March 11, 201510 yr UK: Just quickly does anyone find these articles useful? Fox’s sequel adds $2.9m (£1.9m) for $13m (£8.6m) after 11 days in play; Sony’s Chappie is the highest new entry with $1.5m (£996,000); Still Alice posts excellent $606,000 (£401,396) debut from 87 sites for Curzon Film World. Underwhelming new releases and good weather saw a soft session at the UK box office led by The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel. Fox’s sequel recorded a second straight week as the UK’s number one with a $2.9m (£1.9m) weekend following a 38% drop, excluding previews. As expected, the film enjoyed a prosperous first midweek session taking almost $4.5m (£3m) on Mon-Thurs, and stands at $13m (£8.6m). The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel is currently tracking ahead of its predecessor which had grossed $10.7m (£7.1m) at the end of its second weekend, albeit from ten days of release compared to the sequel’s 11 as a result of previews. Also for Fox, Kingsman: The Secret Service is now Matthew Vaughn’s best-ever UK performer after a $678,000 (£448,333) weekend saw it to $23.1m (£15.3m), ahead of the $22.7m (£15m) tallies of Stardust and X-Men: First Class. Unfinished Business matched its soft domestic bow with a weak $593,000 (£392,277) UK debut from its 408 sites, less than half of the $1.7m (£1.1m) opening of previous Vince Vaughn-Ken Scott collaboration, Delivery Man. Selma and Birdman stand at $4.5m (£2.9m) and $8.8m (£5.8m), respectively. WARNER BROS With a respectable 32% drop in its second weekend, Focus climbed up to second at the UK box office with $2m (£1.3m). Warner Bros’ con artist drama is now up to $6.4m (£4.25m) and is co-directors Glenn Ficarra and John Requa’s best-ever UK performer, surpassing the $5.1m (£3.4m) result of Crazy, Stupid, Love. Also for Warner Bros, American Sniper and Jupiter Ascending have amassed $20.5m (£13.6m) and $6.6m (£4.4m), respectively. UNIVERSAL It may have dropped a further place to third but Fifty Shades of Grey still whipped all newcomers with a $1.6m (£1.06m) fourth weekend. Universal’s raunchy adaptation has now grossed $49.4m (£32.7m), making it the eighth biggest Universal release of all time behind Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason’s $54.5m (£36.03m). Also for Universal, The Theory of Everything finally fell out of the top ten after nine consecutive weeks with a $254,000 (£168,000) tenth weekend for a superb running tally of $31.7m (£20.99m), while The Boy Next Door struggled in its second weekend with a 59% drop on its way to $251,000 (£166,000) for $1.2m (£817,000). Kill the Messenger posted a $86,000 (£57,000) debut at a soft $756 (£500) site average. SONY Chappie was the week’s highest new entry in fourth with an uninspiring $1.5m (£996,000) bow from its 460 sites. Sony’s sci-fi recorded the lowest opening for director Neill Blomkamp, under half of that of both District 9 ($3.5m/£2.3m from 447) and Elysium ($4.7m/£3.1m from 463, including $1.47m/£974,038 in previews). Both of those films capped around $13.6m (£9m) in the UK, a tally that looks a tough ask for Chappie. Also for Sony, The Wedding Ringer stands at $3.3m (£2.2m) following a $214,000 (£142,000) third weekend. DISNEY Falling a slim 33% in its sixth weekend, Disney’s Big Hero 6 flew to a further $1.2m (£814,000) for $28.1m (£18.62m) to date. It will hit £20m in the coming weeks, but is likely to fall short of Wreck-It Ralph’s $35.8m (£23.7m) UK result. STUDIOCANAL Now in its fifth week of release, StudioCanal’s Shaun the Sheep Movie added $916,000 (£606,231) for a decent $18.7m (£12.4m) to date, even if it is now unlikely to crack £15m. Also for StudioCanal, Paddington is still attracting audiences in its 15th week of release and took $231,000 (£152,891) for $56.3m (£37.24m), while Catch Me Daddy could only manage an $8,400 (£5,580) second weekend for $103,000 (£68,414). CURZON FILM WORLD / ARTIFICIAL EYE One of the performances of the weekend came from Curzon Film World’s Still Alice with an excellent $606,000 (£401,396) from its 87 sites, including just under $30,000 (£20,000) in previews. That’s ahead of Boyhood’s $503,000 (£332,834) debut from 89 sites and also compares favourably to Whiplash, which drummed up $866,000 (£573,546) on its opening but from a much wider release at 249. For Artificial Eye, The Duke of Burgundy has grossed $183,000 (£120,870) after three weeks in play. ICON FILM DISTRIBUTION Well-received horror It Follows posted a $344,000 (£227,492) second weekend through Icon Film Distribution and has now journeyed to $1.2m (£816,670). PARAMOUNT Now in its third week, Paramount’s time travel thriller Project Almanac won’t be around for much longer as it added just $51,000 (£33,800) for $1.9m (£1.2m) to date. METRODOME Edinburgh 2014 opener Hyena recorded a $30,000 (£19,564) bow, including previews, from its 17 sites through Metrodome. Also for Metrodome, Cannes Un Certain Regard 2014 winner White God has grossed $54,000 (£35,928) after two weeks in play. DOGWOOF Released in three sites through Dogwoof, Dreamcatcher grossed a strong $5,600 (£3,710) on its UK debut. EUREKA ENTERTAINMENT Alain Resnais’ final feature film Life of Riley recorded a UK opening of $3,400 (£2,281) from its one-site release through Eureka Entertainment. SODA PICTURES Sundance 2014 winner Difret posted a UK bow of $3,300 (£2,207) from its eight sites through Soda Pictures. UPCOMING RELEASES This week sees a saturation release for Warner Bros’ Run All Night, while Koch Media’s X+Y, eOne’s Suite Francaise and Filmhouse’s My Name is Salt all receive wide releases. StudioCanal/ICO’s re-release of Far from the Madding Crowd is among the films receiving a limited release.
