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Long Dong Silver View member profile	14th October 2023, 01:54 PM Post #21
Buffy/Charmed Joined: 18 April 2013 Posts: 44,108 User: 18,639	Saw 10 and Haunting should do well Halloween week


Tafty³³³ View member profile	14th October 2023, 02:24 PM Post #22
I found the love, I found the love in me Pronouns: He/Him Joined: 13 December 2007 Posts: 87,456 User: 5,042	What are we predicting Taylor to do this weekend?


LewisGT View member profile	14th October 2023, 06:04 PM Post #23
BuzzJack Platinum Member Joined: 7 February 2013 Posts: 11,974 User: 18,293	QUOTE(Tafty³³³ @ Oct 14 2023, 03:24 PM) What are we predicting Taylor to do this weekend? I really can't tell. I think it will open somewhere between £5-10 million. Earlier in the week I thought it might be crazy and £10 million+ but the showing I went to today was surprisingly really quiet which is really making me start to doubt the hype.


Tafty³³³ View member profile	16th October 2023, 02:55 PM Post #24
I found the love, I found the love in me Pronouns: He/Him Joined: 13 December 2007 Posts: 87,456 User: 5,042	I was thinking £4m-£5m lmao. But then I kinda talked myself into it being more (£6m-£7m) due to event cinema being more expensive in general. Looks like it's in line with what I originally predicted as it's seemingly taken £5.7m across the first three days (repeat viewings over the next 2 coming weekends - although not as many shows) and set a record/become the highest grossing event cinema release ever in just 3 days. SOURCE. I'll leave it for you to collate the top 10 in your usual style and format


LewisGT View member profile	16th October 2023, 07:45 PM Post #25
BuzzJack Platinum Member Joined: 7 February 2013 Posts: 11,974 User: 18,293	13th October 2023 - 15th October 2023 1. (NE) Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour - £5,729,998 Weeks: 1 (£5,729,998) 2. (NE) PAW Patrol: The Mighty Movie - £3,348,155 Weeks: 1 (£3,348,155) 3. (01) The Exorcist: Believer - £1,005,434 (-40%) Weeks: 2 (£3,492,494) 4. (NE) Sumotherhood - £746,714 Weeks: 1 (£746,714) 5. (02) The Creator - £643,002 (-38%) Weeks: 3 (£5,354,481) 6. (04) The Great Escaper - £536,234 (-11%) Weeks: 2 (£1,959,847) 7. (03) Saw X - £517,692 (-46%) Weeks: 3 (£4,840,816) 8. (05) A Haunting In Venice - £370,905 (-34%) Weeks: 5 (£8,521,620) 9. (NE) The Miracle Club - £276,379 Weeks: 1 (£276,379) 10. (RE) Frozen - £143,635 Weeks: 515 (£43,303,943) Falling out: The Equalizer 3 (6 weeks) The Nun II (5 weeks) The Old Oak (2 weeks) A Little Life (2 weeks) BlackBerry (1 week) It's Taylor Swift vs Ryder, Chase & Skye this week and it is Taylor who comes out on top with an opening that is being reported as making it already the highest grossing 'event-cinema' release of all-time here in the U.K. The previous record was held by Jodie Comer staring role in the National Theatre production of 'Prima Facie' last year that grossed £5.5 million in total. However, Taylor still has got some way to go if she wants to beat the current biggest concert-film, 'Michael Jackson: This It It' that made £9.5 million in 2009 and is considered a documentary instead of event cinema. This is nonetheless an amazing result for Taylor, especially with the tour not even reaching our shores yet, and is the 10th biggest opening weekend of the year. 'PAW Patrol: The Mighty Movie' manages a healthy opening at #2. It's figure of £3,348,155 is up on the £2,410,496 that the original 'PAW Patrol: The Movie' opened to last year. However, both figures are heavily boosted by previews, the original included about £1.2 million in previews where the total is closer to £2 million for this year's effort. Expect a relatively massive drop-off percentage wise next week. It felt like the market was missing a big film for children as, before PAW Patrol, the most recent major kids film to be released was 'Haunted Mansion' in August. That opened to a weak £990,084 . For the unaware, 'Sumeotherhood' is a sequel/reboot of 2011's 'Anuvahood' and is directed by Adam Deacon. In a very meta way, the films are parodies of the classic, gritty British 'Hood' films ('Kidulthood' and 'Adulthood') that star, you guessed it, Adam Deacon. This one had one of the oddest array of 'stars' one could imagine (Ed Sheeran, Peter Serafinowicz, Jennifer Saunders and... Jeremy Corbyn) and has received pretty dire reviews. The original opened at #7 in 2011 with £536,818, so there is an improvement there. The film apparently features Ed Sheeran pooing in a hedge, so make sure to book your tickets if you're into that sort of thing. The final new entry to make the top 10 is 'The Miracle Club' (#9). The film starts Laura Linney, Maggie Smith, Kathy Bates and Agnes O'Casey as four women from Dublin with some complicated history who meet up to tale a pilgrimage to Lourdes. But it looks like cinemagoers have decided that 'The Great Escaper' is the geriatric adventurer of choice currently with a remarkable hold of only -11% which puts the total almost at £2 million. A disappointing opening for 'The Miracle Club' especially as it's one of the few recent releases where actors have actually been able to promote with Laura Linney having appeared on Graham Norton last Friday. This week's Disney re-release was 'Frozen' which just about regains a top 10 position at #10. Halloween hype continues with 'Friday the 13th' also re-entering at #11. Next week sees the openings of 'Killers of the Flower Moon', 'Trolls Band Together', It Lives Inside', 'Foe' and 'A Mystery on the Cattle Hill Express'. Can any of them top the charts? 'Hood' film openings: Kidulthood (£100,056, 2003, #15) Adulthood (£1,203,319, 2008, #4) Anuvahood (£536,818, 2011, #7) Brotherhood (£1,979,309, 2016, #2) Sumotherhood (£746,714, 2023, #4)


Juranamo View member profile	17th October 2023, 09:27 AM Post #26
"Everything seems different the second time around." Joined: 10 April 2008 Posts: 8,682 User: 5,830	IMAGINE the figures Taylor would have done if the UK dates had already happened?! I haven't been because I wanna see the show live first! Imagine some will be in the same boat (though I'm sure die hard Swifties won't be too bothered!)


