July 20, 20159 yr Awful drop for Minions this weekend in the U.S. It dropped 72% from its stellar $115 million opening to a mere $50 million this week. If it continues, it'll wound up grossing less than Despicable Me 2 ($368 million) and Inside Out (projected $350-375 million) state-wise. I have full belief that it will reach $1 billion worldwide considering its outpacing Despicable Me 2 internationally. Edited July 20, 20159 yr by Nelly. S
July 21, 20159 yr That's horrid for self/less and the gallows. Glad to see minions still doing great in the uk :heart: US BOX OFFICE: TOP 10 1 (-) Ant-Man (Disney-Marvel Studios) Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures International $57.2m – 2 (1) Minions (Universal-Illumination) Universal Pictures International $49.3m $215.8m 3 (-) Trainwreck (Universal) Universal Pictures International $30.1m – 4 (3) Inside Out (Buena Vista-Pixar) Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures International $11.5m $306.2m 5 (2) Jurassic World (Universal) Universal Pictures International $11.5m $611.2m 6 (4) Terminator: Genisys (Paramount/Skydance) Paramount Pictures International $5.4m $80.6m 7 (6) Magic Mike XXL (Warner Bros) Warner Bros Pictures International $4.4m $58.6m 8 (5) The Gallows (Warner Bros) Warner Bros Pictures International $4m $18.1m 9 (-) Bajrangi Bhaijaan (Eros) $2.6m — 10 (7) Ted 2 (Universal-MRC) Universal Pictures International $2.7m $77.5m Mr Holmes is also in 11th this week. Amazing opening for Trainwreck, should have great legs as well :wub:
July 27, 20159 yr UK Disney’s latest posts sixth biggest UK opening for Pixar outings from an industry record release of 608 sites. DISNEY Receiving a new industry record release of 608 sites, Inside Out has enjoyed an auspicious start to its UK box office run. Disney’s latest Pixar outing grossed a superb $11.4m (£7.35m) as it dethroned Ant-Man, ahead of what’s likely to be a lengthy run due to the school holidays and positive word-of-mouth. In terms of Pixar outings in the UK, Inside Out posted the sixth biggest opening overall ahead of Up ($9.9m/£6.4m), but narrowly behind Finding Nemo ($11.5m/£7.38m). There’s every chance it could overtake the latter when final results are confirmed later today. Based solely on Fri-Sun takings, Inside Out ranks as the fourth biggest ahead of Monsters Inc ($10.1m/£6.5m) and again currently just behind Finding Nemo. The last Pixar outing in the UK, Monsters University, recovered from a slow start to gross ten times its opening and hit £30m. Inside Out is unlikely to have such a multiple given its stronger start, but there’s every chance it’ll be the latest 2015 release to hit the £30m mark. Also for Disney, Ant-Man fell 38% on its way to a $3.9m (£2.51m) second weekend for a ten-day tally of $14.9m (£9.61m). In terms of Marvel outings in the UK, it’s now overtaken the lifetime tallies of The Incredible Hulk ($12.8m/£8.3m) and Captain America: The First Avenger ($14.7m/£9.5m). Next in its sights will be Thor’s $21.8m (£14.04m). UNIVERSAL As the school holidays kick into gear, Minions will shortly become the third film (and Universal’s second) of 2015 to hit the £40m mark. Universal’s animated spin-off fell just 17% in its fifth weekend to take a further $3.5m (£2.26m) for a terrific $57.5m (£37.09m). It’s still tracking ahead of Despicable Me 2 which had reached $53m (£34.14m) at the same stage, including two extra days of previews. The arrival of Inside Out means Minions now doesn’t have a clear run at the family market, but you still wouldn’t yet rule out £50m. Also for Universal, Jurassic