I'm totally shocked at how well Hotel Transylvania 2 has done tbh! :o

Thought the Snoopy previews would do a bit better, my screening only had about 10 people in it, wonder if it'll end up being a big Box Office hit or not here.

 

Not great for Victor Frankenstein, it was our cinemas only new release and it still did way worse that Christmas with the Coopers :/

UK

 

Lionsgate’s fantasy-adventure becomes first film since Les Misérables to record four weeks at number one; Universal’s By the Sea flops with $38,000 (£24,770) from its 102 sites.

 

Further distributor results to come…

 

LIONSGATE

 

The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2 led an identical week-on-week top five at the UK box office as it retained top spot for the fourth straight week.

 

Lionsgate’s final chapter in the young adult franchise gathered an extra $1.95m (£1.29m) as it became the first film since Les Misérables in Jan-Feb 2013 to hold the number one spot for four weeks in a row.

 

Mockingjay - Part 2 is now up to a sturdy $38.6m (£25.5m) but will need to hold firm in the face of Star Wars: The Force Awakens to have any chance of hitting £30m.

 

Also for Lionsgate, Brooklyn is up to $7.3m (£4.82m) after six weeks in play.

 

DISNEY

 

The Good Dinosaur recorded a solid hold, dropping just 25% with a $1.93m (£1.27m) second weekend.

 

Disney’s latest Pixar offering is now up to $10.2m (£6.75m) but will soon be competing for families at Christmas with The Peanuts Movie.

 

Though it narrowly missed out on the top spot, it did pull in more admissions than Mockingjay over Sat-Sun due to its younger audience and lower ticket price.

 

SONY

 

Falling a slim 35% in its seventh weekend, Sony’s Spectre took a further $1.2m (£805,000) for a storming $139.5m (£92m) to date.

 

The latest James Bond mission will be hit by this week’s arrival of Star Wars: The Force Awakens, but still stands a great chance of overtaking Avatar’s $142.6m (£94m) as the UK’s second highest grossing film ever.

 

Also for Sony, The Lady in the Van dropped just 33% on its way to a $481,000 (£317,000) fifth weekend for an excellent $17.1m (£11.3m) to date. It could still overtake Philomena’s $17.3m (£11.44m) result.

 

The Night Before grossed $238,000 (£157,000) for a ten-day tally of $946,000 (£624,000), while Grandma posted a disappointing UK bow of $55,000 (£36,000) from its 79 sites.

 

FOX

 

With another slim drop of 27%, Bridge of Spies remained in fourth with a non-final third weekend of $1.2m (£782,029).

 

Fox’s potential awards contender is up to $8.2m (£5.43m) and in terms of Steven Spielberg outings in the UK, it has overtaken Munich’s $6.5m (£4.27m) with The Terminal and Lincoln next in its sights.

 

Also for Fox, Snoopy and Charlie Brown: A Peanuts Movie took $633,000 (£417,788) in its second weekend of previews and has now banked $1.1m (£719,628) towards its opening.

 

Victor Frankenstein and the re-release of Home Alone have grossed $1.2m (£811,605) and $213,000 (£140,837), respectively.

 

EONE

 

Christmas with the Coopers held well in its second weekend with a minimal drop of 15% (excluding previews) for $709,000 (£467,324).

 

eOne’s festive offering is now up to $2.2m (£1.44m) and should enjoy another week of solid returns before fading post-Christmas.

 

WARNER BROS

 

In its third weekend, Warner Bros’ Black Mass added $443,000 (£292,000) for $4.5m (£3m) to date.

 

UNIVERSAL

 

Holding reasonably well (-35%) given its soft opening, Universal’s festive horror Krampus scared up $413,000 (£272,425) for a ten-day tally of $1.5m (£957,060).

 

Also for Universal, By the Sea opened with a weak $38,000 (£24,770) from its 102 sites resulting in a $369 (£243) site average. Given its minimal marketing and soft reviews, it’s perhaps unsurprising that the film has mimicked its low domestic performance.

 

Sisters started its UK run on Saturday [Dec 12], but the figures for Sat-Thurs will be added onto its opening this coming week and reported then.

 

STUDIOCANAL

 

Dropping just over 30% in its third weekend, Studiocanal’s Carol added $362,000 (£239,102) for $2.7m (£1.77m) to date.

 

SODA PICTURES

 

Including $9,800 (£6,475) in previews (including its LFF IMAX screening), Soda Pictures’ The Forbidden Room posted a UK bow of $14,000 (£8,979) from its eight sites.

 

CURZON ARTIFICIAL EYE

 

Released in 11 sites through Curzon Artificial Eye, Ice and the Sky recorded a non-final UK debut of $4,400 (£2,920).

 

UPCOMING RELEASES

 

This week sees the highly anticipated release for Disney’s Star Wars: The Force Awakens (opens Dec 17), with most other films understandably avoiding opening this weekend.

 

Studiocanal’s Belle & Sebastian - The Adventure Continues, Bulldog Film Distributors’ Sparks & Embers and Arrow Media’s Sherpa are among those receiving a limited release.