Tafty³³³ View member profile	17th October 2023, 06:24 PM Post #27
I found the love, I found the love in me Pronouns: He/Him Joined: 13 December 2007 Posts: 87,456 User: 5,042	QUOTE(Juranamo @ Oct 17 2023, 10:27 AM) IMAGINE the figures Taylor would have done if the UK dates had already happened?! I haven't been because I wanna see the show live first! Imagine some will be in the same boat (though I'm sure die hard Swifties won't be too bothered!) I know a fair amount of people who did the same thing (and they're all die hards!) I decided to go because I knew not everything would be shown and I have just about seen majority of it through Tik Tok videos


LewisGT View member profile	25th October 2023, 08:57 PM Post #28
BuzzJack Platinum Member Joined: 7 February 2013 Posts: 11,974 User: 18,293	20th October 2023 - 22nd October 2023 1. (NE) Trolls Band Together - £3,051,810 Weeks: 1 (£3,051,810) 2. (NE) Killers Of The Flower Moon - £2,531,393 Weeks: 1 (£2,531,393) 3. (01) Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour - £2,362,711 (-59%) Weeks: 2 (£8,661,147) 4. (NE) Leo - £1,157,367 Weeks: 1 (£1,157,367) 5. (02) PAW Patrol: The Mighty Movie - £801,725 (-76%) Weeks: 2 (£4,512,913) 6. (03) The Exorcist: Believer - £577,310 (-43%) Weeks: 3 (£4,615,049) 7. (04) Sumotherhood - £382,259 (-49%) Weeks: 2 (£1,484,944) 8. (06) The Great Escaper - £326,200 (-39%) Weeks: 3 (£3,092,833) 9. (05) The Creator - £325,784 (-49%) Weeks: 4 (£6,061,111) 10. (07) Saw X - £244,576 (-53%) Weeks: 4 (£5,380,023) Falling out: A Haunting In Venice (5 weeks) The Miracle Club (1 week) Frozen (1 week)* In this run Number one for this week was a battle between animated sequel 'Trolls Band Together' and the latest Scorsese epic 'Killers Of The Flower Moon'. Both have solid openings that shows that counter-programming can be very effective but it's the all-singing Anna Kendrick and Justin Timberlake led Trolls that get top spot. The news of a third Trolls film might make many film fans shiver with the 2nd film 'Trolls World Tour' being the first major release to move away from the big screen and become a premium home release after Covid closed the cinemas. The original 'Trolls' debuting at #1 in 2016 with £5,440,878. However £2.5 million of that was previews while this one had no previews. Sans previews, the opening is practically the same, with 'Band Together' actually making (very slightly) more (£3,051,810 vs £3,014,806). Martin Scorsese's 'Killers Of The Flower Moon' is expected to be a big name is this year's awards race and the film opens well for a 3.5 hour epic (£2,531,393) but has got a lot of work to do to make back it's extortionate budget. The film stars Leonardo DiCaprio, Robert De Niro and Lily Gladstone and focuses on a series of murders against members of the native Osage Nation tribe in the 1920s. The film is based upon a book by David Grann and had a crazy budget of $200 million. Scorsese's last cinematic release was 'Silence' that opened in January 2017 to £1,542,926. 'Killers Of The Flower Moon' is actually Scorsese's 3rd biggest opening in the UK. See below for a full comparison of Scorsese's 21st century openings. I've discussed the battle between Trolls and Kilers... but if we take out previews, this week's runner-up would actually be Taylor Swift. The film has a 59% drop but this is very solid for event cinema and helps the film edge ever closer to 'This Is It' to become the highest grossing concert film. It should easily be there by this time next week. This one is based on a graphic novel tars the highest-paid Indian actor, Vijay, as a café-owner who is hunted by two gangsters after one of them believes he is his estranged son. In the excitement at the top, you could easily miss another great result for Indian cinema in 2023 with 'Leo' opening at #4 with £1,157,367. The film is in the Tamil language. The highest-grossing Tamil film is last year's 'Ponniyin Selvan: I' which made £1.3 million. 'Leo' probably already has the record by the time I'm typing this. PAW Patrol has an insane drop of 76% week-to-week. However, as I noted last week, the films opening was bloated by 2 weeks of previews and it's drop without previews is a much-more respectable 40%. Nothing else is new to the top 10 but there's 3 new entries in the #11-#15 region: 'The Prince Of Egypt: The Musical' at #13, 'It Lives Inside' at #14 and 'Foe' at #15. Next week sees the openings of 'Five Night At Freddy's', 'Retribution', 'Doctor Jekyll' and 'Cat Person'. Can any of them top the charts? Martin Scorsese 21st century openings: Gangs Of New York (£2,622,748, 2003, #2) The Aviator (£1,314,946, 2005, #2) *This was actually it's 3rd week but was the first week the film was in wide release The Departed (£2,298,313, 2006, #2) Shutter Island (£2,250,178, 2010, #2) Hugo (£1,225,987, 2011, #4) The Wolf Of Wall Street (£4,655,984, #1, 2014) Silence (£1,542,926, 2017, #4) Killers Of The Flower Moon (£2,531,393, 2023, #2)


