BGN
4	1	Creed III	3	5 749	73 455 BGN	-45%	15 644	185 300 BGN	50 401	602 689 BGN
5	4	Amazing Maurice, The	2	4 696	51 460 BGN	-34%	9 088	94 953 BGN	13 784	146 413 BGN
6	NEW	65	1	3 712	47 359 BGN	-	-	-	3 712	47 359 BGN
7	NEW	Latte & the Magic Waterstone (Latte Igel und der magische Wasserstein)	1	2 881	29 279 BGN	-	-	-	2 881	29 279 BGN
8	5	Mummies	4	1 817	20 072 BGN	-39%	3 720	37 854 BGN	22 734	235 428 BGN
9	7	Avatar: The Way of Water	14	1 339	19 330 BGN	-22%	2 314	33 712 BGN	472 131	6 625 188 BGN
10	6	Игра на доверие	5	1 341	17 678 BGN	-39%	3 875	45 280 BGN	32 423	370 020 BGN

 

Here is the top 10 from last weekend.

 

Chalga - the latest local movie, is looking like to have a long run here. It had an amazing increase from it's opening so cannot predict how high it'll go. Based on experience, it should pass 100k admissions at least and therefore at least 1M BGN. 

 

Shazam! Fury of the Gods had a terrible opening grossing half of what the first one did. It's now expected given the lackluster performance everywhere but it's still pretty bad. In the last few years, comic-book movies rarely go much beyound 3x multiplier and there is a ton of competiton in the next month. I expect a final total around 20k admissions and 275k BGN - around the same as The Suicide Squad which faced the pandemic.

 

Scream VI had an OK hold after the great opening - it's second weekend is around the same as the opening of the last entry so it's still pretty great. It already passed the total of Scream (2022) and I see a final total around 40k admissions and 470k BGN.

 

Creed III could have held a bit better but it lost most premium screens to Shazam. It's already the most successfull movie in the Rocky franchise (in both admissions and gross). I see a final total of around 60k admissions and 750k BGN.

 

The Amazing Maurice held OK and should land somewhere around 25k admissions and 250k-300k BGN.

 

65 had an attrocious debut - a true bomb here. It couldn't even pass 5k admissions which is utterly terrible, It should land somewher around 10k admissions and 150k BGN.

 

Mummies held OK after last week's tumble. It should end up around 25k admissions and 275k BGN. as well.

 

The other local movie in the top 10 - Trust Game, held OK given the direct competition at the top of the chart. It should end up around 35k admissions and 400k BGN.

 

The Way of Water had another great hold and it'll definitely pass Titanic for the second place in the all-time admissions chart. It has also started to trend above Avatar's original run and should pass it as well -  a truly remarkable run!

 

Outside of the top 10, Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania collapsed with an 80% drop and should end with probably one of the worst multipliers ever in the market as far as I remember. Puss in Boots: The Last Wish also is finally out of the top 10 after 13 weeks so it's amazing run is near the end.

 

The upcoming weekend has two new entries and most likely we'll see a new movie on top. Hopefully, Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves will pass 20k admissions since it's a fantasy epic and these usually do quite well here. Another low-tier animation is opening as well - My Fairy Troublemaker but I don't expect for it to pass 5k admissions.

 

P.S. All the relevant charts have been updated in the first few posts.

[Simionski]

POS	LW	TITLE	WiR	WEEKEND			WEEK		TOTAL
				ADM	GROSS	CNG %	ADM	GROSS	ADM	GROSS
1	NEW	Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves	1	8 825	120 767 BGN	-	-	-	8 825	120 767 BGN
2	1	Чалга	3	9 338	116 476 BGN	-36%	26 271	299 575 BGN	65 158	749 940 BGN
3	PRE	John Wick: Chapter 4	PRE	7 088	104 939 BGN	-	-	-	7 088	104 939 BGN
4	NEW	My Fairy Troublemaker	1	4 033	42 911 BGN	-	-	-	4 033	42 911 BGN
5	2	Shazam! Fury of the Gods	2	2 656	33 617 BGN	-64%	10 089	127 524 BGN	12 745	161 141 BGN
6	4	Creed III	4	2 528	31 970 BGN	-56%	8 344	101 830 BGN	55 524	663 035 BGN
7	3	Scream VI	3	2 081	26 676 BGN	-64%	9 354	111 174 BGN	30 999	362 324 BGN
8	5	Amazing Maurice, The	3	2 036	23 456 BGN	-54%	5 862	63 036 BGN	16 986	181 445 BGN
9	6	65	2	1 457	19 433 BGN	-58%	5 826	69 766 BGN	7 283	89 200 BGN
10	9	Avatar: The Way of Water	15	914	13 460 BGN	-30%	1 978	27 236 BGN	473 684	6 646 555 BGN

 

Here is the top 10 from last weekend. Please keep in that weather was quite sunny so this is the main reason for most of the harsh drops and overall bad state of the top 10.

 

Dungeons & Dragons pretty much flopped here based on the kind of movie it is. This should have at least got double what it actually opened to to be considered a sort of success. I expected over 20k admissions so I'm pretty disappointed. Based on the reviews it seems like a fun film so hopefully it has great WOM and some staying power but it has the actual opening of John Wick and the week after that comes Super Mario and both should be pretty big. Right now, I'd say it may land around 30k admissions and 475k BGN - a total that should of been more like an OW so a pretty disappointing performance if it gets to it.

 

Chalga - the latest local movie, has topped the yearly ranking after this weekend. It had the second best drop despite the great weather but it should have still fared better given it's big increase last weekend. A total north of 1M BGN is assured, but there is a chance for it to miss 100k admissions now.

 

John Wick 4 had pretty good previews and hopefully next weekend it at least doubles the previews for the actual OW. If things go well, it can even go over 20k admissions.

 

My Fairy Trouble Maker - a new low-tier animation opened petty much as expected. It should have a short life and end around 10k admissions.

 

After the terrible opening Shazam! Fury of the Gods had a terrible second weekend as well. It seems that it'll end up even below 20k admissions and 275k BGN - most probably the worst performance for a major Comic-Book movie outside the pandemic in the last 20 years or so. A truly terrible run here.

 

Creed III had another bad drop and should end with a multiplier around 3x - it had an inflated OW so it's not that bad in the end. It's already the most successfull movie in the Rocky franchise (in both admissions and gross). I see a final total of around 60k admissions and 725k BGN.

 

Scream VI had a bad drop as well. However, it'll end up grossing more than all past entries combined so it's still a great success. I see a final total around 35k admissions and 400k BGN.

 

The Amazing Maurice did not hold that well and should land somewhere around 20k admissions and 225k BGN.

 

65 competes with Shazam for the most terribel performance this March. It may end up below 10k admissions which is beyond terrible for such a movie.

 

The Way of Water had another great hold despite the weather and has passed Titanic for the second place in the all-time admissions chart. This should have been it's last week in the top 10 but it still has one more task to fulfill. Next week it'll pass Avatar's original run -  a truly remarkable run!

 

The upcoming weekend has three new entries and we'll see a new movie on top. Hopefully, John Wick 4 will pass 20k admissions since the franchise increasing with each entry and the last one opened with 14k admissions. Two local movies are also opening but both should land below 5k admissions.

 

P.S. All the relevant charts have been updated in the first few posts.

[Sophia Jane]

Avatar 3 gonna make 500k admits here

[Simionski]

On 3/27/2023 at 8:08 PM, Sophia Jane said:

Avatar 3 gonna make 500k admits here

To be honest, I believe Avatar as a franchise sort of reached the maximum potential of the market. The two films are the only ones in this millenium to go over 400k admissions and the market isn't really growing in admissions for the last 10 years or so. The population is also decreasing so even if Avatar 3 manages to pass 400k admissions again it'll be a huge success.

[Simionski]

March 31st - April 2nd:

POS	LW	TITLE	WiR	WEEKEND			WEEK		TOTAL
				ADM	GROSS	CNG %	ADM	GROSS	ADM	GROSS
1	NEW	John Wick: Chapter 4	1	17 808	241 326 BGN	130%	12 788	191 817 BGN	30 596	433 143 BGN
2	1	Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves	2	6 729	89 811 BGN	-25%	13 945	180 698 BGN	20 674	270 509 BGN
3	2	Чалга	4	6 567	80 961 BGN	-30%	16 703	192 354 BGN	79 090	906 779 BGN
4	4	My Fairy Troublemaker	2	4 733	51 370 BGN	-20%	5 814	59 722 BGN	10 547	111 092 BGN
5	NEW	Случаят Тесла	1	4 025	46 446 BGN	-	698	3 800 BGN	4 723	50 246 BGN
6	5	Shazam! Fury of the Gods	3	1 824	23 138 BGN	-31%	3 815	46 110 BGN	15 728	196 772 BGN
7	6	Creed III	5	1 644	22 024 BGN	-31%	4 017	48 589 BGN	58 657	701 678 BGN
8	8	Amazing Maurice, The	4	1 485	17 132 BGN	-26%	2 515	28 323 BGN	18 950	203 444 BGN
9	7	Scream VI	4	991	13 144 BGN	-50%	3 447	41 665 BGN	33 356	390 457 BGN
10	NEW	Блок	1	1 122	12 547 BGN	-	56	310 BGN	1 178	12 857 BGN

 

April 7th - April 9th:

POS	LW	TITLE	WiR	WEEKEND			WEEK		TOTAL
				ADM	GROSS	CNG %	ADM	GROSS	ADM	GROSS
1	NEW	Super Mario Bros. Movie, The	1	28 888	358 889 BGN	-	2 454	37 056 BGN	31 342	395 945 BGN
2	1	John Wick: Chapter 4	2	10 165	138 062 BGN	-42%	29 497	374 324 BGN	52 450	704 203 BGN
3	3	Чалга	5	4 184	54 007 BGN	-33%	11 694	134 197 BGN	88 401	1 014 022 BGN
4	2	Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves	3	3 657	50 794 BGN	-43%	10 461	132 321 BGN	28 063	363 813 BGN
5	NEW	Air	1	3 078	41 860 BGN	-	-	-	3 078	41 860 BGN
6	4	My Fairy Troublemaker	3	2 300	25 814 BGN	-49%	6 607	69 732 BGN	14 721	155 268 BGN
7	5	Случаят Тесла	2	2 154	24 153 BGN	-47%	6 094	67 294 BGN	8 946	95 246 BGN
8	7	Creed III	6	770	10 434 BGN	-52%	2 775	35 384 BGN	60 558	725 472 BGN
9	6	Shazam! Fury of the Gods	4	684	9 110 BGN	-60%	2 739	33 848 BGN	17 327	216 592 BGN
10	13	Avatar: The Way of Water	17	488	6 496 BGN	11%	644	8 855 BGN	475 465	6 669 438 BGN

 

I've been busy the last 2 weeks so posting a bulk update on them.

 

Overall, we had two pretty good weekends for the box office. This upcoming weekend is Orthodox Easter so holds during the weekend can be great if the weather is bad but we'll need to wait to see.

 

The Super Mario Bros. Movie had a great opening this weekend but it's a bit below my expectations and in comparison to most of Europe. It was the biggest one for the year and second biggest for an animated movie since the start of the pandemic - only behind Minions 2.

However, this week is Spring Break and schools are out so hopefully this results in a bigger than expected total by the end of the holidays. On top of that April is pretty empty so it should have some staying power.

Unless it shows some amazing legs, it should land somewhere around 125k-150k admissions and 1.5M BGN - 1.8M BGN which should probably allow it to take the yearly crown as the biggest animation.

 

John Wick 4 had a good offical opening after the week of previews and an OK hold in it's second weekend. It's already the highest grosser of the franchise and after the holidays it should be the most attended one as well. I expect a final total around 80k admissions and 1M BGN.

 

Title	OW (Attendance)	OW (Gross)	Total (Attendance)	Total (Gross)
John Wick	9 392	78 797 лв.	39 134	305 801 лв.
John Wick: Chapter 2	11 634	105 770 лв.	39 000	327 858 лв.
John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum	14 039	136 547 лв.	58 571	547 243 лв.
John Wick: Chapter 4	17 808	241 326 лв.	52 450	704 203 лв.

 

Chalga - the latest local sensation, has topped 1M BGN in gross and it seems that it should be able to pass 100k admissions as well after the nice holds the last 2 weeks. A remarkable performance for what seems to be a truly terrible film but the local tastes are something else.

 

After the awful opening weekend Dungeons & Dragons is showing some staying power and already reached a 3x multiplier. Based on it's performance during the holidays it may end up around 40k admissions and 500k BGN which will be an OK result after the small debut. 

 

Air had an unremarkable opening but it was never expected for it to be anything else. It should land around 10k admissions which is expected for such a movie.