World has now become the ninth biggest film of all time in the UK following a sensational seventh weekend, dropping just 12% to add $1.55m (£1m) for a monstrous $95.4m (£61.48m). The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring’s final UK result of $97.8m (£63m) could still be within Jurassic World’s reach. Jurassic World has also delivered 5.7m admissions on the Digital Cinema Media estate, making it the busiest film since Skyfall. Ted 2 fell 47% on its way to a $1.1m (£728,000) third weekend for $13.6m (£8.75m) to date. ENTERTAINMENT Landing in fourth was Entertainment’s Southpaw with a strong $2.6m (£1.66m) punch from its 401 sites. The debut marks director Antoine Fuqua’s fourth biggest UK opening overall, but is his third biggest Fri-Sun result, ahead of Olympus Has Fallen’s $2.5m (£1.59m). Southpaw could well prove to be savvy counter-programming for Entertainment over the coming weeks. Also for Entertainment, Self/less fell heavily on its way to a $75,000 (£48,159) second weekend for $728,000 (£469,390) to date. PARAMOUNT Falling a respectable 41% in its fourth weekend, Paramount’s Terminator Genisys shot to an extra $760,000 (£490,000) as it crossed the £10m mark to reach $16.1m (£10.35m). FOX Secret Cinema’s production of The Empire Strikes Back has hit the £3m mark in the UK after eight weeks of its run with a $473,000 (£304,900) weekend. Also for Fox, True Story fell a steep 66% in its second weekend with $46,000 (£29,386) for $446,000 (£287,307), while Home and Spy have amassed $38.6m (£24.88m) and $15.5m (£9.97m), respectively. WARNER BROS Into its fourth week, Warner Bros’ Magic Mike XXL added $428,000 (£276,000) for $9.8m (£6.3m) to date. Also for Warner Bros, The Gallows fell heavily in its second weekend as it could only take $183,000 (£118,000) for $1.2m (£749,000). ALTITUDE FILM DISTRIBUTION Scaling back to 149 sites, Altitude Film Distribution’s Amy still posted a healthy fourth weekend with a non-final $371,000 (£239,000). Asif Kapadia’s critically acclaimed documentary is now up to $4.1m (£2.64m), on par with (and soon to overtake) Touching the Void as the fourth biggest non-concert documentary of all time. Kapadia’s Senna ($4.9m/£3.17m) and March of the Penguins ($5.1m/£3.31m) are still potentially within Amy’s range. ICON FILM DISTRIBUTION Robert Carlyle’s directorial debut The Legend of Barney Thomson enjoyed a decent $254,000 (£163,395) start from its 70 sites through Icon Film Distribution. METRODOME Marking director Mia Hansen-Løve’s best-ever UK bow, Metrodome’s Eden posted a $76,000 (£49,211) opening, including previews, from its 49 sites. VERTIGO FILMS Zombie drama Maggie lacked bite on its UK debut for Vertigo Films, grossing a soft $73,000 (£47,002) from its 90 sites. CURZON FILM WORLD Rising 12% (excluding previews) on its opening, Curzon Film World’s The Salt of the Earth added $64,000 (£41,596) for $210,000 (£136,026) to date. DOGWOOF Including $2,900 (£1,880) in previews, Dogwoof’s political debate documentary Best of Enemies recorded a $11,000 (£7,295) debut from its six sites. UPCOMING RELEASES This week sees saturation releases for Paramount’s Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation (opens July 30) and Warner Bros’ Hot Pursuit. eOne’s The Cobbler receives a wide release, while Vertigo’s Doctor Proctor’s Fart Powder, Dogwoof’s Iris and Altitude Film Distribution’s Cub are among the films receiving a limited release. Snatch that widest release record :o Impressed by the Southpaw opening too, personally wouldn't have been expecting anything above that.