March 19, 201510 yr UK: Absolutely gigantic preview number for home :o Fox’s sequel reaches $17.3m (£11.7m), while stablemate Home previews strongly with $3.6m (£2.5m); Warner Bros’ Run All Night lands with $1.2m (£822,000) from 430 sites. The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel has become the first film this year to record a hat-trick of number one weekends at the UK box office. Fox’s sequel fell a slim 29% with a $2.1m (£1.4m) third weekend for $17.3m (£11.7m) to date. It is still tracking ahead of its predecessor which stood at $16.3m (£11.05m) at the same stage, but did enjoy a stronger third weekend of $2.7m (£1.8m). Also for Fox, Home previewed strongly over Saturday and Sunday with its $3.6m (£2.5m) result making it the unofficial champion. The previews will go towards its opening this coming Friday [March 20]and puts it in a great position to lead the weekend. Kingsman: The Secret Service shot to a further $422,000 (£285,560) for $23.3m (£15.8m) after seven weeks in play, while Unfinished Business fell a hefty 64% in its second weekend to take $163,000 (£110,580) for $1.1m (£715,403). The 50th Anniversary re-release of The Sound of Music grossed $37,000 (£25,089) from its 95 sites on Sunday [March 15]. WARNER BROS It may have been the week’s highest new entry, but Run All Night didn’t set the chart alight with a $1.2m (£822,000) opening from its 430 sites. Warner Bros’ action thriller recorded the lowest debut for a Jaume Collet-Serra and Liam Neeson collaboration, behind Non-Stop ($3.9m/£2.7m from 453) and Unknown ($2m/£1.4m from 332). With the arrival of The Gunman this Friday, it will struggle to challenge Unknown’s $9.8m (£6.6m) result, let alone Non-Stop’s $14.1m (£9.5m). Also for Warner Bros, Focus fell 39% on its way to a $1.2m (£803,000) third weekend for a solid $8.3m (£5.64m) to date. EONE Suite Française charted fourth on its UK bow with an uninspiring $743,000 (£502,569) from its 426 sites. eOne’s romantic drama fell some way short of director Saul Dibb’s best-ever UK bow, the $2.1m (£1.4m) recorded by The Duchess from 426 sites, but will hope to have a sturdy midweek performance given its older-skewing audience. UNIVERSAL Rounding off this week’s top five was Universal’s Fifty Shades of Grey with a $721,000 (£487,649) fifth weekend lifting it to a terrific $50m (£33.8m). The raunchy adaptation could well be on the cusp of £35m by the end of next weekend. Also for Universal, The Theory of Everything has now amassed $31.4m (£21.2m). SONY Falling over 50% in its second weekend, Sony’s Chappie added $661,000 (£447,000) for $3m (£2m) to date. The sci-fi may now struggle to even match half the $13.3m (£9m) tallies of District 9 and Elysium in the UK. Also for Sony, The Wedding Ringer has grossed $3.3m (£2.25m) after four weeks in play. CURZON FILM WORLD Expanding to 202 sites nationwide, Curzon Film World’s Still Alice rose 9% (excluding previews) on its way to a $617,000 (£417,592) second weekend for a strong $1.6m (£1.1m) to date. It faces arthouse competition this coming weekend with the arrival of Metrodome’s Mommy and Vertigo Films’ A Second Chance. DISNEY Arguably hit hardest by Home’s healthy previews, Big Hero 6 fell 53% in its seventh weekend for $571,000 (£386,000) and a running total of $28.2m (£19.1m) through Disney. STUDIOCANAL Homegrown hits Shaun the Sheep Movie and Paddington took $387,000 (£261,773) and $129,000 (£87,302), respectively, to reach $18.8m (£12.7m) and $55.2m (£37.3m) through StudioCanal. Also for StudioCanal, the re-release of Far from the Madding Crowd grossed $9,400 (£6,377) from its five sites. KOCH MEDIA With around $30,000 (£20,000) in previews, Koch Media’s X + Y got off to a steady $228,000 (£154,374) start in the UK from its 119 sites. Morgan Matthews’ feature directorial debut could be another of this week’s new openers to benefit more from a midweek crowd. ICON FILM DISTRIBUTION Critically acclaimed horror It Follows crossed £1m with a $155,000 (£104,492) third weekend through Icon Film Distribution to stand at $1.56m (£1.06m). UPCOMING RELEASES This week sees saturation releases for Fox’s Home (following its previews on March 14-15), eOne’s The Divergent Series: Insurgent and Lionsgate’s Wild Card. Metrodome’s Mommy, StudioCanal’s The Gunman and Arrow Films’ The Voices all receive wide releases, while Vertigo Films’ A Second Chance and Content Media’s Dark Summer are among the films receiving a limited release.
March 19, 201510 yr US: Earning more than the rest of the field combined, Disney's Cinderella (2015) easily took the top spot at the box office this weekend. Liam Neeson's Run All Night got off to a very slow start, while indie horror flick It Follows had a great debut in limited release. Playing at 3,845 locations, Cinderella opened to $67.9 million. That ranks seventh all-time among March debuts. Compared to Disney's recent live-action fantasies, Cinderella's opening was roughly on par with Maleficent ($69.4 million), though it was noticeably lower than Oz The Great and Powerful ($79.1 million). It also opened well above Snow White and the Huntsman ($56.2 million). This is all the more impressive considering Cinderella's budget was a modest $95 million, which is around half as much as the rest of those movies cost. Cinderella's audience was 66 percent female and 66 percent families. The movie received a strong "A" CinemaScore; combine that with great reviews, and this should hold well over the next few weeks. A final total north of $200 million is virtually guaranteed at this point. Liam Neeson's Run All Night opened in a distant second place with $11 million. That's a fraction of Non-Stop's $28.9 million debut, and is also lower than A Walk Among the Tombstones's poor $12.8 million start. Run All Night's audience was 52 percent female—oddly high, considering this is an action movie with an all-male cast—and 86 percent over the age of 25. They awarded the movie an "A-" CinemaScore, which suggests word-of-mouth will be solid. Still, it would be surprising if this made it past $30 million. For full analysis of Cinderella and Run All Night, check the weekend forecast here. Kingsman: The Secret Service eased 25 percent to $6.2 million, which was enough to reclaim a spot in the Top Three. The comic book adaptation has so far earned $107.4 million, and now appears on its way to over $120 million total. In its third weekend, Focus (2015) fell 43 percent to $5.74 million. The Will Smith/Margot Robbie flick has now grossed $44 million. Chappie rounded out the Top Five with $5.7 million. That's off 57 percent from opening weekend, which is a bit steeper than Elysium (54 percent) and District 9 (51 percent). Through 10 days, the Neill Blomkamp sci-fi movie has taken in a weak $23.3 million. The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel eased 33 percent to $5.7 million. It was playing in an additional 449 theaters, which likely helped contribute to that light decline. The comedy sequel has now earned $18.05 million. Radius-TWC released indie horror movie It Follows at four locations this weekend, where it earned $160,089. That translates to a very strong $40,022 per-theater average. Expect this to expand aggressively in the next few weeks; it's unlikely that it makes it nationwide, but it should top out with at least 200 locations.
March 20, 201510 yr Can someone explain to me the point of previews, what the advantages of having them are, as opposed to just putting it on general release? :lol: "Home" had a great weekend, posting a number that it would've won the weekend with and now it feels like it's 'cheating the system' by having the preview number and the number it posts next weekend added together and in the process it could block "Insurgent" from the top for example. Just want to understand the logic, why only certain movies have previews etc. :P