 

Shazam! Fury of the Gods is keeping in line with its terrible performance here. It won't be able to pass 20k admissions which is absolutely atrocious for a big budget Comic-Book movie.

 

Creed III managed to pass 60k admissions and 725k BGN and won't go much higher since it's out of top 10 next week.

 

Scream VI will land around 35k admissions and 400k BGN which is great for the franchise.

 

After leaving the top 10 The Way of Water managed to sneak back in one last time before the end of its run. It has officiallly passed 475k admissions and Avatar's original run.

 

The upcoming weekend has three new entries and we'll definitely not see a new movie on top - probably Super Mario will be on top until Guardans of the Galaxy opens next month.

All three openers should land somewhere between 5k-10k admissions. We have Renfield, Beautiful Disaster and a low-tier European animation. Nicolas Cage is quite popular here so at the moment I give the edge to the Dracula movie but Beautiful Disaster seems to be by the same team that is behind the After franchise which is popular here so it has a chance to outgross it.

 

P.S. All the relevant charts have been updated in the first few posts.

Edited April 12, 2023 by Simionski

[Simionski]

POS	LW	TITLE	WiR	WEEKEND			WEEK		TOTAL
				ADM	GROSS	CNG %	ADM	GROSS	ADM	GROSS
1	1	Super Mario Bros. Movie, The	2	13 400	166 128 BGN	-53%	52 114	612 880 BGN	67 968	816 064 BGN
2	2	John Wick: Chapter 4	3	5 217	74 410 BGN	-46%	18 578	233 787 BGN	66 080	874 338 BGN
3	NEW	Beautiful Disaster	1	4 959	59 469 BGN	-	-	-	4 959	59 469 BGN
4	4	Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves	3	1 922	27 034 BGN	-46%	6 764	86 438 BGN	33 092	426 491 BGN
5	3	Чалга	6	1 671	22 584 BGN	-58%	9 488	110 329 BGN	95 376	1 092 927 BGN
6	5	Air	2	1 597	22 011 BGN	-47%	5 692	71 258 BGN	7 289	93 268 BGN
7	NEW	Renfield	1	1 613	20 134 BGN	-	-	-	1 613	20 134 BGN
8	7	Случаят Тесла	3	1 076	12 488 BGN	-48%	5 261	54 106 BGN	13 129	137 686 BGN
9	6	My Fairy Troublemaker	4	707	8 361 BGN	-67%	4 054	43 368 BGN	17 182	181 183 BGN
10	NEW	Rabbit School: Guardians of the Golden Egg (Die Häschenschule - Jagd nach dem goldenen Ei)	1	744	6 920 BGN	-	207	2 728 BGN	951	9 648 BGN

 

Here is the top 10 from the last weekend.

 

Overall, it was a terrible weekend for moviegoing and this is expected for a sunny weekend on Easter. Hopefully, we'll see some niced holds this upcoming weekend to compensate for the awful drops.

 

The Super Mario Bros. Movie had a somewaht decent hold for a family movie - the rest of the genre practically disapppeared this weekend. It also had a pretty big week, thanks to the Spring Break. However, unless it start holding really well it may not reach my initial prediction of around 125k-150k admissions and 1.5M BGN-1.8M BGN. It's hold in the next few day will give us a better picture where it's heading.

 

Beautiful Disaster had an OK opening. I expect a final total around 15k-20k admissions and 200k-250k BGN.

 

John Wick 4 had an OK drop given the circumstances and it made decent progress during the week. I expect a final total around 80k admissions and 1.1M BGN.

 

Dungeons & Dragons is continuing to show some staying power and is nearing a 4x multiplier. However, it seems to be losing most of its showtimess to the new releases so I don't think it'll have enough gas in the tank to pass 40k admissions and 500k BGN. 

 

Chalga - the latest local sensation, had a terrible drop but it lost a ton of showtimes. It still should be able to pass the 100k admission mark before it's out of theaters.

 

Air held OK and should pass 10k admission in the end.

 

Renfield bombed pretty bad which I didn't expect, to be honest. It should land below 10k admissions which is awful for a Nic Cage movie here.

 

Air had an unremarkable opening but it was never expected for it to be anything else. It should land around 10k admissions which is expected for such a movie.

 

The upcoming weekend has five new entries and even if Mario dropped pretty hard I still expect for it to keep the first place.

 

Evil Dead Rise looks to be the top performer and should hopefully pass 5k admissions. The other Hollywood release is Mafia Mamma which should be below 5k admissions, same as the 2 new local movies and Suzume.

 

P.S. All the relevant charts have been updated in the first few posts.

[Simionski]

POS	LW	TITLE	WiR	WEEKEND			WEEK		TOTAL
				ADM	GROSS	CNG %	ADM	GROSS	ADM	GROSS
1	1	Super Mario Bros. Movie, The	3	11 132	136 708 BGN	-17%	24 289	293 538 BGN	89 989	1 080 182 BGN
2	NEW	Evil Dead Rise	1	8 989	104 506 BGN	-	-	-	8 989	104 506 BGN
3	NEW	Murda Boyz: Махленска класа	1	5 716	70 092 BGN	-	-	-	5 716	70 092 BGN
4	NEW	Mafia Mamma	1	4 500	59 220 BGN	-	-	-	4 500	59 220 BGN
5	3	Beautiful Disaster	2	3 354	41 538 BGN	-30%	11 608	130 667 BGN	14 962	172 204 BGN
6	2	John Wick: Chapter 4	4	2 641	37 452 BGN	-49%	10 245	135 746 BGN	73 749	973 126 BGN
7	NEW	Suzume (Suzume no tojimari)	1	2 009	26 652 BGN	-	-	-	2 009	26 652 BGN
8	NEW	Изкуството да падаш	1	1 601	16 674 BGN	-	612	6 012 BGN	2 213	22 686 BGN
9	4	Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves	4	915	13 158 BGN	-51%	3 593	47 116 BGN	35 678	459 731 BGN
10	6	Чалга	7	1 007	11 778 BGN	-47%	4 011	48 082 BGN	98 723	1 130 203 BGN

 

Here is the top 10 from the last weekend.

 

Overall almost all of the openers overperformed and Mario held pretty well so the weekend ended up on the bright side.

 

The Super Mario Bros. Movie had a pretty good drop after the Easter deflated weekend. It also had another big midweek so it managed to pass 1M BGN and next week it should pass 100k admission as well. It seems to be stabilizing now so I'm hopeful that it can end up around 130k admission and 1.5M BGN.

 

Evil Dead Rise had a great debut for a horror movie and should end up around 25-30k admissions and 300-400k BGN which will be a nice total for it.

 

The first of the two new local movies - Murda Boyz (a production from a local rap group) totally surprised me with passing 5k admissions in its opening. It looks utterly abominable based on the trailer but this rarely matters here so unless it's fully fan-driven it should end up around 15-20k admissions and 300k BGN.

 

Mafia Mamma - the new Toni Collette/Monica Bellucci movie, had a nice opening as well. I see a final total around 15-20k admissions and 300k BGN for it as well.

 

Beautiful Disaster held well and should land somewhere around 25-30k admissions and 300-350k BGN.

 

John Wick 4 had an bad drop given the deflated Easter weekend but had a pretty good midweek. Next week it'll pass 1M BGN  and should end up around 80k admissions and 1.1M BGN - twice as much as part 3 (in gross).

 

Suzume is a nice surprise since it's quite niche but managed to pass 2k admissions. It'll still land below 10k admissions but maybe in the next few year the anime genre may have a larger following here.

 

The second new local movie - The Art of Falling Down, opened a bit below my low expectations but it should have better legs and may end up around 10k admissions which is fine for an indie local movie.

 

Dungeons & Dragons is losing a lot of screens but now has a 4x multiplier which is great given the March bloodbath. It should end up just below 40k admissions and 500k BGN. 

 

Chalga - the latest local sensation,is now fading out butl should be able to pass the 100k admission mark before it's out of theaters.

 

The upcoming weekend has two new entries - The Pope's Exorcist and a low-tier European animation.

 

Russell Crowe is quite popular here so I expect The Pope's Exorcist to at least match Evil Dead Rise's opening. The other opener should end up around 5k admission or so. 

 

Super Mario will need a pretty good drop to hold the top spot unless the Crowe's fans don't show up.

 

P.S. All the relevant charts have been updated in the first few posts.

[Issac Newton]

1 hour ago, Simionski said:

Suzume is a nice surprise since it's quite niche but managed to pass 2k admissions. It'll still land below 10k admissions but maybe in the next few year the anime genre may have a larger following here.

Can you run a check to Pokemon Titles like Pokemon The First Movie &Miyazaki Films like Spirited Away &Dragon Ball Super Broly? I believe they did better numbers in Europe 

[Simionski]

4 hours ago, Issac Newton said:

Can you run a check to Pokemon Titles like Pokemon The First Movie &Miyazaki Films like Spirited Away &Dragon Ball Super Broly? I believe they did better numbers in Europe 

Anime movies rarely have a proper release here so based on the data I have there wasn't a release for any of the above. Dragon Ball Super: Super Hero ended up with 3.8k admissions and 40k BGN last year and One Piece Film: Red had a release last December but no official data came up. 

 

When it comes to live-action adaptations, Detective Pikachu managed 44k admissions and 420k BGN back in 2019. Alita fared a bit better with 61k admissions and 710k BGN.

 

Otherwise, Pokemon was quite popular in the early 2000s but the movies were only released on DVD/VHS. Yu-Gi-Oh and Beyblade had their share of popularity in the years after but that's pretty much it with the general population. Some of the Studio Ghibli films are also well known (e.g. Spirited Away, Totoro, Princess Mononoke) but again they were released on home media or played on TV. 

[Simionski]

POS	LW	TITLE	WiR	WEEKEND			WEEK		TOTAL
				ADM	GROSS	CNG %	ADM	GROSS	ADM	GROSS
1	1	Super Mario Bros. Movie, The	4	7 527	93 219 BGN	-31%	14 477	173 081 BGN	100 861	1 209 773 BGN
2	NEW	Pope's Exorcist, The	1	5 496	66 988 BGN	-	-	-	5 496	66 988 BGN
3	2	Evil Dead Rise	2	5 026	59 033 BGN	-43%	15 308	170 767 BGN	20 334	229 800 BGN
4	4	Mafia Mamma	2	3 668	49 232 BGN	-16%	7 630	91 207 BGN	11 298	140 438 BGN
5	6	John Wick: Chapter 4	5	2 120	32 712 BGN	-12%	4 360	57 882 BGN	77 588	1 026 267 BGN
6	3	Murda Boyz: Махленска класа	2	2 613	30 019 BGN	-57%	9 341	109 158 BGN	11 954	139 177 BGN
7	5	Beautiful Disaster	3	1 860	24 256 BGN	-41%	5 871	69 352 BGN	19 339	224 274 BGN
8	NEW	Ella Bella Bingo (Elleville Elfrid)	1	2 185	23 172 BGN	-	-	-	2 185	23 172 BGN
9	10	Чалга	8	1 484	18 172 BGN	22%	2 450	27 016 BGN	101 650	1 163 613 BGN
10	7	Suzume (Suzume no tojimari)	2	1 139	15 144 BGN	-43%	3 021	38 150 BGN	4 160	53 294 BGN

 

Here is the top 10 from the last weekend.

 

Overall we saw some nice holds for the holdovers and both openers underperformed.

 

The Super Mario Bros. Movie keeps holding steady but nothing extraordinary when compared to the worlwide trends. It has finally passed 100k admissions which is a nice achievement and should keep the yearly crown until Fast X opens later this month.  It's the only major kids movie until The Little Mermaid so it should have strong holds in the coming weeks and end up around 130k admission and 1.5M BGN.

 

The Pope's Exorcist opened below Evil Dead Rise which I did not expect, to be honest. It should end up somewhere around 15-20k admissions and 200-250k BGN.

 

Evil Dead Rise had an OK drop given the direct competition and should end up over 30k admissions and 350k BGN which will be a nice total for it.

 

Mafia Mamma had an amazing hold and now has a real chance to end up above 20k admissions and 300k BGN.

 

John Wick 4 with the second best hold in the top 10 which is helped a lot by the return to IMAX. It managed to pass 1M BGN  and should end up around 82k admissions and 1.1M BGN - twice as much as part 3 (in gross).

 

Murda Boyz (a production from a local rap group) had a disastrous second weekend but this was expected due to fan rush. It should end up around 15k admissions and 200k BGN which is 10 times more of what I expected given the trailer.

 

Beautiful Disaster held OK and should land somewhere around 25k admissions and 275k BGN.