July 28, 20159 yr US BOX OFFICE 1 (1) Ant-Man (Disney-Marvel Studios) Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures International $24.8m $106.1m 2 (-) Pixels (Sony Pictures) Sony Pictures Releasing International $24m – 3 (2) Minions (Universal-Illumination) Universal Pictures International $22.1m $261.6m 4 (3) Trainwreck (Universal) Universal Pictures International $17.3m $61.5m 5 (-) Southpaw (The Weinstein Company) The Weinstein Company $16.5m – 6 (-) Paper Towns (Fox) Fox International $12.5m – 7 (4) Inside Out (Buena Vista-Pixar) Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures International $7.4m $320.3m 8 (5) Jurassic World (Universal) Universal Pictures International $6.9m $623.8m 9 (11) Mr. Holmes (Roadside Attractions) FilmNation $2.8m $6.4m 10 (6) Terminator: Genisys (Paramount/Skydance) Paramount Pictures International $2.4m $85.7m Absolutely awful nearly all around. Terrible opening for Pixels, this probably would have done so much better if Sandler and Co weren't behind it. The only thing saving Paper Towns is it's small budget, terrible opening about half of expectations. Minions still not holding well. Southpaw the only bright spark doing pretty well. I'm also very impressed with Southpaw in the UK, was expecting half that number :o Also great opening for Inside Out, if I remember correctly Monsters University only opened to £3M (but I think it was really hot weather or something that weekend and it ended up grossing something like a 10x multiplier to £30m). Expecting IO to also get to £30 which would be great :wub:
July 30, 20159 yr Very disappointed in Paper Towns. I know it's not had nearly as much buzz as TFIOS but to say that opened with almost $50m and this can only manage just over a fifth of that, well..I thought there was more John Green hype in general! Hope it can post better relative numbers in the UK next month.
July 31, 20159 yr Paper Towns was really front-loaded! I really thought it would do better than this as I reckoned it had a substantial following. I guess the competition from the holdovers really pulled Pixels and Paper Towns down :(
August 4, 20159 yr UK BOX OFFICE Warner Bros’ Hot Pursuit lands with soft $486,000 (£311,000) from its 329 sites; Altitude Film Distribution’s Amy will hit £3m today. PARAMOUNT Repeating its domestic success, Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation cruised into top spot at the UK box office. Paramount’s latest adventure for Ethan Hunt and the IMF scored a $8.36m (£5.35m) debut from its 570 sites, including $1.6m (£1.02m) in previews. It’s worth noting that even without its previews, Rogue Nation would have still landed in first place. In terms of Mission: Impossible outings in the UK, Rogue Nation ranks as the third biggest opening, behind Mission: Impossible III ($8.39m/£5.38m) and Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol ($12.8m/£8.2m), although the latter did have hefty previews of $8.6m (£5.5m). Based solely on Fri-Sun takings, Rogue Nation’s $6.7m (£4.3m) result also ranks as the third best takings of the series, behind Mission: Impossible III’s $7.4m (£4.8m) and Mission: Impossible II’s $7.2m (£4.6m). No Mission: Impossible film has yet hit the £20m mark in the UK, with Mission: Impossible’s $29.1m (£18.65m) currently the series’ highest grossing outing. Rogue Nation’s mission, should it choose to accept it, will be to capitalise on the strong start and change that. Also for Paramount, Terminator Genisys stands at $16.9m (£10.8m) following a $231,000 (£147,740) fifth weekend. DISNEY Impacted by the good weather, Inside Out fell 52% in its second weekend with $5.6m (£3.57m), breaking its own industry record by playing in 621 sites. However, Disney’s animation prospered midweek due to the summer school holidays and is up to an impressive $26.4m (£16.96m) after ten days in play, with the past seven days seeing it add almost £10m. In terms of Pixar outings in the UK, Inside Out has overtaken both Cars films, with a trio of films in the £22m-£23m range (Brave, Toy Story and Wall-E) its next targets. Also for Disney, Ant-Man fell 55% on its way to