LewisGT View member profile	30th October 2023, 07:29 PM Post #29
BuzzJack Platinum Member Joined: 7 February 2013 Posts: 11,974 User: 18,293	27th October 2023 - 29th October 2023 1. (NE) Five Nights At Freddy's - £5,379,587 Weeks: 1 (£5,379,587) 2. (01) Trolls Band Together - £2,539,721 (-19%) Weeks: 2 (£9,004,554) 3. (02) Killers Of The Flower Moon - £1,507,697 (-40%) Weeks: 2 (£5,599,165) 4. (03) Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour - £1,226,343 (-48%) Weeks: 3 (£10,422,785) 5. (05) PAW Patrol: The Mighty Movie - £709,348 (-12%) Weeks: 3 (£6,106,012) 6. (06) The Exorcist: Believer - £360,503 (-38%) Weeks: 4 (£5,348,646) 7. (08) The Great Escaper - £265,078 (-19%) Weeks: 4 (£3,848,645) 8. (07) Sumotherhood - £194,673 (-49%) Weeks: 3 (£1,912,465) 9. (09) The Creator - £184,689 (-43%) Weeks: 5 (£6,567,515) 10. (10) Saw X - £153,338 (-37%) Weeks: 5 (£5,683,416) Falling out: Leo (1 week) Happy Halloween everyone! It's a particularly happy Halloween for Blumhouse and the producers of 'Five Nights At Freddy's'. The film has broken records in America, having the 3rd biggest opening for a Horror movie (behind the two 'It' movies) despite a day-and-day streaming release on Peacock. The film matches suit in the UK by debuting at #1 with £5,379,587 (£3.2 million minus previews). That's well above the recent horror releases (Saw, Exorcist, Nun, Venice) and is the second biggest opening since Barbie (only narrowly behind 'The Eras Tour'). I'd be here all day if I compiled every Blumhouse release so instead see below for a 2020's Blumhouse opening chart for further comparison. No other new entries in the top 15, so the rest of this week is all about the holds. Last week's #1 'Trolls Band Together' has a brilliant hold of 19% which means that it has already grossed £9,004,554, the second highest figure for any movie in this week's top 10. It's usually the films aimed at an older market to have the bets holds but there's no such good news 'Killers Of The Flower Moon' as it has a 40% drop. That's not terrible but it needs a lot more if it's to recover it's crazy $200 million budget. It has now passed 'Hugo' and is Scorsese's 7th biggest film in the UK. Next on the list is 'The Aviator'. 'The Eras Tour' has another £1million+ weekend and has finally surpassed 'Michael Jackson: This It Is' to become the biggest concert film at the box office. After the previews-inflated 76% drop last week, 'PAW Patrol' has an outstanding 12% 3rd week drop to show that there's life in the movie yet. The Great Escaper has another good hold (19%) that sees it climb on it's 4th week. The film has really found it's audience and is a fitting (seeming) end to the legendary career of Michael Caine. It's a case of good news/bad news for 'Leo'. It has now become the biggest Tamil-language film in the UK but it also drops 4-15 losing 92% week-on-week. Halloween sees re-entries for 'Hocus Pocus' at #11 and 'Beetlejuice' at #14. Next week sees the openings of 'Bottoms', 'How To Have Sex', 'The Royal Hotel', 'Tiger 3' and 'It Remains'. Can any of them top the charts? Blumhouse 2020's openings: The Invisible Man (£2,163,798, #1, 2020) Fantasy Island (£392,857, #7, 2020) The Vigil (£30,302, #5, 2020) The Craft: Legacy (£119,680, #5, 2020) Freaky (£344,918, #6, 2021) The Forever Purge (£720,032, #3, 2021) Halloween Kills (£1,598,062, #3, 2021) Firestarter (£250,006, #9, 2022) Dashcam (£9,060, #30, 2022) The Black Phone (£1,384,344, #5, 2022) Vengeance (£29,052, #21, 2022) Halloween Ends (£2,110,010, #2, 2022) M3GAN (£2,356,357, #2, 2023) Insidious: The Red Door (£2,279,084, #3, 2023) The Exorcist: Believer (£1,678,645, #1, 2023) Five Nights At Freddy's (£5,379,587, #1, 2023)


LewisGT View member profile	6th November 2023, 09:08 PM Post #30
BuzzJack Platinum Member Joined: 7 February 2013 Posts: 11,974 User: 18,293	3rd November 2023 - 5th November 2023 1. (02) Trolls Band Together - £1,829,764 (-28%) Weeks: 3 (£12,785,312) 2. (01) Five Nights At Freddy's - £1,374,000 (-75%) Weeks: 2 (£8,712,935) 3. (03) Killers Of The Flower Moon - £1,142,745 (-24%) Weeks: 3 (£7,761,802) 4. (04) Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour - £970,005 (-21%) Weeks: 4 (£11,694,679) 5. (05) PAW Patrol: The Mighty Movie - £536,134 (-25%) Weeks: 4 (£7,163,580) 6. (07) The Great Escaper - £236,965 (-11%) Weeks: 5 (£4,467,708) 7. (NE) Bottoms - £226,585 Weeks: 1 (£226,585) 8. (06) The Exorcist: Believer - £215,354 (-40%) Weeks: 5 (£5,911,851) 9. (09) The Creator - £163,132 (-12%) Weeks: 6 (£6,890,358) 10. (08) Sumotherhood - £147,182 (-24%) Weeks: 4 (£2,196,373) Falling out: Saw X (5 week) We're back to the dark days of September where every #1 grossed between £1-2 million with 'Trolls Band Together' climbing back for a second week at #1. The animated flick has another brilliant hold (-28%) and has proved itself to be a bit of an under-the-radar hit. After 3 weekends, it has overtaken 'The Eras Tour' to be the film in the top 10 that has grossed the most. After the 2nd Trolls film because the poster-child for the home-box office release during Covid, to already be £12 million+ feels like a great result for Dreamworks and Universal. Last week was an outstanding opening for 'Five Nights At Freddy's' but the film is brought all the way back down to earth with a steep 75% drop. This looks bad but the film has already grossed over $200 million worldwide against a $20 million budget so it's already one of the biggest hits of the year and anything else it does in the box office is irrelevant. 'Killers Of The Flower Moon' is is starting to hold well (-21%) as it continues to sneak towards Martin Scorsese's top 5 films. 'Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour' is extending it's record-breaking grosses with another good hold (-21%) and 'PAW Patrol' does very similar (-25%). The Great Escaper' climbs for a second consecutive week (7-6) as it fully establishes itself as a hit for the retiring Michael Caine. There is only one new entry in the top 10 is 'Bottoms' (#7). The film has been reductively dubbed as 'High-school Fight Club' as the plot sees two unpopular lesbian students (portrayed by Rachel Sennott and Ayo Edebiri) start a fight club under the guise of a 'self-defence club' in a bid to get closer to their crushes. Sennott co-wrote the script for the teen comedy with director Emma Seligman after they previously worked together on 'Shiva Baby'. This opens in the same place as Sennott's last release 'Bodies Bodies Bodies' last year but with a lower figure (£351,159 vs £226,585). This is one I'm very excited to see. 'Sumotherhood' drops 24% to reach just under £2.2 million which means that it has passed the £2.1 million total of the first film, 2011's 'Anuvahood'. Missing the top 10 are two other new entries, a big British festival hit 'How To Have Sex' (#12) and Australian festival hit 'The Royal Hotel' (#15). Next week sees the openings of 'The Marvels', 'Anatomy Of A Fall', 'Dream Scenario' and 'Manodrome'. Can any of them top the charts?