 

Chalga - the latest local sensation, managed an increase this weekend which helped it go above the 100k admissions. This week it lost the yearly crown in gross to Mario and next week the plumber will top it in admissions as well. However, the total is nothing short of amazing so the producers should be quite happy.

 

Suzume held OK and should manage to pass 5k admissions which is quite good for an anime here.

 

The upcoming weekend has two new wide entries - Guardians of the Galaxy Vol.3 and Chalice of Blood, The (Verimalja).

 

The next entry in the MCU will defintely end Super Mario's reign at the top of the charts. However, it remains to be seen if it'll manage a descent debut. I expect it to land somewhere in the 20-30k admissions zone, which will be in line with mid-tier MCU films here. The other opener should end up below the 5k admissions mark. 

 

P.S. All the relevant charts have been updated in the first few posts.

[Simionski]

POS	LW	TITLE	WiR	WEEKEND			WEEK		TOTAL
				ADM	GROSS	CNG %	ADM	GROSS	ADM	GROSS
1	NEW	Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3	1	15 947	235 179 BGN	-	1 648	28 122 BGN	17 595	263 300 BGN
2	1	Super Mario Bros. Movie, The	5	3 421	41 891 BGN	-55%	11 952	144 115 BGN	108 707	1 302 560 BGN
3	2	Pope's Exorcist, The	2	2 763	34 227 BGN	-48%	9 892	114 126 BGN	12 655	148 352 BGN
4	4	Mafia Mamma	3	2 281	31 512 BGN	-35%	6 533	82 277 BGN	16 444	204 996 BGN
5	3	Evil Dead Rise	3	1 787	22 371 BGN	-62%	8 210	92 355 BGN	25 305	285 493 BGN
6	5	John Wick: Chapter 4	6	1 002	14 546 BGN	-55%	3 340	47 259 BGN	79 810	1 055 360 BGN
7	8	Ella Bella Bingo (Elleville Elfrid)	2	1 092	11 372 BGN	-50%	3 446	35 271 BGN	4 538	46 643 BGN
8	6	Murda Boyz: Махленска класа	3	951	10 732 BGN	-64%	4 565	49 738 BGN	14 857	169 628 BGN
9	9	Чалга	9	661	8 540 BGN	-53%	2 508	28 649 BGN	103 335	1 182 630 BGN
10	7	Beautiful Disaster	4	507	6 619 BGN	-72%	3 309	40 729 BGN	21 295	247 366 BGN

 

Here is the top 10 from the last weekend.

 

Overall it was far from the best weekend to go to the movies since it was quite sunny and was one of the biggest local holidays. Hopefully, next weekend we'll see some rebounds since it seems to be raining and nothing major opens before Fast X.

 

Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 debuted on top but with a mediocre opening. Including the previews it managed to beat the previous installments in gross but Vol. 2 still has the most attended opening. Unfortunately, even if it has great WOM I doubt it can have a multiplier better than 4x which means around 60k admssions and 1M BGN is the absolute ceiling for it. While the gross end up OK due to inflated ticket prices the admissions number is nothing special. Below you can find charts for the franchise and the MCU as a whole.

 

Title	OW (Attendance)	OW (Gross)	Total (Attendance)	Total (Gross)
Guardians of the Galaxy	16 897	168 463 BGN	88 050	816 123 BGN
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2	21 679	248 378 BGN	63 794	690 195 BGN
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3	15 947	235 179 BGN	17 595	263 300 BGN

 

Title	OW (Attendance)	OW (Gross)	Total (Attendance)	Total (Gross)
Iron Man	11 422	82 871 BGN	29 169	196 956 BGN
Incredible Hulk, The	5 982	41 888 BGN	18 800	122 247 BGN
Iron Man 2	6 976	52 948 BGN	31 030	224 232 BGN
Thor	18 423	207 334 BGN	77 620	788 656 BGN
Captain America: The First Avenger	5 940	65 504 BGN	34 269	331 346 BGN
Avengers, The	31 966	343 140 BGN	114 261	1 157 088 BGN
Iron Man 3	25 697	256 739 BGN	103 507	977 883 BGN
Thor: The Dark World	32 216	338 428 BGN	130 952	1 280 292 BGN
Captain America: The Winter Soldier	14 659	147 188 BGN	54 833	527 714 BGN
Guardians of the Galaxy	16 897	168 463 BGN	88 050	816 123 BGN
Avengers: Age of Ultron	33 651	351 843 BGN	115 352	1 174 114 BGN
Ant-Man	6 648	68 429 BGN	34 289	324 754 BGN
Captain America: Civil War	29 954	316 283 BGN	85 722	889 901 BGN
Doctor Strange	25 806	282 663 BGN	98 494	1 035 499 BGN
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2	21 679	248 378 BGN	63 794	690 195 BGN
Thor: Ragnarok	29 353	334 328 BGN	112 766	1 226 811 BGN
Black Panther	25 630	297 490 BGN	92 232	1 016 312 BGN
Avengers: Infinity War	44 437	515 213 BGN	146 207	1 654 449 BGN
Ant-Man and the Wasp	9 765	113 253 BGN	36 011	387 049 BGN
Captain Marvel	25 207	295 267 BGN	83 282	942 271 BGN
Avengers: Endgame	66 410	775 510 BGN	218 863	2 539 122 BGN
Spider-Man: Far From Home	17 964	208 048 BGN	75 162	818 338 BGN
Black Widow	11 797	143 035 BGN	45 319	517 622 BGN
Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings	11 200	126 156 BGN	56 303	611 457 BGN
Eternals	8 937	106 056 BGN	31 104	363 845 BGN
Spider-Man: No Way Home	45 402	513 818 BGN	187 226	2 072 549 BGN
Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness	42 347	534 800 BGN	125 600	1 562 316 BGN
Thor: Love and Thunder	33 103	413 258 BGN	126 296	1 517 142 BGN
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever	23 881	330 700 BGN	72 640	990 596 BGN
Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania	13 123	188 045 BGN	35 067	491 808 BGN
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3	15 947	235 179 BGN	17 595	263 300 BGN

 

The Super Mario Bros. Movie tumbled as well as the rest of the top 10 (excluding Mafia Mamma). If it rebouds it can get around 120k admissions and 1.4M BGN which will be quite good but below my intitial expectations for it.

 

The Pope's Exorcist should end up around 20k admissions and 225k BGN.

 

Mafia Mamma had the best hold this weekend so it seems to be experiencing amazin WOM. It should definitely pass 20k admissions and 250k BGN.

 

Evil Dead Rise still can reach 30k admissions and 350k BGN if it rebounds a bit.

 

John Wick 4 lost the premium screens again and tumbled as well. However, it should end up around 82k admissions and 1.1M BGN - twice as much as part 3 (in gross).

 

The upcoming weekend has three new wide entries - Hypnotic, Love Again and Book Club: The Next Chapter. It's the calm before the storm since Fast X should be pretty big.

 

If Guardians doesn't hold that well or the new Ben Afflec thriller overperforms we may have a new leader. At the moment, I believe the comic-book movie should keep the top spot with a pretty good drop to compensate the not so great opening. The other two openeners should be below 5k admissions.

 

P.S. All the relevant charts have been updated in the first few posts.

Edited May 9, 2023 by Simionski
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[Simionski]

POS	LW	TITLE	WiR	WEEKEND			WEEK		TOTAL
				ADM	GROSS	CNG %	ADM	GROSS	ADM	GROSS
1	1	Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3	2	10 359	156 322 BGN	-33%	28 176	399 733 BGN	40 183	584 176 BGN
2	NEW	Hypnotic	1	5 102	66 242 BGN	-	-	-	5 102	66 242 BGN
3	2	Super Mario Bros. Movie, The	6	4 539	55 584 BGN	33%	6 565	76 535 BGN	116 390	1 392 788 BGN
4	NEW	Book Club: The Next Chapter	1	1 786	23 078 BGN	-	-	-	1 786	23 078 BGN
5	3	Pope's Exorcist, The	3	1 776	23 003 BGN	-32%	5 500	63 804 BGN	17 168	200 932 BGN
6	NEW	Love Again	1	1 648	20 783 BGN	-	-	-	1 648	20 783 BGN
7	4	Mafia Mamma	4	1 459	20 258 BGN	-35%	4 444	56 356 BGN	20 066	250 098 BGN
8	7	Ella Bella Bingo (Elleville Elfrid)	3	1 552	17 223 BGN	52%	2 114	21 458 BGN	7 112	73 952 BGN
9	5	Evil Dead Rise	4	936	11 564 BGN	-48%	3 576	41 683 BGN	28 030	316 369 BGN
10	6	John Wick: Chapter 4	7	615	8 695 BGN	-40%	1 840	24 895 BGN	81 263	1 074 404 BGN

 

Here is the top 10 from last weekend.

 

Overall, we saw some nice holds and even increases after the disastrous weekend before. The openers were nothing special but Fast X should make things rather interesting next week.

 

Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 had a great drop after last week's underperformance. It's already passed Quantumania and unless it collapses in the wake of Fast X it should be able to at least pass Vol. 2 in admissions. It shouldn't have any difficulties in passing both of the previous installments in gross due to the huge inflation. For the moment, I'd say it can reach 70k admissions and 1M BGN but let's see it's hold next week.

 

Title	OW (Attendance)	OW (Gross)	Total (Attendance)	Total (Gross)	Multi
Guardians of the Galaxy	16 897	168 463 BGN	88 050	816 123 BGN	5,21
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2	21 679	248 378 BGN	63 794	690 195 BGN	2,94
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3	15 947	235 179 BGN	40 183	584 176 BGN	2,52

 

Hypnotic had a so-so debut since it had quite a lot of marketing here. It should end up around 15k admission since I expect it to collapse in the face of Fast X.

 

The Super Mario Bros. Movie managed to increase 33% which is great and gives it a chance again to flirt with 130k admissions. Now it should definetly pass 1.5M BGN and become the highest grossing video-game adaptation here (see charts below). Of course, it has not chance to pass Prince of Persia in admissions.

 

#	Title	Gross
1	Angry Birds Movie, The	1 441 328 BGN
2	Super Mario Bros. Movie, The	1 392 788 BGN
3	Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time	1 335 438 BGN
4	Assassin's Creed	1 283 283 BGN
5	Sonic the Hedgehog 2	1 230 523 BGN
6	Warcraft	1 228 008 BGN
7	Sonic the Hedgehog	803 400 BGN
8	Tomb Raider	765 609 BGN
9	Uncharted	750 601 BGN
10	Angry Birds Movie 2, The	712 595 BGN

 

#	Title	Admissions
1	Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time	171 918
2	Angry Birds Movie, The	164 105
3	Sonic the Hedgehog 2	129 324
4	Warcraft	121 578
5	Assassin's Creed	118 046
6	Super Mario Bros. Movie, The	116 390
7	Sonic the Hedgehog	87 675
8	Angry Birds Movie 2, The	77 884
9	Tomb Raider	70 888
10	Uncharted	69 282

 

Book Club: The Next Chapter lost half of it's audience in the OW when compared to the original. However, due to inflation the gross is the same. The first part opened during the summer so this one should definitely end up with a multiplier much below 7x so it's unlikely for it do much more than 5k admissions.

 

The Pope's Exorcist should end up around 20k admissions.

 

Love Again bombed here as well. It should end up below 5k admissions.

 

Mafia Mamma should end up around 23k admissions.

 

Evil Dead Rise is losing steam so most likely it'll end up a bit below the 30k admissions mark.

 

John Wick 4 is nearing the end of it's run but should be able to reach 82k admissions.

 

The upcoming weekend has two new wide entries - Fast X and Boonie Bears: Back to Earth.

 

F9 opened with just about 50k admissions while COVID restrictions were still on so this should at least match that to be considered a success. However, the previous installment also had little competition so it managed some decent legs. Therefore, this one should open bigger to match it's admissions unless it has incredible WOM.

 

The other new release is a low-tier animation and should be below 5k admissions.

 

P.S. All the relevant charts have been updated in the first few posts.