March 26, 201510 yr UK: eOne’s The Divergent Series: Insurgent takes strong $4.4m (£2.9m), including previews, on debut. FOX Home posted a superb $9m (£6m) chart-topping debut from its 531 sites, including $3.9m (£2.6m) in previews. It’s worth noting that the animation would have topped the chart solely on its Fri-Sun tally of $5.1m (£3.4m). Excluding sequels, the debut ranks as one of the best for DreamWorks Animation in the UK ahead of the likes of Madagascar ($8.1m/£5.43m from 505) and The Croods ($8m/£5.37m from 521), and behind only Shark Tale ($11.2m/£7.5m from 504) and Kung Fu Panda ($11.6m/£7.8m from 446). Home will hope to fend off family competition this weekend with the arrival of the SpongeBob sequel, and will look to prosper over the upcoming Easter school holidays to push it towards the £20m mark in the UK. Also for Fox, The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel fell 52% on its way to a $990,000 (£664,216) fourth weekend for $20m (£13.4m) to date. It’s now tracking behind its predecessor which stood at $20.7m (£13.9m) at the same stage in its run. Kingsman: The Secret Service shot to an extra $197,000 (£132,290) for $23.9m (£16.1m) after eight weeks in play. EONE It may have missed out on the top spot, but The Divergent Series: Insurgent is off to an excellent start in the UK. eOne’s sequel posted a $4.4m (£2.9m) bow, including just under $596,000 (£400,000) in previews, from its 497 sites. That marks a 66% uptake on the $2.6m (£1.8m) bow of Divergent from 423 sites. Divergent went on to take $9.8m (£6.6m) in the UK, and Insurgent is well-set to challenge both that and potentially the £10m mark. Also for eOne, Suite Francaise fell 47% on its way to a $400,000 (£268,607) second weekend for $1.9m (£1.3m) after ten days in play. The drama is likely to take more midweek given its older-skewing audience. PARAMOUNT Ahead of its release this Friday [March 27], Paramount’s The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water banked $1m (£680,000) from its 481 sites during previews on Saturday and Sunday. The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie posted a $1.9m (£1.25m) opening in 2005 from 440 sites without previews, and the sequel is now all-but guaranteed to surpass that. WARNER BROS Falling a respectable 36% in its fourth weekend, Warner Bros’ Focus grossed an additional $732,000 (£490,317) for a sturdy $9.7m (£6.5m) to date. Also for Warner Bros, Run All Night dropped over 50% on its way to a second weekend of $520,000 (£348,638) for a ten-day tally of $2.5m (£1.7m). STUDIOCANAL The Gunman rounded off this week’s top five with a soft non-final $605,000 (£405,934) from its 400 sites. StudioCanal’s action thriller recorded a debut of less than half the $1.7m (£1.17m) bow of Pierre Morel’s Taken from 396 sites. Also for StudioCanal, The Tale of Princess Kaguya grossed $103,000 (£69,234) from its 45 sites, with one site still to report on Sunday. That’s up on From Up on Poppy Hill’s $49,000 (£33,087) debut, albeit from less sites at 23, but just behind Arrietty’s $113,000 (£75,584) from 61. Shaun the Sheep Movie has now amassed $19.2m (£12.9m). CURZON FILM WORLD Expanding slightly to 239 sites, Curzon Film World’s Still Alice posted a $380,000 (£255,105) third weekend for a healthy $2.5m (£1.7m) to date. UNIVERSAL Fifty Shades of Grey is now up to $51.3m (£34.4m) following a $349,000 (£234,089) sixth weekend through Universal. Barring a dramatic drop, the raunchy adaptation will hit £35m in the next couple of weeks. LIONSGATE Wild Card failed to hit the jackpot on its UK bow, taking a soft $226,000 (£152,034) from its 229 sites through Lionsgate. That marks both the lowest UK debut for director Simon West behind Stolen’s $297,000 (£199,798) from 187, and one of the weakest openings for a Jason Statham solo outing behind the likes of War ($308,000/£207,091 from 182) and Hummingbird ($307,000/£206,731 fro 262). DISNEY Oscar winner Big Hero 6 added $198,000 (£133,000) for $28.8m (£19.33m) to date through Disney, who will be hoping the upcoming Easter holidays give it one last push towards £20m. SONY Now in its third weekend, Sony’s Chappie could only add $178,000 (£120,000) to lift its running tally to a disappointing $3.5m (£2.37m). ARROW FILMS Released in 117 sites through Arrow Films, The Voices recorded a $176,000 (£118,170) UK debut, including $4,300 (£2,903) in previews, with a couple of sites still to report Sunday figures. The opening marks one of the biggest for the distributor, behind Love is All You Need’s $302,000 (£202,176) from 131 sites, according to figures from Rentrak. KOCH MEDIA Falling 45% in its second weekend, Koch Media’s X + Y grossed a non-final $86,200 (£57,807) for $441,000 (£295,780) to date. METRODOME Xavier Dolan’s critically acclaimed Mommy enjoyed a $86,100 (£57,761) UK debut, including previews, from its 24 sites through Metrodome. It marks Dolan’s best-ever opening, but it’s also worth noting that it received the widest opening too. VERTIGO FILMS A Second Chance took just $7,500 (£5,031) from 25 sites through Vertigo Films, one of the lowest UK bows for director Susanne Bier. UPCOMING RELEASES This week sees saturation releases for Paramount’s The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water, Disney’s Cinderella and Warner Bros’ Get Hard. Universal’s Seventh Son and Soda Pictures’ The Face of an Angel both receive a wide release, while Curzon Film World’s Wild Tales and Dogwoof’s Dior and I are among the films receiving a limited release.
March 26, 201510 yr US: The Divergent Series: Insurgent opened north of $50 million this weekend, which was easily enough to take first place away from Cinderella. The other new openers weren't so hot: The Gunman bombed with $5 million, while Do You Believe? opened to a fraction of God's Not Dead's debut. Insurgent opened to $52.3 million, which is off slightly from its predecessor's $54.6 million on this same weekend last year. While it would have been unreasonable to expect a Twilight type bump from the first to second installment, it did feel like this franchise had some room to grow. Unfortunately, it looks like Divergent will wind up like The Hunger Games and Harry Potter, two young-adult franchises where there just wasn't a ton of domestic gains after the first outing (yes, the final Harry Potter set a high mark for the franchise, but that was a decade later with the addition of 3D pricing). Insurgent's audience was 60 percent female, which is actually a slight uptick from the first movie's 59 percent share. That's ironic, considering how much attention seemed to be paid to positioning this as an action-packed sci-fi thriller (as opposed to a young-adult romance). The movie received a solid "A-" CinemaScore, and should hold up decently in the coming weeks. A total north of $130 million seems likely. Cinderella (2015) was off 49 percent to $35 million this weekend. That drop is in between Oz (48 percent) and Maleficent (51 percent). To date, Cinderella has grossed $122.5 million. In its second weekend, Run All Night fell 54 percent to $5.03 million. That's a better hold than A Walk Among the Tombstones, but it's still not all that impressive. Through 10 days, the Liam Neeson action flick has earned $19.6 million. Opening at 2,816 locations, The Gunman bombed with $5.03 million. That debut is essentially on the same level as early 2015 disasters Mortdecai ($4.2 million), Unfinished Business ($4.8 million) and Hot Tub Time Machine 2 ($5.96 million). It also opened to a fraction of last year's Taken imitator, 3 Days to Kill ($12.2 million). This subgenre has been dying a slow death in recent years. With the Taken franchise officially over, and The Gunman bombing the way it did, maybe it's time to officially call it a day here. With The Gunman poised to lose most of its theaters heading in to its third weekend, look it to wind up with a final total in the $10 to $12 million range. In its sixth weekend in theaters, Kingsman: The Secret Service eased 26 percent to $4.6 million. Matthew Vaughn's well-received comic book adaptation has now grossed $114.6 million total. Faith-based drama Do You Believe? opened to $3.59 million from 1,320 locations. In some ways, Do You Believe? was positioned as the follow-up to God's Not Dead: it's from the same production company, and is opening on the same weekend. Despite playing at over 500 more theaters, Do You Believe? opened to less than half of that movie's $9.2 million. The string of faith-based hits last year—Son of God, God's Not Dead, Heaven is for Real—made it seem like reaching this audience was a cakewalk. Time and again, though, we've seen movies fail to replicate that success. That being said, a $3.59 million debut is solid for a low-budget movie that was sold primarily with a grassroots marketing effort (as opposed to a hefty TV campaign). Playing at five locations, Danny Collins earned an estimated $73,200 from five locations this weekend, which translates to a so-so $14,640 per-theater average. Look for this to expand to at least a few hundred theaters over the next couple of weeks.