LewisGT View member profile	13th November 2023, 10:27 PM Post #31
BuzzJack Platinum Member Joined: 7 February 2013 Posts: 11,974 User: 18,293	10th November 2023 - 12th November 2023 1. (NE) The Marvels - £3,465,783 Weeks: 1 (£3,465,783) 2. (01) Trolls Band Together - £959,193 (-48%) Weeks: 4 (£13,950,141) 3. (03) Killers Of The Flower Moon - £663,115 (-42%) Weeks: 4 (£9,012,445) 4. (02) Five Nights At Freddy's - £637,969 (-54%) Weeks: 3 (£9,870,466) 5. (NE) Anatomy Of A Fall - £412,751 Weeks: 1 (£412,751) 6. (NE) Dream Scenario - £384,560 Weeks: 1 (£384,560) 7. (05) PAW Patrol: The Mighty Movie - £288,501 (-46%) Weeks: 5 (£7,535,913) 8. (04) Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour - £255,157 (-74%) Weeks: 5 (£12,018,091) 9. (06) The Great Escaper - £114,121 (-53%) Weeks: 6 (£4,861,933) 10. (08) The Exorcist: Believer - £98,439 (-54%) Weeks: 6 (£6,119,239) Falling out: Bottoms (1 week) The Creator (6 weeks) Sumotherhood (4 weeks) There's been a lot of talk about 'The Marvels' pre-release with the worst people on the internet getting very excited that Disney, Marvel and Brie Larson were in for a flop. They were getting just as excited in 2019 for the original film but that ended up becoming a billion-grosser. In the end, 'The Marvels' does top the chart but with the lowest MCU opening since 'Captain America: The First Avenger' in 2011. The average of £5,203 per cinema is the lowest of any MCU film. There's no getting around this one, 'The Marvels' is the MCU's first true bomb. It's opening of '£3,465,783' is 73% down on the £12,750,000 that the first Captain Marvel movie opened with in 2019. See below for a comparison with other MCU openings which is not good reading the this film. Annoyingly, I wasn't able to see it this weekend so I've played my part in it's poor opening but I am seeing it tomorrow. Last week's #1 'Trolls Band Together' is back down to #2 with £959,193 meaning that we only have one film to cross the £1 million barrier in a bad week for UK cinemas. The #10 film doesn't even make £100,000 for the first time since I've been posting these charts. Most of the holdovers in the top 10 are dropping between 40-50% with the big outlier being 'Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour' dropping 74%. It looks like Swiftogeddon might be over now but the film has broke so many records that she needn't worry. There are two further new entries in the top 10, the highest of which being 'Anatomy Of A Fall' (#5). This French-language courtroom drama is from celebrated director Justine Triet and won the Palme d'Or at this year's Cannes Film Festival. The film follows a woman who is accused of the murder of her husband. Expect this to be one that gets a lot of play around the Awards season. An opening of £412,751 is very impressive for this type of film and suggests it's one that audiences are going to really latch onto. The other new entry this week is another one with brilliant reviews and an outside chance of some Oscar-buzz, 'Dream Scenario' at #6. This comes from first-time director Kristoffer Borgli and and sees Nick Cage star in the wonderfully bizarre premise of a wannabe author who randomly starts to appear in the dreams of others causing him to become an overnight celebrity, I've heard the tone shifts wonderfully from comedy to abstract horror and it's one I'm very excited to see. I've heard some say it's Nicholas Cage's best ever performance. £384,560 feels like a pretty good opening for this one too. Outside of the top 10, a re-release of 'Interstellar' sees it back at #11 and the ballet performance of Don Quixote at the Royal Opera House opens at #15. Next week sees the openings of 'The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes', 'Saltburn, 'Tiger 3', 'Thanksgiving', 'Journey To Bethlehem' and 'May December'. Can any of them top the charts? MCU openings Iron Man (£5,465,103, #1, 2008) The Incredible Hulk (£3,253,723, #1, 2008) Iron Man 2 (£7,664,732, #1, 2010) Thor (£5,449,300, #1, 2011) Captain America: The First Avenger (£2,981,590, #2, 2011) Marvel's Avengers Assemble (£15,778,074, #1, 2012) Iron Man 3 (£13,711,048, #1, 2013) Thor: The Dark World (£8,668,172, #1, 2013) Captain America: The Winter Soldier (£6,037,850, #1, 2014) Guardians Of The Galaxy (£6,363,110, #1, 2014) Avengers: Age Of Ultron (£18,015,774, #1, 2015) Ant-Man (£4,011,345, #1, 2015) Captain America: Civil War (£14,466,681, #1, 2016) Doctor Strange (£9,288,898, #1, 2016) Guardians Of The Galaxy, Vol. 2 (£13,092,657, #1, 2017) Spider-Man: Homecoming (£9,369,846, #1, 2017) Thor: Ragnarok (12,375,804, #1, 2017) Black Panther (£17,700,000, #1, 2018) Avengers: Infinity War (£29,379,496, #1, 2018) Ant-Man & The Wasp (£4,988,747, #1, 2018) Captain Marvel (£12,750,000, #1, 2019) Avengers: Endgame (£43,400,000, #1, 2019) Spider-Man: Far From Home (£14,148,624, #1, 2019) Black Widow (£6,889,187, #1, 2021) Shang-Chi And The Legend Of The Ten Rings (£5,759,504, #1, 2021) Eternals (£5,456,577, #1, 2021) Spider-Man: No Way Home (£31,899,232, #1, 2021) Doctor Strange In The Multiverse Of Madness (£19,765,718, #1, 2022) Thor: Love And Thunder (£12,283,719, #1, 2022) Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (£12,363,870, #1, 2022) Ant-Man & The Wasp: Quantumania (£8,834,435, #1, 2023) Guardians Of The Galaxy, Vol. 3 (£12,079,820, #1, 2023) The Marvels (3,465,783, #1, 2023)