Edited May 15, 2023 by Simionski

[Simionski]

POS	LW	TITLE	WiR	WEEKEND			WEEK		TOTAL
				ADM	GROSS	CNG %	ADM	GROSS	ADM	GROSS
1	NEW	Fast X	1	67 052	935 529 BGN	-	12 195	182 661 BGN	79 247	1 118 190 BGN
2	1	Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3	3	3 968	59 632 BGN	-61%	15 154	218 016 BGN	48 946	705 502 BGN
3	2	Hypnotic	2	2 560	36 328 BGN	-45%	7 969	97 520 BGN	10 529	133 848 BGN
4	3	Super Mario Bros. Movie, The	7	2 538	30 912 BGN	-44%	5 761	68 309 BGN	120 150	1 436 425 BGN
5	NEW	Boonie Bears: Back to Earth	1	2 563	27 046 BGN	-	-	-	2 563	27 046 BGN
6	4	Book Club: The Next Chapter	2	1 216	16 094 BGN	-30%	3 174	37 865 BGN	4 390	53 959 BGN
7	5	Pope's Exorcist, The	4	823	10 782 BGN	-53%	2 721	33 250 BGN	18 936	221 961 BGN
8	6	Love Again	2	752	10 153 BGN	-51%	2 710	31 950 BGN	3 462	42 104 BGN
9	8	Ella Bella Bingo (Elleville Elfrid)	4	586	6 853 BGN	-60%	2 068	22 007 BGN	8 214	85 589 BGN
10	7	Mafia Mamma	5	351	4 623 BGN	-77%	2 093	27 611 BGN	21 051	262 074 BGN

 

Here is the top 10 from last weekend.

 

Fast X pretty much destroyed everyhing in its path. It had a great debut so here are its main achievements:

• IN GROSS: Biggest opening ever (including previews) beating Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens
• IN GROSS: 2nd biggest opening ever (excluding previews), only behind Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens
• IN GROSS: Biggest opening ever for the franchise
• IN ADMISSIONS: 4h biggest opening ever (including previews)
• IN ADMISSIONS: 7th biggest opening ever (excluding previews)
• IN ADMISSIONS: 3rd biggest opening ever for the franchise

Top 10 biggest openings (including previews):

#	Title	Admissions		#	Title	Gross
1	Furious 7	102 639		1	Fast X	1 118 190 BGN
2	Fate of the Furious, The	101 968		2	Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens	1 090 356 BGN
3	Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens	99 745		3	Avatar: The Way of Water	1 040 565 BGN
4	Fast X	79 247		4	Fate of the Furious, The	978 636 BGN
5	Avengers: Endgame	78 099		5	Avengers: Endgame	941 006 BGN
6	Star Wars: Episode VIII - The Last Jedi	77 729		6	Furious 7	910 680 BGN
7	Fifty Shades of Grey	73 295		7	Star Wars: Episode VIII - The Last Jedi	890 551 BGN
8	Star Wars: Episode IX - The Rise of Skywalker	72 521		8	Star Wars: Episode IX - The Rise of Skywalker	871 432 BGN
9	Avatar: The Way of Water	71 896		9	F9: The Fast Saga	735 973 BGN
10	Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith	69 090		10	Frozen II	695 305 BGN

 

Top 10 biggest openings (excluding previews):

#	Title	Admissions		#	Title	Gross
1	Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens	99 745		1	Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens	1 090 356 BGN
2	Fate of the Furious, The	90 212		2	Fast X	935 529 BGN
3	Furious 7	87 196		3	Avatar: The Way of Water	933 412 BGN
4	Star Wars: Episode VIII - The Last Jedi	70 710		4	Fate of the Furious, The	837 885 BGN
5	Fifty Shades of Grey	70 282		5	Star Wars: Episode VIII - The Last Jedi	792 630 BGN
6	Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith	69 090		6	Avengers: Endgame	775 510 BGN
7	Fast X	67 052		7	Star Wars: Episode IX - The Rise of Skywalker	762 497 BGN
8	Avengers: Endgame	66 410		8	Furious 7	729 986 BGN
9	Frozen II	66 118		9	Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs	693 881 BGN
10	Avatar: The Way of Water	65 444		10	Frozen II	683 787 BGN

 

The whole Fast & Furious Saga:

Title	OW (Attendance)	OW (Gross)	Total (Attendance)	Total (Gross)	Multi	Release Date
Fast and the Furious, The	N/A	N/A	34 422	173 443 BGN	-	2001
2 Fast 2 Furious	8 834	34 519 BGN	42 311	129 011 BGN	4,79	2003
Fast and the Furious, The: Tokyo Drift	5 524	27 745 BGN	22 770	103 378 BGN	4,12	2006
Fast & Furious	18 576	142 918 BGN	74 726	536 002 BGN	4,02	2009
Fast Five	23 826	198 963 BGN	150 854	1 081 729 BGN	6,33	2011
Fast & Furious 6	53 718	440 891 BGN	229 753	1 770 490 BGN	4,28	2013
Furious 7	87 196	729 986 BGN	341 914	2 771 813 BGN	3,92	2015
Fate of the Furious, The	90 212	837 885 BGN	276 107	2 516 226 BGN	3,06	2017
Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw	37 641	432 511 BGN	177 823	1 947 996 BGN	4,72	2019
F9: The Fast Saga	50 089	559 633 BGN	186 914	2 069 967 BGN	3,73	2021
Fast X	67 052	935 529 BGN	79 247	1 118 190 BGN	1,18	2023

 

Based on the past performances in the franchise, it should reach a 3x multiplier at least. This should lead in final total around 200k admissions and 3M BGN but we'll need to see it's hold next week to have a better perspective. Anyway, I don't see it missing Furious 7 gross so it should beat it and become the highest grosser of the franchise. However, it has no chance to beat it in admissions but it should beat F9.

 

Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 plummeted in the face of the Fast family. It may stabilize and reach 60k admissions but it'll be hard after such a big drop. It's quite unfortunate since the film has great WOM here.

 

Hypnotic held decently and should end up around 15k admissions.

 

The Super Mario Bros. Movie also had an OK hold and still has a chance to flirt with 130k admissions.

 

Book Club: The Next Chapter had the best drop in the top 10, which was expected since it doesn't share almost any audience with Fast X. Still, it's a terrible performance when compared to the original and should end up below 10k admissions.

 

The rest of the top 10 is pretty much dead so nothing to see there.

 

The upcoming weekend has 3 new wide entries - The Little Mermaind, About My Father and Knights of the Zodiac.

 

The Little Mermaid is a total wild card here - to me it's perfectly reasonable for it to bomb with an opening below 10k admissions or to blow up with at an opening above 30k admissions. The race change for Ariel is a big talking point here so I'm leaning on the bombing side but hopefully my fellow countrymen surprise me and this can get to the usual standards for these useless Live-Action remakes.

 

About My Father should land somewhere in the 5k-10k range and Knights of the Zodiac will most likely bomb below 5k admissions.

 

Fast X should keep the top spot unless The Little Mermaid surprises.

 

P.S. All the relevant charts have been updated.

[Simionski]

POS	LW	TITLE	WiR	WEEKEND			WEEK		TOTAL
				ADM	GROSS	CNG %	ADM	GROSS	ADM	GROSS
1	1	Fast X	2	25 347	373 626 BGN	-60%	112 511	1 510 742 BGN	150 053	2 067 029 BGN
2	NEW	Little Mermaid, The	1	17 536	219 212 BGN	-	-	-	17 536	219 212 BGN
3	NEW	About My Father	1	2 706	36 253 BGN	-	-	-	2 706	36 253 BGN
4	2	Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3	4	1 820	28 128 BGN	-52%	7 427	104 346 BGN	54 225	778 345 BGN
5	3	Hypnotic	3	1 371	19 496 BGN	-46%	4 890	63 670 BGN	14 230	180 686 BGN
6	5	Boonie Bears: Back to Earth	2	1 577	17 588 BGN	-34%	4 303	43 030 BGN	5 880	60 618 BGN
7	NEW	Knights of the Zodiac	1	1 121	14 962 BGN	-	-	-	1 121	14 962 BGN
8	4	Super Mario Bros. Movie, The	8	1 181	13 875 BGN	-55%	4 629	52 810 BGN	123 422	1 472 198 BGN
9	NEW	Chebi: My Fluffy Friend (Чебурашка)	1	697	8 347 BGN	-	-	-	697	8 347 BGN
10	6	Book Club: The Next Chapter	3	555	7 164 BGN	-55%	2 311	28 402 BGN	6 040	73 431 BGN

 

Here is the top 10 from last weekend.

 

Fast X had a terrible drop after the great opening. It still achieved the 10th biggest second weekend in gross but a 60% drop here is much worse than in the USA. However, it had a pretty nice weekly gain so the total is alright for now. If it can stabilize in the next few weeks it should still reach 200k admissions but 3M BGN may be missed.

 

The whole Fast & Furious Saga:

Title	OW (Attendance)	OW (Gross)	Total (Attendance)	Total (Gross)	Multi	Release Date
Fast and the Furious, The	N/A	N/A	34 422	173 443 BGN	-	2001
2 Fast 2 Furious	8 834	34 519 BGN	42 311	129 011 BGN	4,79	2003
Fast and the Furious, The: Tokyo Drift	5 524	27 745 BGN	22 770	103 378 BGN	4,12	2006
Fast & Furious	18 576	142 918 BGN	74 726	536 002 BGN	4,02	2009
Fast Five	23 826	198 963 BGN	150 854	1 081 729 BGN	6,33	2011
Fast & Furious 6	53 718	440 891 BGN	229 753	1 770 490 BGN	4,28	2013
Furious 7	87 196	729 986 BGN	341 914	2 771 813 BGN	3,92	2015
Fate of the Furious, The	90 212	837 885 BGN	276 107	2 516 226 BGN	3,06	2017
Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw	37 641	432 511 BGN	177 823	1 947 996 BGN	4,72	2019
F9: The Fast Saga	50 089	559 633 BGN	186 914	2 069 967 BGN	3,73	2021
Fast X	67 052	935 529 BGN	150 053	2 067 029 BGN	2,24	2023

 

The Little Mermaid underpeformed here when compared to the rest of the more popular Disney Live-Action remakes but at least it didn't bomb. In reality the race swap for Ariel definitely played a role here since it should have been opening with at least 30k admissions - the animation is quite popular here, around the same level as the other 90s hits. If it can manage standard legs for the brand, it should reach 70k admissions and 800k BGN which will be a so-so performance.

 

Title	OW (Attendance)	OW (Gross)	Total (Attendance)	Total (Gross)	Multi	Release Date
Jungle Book, The	-	-	-	-	-	1994
101 Dalmatians	N/A	N/A	56 532	235 000 BGN	-	1996
102 Dalmatians	N/A	N/A	31 793	132 000 BGN	-	2001
Alice in Wonderland	25 874	284 258 BGN	115 470	1 263 467 BGN	4,46	2010
Maleficent	32 894	330 576 BGN	146 994	1 388 736 BGN	4,47	2014
Cinderella	31 049	239 459 BGN	97 274	722 608 BGN	3,13	2015
Jungle Book, The	26 666	271 198 BGN	140 543	1 366 972 BGN	5,27	2016
Alice Through the Looking Glass	8 691	89 132 BGN	37 642	372 268 BGN	4,33	2016
Beauty and the Beast	56 790	573 781 BGN	196 958	1 930 543 BGN	3,47	2017
Christopher Robin	2 899	26 027 BGN	16 743	141 139 BGN	5,78	2018
Dumbo	12 868	137 991 BGN	56 043	554 166 BGN	4,36	2019
Aladdin	31 203	353 182 BGN	160 848	1 651 222 BGN	5,15	2019
Lion King, The	49 571	534 215 BGN	292 149	2 886 316 BGN	5,89	2019
Maleficent: Mistress of Evil	31 740	349 165 BGN	144 279	1 489 485 BGN	4,55	2019
Lady and the Tramp	-	-	-	-	-	2019
Mulan	6 884	78 165 BGN	40 568	443 584 BGN	5,89	2020
Cruella	5 938	59 623 BGN	36 573	345 422 BGN	6,16	2021
Pinocchio	-	-	-	-	-	2022
Little Mermaid, The	17 536	219 212 BGN	17 536	219 212 BGN	1,00	2022

 

About My Father and Knights of the Zodiac totally bombed here. While this was totally expected for the latter, the Robert De Niro movie should have trippled this opening since his movies are always doing pretty good here. No idea why this bombed so hard.

 

Nothing special is happening with the rest of the top 10. Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 and The Super Mario Bros. Movie won't be able to catch a break after being destroyed by Fast X so they most likely won't reach 60k and 130k admissions respectively.

 

The upcoming weekend has 2 new wide entries - Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse and The Boogeyman. I really hope that Spidey can breakout since the first one was amazing. However, it didn't gross much here so anything above 15k admissions for the second part should be considered pretty good. The Boogeyman has effective trailers so perhaps it can match Evil Dead Rise and opend around 10k admissions.

 

Fast X should manage a third week on top unless it has another bad drop and The Little Mermaid should be above the new horror movie to save some face.

 

P.S. All the relevant charts have been updated.