March 30, 201510 yr US: DreamWorks Animation's Home (2015) was a huge hit with family moviegoers this weekend, taking first place with an excellent $54 million. Will Ferrell/Kevin Hart comedy Get Hard also put up strong numbers in second place, while indie horror movie It Follows did decent business in its nationwide expansion. Among recent family-friendly movies, Home's $54 million debut is in the same ballpark as Big Hero 6 ($56.2 million) and The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water ($55.4 million). It also ranks as one of the top non-sequel movies ever for DreamWorks, behind Kung Fu Panda ($60.2 million) and Monsters Vs. Aliens ($59.3 million). In fact, it's the biggest debut for a DreamWorks movie since its distribution deal began with 20th Century Fox in early 2013; that includes How to Train Your Dragon 2, which opened to $49.5 million last June. If Home follows the same pattern as Monsters vs. Aliens and Mr. Peabody & Sherman, it will finish with around $180 million. With an "A" CinemaScore and virtually no competition on the way, there's a chance it holds up better than that. So far, 2015 has proved to be a fantastic year for family-friendly movies. All of last year, only four family movies earned over $150 million at the domestic box office; The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water and Cinderella have already made it there, and Home will eventually join them. Looking ahead, there's a realistic chance that Inside Out, Minions, The Peanuts Movie and The Good Dinosaur all reach this level as well. While Home easily took first place, Get Hard was no slouch either: playing at 3,175 locations, the R-rated comedy opened to an estimated $34.6 million this weekend. That ranks third all-time among live-action Ferrell movies, and ranks second among Hart's recent slew of leading roles (behind Ride Along). The movie's audience was 54 percent male and 61 percent were 25 years of age or older. Word-of-mouth is mixed ("B" CinemaScore), and reviews are terrible; add in the fact that this faces direct competition from Furious 7 next weekend, and there's a chance that this falls off quickly. Still, a final total over $100 million isn't out of the question. The Divergent Series: Insurgent fell 58 percent to an estimated $22.1 million. In comparison, the first Divergent movie fell 53 percent to $25.6 million on this same weekend last year. So far, Insurgent has earned $86.4 million total, and is now on track to close in the $130 to $140 million range. In its third weekend, Cinderella fell 50 percent to an estimated $17.5 million. Despite strong reviews and great word-of-mouth, the movie's holds thus far have been pretty unremarkable. Still, it's already earned $150 million, and will be the highest-grossing movie from 2015 (not in 2015—that's American Sniper) by next weekend. Indie horror flick It Follows expanded to 1,218 locations and took fifth place with an estimated $4.02 million this weekend. That's a solid result considering the movie relied almost exclusively on word-of-mouth, social media marketing, and strong reviews (as opposed to a more traditional marketing effort). Distributor Radius-TWC is planning on further expanding the movie next weekend. Playing at four locations in New York and Los Angeles, writer/director Noah Baumbach's While We're Young opened to $242,000 this weekend. That translates to a very good $60,500 per-theater average, which is the best ever for Baumbach. In comparison, his last movie (Frances Ha) averaged $34,350 in its New York / Los Angeles debut. This is also the second-biggest per-theater average ever for distributor A24 behind 2013's Spring Breakers ($87,667). They're planning on expanding the movie to select markets next weekend ahead of a nationwide release on April 10th. Baumbach's last two movies, Frances Ha and Greenberg, topped out around $4 million; there's a good chance that While We're Young exceeds that number.
March 30, 201510 yr UK: Ahead of Easter school holidays, Paramount’s The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water lands with $3.3m (£2.25m), including previews; Dior and I posts Dogwoof’s second-best ever UK opening with non-final $121,000 (£81,547). Further distributor results to come… DISNEY Replicating the chart-topping success of Maleficent last year, Disney’s Cinderella posted a $5.6m (£3.8m) debut from its 554 sites. Cinderella’s debut is just ahead of the $5.5m (£3.7m) start from 530 sites of Oz the Great and Powerful and while it looks some way behind Maleficent’s $9.8m (£6.6m) from 486 sites, that did include $4.2m (£2.8m) in previews meaning the Fri-Sun tallies of Cinderella and Maleficent are almost level. Oz and Maleficent took $22.8m (£15.4m) and $30.3m (£20.4m), respectively, and Cinderella should be looking to at least surpass the former. Also for Disney, Big Hero 6 has now taken $28.8m (£19.44m). FOX Last week’s champion Home fell a slim 22% (excluding previews) on its way to a $3.9m (£2.6m) second weekend. Fox’s animation is already up to an impressive $13.8m (£9.3m) and given that it’ll now start to enjoy decent midweek returns, you wouldn’t yet rule out a push for £20m which would be a terrific result for an original property. Also for Fox, The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel has now checked into $21.5m (£14.5m) in the UK following a $638,000 (£429,570) fifth weekend and, barring a second wind, won’t match its predecessor’s $30.3m (£20.4m) result despite a stronger start. Kingsman: The Secret Service has amassed $24.1m (£16.2m) after nine weeks in play. PARAMOUNT Having banked $1m (£680,000) last weekend from previews, Paramount’s The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water splashed into UK cinemas with an overall debut of $3.3m (£2.25m) from its 483 sites. Its Fri-Sun tally of $2.3m (£1.58m) compares favourably to the $1.9m (£1.25m) bow from 440 sites of The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie, which went on to make $8.3m (£5.6m) in the UK. The upcoming Easter school holidays and lack of family competition openers should see the sequel comfortably pass that tally in the coming weeks. WARNER BROS Get Hard got off to a strong start in the UK with a $2.13m (£1.43m) opening from its 325 sites to chart fourth. Warner Bros’ comedy enjoyed a healthy $6,546 (£4,412) site average, setting it up to be an attractive counter-programming alternative to a family-heavy market over the next two weeks. It also suggests that Kevin Hart is becoming an increasingly bankable lead in the UK with Get Hard improving on the $1.5m (£990,445) debut from 384 sites of The Wedding Ringer last month, and being on a par with Ride Along’s $2.11m (£1.42m) start from 382 sites last year. Also for Warner Bros, Focus hit the £7m mark as a $433,000 (£292,000) fifth weekend saw it reach $10.5m (£7.09m), while Run All Night is running out of gas after taking $188,000 (£127,000) for $3m (£2.04m) after three weeks in play. EONE Falling almost 50% (excluding previews) in its second weekend, The Divergent Series: Insurgent rounded off this week’s top five with $1.9m (£1.3m). eOne’s sequel is now up to $7.6m (£5.15m) after 11 days in play and it will shortly overtake Divergent’s $9.8m (£6.6m), potentially by the end of next weekend. Also for eOne, Suite Francaise added $220,000 (£148,383) for $2.6m (£1.8m) after three weeks in play, while The Signal posted a $3,900 (£2,649) debut from six sites ahead of playing nationwide at Picturehouse cinemas tomorrow [March 31]. UNIVERSAL Seventh Son posted an uninspiring $607,000 (£410,627) from its 388 sites through Universal. The fantasy adventure is likely to struggle to stick around for long, given the increasingly busy marketplace and poor reviews. Also for Universal, Fifty Shades of Grey has reached $51.2m (£34.7m) after seven weeks in play. CURZON FILM WORLD Oscar-nominated Wild Tales is off to a superb start in the UK with a $268,000 (£180,751) debut, including just under $15,000 (£10,000) in previews), from its 50 sites through Curzon Film World, with one site still to report. The result is all the more notable given it was a day-and-date VoD release and therefore didn’t play the circuits. Also for Curzon Film World, Still Alice crossed the £2m mark as a third weekend of $251,000 (£169,108) lifted its running tally to $3.1m (£2.1m). DOGWOOF Also enjoying a strong start to its UK run was Dogwoof’s Dior and I with a $121,000 (£81,547) bow from its 34 sites, with one site still to report. It’s one of the best openings for the distributor since The Spirit of ‘45’s $111,000 (£75,146) debut from 43 sites in March 2013, and marks the second biggest-ever for Dogwoof behind The Age of Stupid’s $151,000 (£101,752) from 20 sites back in March 2009, according to figures from Rentrak. SODA PICTURES Michael Winterbottom’s The Face of an Angel recorded a UK bow of $55,000 (£37,000), including previews, from its 37 sites through Soda Pictures. That ranks as one of Winterbottom’s lowest-ever openings, but it’s worth noting that the film also received one of his narrowest releases. ARROW FILMS Playing in 98 sites in its second weekend on a mix of split shows and with some days with no shows, Arrow Films’ The Voices added a non-final $41,000 (£27,434) for $330,000 (£222,568) to date. LIONSGATE Unsurprisingly falling heavily following its soft opening, Lionsgate’s Wild Card could only gross $35,000 (£23,600) in its second weekend for $433,000 (£292,112). METRODOME Mommy posted a $29,000 (£19,280) second weekend from its 24 sites through Metrodome to cross the £100k mark to stand at $156,000 (£105,429). AXIOM FILMS Released in five sites (four on split shows) through Axiom Films, Blind grossed $5,200 (£3,520) on its UK bow. UPCOMING RELEASES This week sees saturation releases for Universal’s Fast & Furious 7 and Icon’s While We’re Young. eOne’s The Water Diviner and BFI’s re-release of Blade Runner: The Final Cut both receive wide releases, while Soda Pictures’ Altman and Koch Media’s The Dark Horse are among the films receiving a limited release.