LewisGT View member profile	20th November 2023, 09:18 PM Post #32
BuzzJack Platinum Member Joined: 7 February 2013 Posts: 11,974 User: 18,293	17th November 2023 - 19th November 2023 1. (NE) The Hunger Games: The Ballad Of Songbirds And Snakes - £5,420,682 Weeks: 1 (£5,420,682) 2. (01) The Marvels - £1,255,158 (-63%) Weeks: 2 (£5,713,712) 3. (NE) Tiger 3 - £1,184,001 Weeks: 1 (£1,184,001) 4. (NE) Saltburn - £841,064 Weeks: 1 (£841,064) 5. (02) Trolls Band Together - £734,141 (-24%) Weeks: 5 (£14,814,609) 6. (NE) Thanksgiving - £486,198 Weeks: 1 (£486,198) 7. (NE) Kevin Bridges: The Overdue Catch-Up - £332,166 Weeks: 1 (£332,166) 8. (03) Killers Of The Flower Moon - £318,512 (-52%) Weeks: 5 (£9,667,568) 9. (04) Five Nights At Freddy's - £218,733 (-66%) Weeks: 4 (£10,334,970) 10. (05) Anatomy Of A Fall (-50%) - £206,572 Weeks: 2 (£854,269) Falling out: Dream Scenario (1 week) PAW Patrol: The Mighty Movie (5 weeks) Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour (5 weeks) The Great Escaper (6 weeks) The Exorcist: Believer (6 weeks) The Hunger Games was one of the biggest franchises of the 2010s and the prequel proves there's still life in the games yet as 'The Ballad Of Songbirds And Snakes' debuts at #1 with a solid £5,420,681. This is obviously way off the £10 million + openings of all the sequels, but is above what the original opened with and seems ok for a prequel that's not even based on the main character from the original films. Last week's #1 'The Marvels' is down to #2 with £1,255,157. A 63% drop is bad for a film that that already opened low but is still better than what it has dropped worldwide. It is in very deep danger of being the all-time lowest grossing MCU film by the end of it's release. It needs to make £8.3 million to beat the current lowest, 'The Incredible Hulk'. Although 74% of it's £1,184,001 opening is previews, that's still an amazing result for 'Tiger 3'. It's a follow-up to Pathaan that opened to £1.4 million earlier this year and is the latest entry in a stellar year for Indian cinema in the UK. Coming from horror-porn director extraordinaire Eli Roth, this is the 3rd of the 5 fictitious trailers created for the presentation of Tarentino/Rodriguez's 'Grindhouse' to be turned into an actual feature film. Gaining the best reviews of Roth's career, this is an apparently fun and knowing horror and stars the saviour of pop in 2023, TikTok star Addison Rae. After winning an Oscar for her first feature as director, 'Promising Young Woman' and being seen as an actress in 'Barbie', Emerald Fennell is back with her 2nd movie 'Saltburn' (#4). This one has more mixed reviews but a lot of praise is being aimed at the cast of Barry Keoghan, Jacob Elordi, Rosamund Pike and Richard E. Grant. A satire set in a family estate, Downton Abbey this ain't. It has 'The Cheeky Girls' on the soundtrack for one. A fourth new entry in the the top 10 is 'Thanksgiving' (#6). We might not celebrate it over here but it's nice to see a holiday other than Christmas and Halloween getting some shine. There's still room for one more new entry in the top 10. Following in the steps of Taylor Swift, more event cinema with 'Kevin Bridges: The Overdue Catch-Up' at #7. This is a live performance from Scotland's leading comedian. I need to do a deep-dive into stand up comedy at the box office but I've already done too much research for this week's chart 'Trolls: World Tour' has another brilliant hold and gets very close to £15 million. 'Killers Of The Flower Moon' has it's biggest drop yet but looks like it will soon reach the £10 million barrier, a total that 'Five Nights At Freddy's' has passed this week. Outside of the top 10, we see one more new entry for 'May December' at #12 and 'A Nightmare Before Christmas' is back at #15. Next week sees the openings of 'Napoleon' 'Wish' and 'The Eternal Daughter'. Can either of them top the charts? The Hunger Games openings The Hunger Games (£4,900,177, #1, 2012) The Hunger Games: Catching Fire (12,189,733, #1, 2013) The Hunger Games: Mockingjay: Part 1 (£12,654,109, #1, 2014) The Hunger Games: Mockingjay: Part 2 (£11,255,566, #1, 2015) The Hunger Games: The Ballad Of Songbirds And Snakes (£5,420,681, #1, 2023)