Edited May 29, 2023 by Simionski

[Simionski]

POS	LW	TITLE	WiR	WEEKEND			WEEK		TOTAL
				ADM	GROSS	CNG %	ADM	GROSS	ADM	GROSS
1	NEW	Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse	1	14 740	181 506 BGN	-	1 847	29 195 BGN	16 587	210 700 BGN
2	1	Fast X	3	10 913	160 010 BGN	-57%	41 401	584 090 BGN	177 020	2 437 503 BGN
3	2	Little Mermaid, The	2	11 223	142 924 BGN	-34%	32 903	389 830 BGN	44 126	532 754 BGN
4	NEW	Boogeyman, The	1	6 718	79 507 BGN	-	-	-	6 718	79 507 BGN
5	3	About My Father	2	1 628	22 932 BGN	-36%	4 701	58 504 BGN	6 329	81 436 BGN
6	4	Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3	5	847	12 921 BGN	-54%	3 132	45 290 BGN	56 384	808 427 BGN
7	5	Hypnotic	4	723	10 378 BGN	-46%	2 061	27 585 BGN	15 643	199 154 BGN
8	8	Super Mario Bros. Movie, The	9	857	9 911 BGN	-28%	3 430	27 387 BGN	126 528	1 495 621 BGN
9	6	Boonie Bears: Back to Earth	3	759	9 083 BGN	-48%	3 724	32 766 BGN	8 786	84 878 BGN
10	9	Chebi: My Fluffy Friend (Чебурашка)	2	556	7 106 BGN	-14%	1 599	12 917 BGN	2 155	20 022 BGN

 

Here is the top 10 from last weekend.

 

It was rainy in most of the country during the weekend and it seems this helped the family movies.

 

Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse had a pretty good opening - it doubled the previous movie in gross and nearly doubled it in admissions as well. Hopefully, it can hold well in the next few weeks despite the upcoming competition. For now, I'd say it reaches around a 4x multiplier so a total around 60k admissions and 800k BGN is the goal.

 

Title	OW (Attendance)	OW (Gross)	Total (Attendance)	Total (Gross)	Multi	Release Date
Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse	8 997	88 051 BGN	36 835	356 329 BGN	4,09	2018
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse	14 740	181 506 BGN	16 587	210 700 BGN	1,13	2023

 

Fast X had another terrible drop and is turning out to be pretty front-loaded. It still has good midweek gains so 200k admissions are still on the horizon but 3M BGN seems like a dream now. However, it should be able to pass Furious 7 in gross to become the highest grossing movie in the franchise but it'll end up in 4th place in admissions.

 

The whole Fast & Furious Saga:

Title	OW (Attendance)	OW (Gross)	Total (Attendance)	Total (Gross)	Multi	Release Date
Fast and the Furious, The	N/A	N/A	34 422	173 443 BGN	-	2001
2 Fast 2 Furious	8 834	34 519 BGN	42 311	129 011 BGN	4,79	2003
Fast and the Furious, The: Tokyo Drift	5 524	27 745 BGN	22 770	103 378 BGN	4,12	2006
Fast & Furious	18 576	142 918 BGN	74 726	536 002 BGN	4,02	2009
Fast Five	23 826	198 963 BGN	150 854	1 081 729 BGN	6,33	2011
Fast & Furious 6	53 718	440 891 BGN	229 753	1 770 490 BGN	4,28	2013
Furious 7	87 196	729 986 BGN	341 914	2 771 813 BGN	3,92	2015
Fate of the Furious, The	90 212	837 885 BGN	276 107	2 516 226 BGN	3,06	2017
Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw	37 641	432 511 BGN	177 823	1 947 996 BGN	4,72	2019
F9: The Fast Saga	50 089	559 633 BGN	186 914	2 069 967 BGN	3,73	2021
Fast X	67 052	935 529 BGN	177 020	2 437 503 BGN	2,64	2023

 

The Little Mermaid had a great drop after the not so great opening. It's midweek gains were also quite good with the help of Children's Day on June 1st. It's 2 week multiplier is better than Aladdin's remake so it's holding really well. Assuming it can keep the good holds a final total around 90k admissions and 1M BGN may be on the cards which will be a nice total despite the controversy but still far behind the other 90s remakes.

 

List of Disney Live-Action adaptations:

Title	OW (Attendance)	OW (Gross)	Total (Attendance)	Total (Gross)	Multi	Release Date
Jungle Book, The	-	-	-	-	-	1994
101 Dalmatians	N/A	N/A	56 532	235 000 BGN	-	1996
102 Dalmatians	N/A	N/A	31 793	132 000 BGN	-	2001
Alice in Wonderland	25 874	284 258 BGN	115 470	1 263 467 BGN	4,46	2010
Maleficent	32 894	330 576 BGN	146 994	1 388 736 BGN	4,47	2014
Cinderella	31 049	239 459 BGN	97 274	722 608 BGN	3,13	2015
Jungle Book, The	26 666	271 198 BGN	140 543	1 366 972 BGN	5,27	2016
Alice Through the Looking Glass	8 691	89 132 BGN	37 642	372 268 BGN	4,33	2016
Beauty and the Beast	56 790	573 781 BGN	196 958	1 930 543 BGN	3,47	2017
Christopher Robin	2 899	26 027 BGN	16 743	141 139 BGN	5,78	2018
Dumbo	12 868	137 991 BGN	56 043	554 166 BGN	4,36	2019
Aladdin	31 203	353 182 BGN	160 848	1 651 222 BGN	5,15	2019
Lion King, The	49 571	534 215 BGN	292 149	2 886 316 BGN	5,89	2019
Maleficent: Mistress of Evil	31 740	349 165 BGN	144 279	1 489 485 BGN	4,55	2019
Lady and the Tramp	-	-	-	-	-	2019
Mulan	6 884	78 165 BGN	40 568	443 584 BGN	5,89	2020
Cruella	5 938	59 623 BGN	36 573	345 422 BGN	6,16	2021
Pinocchio	-	-	-	-	-	2022
Peter Pan & Wendy	-	-	-	-	-	2023
Little Mermaid, The	17 536	219 212 BGN	44 126	532 754 BGN	2,52	2023

 

The Boogeyman had a nice opening and if it has the standard horror summer legs it should reach around 30k admissions and 400k BGN.

 

Nothing special is happening with the rest of the top 10. Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 and The Super Mario Bros. Movie should fall a bit short from 60k and 130k admissions respectively.

 

The upcoming weekend has 1 new wide entry - Transformers: Rise of the Beasts. It should be able to pass 10k admissions so a new number 1 is pretty much a lock. The franchise is steeply decreasing here after the 4th entry but maybe this one can buck the trend and stabilize a bit.

 

Otherwise, if the weater turns out to be rainy again then the family movies should see some nice holds which should help Across the Spider-Verse and The Little Mermaid.

 

We rarely have big breakouts in June so the next few weeks shouldn't see anything out of this world. Hopefully, The Flash surprises us but if not I don't anything passing 20k admissions in its opening until Indiana Jones at the end of the month. 

 

P.S. All the relevant charts have been updated.

Edited June 5, 2023 by Simionski

[Simionski]

Long time no see.

 

POS	LW	TITLE	WiR	WEEKEND			WEEK		TOTAL
				ADM	GROSS	CNG %	ADM	GROSS	ADM	GROSS
1	NEW	Transformers: Rise of the Beasts	1	10 483	148 582 BGN	-	-	-	10 483	148 582 BGN
2	1	Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse	2	8 205	96 153 BGN	-47%	21 721	257 510 BGN	31 773	382 858 BGN
3	3	Little Mermaid, The	3	5 769	72 648 BGN	-49%	16 507	200 742 BGN	55 179	663 219 BGN
4	2	Fast X	4	4 517	68 396 BGN	-57%	16 951	237 012 BGN	187 575	2 582 901 BGN
5	4	Boogeyman, The	2	3 623	45 138 BGN	-43%	11 296	127 992 BGN	14 919	173 129 BGN
6	5	About My Father	3	899	12 997 BGN	-43%	2 619	34 592 BGN	8 219	106 093 BGN
7	NEW	Анна	18	915	9 383 BGN	-	115	1 271 BGN	1 030	10 654 BGN
8	8	Super Mario Bros. Movie, The	10	686	8 088 BGN	-18%	1 302	14 012 BGN	127 659	1 507 810 BGN
9	7	Hypnotic	5	471	6 664 BGN	-35%	1 310	16 958 BGN	16 701	212 398 BGN
10	6	Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3	6	343	5 346 BGN	-58%	1 380	19 983 BGN	57 260	820 835 BGN
POS	LW	TITLE	WiR	WEEKEND			WEEK		TOTAL
				ADM	GROSS	CNG %	ADM	GROSS	ADM	GROSS
1	NEW	Elemental	1	14 569	178 098 BGN	-	-	-	14 569	178 098 BGN
2	NEW	Flash, The	1	7 394	100 104 BGN	-	-	-	7 394	100 104 BGN
3	1	Transformers: Rise of the Beasts	2	7 027	97 603 BGN	-34%	18 947	253 494 BGN	25 974	351 098 BGN
4	2	Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse	3	6 298	72 318 BGN	-24%	15 696	173 255 BGN	45 562	532 278 BGN
5	4	Fast X	5	3 880	58 507 BGN	-14%	9 290	128 624 BGN	196 228	2 701 637 BGN
6	3	Little Mermaid, The	4	4 256	54 663 BGN	-24%	11 174	131 486 BGN	64 840	776 721 BGN
7	5	Boogeyman, The	3	2 837	36 459 BGN	-19%	7 896	91 631 BGN	22 029	256 082 BGN
8	6	About My Father	4	706	9 755 BGN	-24%	2 149	27 068 BGN	10 175	129 919 BGN
9	10	Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3	7	342	5 316 BGN	0%	713	10 198 BGN	57 972	831 002 BGN
10	8	Super Mario Bros. Movie, The	11	412	4 978 BGN	-38%	1 265	14 106 BGN	128 650	1 518 807 BGN
POS	LW	TITLE	WiR	WEEKEND			WEEK		TOTAL
				ADM	GROSS	CNG %	ADM	GROSS	ADM	GROSS
1	1	Elemental	2	5 991	74 000 BGN	-58%	21 666	252 840 BGN	27 657	326 840 BGN
2	NEW	No Hard Feelings	1	3 338	42 602 BGN	-	-	-	3 338	42 602 BGN
3	3	Transformers: Rise of the Beasts	3	2 542	37 656 BGN	-61%	10 349	138 126 BGN	31 838	429 276 BGN
4	2	Flash, The	2	2 665	36 335 BGN	-63%	11 280	145 834 BGN	13 945	182 169 BGN
5	4	Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse	4	2 687	32 270 BGN	-55%	9 596	105 733 BGN	51 547	597 964 BGN
6	NEW	Mavka: The Forest Song (Мавка. Лісова пісня)	1	2 525	27 561 BGN	-	-	-	2 525	27 561 BGN
7	5	Fast X	6	1 488	22 520 BGN	-61%	5 725	82 508 BGN	199 561	2 748 157 BGN
8	6	Little Mermaid, The	5	1 490	18 377 BGN	-66%	6 111	75 422 BGN	68 185	815 857 BGN
9	7	Boogeyman, The	4	1 258	16 033 BGN	-56%	4 472	54 283 BGN	24 922	289 939 BGN
10	NEW	Asteroid City	1	1 217	15 974 BGN	-	-	-	1 217	15 974 BGN

 

Here are the charts from the last 3 weeks.

 

Last weekend was one of the worst I remember outside of COVID times. Nothing of interest opened and still everything dropped like a rock. It seems that there are a few factors for the disastrous result - the sunny weather, the fact that going to the cinema is now a luxury and of course the main thing here is that nothing took the interest of the general audience.

 

Avatar: The Way of Water proved that people are still open to going to the cinema but they'll only go in droves for an event. From the start of year till now only 3 films got past 100k admissions and only 9 got past 50k admissions. This is really bad for the market and it shows that moviegoind habbits have changed a lot. Even the 2 films on top did worse than expected - Fast X will end up 15k admissions above the previous entry despite it being released during COVID and Super Mario should have gotten at least 150k admissions.

 

2023 - Top 10:

#	Title	Admissions
1	Fast X	199 561
2	Super Mario Bros. Movie, The	128 893
3	Чалга	107 818
4	John Wick: Chapter 4	81 844
5	Little Mermaid, The	68 185
6	Creed III	61 625
7	Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3	58 222
8	Operation Fortune: Ruse de guerre	57 069
9	Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse	51 547
10	Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves	38 026

 

It seems that going to the cinema is a no-go this summer but let's see if any of the upcoming releases can change things up. July's lineup is stronger on paper and Indy is yet to come so hopefully the box office picks up.

 

Now to the individual performances.

 

Transformers: Rise of the Beasts is doing pretty bad since it'll probably end up as the lowest in attendance in the franchise. It's losing a lot screens now so I don't see how it'll go past 40k admissions.