March 30, 201510 yr Do they still release Box Office charts every week? I like the information given in these reports as it gives the totals of a lot of films but I do like a good chart. If they do them, I'd be happy to post them alongside the reports that UV posts!
March 30, 201510 yr Do they still release Box Office charts every week? I like the information given in these reports as it gives the totals of a lot of films but I do like a good chart. If they do them, I'd be happy to post them alongside the reports that UV posts! I believe so and it would be really helpful if you could post them :) I would post them but I always manage to lose all the data as soon as I get it ready to post so it ends up taking me a really long time :lol:
April 9, 201510 yr US BOX OFFICE Furious 7 took the 14-year-old Fast franchise to the next level this weekend with a stunning $147.2 million debut. That opening ranks ninth all-time behind The Avengers, Iron Man 3, the final Harry Potter, two Dark Knight movies, two Hunger Games and Spider-Man 3. The movie also opened to an incredible $245 million overseas; that's without any help from China, Japan and Russia, where it will open in the next few weeks. So far, Furious 7 has earned $392 million worldwide, and is very likely on track to earn over $1 billion by the end of its run. At the domestic box office, Furious 7's $147.2 million debut is 55 percent higher than Captain America: The Winter Soldier's $95 million, which was the previous April record holder. This is also the biggest debut in the franchise thus far, up a whopping 51 percent over Fast & Furious 6. Furious 7 earned $13.3 million on IMAX screens alone, which ranks second all-time for a 2D-only movie behind The Dark Knight Rises. Furious 7's phenomenal success can be attributed to a few factors. Coming off Fast Five and Fast & Furious 6, the franchise clearly had a ton of momentum; instead of looking like a step backward, Furious 7 appeared to be the biggest installment yet. Universal also did a nice job pushing the "One Last Ride" tagline, which gave the sense that this may be the last opportunity to see a Fast & Furious movie (which almost certainly isn't the case, but still). It's also likely that the movie got a bump from fans eager to see Paul Walker's final on-screen performance, as he tragically passed away during production in late 2013. The movie's audience was split evenly between men (51 percent) and women, and skewed a bit older (56 percent over the age of 25). According to Universal's exit polls, Hispanic moviegoers made up a whopping 37 percent of the audience this weekend. Even if Furious 7 falls off quickly—for example, at the rate of the very front-loaded fourth installment—it's still guaranteed to make over $300 million total. With an "A" CinemaScore, strong reviews and zero competition for the next three weeks, it's likely that this plays a bit better than that; a total around $350 million is very possible. In second place, DreamWorks Animation's Home (2015) fell 48 percent to $27 million. That drop is a bit steeper than Monsters Vs. Aliens (45 percent) and is way worse than The Croods (39 percent). Through 10 days, Home has earned $95.6 million. Get Hard took third place with $13.1 million, which is off 61 percent from opening weekend. That's a terrible drop for a comedy; among Will Ferrell movies, its nearly identical to Semi-Pro's 62 percent decline. So far, Get Hard has earned $57.2 million total, and is now on track to close well below $100 million. In its fourth weekend, Cinderella eased 40 percent to $10.2 million. It's now the highest-grossing movie from 2015 with $167.1 million, though Furious 7 will take that title sometime this week. The Divergent Series: Insurgent fell 53 percent to $10.1 million. To date, the second installment in the Divergent franchise has earned $103.5 million. It Follows added 437 locations this weekend—bringing its total to 1,655—and took in $2.51 million. That's off 33 percent from last weekend, which is a solid hold even with the theater additions. So far, the acclaimed horror flick has grossed $8.59 million. Opening at 258 theaters, Woman in Gold took seventh place with $2.1 million. That's a good result, though it's tough to tell what that means in the long run. Does it burn off at a reasonable rate and top out at $7 million or so? Or does it get a nationwide push, and wind up well over $10 million? It will be interesting to see what approach the Weinstein Company goes with over the next week or two.
April 9, 201510 yr UK BOX OFFICE Disney’s Cinderella and Fox’s Home prosper over the Easter weekend with minimal drops to reach $16.6m (£11.2m) and $22.5m (£15.14m), respectively. UNIVERSAL Revving into top spot on debut, Universal’s Fast & Furious 7 scored a tremendous $18.9m (£12.7m) bow from its 534 sites. The debut marks the second biggest of the year, behind stablemate Fifty Shades of Grey, and also means Fast & Furious 7 recorded the biggest opening of the series by some distance, ahead of Fast & Furious 6’s $12.9m (£8.7m). Including Easter Monday [April 6], Fast & Furious 7 has already amassed $23.2m (£15.6m), meaning it has already overtaken the entire lifetime runs of The Fast and the Furious, 2 Fast 2 Furious, The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift and Fast & Furious. Fast & Furious 6’s record of being the highest grossing outing of the series to date with $37.6m (£25.3m) won’t be standing for much longer. Also for Universal, Seventh Son fell heavily in its second weekend to take just $114,000 (£76,532) for $1.2m (£819,216), while Fifty Shades of Grey has now reached $51.6m (£34.76m). DISNEY Last week’s belle of the ball Cinderella fell a slim 23% with a second weekend of $4.4m (£2.96m) as it dropped to second. Disney’s live action remake is now up to $16.6m (£11.2m) after 11 days in play and will hope to continue to enjoy strong returns over the school holidays as it attempts to track down Oz the Great and Powerful ($22.8m/£15.4m) and Maleficent ($30.3m/£20.4m). FOX With a remarkable fall of just 9% in its third weekend, Home took a further $3.5m (£2.4m) as it charted third. Including Monday, Fox’s animation is up to a terrific $22.5m (£15.14m) and shows little sign of slowing down, putting it in a strong position to challenge the likes of Madagascar ($33.7m/£22.65m) and Shark Tale ($34.3m/£23.05m) in the coming weeks. Also for Fox, The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel has grossed $22.4m (£15.09m) after taking $321,000 (£215,933) over the four-day weekend, while Kingsman: The Secret Service has now hit $24.3m (£16.33m). PARAMOUNT The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water dropped 29% (excluding previews) on its way to a second weekend of $1.7m (£1.12m). Including Monday, Paramount’s sequel has now crossed the £5m mark and stands at $7.6m (£5.1m). It will shortly surpass The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie’s $8.3m (£5.6m) UK result. WARNER BROS Get Hard enjoyed a sturdy second weekend in the UK, adding $1.3m (£842,000) for $5.2m (£3.5m) to date through Warner Bros. The comedy has now comfortably outgrossed the year’s other Kevin Hart outing, The Wedding Ringer. Also for Warner Bros, Focus and Run All Night have now grossed $10.9m (£7.35m) and $3.2m (£2.14m), respectively. EONE Falling over 50% in its third weekend, eOne’s The Divergent Series: Insurgent grossed a further $879,000 (£592,349) and has now taken $10.3m (£6.9m) as of Monday. It has now overtaken its predecessor’s $9.8m (£6.6m) result. Also for eOne, The Water Diviner launched with a solid $774,000 (£521,063) from its 420 sites. Russell Crowe’s directorial debut is up to $938,000 (£630,737) and will look to challenge Unbroken’s $3.6m (£2.4m) tally. The DUFF banked $165,000 (£110,685) from its 338 sites on its first day of previews yesterday, while Suite Francaise has taken $2.9m (£1.97m) after four weeks in play. ICON FILM DISTRIBUTION While We’re Young recorded director Noah Baumbach’s biggest ever UK opening with $634,000 (£427,151) from its 250 sites through Icon Film Distribution. It’s worth noting that the film also received the widest ever release for a Baumbach outing and with it up to $775,000 (£522,134) as of Monday, While We’re Young will become his highest grossing film, currently Frances Ha’s $1m (£703,000). BFI The BFI’s re-release of Blade Runner: The Final Cut grossed a healthy $304,000 (£203,923) from its 97 sites across the four-day weekend, with most venues playing split shows and Odeon screening the film only on Sunday [April 5]. Overall, the film has taken $459,000 (£308,456) when its one-off preview screenings last December are included, and the result marks a strong continuation of the success of the 2001 re-release which became BFI Distribution’s most successful release of all time. CURZON FILM WORLD Wild Tales followed up its potent bow with a second weekend of $164,000 (£110,491) from its 47 sites for $652,000 (£438,243) through Curzon Film World. Also for Curzon Film World, Still Alice has now amassed $3.5m (£2.35m), while The Decent One took $140 (£94) from its one-site release on debut. DOGWOOF Following its superb opening last weekend, Dogwoof’s Dior and I posted a $39,000 (£26,529) second weekend on its way to $259,000 (£173,919) to date. The film will soon overtake Dreams of a Life’s $266,000 (£179,125) as Dogwoof’s third highest grossing film of all time at the UK box office. KOCH MEDIA Well-received New Zealand drama The Dark Horse posted a UK bow of $17,000 (£11,109) from its 17 sites through Koch Media. UPCOMING RELEASES This week sees saturation releases for Paramount’s Hot Tub Time Machine 2 and Entertainment’s Woman in Gold. eOne’s The Duff (released yesterday), Sony’s Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2, Warner Bros’ John Wick, Arrow Films’ Good Kill and Munro Films’ Cobain: Montage of Heck all receive wide releases. A Cannes 2014 double bill of Curzon Film World’s Force Majeure and eOne’s Lost River are among the films receiving limited releases.