LewisGT View member profile	29th November 2023, 09:15 PM Post #33
BuzzJack Platinum Member Joined: 7 February 2013 Posts: 11,974 User: 18,293	24th November 2023 - 26th November 2023 1. (NE) Napoleon - £5,235,706 Weeks: 1 (£5,235,706) 2. (01) The Hunger Games: The Ballad Of Songbirds And Snakes - £2,689,643 (-50%) Weeks: 2 (£10,124,337) 3. (NE) Wish - £2,432,228 Weeks: 1 (£2,432,228) 4. (04) Saltburn - £572,728 (-32%) Weeks: 2 (£1,998,626) 5. (02) The Marvels - £485,099 (-61%) Weeks: 3 (£6,564.315) 6. (NE) Cliff Richard: The Blue Sapphire Tour 2023 - £329,826 Weeks: 1 (£329,826) 7. (05) Trolls Band Together - £229,622 (-69%) Weeks: 6 (£15,112,156) 8. (06) Thanksgiving - £217,197 (-56%) Weeks: 2 (£1,000,454) 9. (03) Tiger 3 - £113,644 (-90%) Weeks: 2 (£1,413,080) 10. (NE) Love Actually (20th Anniversary) - £104,728 Weeks: 1 (£104,728) Falling out: Kevin Bridges: The Overdue Catch-Up (1 week) Killers Of The Flower Moon (5 weeks) Five Nights At Freddy's (4 weeks) Anatomy Of A Fall (2 weeks) 'Napoleon' opened last Wednesday to get a head start on the weekend and it helps it to a £5,235,706 and a #1 debut, just slightly under what 'Hunger Games' opened with last week. Without previews and just based on the weekend's numbers, Ridley Scott's film would still have made top spot with £3.8 million. Screen Daily reports that this was the widest release ever from Sony but only Scott's 6th highest opening. 'The Ballad Of Songbirds And Snakes' drops 50% which is mid-range for a big release such as this. It's still tracking ahead of what the original Hunger Games film did at this stage in 2012 (£9.9 million) which shows that there's still audience appetite for the franchise a decade later. A few weeks ago, you would have said that 'Wish' would have to be Napoleon's biggest competition but this is a bad time for Disney and their film to celebrate '100 years of magic' can only muster a #3 debut with £2,432,228. The news is no better for 'The Marvels' that has a further 61% drop and still a way of overtaking 'The Incredible Hulk' to stop itself from being the lowest grossing MCU release. Despite being a disappointment, this is the biggest (not-Pixar) Disney Animated opening since Frozen II in 2019. See below for a comparison of Disney Animated openings of the 21st century. More event cinema goodness with Cliff Richard: ~~The Eras Tour~~ The Blue Sapphire Tour 2023 opening at #6 with £329,826. This is almost the exact same as what 'Kevin Bridges' opened with last week. I never knew their audiences overlapped so much Unfortunately, we're not getting updated totals as the re-release of 'Love Actually' is counting as a new entry at #10. The film originally opened at #1 in 2003 with £6,657,479. I can't quite see it an awards favourite this time around but Emerald Fennell's 'Saltburn' has a great second week hold (-32%) and remains at #4. It has mixed reviews but seems to be collecting with audiences. To be fair most of it's massive opening week was due to extensive previews but that 90% drop for 'Tiger 3' still hurts. One more new entry just outside the top 10, 'The Eternal Daughter' at #15. This is the latest release from Joanna Hogg after 'The Souvenir' and 'The Souvenir Part II'. Next week sees the openings of 'Renaissance: A Film By Beyonce' 'Andre Rieu’s White Christmas', 'Femme'. 'Eileen', 'Animal', 'There's Something In The Barn', Fallen Leaves' and 'Battle Over Britain'. Can any of them top the charts? Disney Animation 21st Century openings Emperor's New Groove - I can't find data for this one Atlantis: The Lost Empire (1,282,458, #4, 2001) Lilo & Stitch (£1,516,249, #1, 2002) Treasure Planet (888,084, #3, 2003) Brother Bear (887,321, #5, 2003) Home On The Range (198,226, #10, 2004) Chicken Little (3,173,867, #1, 2006) Meet The Robinsons (895,955, #3, 2007) Bolt (£5,457,438, #1, 2009) The Princess And The Frog (£2,219,769, #2, 2010) Tangled (£5,106,612.00, #1, 2011) Winne The Pooh (£159,369, #8, 2011) Wreck-It Ralph (£4,526,380, #1, 2013) Frozen (£4,704,940, #1, 2013) Big Hero 6 (£4,293,286, #1, 2015) Zootropolis (£5,306,726, #2, 2016) Moana (£2,214,898, #2, 2016) Ralph Breaks The Internet (£4,032,775, #1, 2018) Frozen II (£15,088,012, #1, 2019) Raya And The Last Dragon (£235,994, #8, 2021)* Encanto (£1,720,132, #3, 2021) Strange World ( £833,043, #3, 2022) Wish (2,432,228, #3, 2023) * Effected by Covid


LewisGT View member profile	4th December 2023, 09:10 PM Post #34
BuzzJack Platinum Member Joined: 7 February 2013 Posts: 11,974 User: 18,293	1st December 2023 - 3rd December 2023 1. (01) Napoleon - £1,908,971 (-64%) Weeks: 2 (£9,312,612) 2. (02) The Hunger Games: The Ballad Of Songbirds And Snakes - £1,689,888 (-37%) Weeks: 3 (£13,036,526) 3. (03) Wish - £1,440,044 (-41%) Weeks: 2 (£4,376,957) 4. (NE) Renaissance: A Film By Beyoncé - £1,082,080 Weeks: 1 (£1,082,080) 5. (NE) André Rieu's White Christmas - £1,001,095 Weeks: 1 (£1,001,095) 6. (NE) Animal - £719,022 Weeks: 1 (£719,022) 7. (04) Saltburn - £590,644 (+3%) Weeks: 3 (£3,156,661) 8. (NE) Elf (20th Anniversary) - £345,365 Weeks: 1 (£345,365) 9. (05) The Marvels - £219,611 (-55%) Weeks: 4 (£6,963,864) 10. (07) Trolls Band Together - £110,575 (-52%) Weeks: 7 (£15,256,641) Falling out: Cliff Richard: The Blue Sapphire Tour 2023 (1 week) Thanksgiving (2 weeks) Tiger 3 (2 weeks) Love Actually (20th Anniversary) (1 week) Very little change at the box office this week with the top 3 all staying stagnant. 'Napoleon' drops 64% but is closing in on £10 million. The audience is really here for more Hunger Games with the prequel only dropping 37% on it's 3rd week. 'Wish' also has an okayish hold with a 41% drop. Event cinema is one of the trends of the year with the highest two new entries being live performances of concerts. Beyoncé debuted at #1 in America with an opening above the expectations but she the hype hasn't quite held here in the UK with 'Renaissance' opening with £1,082,080 at #4. Not Taylor Swift numbers but still good for a concert film. Opening with pretty much the same amount (£1,001,095) is André Rieu's White Christmas. André Rieu's last release was actually only in July where 'Love Is All Around' opened in the same place (#5) with a lower figure (£710,326). Completing the hat-track of consecutive new-entries, Animal is another success story for Bollywood cinema in 2023, opening at #6 with £719,022. After the 20th anniversary entry of 'Love Actually' last week, it's the turn of 'Elf' this week. Elf originally opened with £4,538,440 at #2 in 2003, only £122,155 behind... 'Love Actually' that held for it's 2nd week of five at #1. Despite dropping 3 places from #3 to #7, 'Saltburn' actually increases 3% in it's 3rd week. In a busy #11-#15 section we see three new entries: 'Fallen Leaves' (#11), 'Eileen' (#12) and 'CBeebies Christmas Panto 2023: Robin Hood' (#15). Next week sees the openings of 'Wanka', 'The Inseparables', 'Please Don’t Destroy: The Treasure Of Foggy Mountain', 'The Crypto', 'The Peasants' and 'Earth Mama'. Can any of them top the charts?