 

Title	OW (Attendance)	OW (Gross)	Total (Attendance)	Total (Gross)	Multi	Release Date
Transformers	10 191	74 265 BGN	44 799	264 635 BGN	4,40	2007
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen	21 185	149 187 BGN	51 948	346 756 BGN	2,45	2009
Transformers: The Dark of the Moon	31 001	326 316 BGN	116 999	1 088 182 BGN	3,77	2011
Transformers: Age of Extinction	24 444	249 264 BGN	113 660	1 097 037 BGN	4,65	2014
Transformers: The Last Knight	13 546	151 642 BGN	52 397	547 652 BGN	3,87	2017
Bumblebee	10 027	114 550 BGN	42 882	478 161 BGN	4,28	2018
Transformers: Rise of the Beasts	10 483	148 582 BGN	31 838	429 276 BGN	3,04	2023

 

Elemental had a pretty good opening but totally collapsed last weekend. I really hope that it can recover but right now I don't see how it'll reach much more than 50k admissions. Still, this is an OK result for PIXAR here since it's far from the most successfull antimation house in the market.

 

PIXAR

Title	OW (Attendance)	OW (Gross)	Total (Attendance)	Total (Gross)	Multi	Release Date
>>> Toy Story <<<	N/A	N/A	28 119	142 668 BGN	-	1996
Bug's Life, A	N/A	N/A	11 479	48 000 BGN	-	-
>>> Toy Story 2 <<<	N/A	N/A	15 748	104 047 BGN	-	2000
>>> Monsters, Inc. <<<	5 000	17 312 BGN	62 486	346 949 BGN	12,50	2002
>>> Finding Nemo <<<	5 373	20 118 BGN	69 403	401 560 BGN	12,92	2002
Incredibles, The	2 119	7 218 BGN	18 549	62 859 BGN	8,75	2004
Cars	3 509	17 624 BGN	28 939	132 300 BGN	8,25	2006
Ratatouille	8 782	57 052 BGN	56 786	326 308 BGN	6,47	2007
WALL·E	5 843	48 153 BGN	31 658	205 616 BGN	5,42	2008
Up	9 393	103 902 BGN	33 226	348 998 BGN	3,54	2009
Toy Story 3	5 826	58 881 BGN	30 599	314 694 BGN	5,25	2010
Cars 2	13 050	128 671 BGN	82 712	720 035 BGN	6,34	2011
Brave	15 750	149 995 BGN	119 872	1 063 648 BGN	7,61	2012
Monsters University	15 462	139 889 BGN	85 073	718 106 BGN	5,50	2013
Inside Out	27 730	253 776 BGN	132 677	1 123 072 BGN	4,78	2015
Good Dinosaur, The	16 425	147 791 BGN	69 774	613 358 BGN	4,25	2015
Finding Dory	13 720	121 504 BGN	82 627	680 996 BGN	6,02	2016
Cars 3	23 800	219 593 BGN	70 069	596 280 BGN	2,94	2017
Coco	13 770	127 848 BGN	55 708	501 065 BGN	4,05	2017
Incredibles 2	20 021	198 663 BGN	107 499	980 382 BGN	5,37	2018
Toy Story 4	6 218	61 189 BGN	38 972	351 886 BGN	6,27	2019
Onward	8 541	88 505 BGN	20 547	176 333 BGN	2,41	2020
Soul	2 721	29 106 BGN	16 583	165 041 BGN	6,09	2021
Luca	10 196	90 538 BGN	58 326	499 764 BGN	5,72	2021
Turning Red	21 375	203 158 BGN	86 457	819 640 BGN	4,04	2022
Lightyear	5 463	52 984 BGN	20 882	190 080 BGN	3,82	2022
Elemental	14 569	178 098 BGN	27 657	326 840 BGN	1,90	2023

 

The Flash is one for the ages - it totally bombed and may end up even below Shazam 2 which was one of the biggest CBM bombs here as a whole. It'll also end up below The Suicide Squad which was released during COVID and was on HBO MAX at the same day.

 

DCEU

Title	OW (Attendance)	OW (Gross)	Total (Attendance)	Total (Gross)	Multi	Release Date
Man of Steel	9 920	106 478 BGN	33 328	334 425 BGN	3,36	2013
Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice	30 295	319 503 BGN	93 456	961 964 BGN	3,08	2016
Suicide Squad	25 753	262 867 BGN	137 221	1 302 086 BGN	5,33	2016
Wonder Woman	10 141	116 882 BGN	44 208	464 075 BGN	4,36	2017
Justice League	23 710	265 789 BGN	67 525	724 787 BGN	2,85	2017
Aquaman	42 931	494 555 BGN	151 974	1 724 035 BGN	3,54	2018
Shazam	14 425	173 644 BGN	42 598	495 594 BGN	2,95	2019
Birds of Prey and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn	7 396	74 728 BGN	21 417	206 631 BGN	2,90	2020
Wonder Woman 1984	1 925	22 832 BGN	8 973	102 860 BGN	4,66	2021
Suicide Squad, The	5 889	61 345 BGN	22 599	211 145 BGN	3,84	2021
Black Adam	22 698	289 339 BGN	82 399	1 001 658 BGN	3,63	2022
Shazam! Fury of the Gods	7 111	93 789 BGN	18 174	227 020 BGN	2,56	2023
Flash, The	7 394	100 104 BGN	13 945	182 169 BGN	1,89	2023

 

No Hard Feelings opened a bit below my expectations but it may still get some legs. Still, it most probably won't pass 20k admissions which isn't good.

 

Ateroid City bombed but it was expected. At least it's good that these type of movies can get a wide release from time to time.

 

Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse was doing pretty well until the disastrous weekend we just had. Unless it recovers in spectacular fashion it'll end up around 60k admissions. Nevertheless, it should end up as the second biggest June release since I really don't see a chance for Indy to go below that mark.

 

Title	OW (Attendance)	OW (Gross)	Total (Attendance)	Total (Gross)	Multi	Release Date
Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse	8 997	88 051 BGN	36 835	356 329 BGN	4,09	2018
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse	14 740	181 506 BGN	51 547	597 964 BGN	3,50	2023

 

Fast X isn't holding that well but in the end it should pass 200k admissions which when compared to other long-running franchises is quite good. It'll also most likely win the year in both admissions and gross unless something truly surprises.

 

The whole Fast & Furious Saga:

Title	OW (Attendance)	OW (Gross)	Total (Attendance)	Total (Gross)	Multi	Release Date
Fast and the Furious, The	N/A	N/A	34 422	173 443 BGN	-	2001
2 Fast 2 Furious	8 834	34 519 BGN	42 311	129 011 BGN	4,79	2003
Fast and the Furious, The: Tokyo Drift	5 524	27 745 BGN	22 770	103 378 BGN	4,12	2006
Fast & Furious	18 576	142 918 BGN	74 726	536 002 BGN	4,02	2009
Fast Five	23 826	198 963 BGN	150 854	1 081 729 BGN	6,33	2011
Fast & Furious 6	53 718	440 891 BGN	229 753	1 770 490 BGN	4,28	2013
Furious 7	87 196	729 986 BGN	341 914	2 771 813 BGN	3,92	2015
Fate of the Furious, The	90 212	837 885 BGN	276 107	2 516 226 BGN	3,06	2017
Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw	37 641	432 511 BGN	177 823	1 947 996 BGN	4,72	2019
F9: The Fast Saga	50 089	559 633 BGN	186 914	2 069 967 BGN	3,73	2021
Fast X	67 052	935 529 BGN	199 561	2 748 151 BGN	2,98	2023

 

The Little Mermaid is holding great if we don't include the past weekend but everything died out then anyway. However, it'll fall short of all of 90s remakes (except Mulan but it was duirng COVID). It should be able to pass 70k admissions in the end.

 

List of Disney Live-Action adaptations:

Title	OW (Attendance)	OW (Gross)	Total (Attendance)	Total (Gross)	Multi	Release Date
Jungle Book, The	-	-	-	-	-	1994
101 Dalmatians	N/A	N/A	56 532	235 000 BGN	-	1996
102 Dalmatians	N/A	N/A	31 793	132 000 BGN	-	2001
Alice in Wonderland	25 874	284 258 BGN	115 470	1 263 467 BGN	4,46	2010
Maleficent	32 894	330 576 BGN	146 994	1 388 736 BGN	4,47	2014
Cinderella	31 049	239 459 BGN	97 274	722 608 BGN	3,13	2015
Jungle Book, The	26 666	271 198 BGN	140 543	1 366 972 BGN	5,27	2016
Alice Through the Looking Glass	8 691	89 132 BGN	37 642	372 268 BGN	4,33	2016
Beauty and the Beast	56 790	573 781 BGN	196 958	1 930 543 BGN	3,47	2017
Christopher Robin	2 899	26 027 BGN	16 743	141 139 BGN	5,78	2018
Dumbo	12 868	137 991 BGN	56 043	554 166 BGN	4,36	2019
Aladdin	31 203	353 182 BGN	160 848	1 651 222 BGN	5,15	2019
Lion King, The	49 571	534 215 BGN	292 149	2 886 316 BGN	5,89	2019
Maleficent: Mistress of Evil	31 740	349 165 BGN	144 279	1 489 485 BGN	4,55	2019
Lady and the Tramp	-	-	-	-	-	2019
Mulan	6 884	78 165 BGN	40 568	443 584 BGN	5,89	2020
Cruella	5 938	59 623 BGN	36 573	345 422 BGN	6,16	2021
Pinocchio	-	-	-	-	-	2022
Peter Pan & Wendy	-	-	-	-	-	2023
Little Mermaid, The	17 536	219 212 BGN	68 185	815 857 BGN	3,89	2023

 

The Boogeyman is holding alright and should end up near 30k admissions.

 

The upcoming weekend has 2 new wide entries - Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny and Ruby Gillman, Teenage Kraken. Indy should top 30k admissions to not be considered a disappointment and Ruby Gilman should crack 10k admissions to be a success.

 

P.S. All the relevant charts have been updated.

Edited June 27, 2023 by Simionski

[cannastop]

On 6/27/2023 at 10:24 AM, Simionski said:

Turning Red

Wow this did... surprisingly well in Bulgaria, huh?

[Simionski]

1 hour ago, cannastop said:

Wow this did... surprisingly well in Bulgaria, huh?

Yep, but Disney+ is not dubbed or subtitled here and there is no official distributor for Disney when it comes to home media. So the cinema is pretty much the only way to watch the dubbed version of their latest animations. The dubbed pirated versions rarely appear in less than 6 months after the original release.

 

Nevertheless, Turning Red did better than expected. Having such a cute character on the posters definitely helped as well since it started with a pretty good opening. 

[Simionski]