April 9, 201510 yr UK Box Office Chart (to 05/04/15) (ne) 01 | Fast & Furious 7 | £12,765,033 [£12,765,033] (01) 02 | Cinderella | £2,969,426 [£10,388,950] (02) 03 | Home | £2,387,579 [£14,538,641] (03) 04 | The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water | £1,121,097 [£4,821,995] (04) 05 | Get Hard | £845,040 [£3,308,308] (05) 06 | The Divergent Series: Insurgent | £594,587 [£6,760,466] (ne) 07 | The Water Diviner | £521,546 [£521,546] (ne) 08 | While We're Young | £427,151 [£427,151] (ne) 09 | Blade Runner: The Final Cut | £267,452 [£267,452] (06) 10 | The Second Best Marigold Hotel | £176,769 [£15,046,644] (re) 11 | Big Hero 6 | £169,925 [£19,712,121] (09) 12 | Wild Tales | £110,491 [£411,286] (07) 13 | Seventh Son | £77,114 [£804,328] (08) 14 | Focus | £70,868 [£7,350,427] (10) 15 | Still Alice | £65,429 [£2,332,764] Source: BFI: Click for full info including weeks on chart, other openers and all other UK films. As expected, Fast & Furious 7 makes a huge splash at #1. The children's films are performing strongly due to the Easter weekend, which has also caused Big Hero 6's surge back into the chart. Edited April 9, 201510 yr by Juranamo
April 15, 201510 yr US With $59.6 million, Furious 7 easily held on to first place at the domestic box office. It also got off to an incredible start in China, where it set the opening day record with $68.8 million. At the domestic box office, Furious 7's 60 percent drop was a slight improvement over Fast Five and Fast & Furious 6, both of which fell over 62 percent in their second frames. On Sunday, it passed Fast & Furious 6 to become the highest-grossing entry in the franchise with $251.5 million. Without any serious competition for the next two weeks, the movie is guaranteed to earn at least $350 million total. Worldwide, Furious 7 is already the highest-grossing Fast movie with $801 million. It's now on track to become one of the biggest movies ever with at least $1.2 billion. DreamWorks Animation's Home (2015) held on to the second spot with $18.5 million, which is down 31 percent from last weekend. To date, its earned $129.1 million, which is ahead of The Croods and How to Train Your Dragon 2 through the same point. Nicholas Sparks adaptation The Longest Ride opened to $13 million from 3,366 locations this weekend. That's above last Fall's The Best of Me ($10 million), and essentially on par with past Sparks movies The Notebook and Nights in Rodanthe. This isn't a particularly strong result, though it does feel like this is about as good as a Sparks movie is going to do without a major star or two in the leading roles. Ultimately, The Longest Ride should wind up earning around $30 million. Get Hard took fourth place with $8.2 million. That's off 37 percent from last weekend, which is a solid hold considering how hard it fell in its second frame. To date, the Will Ferrell/Kevin Hart comedy has earned $70.8 million, which puts it ahead of recent Hart movie The Wedding Ringer ($64.5 million). In its fifth weekend, Cinderella eased 30 percent to $7.14 million. It's now earned $180.7 million, and still has a slim chance of ultimately reaching $200 million. The Divergent Series: Insurgent took sixth place this weekend with $6.7 million, which is down 34 percent from last weekend. To date, its earned $114.7 million, which trails the original Divergent by $10 million. After a week in moderate release, Woman in Gold expanded to 1,504 locations and earned $5.48 million. Woman in Gold has already grossed $8.9 million, and is now poised to make a serious run at $20 million. In its third weekend in wide release, indie horror flick It Follows fell 23 percent to $1.94 million. The word-of-mouth hit has now earned $11.7 million. After three weeks in limited release, Danny Collins expanded nationwide (739 locations) this weekend and grossed $1.48 million. That's a fine result for first-time distributor Bleecker Street. The movie has so far earned $2.38 million, and will likely wrap up around $6 million. In its third weekend, While We're Young expanded to 246 locations and earned an estimated $1.38 million. That's the biggest weekend ever for writer/director Noah Baumbach. Baumbach's highest-grossing movie ever is The Squid and the Whale with $7.37 million; with at least one more expansion on the way, it will be interesting to see how close While We're Young can get to that number. Ex Machina opened to an estimated $250,000 from four locations, which translates to a strong $62,500 per-theater average. That's the biggest per-theater average so far this year, and second-biggest ever for distributor A24 (in both cases, ahead of While We're Young). With strong reviews, look for this to expand nationwide over the next few weeks.