LewisGT View member profile	11th December 2023, 04:59 PM Post #35
BuzzJack Platinum Member Joined: 7 February 2013 Posts: 11,974 User: 18,293	8th December 2023 - 10th December 2023 1. (NE) Wonka - £8,904,750 Weeks: 1 (£8,904,750) 2. (03) Wish - £1,119,644 (-22%) Weeks: 3 (£5,804,888) 3. (02) The Hunger Games: The Ballad Of Songbirds And Snakes - £961,055 (-43%) Weeks: 4 (£14,791,153) 4. (01) Napoleon - £951,101 (-50%) Weeks: 3 (£11,380,260) 5. (07) Saltburn - £417,609 (-29%) Weeks: 4 (£4,110,885) 6. (06) Animal - £401,015 (-44%) Weeks: 2 (£1,627,152 7. (04) Renaissance: A Film By Beyoncé - £296,390 (-73%) Weeks: 2 (£1,543,076) 8. (08) Elf (20th Anniversary) - £163,189 (-53%) Weeks: 2 (£635.872) 9. (RE) Home Alone - £89,363 Weeks: 263 (£2,284,833) 10. (NE) The Peasants - £74,441 Weeks: 1 (£74,441) Falling out: André Rieu's White Christmas (1 week) The Marvels (4 weeks) Trolls Band Together (7 weeks) It's a world of pure imagination at the box office this week with Paul King's Roald Dahl adaptation 'Wonka' debuting at #1 with a healthy £8,904,750. This is the 7th biggest opening of 2023 and the biggest opening for any film since the dual Barbenheimer weekend in July. Particularly impressive for a film that had no previews. This is well above the £4,135,318 that fellow Dahl adaptation 'Roald Dahl's Matilda The Musical' opened with last November (£4,135,318) and is even above Paul King's openings for the Paddington films that really made his name. However, there's a long way to go to match 'Paddington 2's final gross of £42.6 million, the 38th biggest film in UK cinema history. This is the film that Paul King rejected next year's trilogy-closer 'Paddington in Peru' for and I think a lot of questions were asked when that decision was first announced but the casting of Timothee Chalamet and an aggressive marketing campaign has helped this look like a worthwhile choice. See below for a comparison of Paul King's opening weekends. It's too late to save it from being a flop, but 'Wish' is showing 'Elemental'-levels of hanging around with a solid 3rd week drop of just 22% that allows is to reach a new peak of #2 on it's third week. 'The Ballad Of Songbirds And Snakes' and 'Napoleon' drop below £1 million for the first time but both films are already at over £10 million and already have banked solid, if not remarkable box office receipts. 'Saltburn' continues it's incredible sleeper run, climbing back up to #5 in it's 4th week. It's produced by Amazon and will be available on Prime next month so Amazon will be happy to be making some money back before it then boosts their streaming service. Indian cinema has had a great year in 2023 but one thing all the releases have had in common is a massive opening, followed by a even more massive drop in the second week. So the fact that 'Animal' has been a non-mover this week with only a 44% drop is a huge success. It's breaking all sorts of records in it's native India. Instead the film that is showing the this pattern is #Renaissance: A Film By Beyoncé' with a painful 73% drop. Taylor Swift is really showing to be the exception that proves the rule, instead of a new era of event cinema sticking around the box office. One final new entry in the top 10 and it is the Polish film 'The Peasants' at #10. It's based on a novel of the same name from author Władysław Reymont and tells the story of a year-in-the-life of the residents of the village of Lipce and was filmed in a unique painted-animation style. It's from husband and wife directing duo Hugh & DK Welchman who used a similar style with Van Gogh biopic 'Loving Vincent' that was a big hit in 2017. This week's Christmas classic is 'Home Alone' re-entering at #9. It has obviously grossed more than £2,284,833 in total since 1990 but this total is only from it's re-release in 2018 onwards. 'The Marvels' drops out of the top 10 after only 4 weeks. Unfortunately, there's no other way to describe this other than a total disaster for the MCU. It's currently grossed £7,095,634 and it now looks impossible for it to reach the (unadjusted for inflation total of) £8.3 million that it would need to overtake 'The Incredible Hulk' so we can officially call this the MCU's lowest ever grosser. I feel so sorry for Iman Vellani who is an absolute delight in both this and 'Ms. Marvel' as her show is also (unjustly) the least-watched Marvel show on Disney+. Two final new entries in the #11-15 section for 'Hi Nanna' (#11) and 'Anselm' (#14). Next week sees the openings of 'Godzilla Minus One', 'The Three Musketeers: Milady', 'Monica', 'The Shift', 'What Happens Later', 'Showing Up' and 'Control'. Can any of them top the charts? Paul King openings: Bunny And The Bull (£40,801, #20, 2009) Paddington (£5,125,519, #1, 2014) Paddington 2 (£8,260,160, #1, 2017) Wonka (£8,904,750, #1, 2023)


Tafty³³³ View member profile	11th December 2023, 11:42 PM Post #36
I found the love, I found the love in me Pronouns: He/Him Joined: 13 December 2007 Posts: 87,456 User: 5,042	Marvels deserved better. It’s such a fun movie! Loved Wonka too so I am incredibly happy to see that it’s opened to huge numbers!


Jason View member profile	13th December 2023, 04:18 AM Post #37
I've been looking for a Lasting Lover Joined: 23 March 2007 Posts: 28,698 User: 3,149	Wonka is so much better than I was expecting. It's fun and beautiful.