POS	LW	TITLE	WiR	WEEKEND			WEEK		TOTAL
				ADM	GROSS	CNG %	ADM	GROSS	ADM	GROSS
1	NEW	Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny	1	21 601	290 480 BGN	-	2 635	41 820 BGN	24 236	332 300 BGN
2	1	Elemental	3	3 734	45 982 BGN	-37%	11 559	133 515 BGN	36 959	432 337 BGN
3	NEW	Ruby Gillman, Teenage Kraken	1	3 310	33 588 BGN	-	-	-	3 310	33 588 BGN
4	2	No Hard Feelings	2	1 744	22 756 BGN	-46%	6 414	75 189 BGN	8 158	97 946 BGN
5	6	Mavka: The Forest Song (Мавка. Лісова пісня)	2	1 598	17 119 BGN	-37%	4 751	48 447 BGN	6 349	65 566 BGN
6	5	Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse	5	1 244	15 377 BGN	-52%	4 906	55 845 BGN	55 010	636 915 BGN
7	3	Transformers: Rise of the Beasts	4	986	15 250 BGN	-59%	4 808	66 981 BGN	35 090	473 852 BGN
8	4	Flash, The	3	961	12 450 BGN	-65%	4 731	60 854 BGN	16 972	219 137 BGN
9	9	Boogeyman, The	5	666	8 310 BGN	-48%	2 485	29 152 BGN	26 815	311 368 BGN
10	7	Fast X	7	498	7 970 BGN	-64%	2 885	40 431 BGN	201 456	2 774 039 BGN
POS	LW	TITLE	WiR	WEEKEND			WEEK		TOTAL
				ADM	GROSS	CNG %	ADM	GROSS	ADM	GROSS
1	1	Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny	2	12 901	177 444 BGN	-38%	39 473	492 175 BGN	55 009	711 439 BGN
2	NEW	Insidious: The Red Door	1	5 623	65 478 BGN	-	-	-	5 623	65 478 BGN
3	2	Elemental	4	3 628	43 484 BGN	-5%	7 158	82 698 BGN	44 011	512 537 BGN
4	3	Ruby Gillman, Teenage Kraken	2	2 747	28 133 BGN	-16%	6 355	61 780 BGN	9 102	89 913 BGN
5	4	No Hard Feelings	3	1 591	20 592 BGN	-9%	3 869	45 608 BGN	11 874	141 390 BGN
6	5	Mavka: The Forest Song (Мавка. Лісова пісня)	3	1 418	15 906 BGN	-7%	3 030	30 916 BGN	9 199	95 269 BGN
7	6	Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse	6	1 274	15 621 BGN	2%	2 645	30 444 BGN	57 685	667 603 BGN
8	7	Transformers: Rise of the Beasts	5	814	12 330 BGN	-19%	2 221	31 453 BGN	37 139	502 384 BGN
9	8	Flash, The	4	774	9 484 BGN	-23%	1 972	23 736 BGN	18 757	239 908 BGN
10	12	Little Mermaid, The	7	638	7 494 BGN	15%	981	11 415 BGN	71 033	848 318 BGN
POS	LW	TITLE	WiR	WEEKEND			WEEK		TOTAL
				ADM	GROSS	CNG %	ADM	GROSS	ADM	GROSS
1	NEW	Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning - Part One	1	11 778	161 265 BGN	-	4 020	65 156 BGN	15 798	226 421 BGN
2	1	Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny	3	6 080	80 087 BGN	-54%	22 629	287 449 BGN	70 817	901 531 BGN
3	3	Elemental	5	2 875	34 035 BGN	-21%	6 088	69 213 BGN	49 346	572 301 BGN
4	2	Insidious: The Red Door	2	2 531	30 734 BGN	-53%	10 367	114 867 BGN	12 898	145 600 BGN
5	4	Ruby Gillman, Teenage Kraken	3	1 371	14 801 BGN	-47%	5 239	51 348 BGN	12 965	127 929 BGN
6	5	No Hard Feelings	4	1 090	14 644 BGN	-28%	2 975	35 584 BGN	14 348	171 026 BGN
7	NEW	Albert	1	1 263	12 717 BGN	-	-	-	1 263	12 717 BGN
8	7	Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse	7	831	10 106 BGN	-35%	2 135	24 915 BGN	59 377	687 003 BGN
9	6	Mavka: The Forest Song (Мавка. Лісова пісня)	4	815	8 980 BGN	-43%	2 448	25 984 BGN	11 044	114 327 BGN
10	10	Little Mermaid, The	8	397	4 758 BGN	-36%	1 086	12 433 BGN	71 878	858 015 BGN
POS	LW	TITLE	WiR	WEEKEND			WEEK		TOTAL
				ADM	GROSS	CNG %	ADM	GROSS	ADM	GROSS
1	NEW	Barbie	1	38 107	452 186 BGN	-	-	-	38 107	452 186 BGN
2	NEW	Oppenheimer	1	30 019	403 925 BGN	-	-	-	30 019	403 925 BGN
3	1	Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning - Part One	2	6 724	93 067 BGN	-42%	23 026	292 522 BGN	33 770	450 745 BGN
4	2	Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny	4	4 289	56 441 BGN	-29%	12 632	152 173 BGN	81 658	1 030 059 BGN
5	3	Elemental	6	2 372	29 588 BGN	-13%	5 897	65 617 BGN	54 740	633 470 BGN
6	4	Insidious: The Red Door	3	1 206	15 256 BGN	-50%	5 776	64 805 BGN	17 349	194 928 BGN
7	5	Ruby Gillman, Teenage Kraken	4	1 121	12 512 BGN	-15%	2 758	28 076 BGN	15 473	153 716 BGN
8	7	Albert	2	885	8 850 BGN	-30%	2 643	25 383 BGN	3 528	34 233 BGN
9	9	Mavka: The Forest Song (Мавка. Лісова пісня)	5	649	7 015 BGN	-21%	1 693	17 198 BGN	12 571	129 560 BGN
10	6	No Hard Feelings	5	272	3 582 BGN	-75%	2 191	26 449 BGN	15 721	186 412 BGN

 

Here are the charts from the last month.

 

The last month was quite underwhelming at the local box office but thanks to Barbenheimer some much needed life was given to it. We just had one of the most attended weekends as a whole in the last 20 years and both films totally blew all expectations.

 

As I mentioned in my last review of the box office here the general audience will still go to the cinema but they'll do it for an event. The combined attendance of the two openers is the best OW since COVID started moving just ahead the debut of Fast X (without the previews, of course).

 

Almost all of the remaining premiers in the last month debuted well below expectations but I'll get to them in a bit.

 

2023 - Top 20:

#	Title	Admissions		#	Title	Gross
1	Fast X	203 369		1	Fast X	2 800 407 BGN
2	Super Mario Bros. Movie, The	129 212		2	Super Mario Bros. Movie, The	1 525 297 BGN
3	Чалга	109 138		3	Чалга	1 239 069 BGN
4	John Wick: Chapter 4	81 844		4	John Wick: Chapter 4	1 081 528 BGN
5	Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny	81 658		5	Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny	1 030 059 BGN
6	Little Mermaid, The	72 375		6	Little Mermaid, The	862 997 BGN
7	Creed III	61 625		7	Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3	835 572 BGN
8	Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse	60 572		8	Creed III	738 818 BGN
9	Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3	58 311		9	Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse	700 707 BGN
10	Operation Fortune: Ruse de guerre	57 069		10	Operation Fortune: Ruse de guerre	676 104 BGN
11	Elemental	54 740		11	Elemental	633 470 BGN
12	Transformers: Rise of the Beasts	38 422		12	Transformers: Rise of the Beasts	519 668 BGN
13	Barbie	38 107		13	Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania	491 808 BGN
14	Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves	38 026		14	Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves	487 407 BGN
15	Игра на доверие	36 634		15	Barbie	452 186 BGN
16	Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania	35 067		16	Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning - Part One	450 745 BGN
17	Scream VI	34 718		17	Игра на доверие	415 987 BGN
18	Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning - Part One	33 770		18	Scream VI	407 421 BGN
19	Finnick (Финник)	32 406		19	Oppenheimer	403 925 BGN
20	Oppenheimer	30 019		20	Babylon	362 509 BGN

 

Barbie had one of the best July debuts and probably the best opening for a live-action comedy movie (outside Deadpool). It remains to be seen how frontloaded the premiere was but due to huge total attendance I expect that there will be a lot of spillover for the next few weeks and it should reach at least a 4x multiplier. If everything goes well it can also reach a 5x multiplier, which is what I would have expected if it didn't open almost 4 times greater than my prediction a few weeks ago. For now, I'll put the final range as 150-200k admissions and 1.8M-2.3M BGN.

 

Oppenheimer had the second most attended debut not on number one - as far as I could see only Sherlock Homes managed to outdo it but that was on Christmas (the most lucrative release season). If we're talking about pure gross it defintely had the best debut not at first place. It also blew every other Nolan OW out of the water - in both attendance and gross. It may be frontloaded due to whole Barbenheimer trend but since it's summer and it's a Nolan movie it has a high chance to go well beyond a 5x multiplier. For now, I'll put the final range as 130-170k admissions and 1.8M-2.3M BGN.

 

Chistopher Nolan's Filmography:

Title	OW (Attendance)	OW (Gross)	Total (Attendance)	Total (Gross)	Multi	Release Date
Memento	2 472	13 634 BGN	5 800	27 826 BGN	2,35	2002
Insomnia	2 800	13 969 BGN	14 851	68 986 BGN	5,30	2004
Batman Begins	5 723	26 900 BGN	28 389	120 245 BGN	4,96	2005
Prestige, The	6 235	37 896 BGN	18 387	104 945 BGN	2,95	2007
Dark Knight, The	17 979	157 249 BGN	61 664	445 034 BGN	3,43	2008
>>> Inception <<<	16 952	170 064 BGN	113 891	863 489 BGN	6,72	2010
Dark Knight Rises, The	20 898	183 273 BGN	100 453	756 444 BGN	4,81	2012
Interstellar	21 413	183 074 BGN	126 578	1 012 922 BGN	5,91	2014
Dunkirk	6 093	60 743 BGN	35 987	322 134 BGN	5,91	2017
Tenet	5 611	62 348 BGN	44 067	460 559 BGN	7,85	2020
Oppenheimer	30 019	403 925 BGN	30 019	403 925 BGN	1,00	2023

 

Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning - Part One is having a disastrous performance. It had the worst known debut in the franchise when talking about admissions and it should end up as the second or thirf least attended film in the series. Right now, it's looking at a final total around 60k admissions and 900k BGN - a significant underperfomance but this seems to be the trend for long-running franchises this summer.

 

Mission: Impossible Franchise:

Title	OW (Attendance)	OW (Gross)	Total (Attendance)	Total (Gross)	Multi	Release Date
Mission: Impossible	N/A	N/A	57 119	237 000 BGN	-	1996
Mission: Impossible II	N/A	N/A	90 204	375 000 BGN	-	2000
Mission: Impossible III	12 166	65 962 BGN	49 860	243 041 BGN	4,10	2006
Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol	19 031	162 290 BGN	128 827	917 040 BGN	6,77	2011
Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation	22 085	198 305 BGN	109 895	898 976 BGN	4,98	2015
Mission: Impossible - Fallout	17 275	204 530 BGN	86 969	959 192 BGN	5,03	2018
Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning - Part One	11 778	161 265 BGN	33 770	450 745 BGN	2,87	2023

 

Insidious: The Red Door is having a nice little run - nothing spectacular but a grat overperfomance when compared to the other installments. Only the second and fourth films were released in cinemas here and it's already outdid them combined. It should end up around 20k admissions and 240k BGN.

 

Insidious Franchise:

Title	OW (Attendance)	OW (Gross)	Total (Attendance)	Total (Gross)	Multi	Release Date
Insidious	-	-	-	-	-	2011
Insidious: Chapter 2	1 390	10 273 BGN	4 130	28 349 BGN	2,97	2013
Insidious: Chapter 3	-	-	-	-	-	2015
Insidious: The Last Key	2 821	23 286 BGN	7 101	57 459 BGN	2,52	2018
Insidious: The Red Door	5 623	65 478 BGN	17 349	194 928 BGN	3,09	2023

 

Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny also underperformed here but when compared to the other big budget franchises it's not so bad. It still has a chance to pass 100k admissions but this is still 30k admission below Kingdom of the Crystal Skull. However, it has already passed it in gross due to the huge inflation when compared to 2008. It should end up around 100k admissions and 1.25M BGN.

 

Indiana Jones Franchise:

Title	OW (Attendance)	OW (Gross)	Total (Attendance)	Total (Gross)	Multi	Release Date
Raiders of the Lost Ark	-	-	-	-	-	1981
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom	-	-	-	-	-	1984
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade	-	-	-	-	-	1989
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull	31 992	245 245 BGN	132 728	924 810 BGN	4,15	2008
Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny	21 601	290 480 BGN	81 658	1 030 059 BGN	3,78	2023

 

Ruby Gillman, Teenage Kraken had the chance to give The Flash a run for the biggest bomb this summer but due to some spectacular legs it may even surpass it at the end. This is still a terrible performance for a DreamWorks movie here even if it gets above the 20k admissions mark.