April 15, 201510 yr UK eOne’s The DUFF is the week’s highest new entry with $1.3m (£891,248) from its 392 sites, including previews. UNIVERSAL Fast & Furious 7 is already the highest grossing entry in the franchise after just ten days in play at the UK box office. Universal’s latest instalment retained top spot with a second weekend of $7.9m (£5.4m), meaning it has now raced to $38.3m (£26.24m) and surpassed Fast & Furious 6’s $36.9m (£25.3m) result. Stablemate Fifty Shades of Grey is currently the highest grossing 2015 release with just under $51.1m (£35m), a target that Fast & Furious 7 is in a strong position to challenge. It may have to do so before Avengers: Age of Ultron lands in a couple of weeks, though. DISNEY Falling 40% in its third weekend, Disney’s Cinderella added $2.6m (£1.78m) as it crossed the £15m mark to stand at $22.2m (£15.2m). It’ll shortly surpass Oz the Great and Powerful’s $22.5m (£15.4m) UK result. FOX Remaining in third was Fox’s Home as it recorded just a 31% drop on its way to a fourth weekend of $2.3m (£1.5m). The animation is now up to a strong $26.9m (£18.4m) and will likely hit £20m by the end of next weekend at the latest. Also for Fox, The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel has grossed $22.3m (£15.3m) after seven weeks in play. EONE Thanks to four days of previews, eOne’s The DUFF is the week’s highest new entry with $1.3m (£891,248) from its 392 sites. Its Fri-Sun tally of $712,000 (£487,928) would have seen it chart behind John Wick and Woman in Gold in terms of new openers. Also for eOne, The Divergent Series: Insurgent added $339,000 (£232,512) for $11m (£7.5m), while The Water Diviner posted a second weekend of $202,000 (£138,088) for $1.5m (£1.03m) after ten days in play. Lost River debuted with $79,000 (£54,264) from its 22 sites, with a hefty chunk of its opening coming from just under $73,000 (£50,000) in previews. PARAMOUNT Now in its third weekend of release, Paramount’s The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water surfed to an extra $949,000 (£650,000) for $9.5m (£6.5m) to date. Before the weekend, the sequel had surpassed its predecessor’s $8.2m (£5.6m) UK result. Also for Paramount, Hot Tub Time Machine 2 flopped with just $132,000 (£90,200) from its 198 sites on its UK bow. That’s around a tenth of the first film’s $1.3m (£904,959) opening result, albeit from more sites at 396. WARNER BROS Well-received action thriller John Wick posted a solid, if uninspiring, UK opening of $741,000 (£508,000) from its 390 sites. Warner Bros will be hoping it can avoid the typical fast-burn nature of genre films at the box office. Also for Warner Bros, Get Hard took a further $549,000 (£376,000) for $6.2m (£4.27m) after three weeks in play. ENTERTAINMENT FILM DISTRIBUTORS Woman in Gold recorded a UK bow of $722,000 (£494,336) from its 225 sites through Entertainment Film Distributors. That’s down on the $1.1m (£749,819) debut of director Simon Curtis’ My Week With Marilyn, although that did receive a wider release at 397 sites. SONY Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2 launched with $700,000 (£480,000) from its 393 sites through Sony. That’s significantly down on its predecessor’s $1.9m (£1.3m) bow from 375 sites on its way to $7.4m (£5.1m). ICON FILM DISTRIBUTION Falling over 50% in its second weekend, Icon Film Distribution’s While We’re Young took $251,000 (£171,615) for $1.3m (£874,696) to date. As expected, it has now surpassed Frances Ha as Noah Baumbach’s best-ever UK performer. MUNRO FILMS Cobain: Montage of Heck recorded the biggest three-day opening for a documentary this year at the UK box office. Munro Films’ release grossed a non-final $148,000 (£101,693) from its 65 sites, around a half of which programmed the critically acclaimed documentary on all three days. It rolls out across the UK and Ireland over the next couple of weeks. CURZON FILM WORLD Cannes 2014 winner Force Majeure got off to a strong start at the UK box office with a non-final $128,000 (£87,398) from its 33 sites through Curzon Film World. Also for Curzon Film World, Wild Tales has taken $778,000 (£531,251) after three weeks in play. BFI Blade Runner: The Final Cut has surpassed 2001 as the BFI’s top grossing release of all time. The re-release added an additional $85,000 (£58,096) from its 71 sites to stand at $726,000 (£497,385), with four sites still to report. ARROW FILMS Released in 123 sites on mostly split shows through Arrow Films, Good Kill posted a UK debut of just over $65,000 (£44,000), including previews from Dublin Savoy shows. SODA PICTURES Playing in five sites with reduced performances, Soda Pictures’ Jauja grossed $12,400 (£8,511), including $8,100 (£5,550) in previews, on its UK debut. DOGWOOF Dior and I is now Dogwoof’s second highest grossing release of all time with $288,000 (£196,593) after three weeks in play. UPCOMING RELEASES This week sees a saturation release for Lionsgate’s A Little Chaos, while eOne’s Child 44 and Metrodome’s The Town That Dreaded Sundown both receive wide releases. Icon Film Distribution’s The Last Five Years, Warner Bros’ The Salvation and Picturehouse’s Dark Horse: The Incredible True Story of Dream Alliance are among the films receiving limited releases.
April 23, 201510 yr US BOX OFFICE KEY POINTS: Furious 7 passed $300M yesterday Paul Blart did amazing :o Unfriended kind of disappointed Child 44 :rofl: Furious 7 fended off solid newcomers Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2 and Unfriended to top the domestic box office for the third weekend in a row. More importantly, the movie had another stunning weekend overseas. Specifically, it continued to do massive business in China, where its earned nearly $250 million through its first eight days. Furious 7 has now grossed $1.15 billion worldwide, which ranks seventh all-time. Even if it falls off quickly from here, it still has a real chance of making it past $1.4 billion by the end of its run. Domestically, Furious 7 fell 51 percent to $29.2 million. In comparison, the last two Fast movies dropped 44 percent and 37 percent at the same point. To date, Furious 7 has earned $294.5 million; it could still reach $350 million, but would need to hold up well against Avengers: Age of Ultron in two weeks. Playing at 3,633 locations, Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2 opened to $23.8 million this weekend. That's the second-biggest solo debut ever for Kevin James behind the original Paul Blart, which took in $31.8 million in its opening back in January 2009. Of course, the original Paul Blart wound up earning $146.3 million total, which was over four-and-a-half times its opening weekend. It's hard to imagine that the sequel performs similarly: it has a rare zero percent rating on Rotten Tomatoes, weak word-of-mouth ("B-" CinemaScore), and a more competitive upcoming schedule (specifically, Avengers). A final tally around $70 million seems likely. That's a fine result considering the movie's modest budget, though earning less than half as much as its predecessor is nothing to do cartwheels over. In third place, microbudget horror movie Unfriended opened to $15.8 million from 2,739 locations. Excluding Ouija—which is based on existing intellectual property—this is the biggest debut for an original horror movie since The Conjuring in July 2013. Considering how little Universal seemed to spend on a very targeted marketing effort, this initial result is definitely a win. Still, the movie could fall off quickly in the coming weeks. While it has a fresh rating on Rotten Tomatoes, word-of-mouth is poor ("C" CinemaScore), and the movie's younger audience (74 percent under 25) can be unreliable after opening weekend. Look for this to ultimately crawl to $40 million. DreamWorks Animation's Home (2015) fell 43 percent to $10.6 million. The movie has so far earned $142.9 million, which is basically identical to The Croods through the same point (though its now earning less than The Croods on a weekly basis). The Longest Ride rounded out the Top Five with $7 million. That's off 46 percent from opening weekend; in comparison, last year's The Best of Me dropped 54 percent in its second weekend. To date, The Longest Ride has earned $23.7 million. Disneynature documentary Monkey Kingdom opened to $4.58 million this weekend. Despite having the widest release yet for a Disneynature movie, it wound up with the lowest debut behind last year's Bears ($4.78 million). Earth Day is on Wednesday, which could give it a bit of a boost; add in good reviews and word-of-mouth ("A-" CinemaScore) and there's a chance this eventually gets to $15 million. Woman in Gold expanded to 2,011 locations and added $4.6 million (down just 16 percent). With $15.95 million and counting, the Helen Mirren/Ryan Reynolds drama is turning in to a solid little hit for The Weinstein Company. True Story debuted to $1.95 million from 831 theaters this weekend. That's not a particularly good start considering the star power here (James Franco and Jonah Hill), though the movie didn't have much of a marketing push behind it. Ultimately, this should wind up in the $5 to $7 million range. After three weeks in limited release, Noah Baumbach's While We're Young expanded nationwide to 713 locations and earned an estimated $1.58 million. It's now grossed $4.15 million, and still has a slim chance of matching Baumbach's The Squid and the Whale ($7.4 million). Fellow A24 release Ex Machina expanded to 39 locations, where it took in an estimated $814,000. That translates to a very strong $20,872 per-theater average. The well-reviewed sci-fi movie is expected to expand nationwide next weekend. Tom Hardy/Gary Oldman drama Child 44 opened to a terrible $621,812 from 510 theaters this weekend. Expect this movie to disappear from theaters by the time Avengers opens on May 1.