Tafty³³³ View member profile	20th December 2023, 03:49 AM Post #38
I found the love, I found the love in me Pronouns: He/Him Joined: 13 December 2007 Posts: 87,456 User: 5,042	I will let Lewis continue his great work (but if he's too busy I can always use the chart I've prepped!) but 'Godzilla: Minus One' opens in 2nd place this week but it is already the highest grossing Japanese live-action movie of all time! Taking in an impressive £816,891! 'Wonka' is SMASHING IT at the UK & Ireland Box Office adding another £6.4m to it's total which is a drop of just 29% from last weekends opening taking it's overall total right now above £18m!


LewisGT View member profile	20th December 2023, 04:31 PM Post #39
BuzzJack Platinum Member Joined: 7 February 2013 Posts: 11,974 User: 18,293	QUOTE(Tafty³³³ @ Dec 20 2023, 03:49 AM) I will let Lewis continue his great work (but if he's too busy I can always use the chart I've prepped!) but 'Godzilla: Minus One' opens in 2nd place this week but it is already the highest grossing Japanese live-action movie of all time! Taking in an impressive £816,891! 'Wonka' is SMASHING IT at the UK & Ireland Box Office adding another £6.4m to it's total which is a drop of just 29% from last weekends opening taking it's overall total right now above £18m! Very impressive numbers for Wonka and Godzilla! It does feel like Asian cinema is having a great 2020s to counter-act Hollywood's (general) struggles, with Parasite winning best picture, Indian films breaking so many records this year and anime only getting more popular. I'm very interested to see how 'The Boy and the Heron' does this month after it become the first Studio Ghibli to reach #1 in the US Box Office. I was indeed busy on Monday but then completely forgot to post the charts yesterday! I will get it posted later


LewisGT View member profile	20th December 2023, 08:04 PM Post #40
BuzzJack Platinum Member Joined: 7 February 2013 Posts: 11,974 User: 18,293	15th December 2023 - 17th December 2023 1. (01) Wonka - £6,362,787 (-29%) Weeks: 2 (£18,487,628) 2. (NE) Godzilla Minus One - £816,891 Weeks: 1 (£816,891) 3. (03) The Hunger Games: The Ballad Of Songbirds And Snakes - £612,656 (-36%) Weeks: 5 (£15,887,971) 4. (02) Wish - £587,619 (-48%) Weeks: 4 (£6,613,100) 5. (04) Napoleon - £499,388 (-47%) Weeks: 4 (£12,474,810) 6. (05) Saltburn - £302,326 (-28%) Weeks: 5 (£4,757,552) 7. (06) Animal - £181,960 (-55%) Weeks: 3 (£2,064,200) 8. (NE) The Nutcracker: Royal Opera House 2023 - £180,826 Weeks: 1 (£803,518) 9. (08) Elf (20th Anniversary) - £177,812 (+9%) Weeks: 3 (£898,241) 10. (09) Home Alone - £177,104 (+97%) Weeks: 264 (£2,496,257) Falling out: Renaissance: A Film By Beyoncé (2 weeks) The Peasants (1 week) As Tafty has already said, 'Wonka' is proving to be a massive success with a 29% drop meaning that it is already at £18 million overall and the 11th highest grosser of the year. There's not looking like too many other big blockbusters out for a while so expect to see Wonka continue to have a great Christmas and stick around in the new year. It's currently looking possible for it to reach #4 in the 2023 rankings by the end of it's run. This week's big new release is 'Godzilla Minus One'. There hasn't been a shortage of Godzilla releases over the past 25 years impacting UK cinemas but those have all been the Hollywood films. 'Godzilla Minus One' is the first Japanese Toho Studios Godzilla film to secure a wide UK release and the numbers have proved that the audience is there. This one goes back to the iconic kaiju's origins and has garnered pretty much universal acclaim. The last Hollywood Godzilla film, 'Godzilla vs. Kong' was one of the first significant releases of the pandemic era in 2021 and only managed a £2.7 million total. Does 'Minus One' have enough in the tank to beat it? There's not much else happening of note in the top 10 this week. The only other new entry is the latest Royal Opera House performance of 'The Nutcracker'. It grossed £180,826 from encore showings this weekend. The rest of it's gross came from it's showings on Tuesday 12th December which meant it didn't impact the weekend charts before now. 'The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes' continues to hold decently and gains a 5th week in the top 3. However, it's still a long way off matching the £24.1 million gross of the original 'Hunger Games' which was the lowest grossing entry in the franchise beforehand. 'Wish' sticks around but continues to disappoint with it's £6,613,100 current total being almost the same as what 'Wonka' has just made in it's 2nd weekend. It's also miles off the £16.2 million that 'Elemental' made earlier this year which itself was way off what Disney needed it to make. There's slightly better news for Ridley Scott and 'Napoleon' as it is now above the £10 million total of his last effort, 2021's 'House of Gucci'. 'Saltburn' has another wonderful hold, dropping just 28% in it's 5th week. This might it's last week holding so strong though as it's due to hit streaming on Friday. The last story of note this week is Christmas. Despite the lack of a big new festive release, Christmas is still having it's impact with 'Elf' and 'Home Alone' both increasing their grosses at #9 and #10 and in the #11-#15 section we see 'Home Alone 2: Lost In New York (#11), 'The Polar Express' (#13) and 'It's A Wonderful Life' (#14). One final new entry in the #11-15 section and it's more event cinema with 'Seventeen Tour ‘Follow’ To Japan' at #14. Next week sees the openings of 'Aquaman and The Lost Kingdom', 'Dunki', 'Salaar' and 'Sweet Sue'. Can any of them top the charts? Godzilla openings: Godzilla (£4,176,960, #1, 1998) Godzilla (£6,385,483, #1, 2014) Godzilla: King of the Monsters (£3,507,717, #2, 2019) Godzilla vs. Kong (£783,879, #3, 2021)* *Not it's opening weekend. It had been open in a small number of cinemas during Covid where charts we're not being complied Godzilla Minus One (£816,891, #2, 2023)