 

DreamWorks Animation:

Title	OW (Attendance)	OW (Gross)	Total (Attendance)	Total (Gross)	Multi	Release Date
Antz	N/A	N/A	8 767	36 000 BGN	-	1998
Prince of Egypt, The	N/A	N/A	18 402	76 000 BGN	-	1998
Road to El Dorado, The	N/A	N/A	1 980	8 000 BGN	-	2000
Shrek	N/A	N/A	15 605	65 000 BGN	-	2001
Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron	-	-	-	-	-	2002
Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas	700	3 000 BGN	2 788	8 759 BGN	3,98	2003
Shrek 2	7 189	30 082 BGN	23 704	87 789 BGN	3,30	2004
Shark Tale	2 591	11 183 BGN	9 489	39 148 BGN	3,66	2005
Madagascar	1 421	6 996 BGN	11 816	54 597 BGN	8,32	2005
Over the Hedge	994	4 540 BGN	4 735	18 010 BGN	4,76	2006
Shrek the Third	12 737	89 357 BGN	58 625	344 016 BGN	4,60	2007
Bee Movie	715	4 257 BGN	8 688	49 213 BGN	12,15	2007
Kung Fu Panda	8 678	70 559 BGN	45 871	291 955 BGN	5,29	2008
Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa	13 409	105 611 BGN	56 780	385 040 BGN	4,23	2008
Monsters vs Aliens	5 849	56 439 BGN	41 832	408 370 BGN	7,15	2009
How to Train Your Dragon	11 807	124 273 BGN	41 952	436 754 BGN	3,55	2010
Shrek Forever After	21 488	255 658 BGN	95 011	1 056 399 BGN	4,42	2010
Megamind	5 090	51 972 BGN	42 098	407 561 BGN	8,27	2010
Kung Fu Panda 2	12 887	128 267 BGN	80 932	742 641 BGN	6,28	2011
Puss in Boots	22 024	221 344 BGN	142 181	1 331 131 BGN	6,46	2011
Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted	9 487	92 722 BGN	72 305	671 344 BGN	7,62	2012
Rise of the Guardians	16 163	164 178 BGN	103 088	968 686 BGN	6,38	2012
Croods, The	14 987	141 371 BGN	73 921	673 726 BGN	4,93	2013
Turbo	6 107	58 121 BGN	44 108	380 943 BGN	7,22	2013
Mr. Peabody & Sherman	16 760	151 709 BGN	64 086	556 783 BGN	3,82	2014
How to Train Your Dragon 2	22 118	203 590 BGN	134 034	1 159 264 BGN	6,06	2014
Penguins of Madagascar	34 937	319 425 BGN	158 388	1 401 195 BGN	4,53	2014
Home	23 247	216 520 BGN	93 412	824 696 BGN	4,02	2015
Kung Fu Panda 3	25 032	232 393 BGN	91 948	834 270 BGN	3,67	2016
Trolls	20 781	188 100 BGN	113 776	976 610 BGN	5,48	2016
Boss Baby, The	32 017	284 942 BGN	133 457	1 160 419 BGN	4,17	2017
Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie	-	-	-	-	-	2017
How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World	32 377	337 274 BGN	132 936	1 333 923 BGN	4,11	2019
Abominable	11 580	109 927 BGN	46 085	439 354 BGN	3,98	2019
Trolls World Tour	2 658	21 922 BGN	17 992	159 323 BGN	6,77	2020
Spirit Untamed	4 315	37 942 BGN	15 736	135 916 BGN	3,65	2021
Boss Baby, The: Family Business	14 158	130 964 BGN	80 855	713 644 BGN	5,71	2021
Croods, The: A New Age	8 169	71 107 BGN	48 796	394 589 BGN	5,97	2021
Bad Guys, The	16 260	156 579 BGN	74 284	706 539 BGN	4,57	2022
Puss in Boots: The Last Wish	12 086	136 905 BGN	168 118	1 910 498 BGN	13,91	2022
Ruby Gillman, Teenage Kraken	3 310	33 588 BGN	15 473	153 716 BGN	4,67	2023

 

When we talk about bombs here, Transformers: Rise of the Beasts is another strong contender. It'll end up as the least attended film in the series which I totally didn't expect at the start of the summer.

 

Transformers Franchise:

Title	OW (Attendance)	OW (Gross)	Total (Attendance)	Total (Gross)	Multi	Release Date
Transformers	10 191	74 265 BGN	44 799	264 635 BGN	4,40	2007
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen	21 185	149 187 BGN	51 948	346 756 BGN	2,45	2009
Transformers: The Dark of the Moon	31 001	326 316 BGN	116 999	1 088 182 BGN	3,77	2011
Transformers: Age of Extinction	24 444	249 264 BGN	113 660	1 097 037 BGN	4,65	2014
Transformers: The Last Knight	13 546	151 642 BGN	52 397	547 652 BGN	3,87	2017
Bumblebee	10 027	114 550 BGN	42 882	478 161 BGN	4,28	2018
Transformers: Rise of the Beasts	10 483	148 582 BGN	38 422	519 668 BGN	3,67	2023

 

Elemental is holding pretty great after the lackluster sophomore weekend. It doesn't have any direct competition for 2 more weeks so it has a chance to go near 70k admissions if it doesn't get buried when TMNT opens.

 

PIXAR Animation:

Title	OW (Attendance)	OW (Gross)	Total (Attendance)	Total (Gross)	Multi	Release Date
>>> Toy Story <<<	N/A	N/A	28 119	142 668 BGN	-	1996
Bug's Life, A	N/A	N/A	11 479	48 000 BGN	-	-
>>> Toy Story 2 <<<	N/A	N/A	15 748	104 047 BGN	-	2000
>>> Monsters, Inc. <<<	5 000	17 312 BGN	62 486	346 949 BGN	12,50	2002
>>> Finding Nemo <<<	5 373	20 118 BGN	69 403	401 560 BGN	12,92	2002
Incredibles, The	2 119	7 218 BGN	18 549	62 859 BGN	8,75	2004
Cars	3 509	17 624 BGN	28 939	132 300 BGN	8,25	2006
Ratatouille	8 782	57 052 BGN	56 786	326 308 BGN	6,47	2007
WALL·E	5 843	48 153 BGN	31 658	205 616 BGN	5,42	2008
Up	9 393	103 902 BGN	33 226	348 998 BGN	3,54	2009
Toy Story 3	5 826	58 881 BGN	30 599	314 694 BGN	5,25	2010
Cars 2	13 050	128 671 BGN	82 712	720 035 BGN	6,34	2011
Brave	15 750	149 995 BGN	119 872	1 063 648 BGN	7,61	2012
Monsters University	15 462	139 889 BGN	85 073	718 106 BGN	5,50	2013
Inside Out	27 730	253 776 BGN	132 677	1 123 072 BGN	4,78	2015
Good Dinosaur, The	16 425	147 791 BGN	69 774	613 358 BGN	4,25	2015
Finding Dory	13 720	121 504 BGN	82 627	680 996 BGN	6,02	2016
Cars 3	23 800	219 593 BGN	70 069	596 280 BGN	2,94	2017
Coco	13 770	127 848 BGN	55 708	501 065 BGN	4,05	2017
Incredibles 2	20 021	198 663 BGN	107 499	980 382 BGN	5,37	2018
Toy Story 4	6 218	61 189 BGN	38 972	351 886 BGN	6,27	2019
Onward	8 541	88 505 BGN	20 547	176 333 BGN	2,41	2020
Soul	2 721	29 106 BGN	16 583	165 041 BGN	6,09	2021
Luca	10 196	90 538 BGN	58 326	499 764 BGN	5,72	2021
Turning Red	21 375	203 158 BGN	86 457	819 640 BGN	4,04	2022
Lightyear	5 463	52 984 BGN	20 882	190 080 BGN	3,82	2022
Elemental	14 569	178 098 BGN	54 740	633 470 BGN	3,76	2023

 

The Flash is defintely the bomb of the year so far. It managed to pass 20k admissions but this should have been what it opened to given all the promotion. A truly terrible performance without any saving grace.

 

DCEU Franchise:

Title	OW (Attendance)	OW (Gross)	Total (Attendance)	Total (Gross)	Multi	Release Date
Man of Steel	9 920	106 478 BGN	33 328	334 425 BGN	3,36	2013
Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice	30 295	319 503 BGN	93 456	961 964 BGN	3,08	2016
Suicide Squad	25 753	262 867 BGN	137 221	1 302 086 BGN	5,33	2016
Wonder Woman	10 141	116 882 BGN	44 208	464 075 BGN	4,36	2017
Justice League	23 710	265 789 BGN	67 525	724 787 BGN	2,85	2017
Aquaman	42 931	494 555 BGN	151 974	1 724 035 BGN	3,54	2018
Shazam	14 425	173 644 BGN	42 598	495 594 BGN	2,95	2019
Birds of Prey and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn	7 396	74 728 BGN	21 417	206 631 BGN	2,90	2020
Wonder Woman 1984	1 925	22 832 BGN	8 973	102 860 BGN	4,66	2021
Suicide Squad, The	5 889	61 345 BGN	22 599	211 145 BGN	3,84	2021
Black Adam	22 698	289 339 BGN	82 399	1 001 658 BGN	3,63	2022
Shazam! Fury of the Gods	7 111	93 789 BGN	18 174	227 020 BGN	2,56	2023
Flash, The	7 394	100 104 BGN	20 058	254 234 BGN	2,71	2023

 

No Hard Feelings managed a decent multiplier and passed 15k admissions.

 

Ateroid City couldn't pass the 5k admissions mark.

 

Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse had some nice hold in the last month and managed to pass the 60k admissions mark. Nevertheless, it ended up as the second biggest June release and still doubled the first movie in gross.

 

Title	OW (Attendance)	OW (Gross)	Total (Attendance)	Total (Gross)	Multi	Release Date
Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse	8 997	88 051 BGN	36 835	356 329 BGN	4,09	2018
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse	14 740	181 506 BGN	60 572	700 807 BGN	4,11	2023

 

Fast X managed to pass the 200k admissions and also passed Furios 7 in gross to become the highest grosser in the long running series. When compared to other long-running franchises is quite good but it has a really unremarkable run after the great OW. It'll also most likely win the year in both admissions and gross unless something truly surprises or Barbie/Oppenheimer develop spectacular legs. Otherwise, the only movie I see with a chance to beat it is Aquaman 2.

 

Fast & Furious Franchise:

Title	OW (Attendance)	OW (Gross)	Total (Attendance)	Total (Gross)	Multi	Release Date
Fast and the Furious, The	N/A	N/A	34 422	173 443 BGN	-	2001
2 Fast 2 Furious	8 834	34 519 BGN	42 311	129 011 BGN	4,79	2003
Fast and the Furious, The: Tokyo Drift	5 524	27 745 BGN	22 770	103 378 BGN	4,12	2006
Fast & Furious	18 576	142 918 BGN	74 726	536 002 BGN	4,02	2009
Fast Five	23 826	198 963 BGN	150 854	1 081 729 BGN	6,33	2011
Fast & Furious 6	53 718	440 891 BGN	229 753	1 770 490 BGN	4,28	2013
Furious 7	87 196	729 986 BGN	341 914	2 771 813 BGN	3,92	2015
Fate of the Furious, The	90 212	837 885 BGN	276 107	2 516 226 BGN	3,06	2017
Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw	37 641	432 511 BGN	177 823	1 947 996 BGN	4,72	2019
F9: The Fast Saga	50 089	559 633 BGN	186 914	2 069 967 BGN	3,73	2021
Fast X	67 052	935 529 BGN	203 369	2 800 407 BGN	3,03	2023

 

The Little Mermaid had a good last month in cinemas and managed to pass the 70k admissions mark. However, it'll fall short of all of 90s remakes (except Mulan but it was duirng COVID).

 

List of Disney Live-Action adaptations:

Title	OW (Attendance)	OW (Gross)	Total (Attendance)	Total (Gross)	Multi	Release Date
Jungle Book, The	-	-	-	-	-	1994
101 Dalmatians	N/A	N/A	56 532	235 000 BGN	-	1996
102 Dalmatians	N/A	N/A	31 793	132 000 BGN	-	2001
Alice in Wonderland	25 874	284 258 BGN	115 470	1 263 467 BGN	4,46	2010
Maleficent	32 894	330 576 BGN	146 994	1 388 736 BGN	4,47	2014
Cinderella	31 049	239 459 BGN	97 274	722 608 BGN	3,13	2015
Jungle Book, The	26 666	271 198 BGN	140 543	1 366 972 BGN	5,27	2016
Alice Through the Looking Glass	8 691	89 132 BGN	37 642	372 268 BGN	4,33	2016
Beauty and the Beast	56 790	573 781 BGN	196 958	1 930 543 BGN	3,47	2017
Christopher Robin	2 899	26 027 BGN	16 743	141 139 BGN	5,78	2018
Dumbo	12 868	137 991 BGN	56 043	554 166 BGN	4,36	2019
Aladdin	31 203	353 182 BGN	160 848	1 651 222 BGN	5,15	2019
Lion King, The	49 571	534 215 BGN	292 149	2 886 316 BGN	5,89	2019
Maleficent: Mistress of Evil	31 740	349 165 BGN	144 279	1 489 485 BGN	4,55	2019
Lady and the Tramp	-	-	-	-	-	2019
Mulan	6 884	78 165 BGN	40 568	443 584 BGN	5,89	2020
Cruella	5 938	59 623 BGN	36 573	345 422 BGN	6,16	2021
Pinocchio	-	-	-	-	-	2022
Peter Pan & Wendy	-	-	-	-	-	2023
Little Mermaid, The	17 536	219 212 BGN	72 375	862 997 BGN	4,13	2023

 

The Boogeyman ended up just below 30k admissions - quite good for the genre.

 

The upcoming weekend has 2 new wide entries - Haunted Mansion and Talk to Me. The Disney film should end up near 10k admissions and I expect the new horror entry to end up around 5k admissions. The battle for the top spot will be fiercely fought between Barbie and Oppenheimer.

 

P.S. All the relevant charts have been updated.