April 23, 201510 yr UK BOX OFFICE Top three remains unchanged for the third week in a row; eOne’s Child 44 is the highest new entry with $755,000 (£505,422) from its 444 sites. UNIVERSAL In the same weekend that it raced past $1bn worldwide, Fast & Furious 7 retained its lead at the UK box office with $4.5m (£3m). Universal’s latest instalment has now amassed a superb $47.8m (£32m) after 17 days in play, and will likely become 2015’s biggest release by the end of this weekend at the latest when it overtakes Fifty Shades of Grey’s $52m (£34.8m). Fast & Furious 7 is the second film this year to record a hat-trick of number one results, but will be prevented from making it four-in-a-row by the arrival of Disney’s Avengers: Age of Ultron this weekend. DISNEY Remaining in second for the third straight week was Disney’s Cinderella with a $1.6m (£1.08m) fourth weekend. It has now waltzed to $26m (£17.4m) and could still challenge Maleficent’s $30.5m (£20.4m) UK result. FOX Home crossed the £20m mark in its fifth weekend, becoming the highest grossing animated release of the year to date in the process. Fox’s animation fell 42% on its way to $1.3m (£854,377) for a strong $30.2m (£20.2m) to date. Also for Fox, Mr. X opened with $53,000 (£35,508) from its 34 sites, while The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel has amassed $23m (£15.4m) after eight weeks in play. EONE The week’s highest new entry came in the form of eOne’s Child 44 which charted fourth with a solid, if unspectacular, $755,000 (£505,422) debut from its 444 sites. It will hope to serve as counter-programming when Avengers hits screens this Thursday [April 23]. Also for eOne, The DUFF fell a respectable 33% (excluding previews) on its way to a $487,000 (£326,000) second weekend for $2.3m (£1.56m), while The Divergent Series: Insurgent reached $11.7m (£7.8m) after five weeks in play. The Water Diviner and Suite Francaise have taken $1.8m (£1.21m) and $3.1m (£2.1m), respectively. ENTERTAINMENT This week’s top five was rounded off by Entertainment’s Woman in Gold, which held well with $549,000 (£367,764) for a ten-day tally of $2m (£1.31m). PARAMOUNT In its fourth weekend of release, Paramount’s The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water added $544,000 (£364,000) for $10.8m (£7.24m). Also for Paramount, Hot Tub Time Machine 2 unsurprisingly dropped heavily on its soft opening, taking just $25,000 (£17,000) for a ten-day tally of $264,000 (£177,000). LIONSGATE Toronto 2014 closer A Little Chaos got off to a $494,000 (£330,373) start in the UK from its 426 sites through Lionsgate. It will be looking to midweek audiences to help sustain its run, but faces audience competition from the likes of Woman in Gold. WARNER BROS For Warner Bros, John Wick shot to $462,000 (£309,000) on its second weekend for $1.8m (£1.18m) to date, while Get Hard has reached $7.1m (£4.8m) following a $421,000 (£282,000) fourth weekend. The Salvation landed with a soft $57,000 (£38,000) from its 108 sites, as Rurouni Kenshin 3: The Legend Ends grossed $5,000 (£3,324) from eight sites on its UK bow. SONY Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2 recorded a second weekend of $432,000 (£288,975) for $1.6m (£1.07m) to date through Sony. The sequel will struggle to match even half of its predecessor’s $7.6m (£5.1m) result. ICON FILM DISTRIBUTION Crossing the £1m mark in its third weekend, Icon Film Distribution’s While We’re Young added $130,000 (£86,845) to climb to $1.6m (£1.06m) to date. Also for Icon, The Last Five Years grossed $8,000 (£5,371) from its one-site release at London’s Empire Leicester Square. CURZON FILM WORLD Force Majeure posted a minimal drop on its way to a $126,000 (£84,552) second weekend through Curzon Film World, and the Cannes 2014 winner has now taken $347,000 (£232,257) in the UK. Also for Curzon Film World, Home From Home: Chronicle of a Vision posted a UK debut of $3,600 (£2,387) from its four sites. MUNRO FILMS After setting the best opening for a documentary this year, Munro Films’ Cobain: Montage of Heck grossed a further $93,000 (£61,211) from its 69 sites, with two still to report, for $360,000 (£240,822). The film held particularly well in London with just a 11% week-on-week drop, with the West End falling 27%. METRODOME Meta horror remake The Town That Dreaded Sundown scared up $46,000 (£30,784), including previews, from its 15 sites through Metrodome on its UK debut. PICTUREHOUSE ENTERTAINMENT Released in 40 sites through Picturehouse Entertainment, Dark Horse: The Incredible True Story of Dream Alliance recorded a UK bow of $45,000 (£30,336), including $4,000 (£2,700) in previews. UPCOMING RELEASES This week sees a saturation release for Disney’s Avengers: Age of Ultron (opens April 23), while eOne’s The Good Lie and Metrodome’s The Falling both receive wide releases. Lionsgate’s Stonehearst Asylum, Curzon Film World’s A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence and StudioCanal’s The Emperor’s New Clothes are among the films receiving a limited release.
April 24, 201510 yr As much as I enjoyed "Home", I wish "Big Hero 6" had been the most successful out of the two. :(
April 29, 201510 yr US: For the fourth weekend in a row, Furious 7 took first place at the domestic box office. Also, thanks to its record-setting performance in China, Furious 7 is now just the third movie ever to earn over $1 billion overseas. Meanwhile, Avengers: Age of Ultron debuted in 44 international markets and earned a stunning $201.2 million. In nearly all of those markets, it opened above The Avengers and Iron Man 3. For more coverage on Avengers and Furious 7, see the Around-the-World Roundup below. In the U.S., Furious 7 eased 37 percent to an estimated $18.3 million. The last movie to hold on to the top spot for four weekends in a row was The Hunger Games, which did so back in March/April of 2012. So far, Furious 7 has earned $320.5 million at the domestic box office. If it can hold decently against Avengers next weekend, it has a strong shot at reaching $350 million. Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2 held on to second place with an estimated $15.5 million, which is down 35 percent from its opening weekend. In comparison, the first Paul Blart fell 32 percent at the same point. That's a minor difference, and is impressive considering the poor word-of-mouth and abysmal reviews. The movie has now grossed $44 million, and appears on track to finish above $75 million. Playing at 2,991 locations, Age of Adaline opened in third place with an estimated $13.4 million. That's over $11 million less than The Other Woman (2014)—also targeted mostly at women—made on the same weekend last year. Adaline's content more closely aligns with Nicholas Sparks movies, though, and the opening compares favorably to The Longest Ride ($13 million) and The Best of Me ($10 million). The movie's audience was 75 percent female, and 58 percent over the age of 25. With an "A-" CinemaScore, word-of-mouth should be decent; look for this to ultimately wind up north of $30 million. Home (2015) took fourth place with $8.3 million, which is off just 22 percent. The movie has now earned $153.8 million, which is ahead of past DreamWorks Animation flicks Megamind and Puss in Boots. Rounding out the Top Five, micro-budget horror movie Unfriended fell 61 percent to an estimated $6.24 million. That drop isn't particularly surprising given how teen-heavy the audience was, and how poor word-of-mouth appeared to be. The movie has now grossed $25.2 million, and will likely wind up a bit under $35 million. After two strong weeks in limited release, Ex Machina expanded to 1,255 locations this weekend. The sci-fi thriller took sixth place with an estimated $5.44 million; among recent movies with a similar expansion, this is roughly in line with Woman in Gold ($5.48 million) and well above It Follows ($3.8 million). It's also the biggest weekend ever for distributor A24 ahead of the Spring Breakers wide expansion ($4.89 million). Reviews are great and word-of-mouth is positive, which suggests a lengthy run for a movie like this. Still, the Avengers is going to be tough to compete with next weekend; when the first Avengers opened three years ago, every other movie in the Top 10 dropped at least 48 percent. Regardless, Ex Machina seems to have enough momentum to get it past Spring Breakers' $14.1 million total, which will make it A24's highest-grossing movie yet. Playing at 1,043 locations, Little Boy opened outside the Top 10 with an estimated $2.83 million. Meanwhile, Russell Crowe's The Water Diviner opened to $1.25 million at 320 locations. The movie was a hit in Australia, though its story is very culturally specific: the Battle of Gallipoli is of profound importance there, but means little to U.S. audiences.
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