 

This week:

 

1 The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 2 (£1.29m / £25.5m to date)

2 The Good Dinosaur (£1.27m* / £6.75m to date)

3 Spectre (£805k / £92m to date)

4 Bridge of Spies (£782,029 / £5.43m to date)

5 Christmas with the Coopers (£467,324 / £1.44m to date))

 

** Snoopy and Charlie Brown: A Peanuts Movie (£417,788 in preview screenings for £719,628 in previews to date) **

The Lady In The Van (£317k / £11.3m to date)

Black Mass (£292k / £3m to date)

Krampus (£272,425 / £957,060 to date)

Carol (£239,102 / £1.77m to date)

The Night Before (£157k / £624k to date)

Grandma (£36k)

By The Sea (£24,770)

The Forbidden Room (£8,979)

Ice and the Sky (£2,920)

 

*more admissions than 'Mockingjay'

 

Other totals:

 

Brooklyn (£4.82m)

Victor Frankenstein (£811,605)

 

Philomena (£11.44m)

Munich (£4.27m)

 

'First film to record four weeks at the top since Les Mis' doesn't seem that impressive when Mockingjay has managed it by a fluke with no big enough releases to challenge (shame The Good Dinosaur couldn't sneak a week tbh, that's holding well). How awful for Angelina :lol:

The Force is most definitely strong at the UK box office.

 

Disney’s Star Wars: The Force Awakens has recorded the biggest single day ever for any film with an astonishing non-final $14.37m (£9.64m) on it opening day (Thurs, Dec 17).

 

The figure tops the $14.15m (£9.48m) generated by Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2, which opened on Friday July 8, 2011.

 

Midnight screenings alone accounted for $3.6m (£2.4m) of Star Wars opening day haul.

 

Given what it achieved on a Thursday, there’s every chance that The Force Awakens could break its own record over the weekend.

 

The result also means that from just one day, The Force Awakens has beaten Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace’s opening weekend of $14.2m (£9.51m) from 460 sites in July 1999.

 

On the Digital Cinema Media estate which includes Cineworld, Vue, Odeon and Picturehouse, The Force Awakens did at least 766,000 admissions on its opening day according to DCM’s head of film Tom Linay.

 

With grosses likely to be equal, or even higher, today and tomorrow, Deathly Hallows: Part 2’s Fri-Sun record haul of $35.45m (£23.75m) is also under serious threat from The Force Awakens.

 

Back in October, James Bond movie Spectre set the record for the biggest opening ever at the UK box office with $61.63m (£41.3m) from its seven-day debut.

 

The Force Awakens would have to repeat its Thursday gross each day to stand a chance, but it remains a distinct possibility.

 

Given its staggering start and with the Christmas holidays just around the corner, Star Wars: The Force Awakens looks to have Skyfall’s all-time record haul of $153.6m (£102.88m) firmly in its sights.

 

Doing enough in midnight screenings alone to be BO #1 a couple of weeks ago :')

 

Not going to be around next week to see (/post) what it achieved in the opening weekend :cry:

$72.7m WW in just one day too apparently! :mellow:

I reckon it'll touch $600 million worldwide.

08-10 Jan 2015

 

(01) 01 | Star Wars: The Force Awakens | £6,001,948 [1,1,1,1]

(ne) 02 | The Hateful Eight | £2,778,633 [2]

(02) 03 | Daddy's Home | £2,268,945 [3,2,3]

(04) 04 | The Danish Girl | £1,294,024 [4,4]

(03) 05 | Joy | £1,047,139 [3,5]

(05) 06 | Snoopy and Charlie Brown: The Peanuts Movie | £693,575 [2,5,6]

(06) 07 | The Good Dinosaur | £438,680 [2,2,2,3,5,6,7]

(08) 08 | The Hunger Games: Mockingjay (Part 2) | £240,095 [1,1,1,1,5,7,8,8]

(07) 09 | In the Heart of the Sea | £202,774 [4,7,9]

(re) 10 | Bridge of Spies | £179,554 [4,4,4,9,x,10]

 

14 | Wazir | £78,647

22 | Bolshoi Babylon | £35,587

25 | Beauty and the Bestie | £19,233

27 | A War | £17,356

32 | Kocan Kadar Konus: Dirilis | £11,817

39 | Partisan | £4,890

49 | The Last Hijack | £1,397

50 | Exhibition on Screen: Goya - Visions of Flesh and Blood (Exhibition) | £1,270

57 | Adi Kapyare Kootamani | £700

67 | Charlie | £332

75 | Star Men | £161

 

Source

That's AMAZING for 'Hateful 8' considering all the things going against it (HUGE companies not showing it, being an 18 restricting it more than being a 15 would etc..) :o

Keep meaning to get around to starting a fresh 2016 thread.

 

Pleased to see "The Danish Girl" ahead of "Joy" in week 2. That's brilliant for "The Hateful Eight" but whilst it was unable to make anything from regular ticket purchases at Cineworld, you have to wonder how much is from Unlimited card holders who chose to see it elsewhere. :lol:

That is really good for The Hateful 8 but it had a much higher theatre count than I was expecting anyway, I bet a lot of usual Cineworld customers made the trip to the closest Odeon or Vue instead.

 

Wonder how The Revenant will do over here, seems too doing great in the US so far.

Keep meaning to get around to starting a fresh 2016 thread.

 

Pleased to see "The Danish Girl" ahead of "Joy" in week 2. That's brilliant for "The Hateful Eight" but whilst it was unable to make anything from regular ticket purchases at Cineworld, you have to wonder how much is from Unlimited card holders who chose to see it elsewhere. :lol:

I'm happy to start a 2016 thread and update it weekly, if you like?