a $1.75m (£1.12m) third weekend for $19.9m (£12.76m) to date. It will hope to soon overtake Thor’s $21.9m (£14.04m) result, but Iron Man’s $27.2m (£17.42m) tally could prove somewhat trickier to challenge. ENTERTAINMENT Southpaw held well as it followed up its strong opening with a $1.76m (£1.13m) second weekend. Entertainment’s boxing drama is now up to $6.3m (£4.04m) as it attempts to become director Antoine Fuqua’s best-ever UK performer, currently King Arthur’s $11m (£7.07m) result. UNIVERSAL Minions has become the second Universal release this year to hit £40m. The animated spin-off recorded a $1.56m (£1m) sixth weekend to reach a terrific $62.5m (£40.03m). It’s still tracking ahead of Despicable Me 2, which stood at $59.5m (£38.1m) at the same stage but did post a better sixth weekend with $2m (£1.3m). Minions will need to capitalise on the summer holidays over the coming weeks if it hopes to overtake Despicable Me 2’s $73.8m (£47.3m) result. Also for Universal, Jurassic World roared to an additional $708,000 (£454,062) for a remarkable $97.8m (£62.7m). It will likely become the UK’s eighth highest grossing film of all time by the end of this coming weekend, currently The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring with $98.2m (£63m). Ted 2 fell 61% on its way to a $445,000 (£285,257) fourth weekend for $14.9m (£9.5m) to date. WARNER BROS UK audiences were decidedly cold on Hot Pursuit on its opening weekend. Warner Bros’ comedy grossed a soft $486,000 (£311,000) from its 329 sites, marking director Anne Fletcher’s worst-ever UK opening behind The Guilt Trip’s $675,000 (£432,068) from 316 sites. Also for Warner Bros, Magic Mike XXL added an extra $158,000 (£101,000) for $10.5m (£6.7m) after five weeks in play. FOX In its ninth week of its run, Secret Cinema’s production of The Empire Strikes Back took $460,000 (£295,275) for $5.3m (£3.4m) to date. Also for Fox, Home and Spy have amassed $38.9m (£24.97m) and $15.6m (£10.01m), respectively. ALTITUDE Playing in 107 sites in its fifth weekend, Amy will hit the £3m mark at the UK box office today [Aug 3]. Altitude’s critically acclaimed documentary took a further $247,000 (£158,000) to reach $4.7m (£2.99m), making it the sixth biggest feature documentary of all time and the fourth biggest non-concert feature documentary. Amy looks set to overtake Asif Kapadia’s previous documentary Senna ($4.95m/£3.17m) and could yet challenge March of the Penguins ($5.18m/£3.31m) as the second biggest non-concert feature documentary of all time. ICON FILM DISTRIBUTION Playing in 73 sites in its second weekend, Icon Film Distribution’s The Legend of Barney Thomson took $164,000 (£104,932) for a ten-day tally of $625,000 (£400,470). DOGWOOF Iris, Albert Maysles’ documentary of New York fashion icon Iris Apfel, posted a UK debut of $64,000 (£41,061), including previews, from its 24 sites through Dogwoof. CURZON FILM WORLD Now in its third week, Curzon Film World’s The Salt of the Earth grossed $33,000 (£21,376) for $303,000 (£194,497) to date. Also for Curzon Film World, Beyond the Reach recorded a UK bow of just $3,200 (£2,032) from its 18 sites. METRODOME In its second weekend, Metrodome’s Eden danced to $25,000 (£15,702) for $154,000 (£98,794) to date, marking director Mia Hansen-Løve’s best-ever UK performer. UPCOMING RELEASES This week sees saturation releases for Fox’s Fantastic Four (opens Aug 6) and Lionsgate’s The Gift. Vertigo’s The Diary of a Teenage Girl receives a wide release, while Warner Bros’ Max, Peccadillo Pictures’ 52 Tuesdays,Altitude’s Marshland and Curzon Film World’s Manglehorn are among the films receiving a limited release. Amazing for Amy *.* Ouch for hot pursuit though :( Hoping Fantastic Four and The Gift both do well, both look great :heart:
August 4, 20159 yr US BOX OFFICE 1 (-) Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation (Paramount) Paramount Pictures International $55.5m – 2 (-) Vacation (Warner Bros-New Line) Warner Bros Pictures International $14.7m $21m 3 (1) Ant-Man (Disney-Marvel Studios) Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures International $12.8m $132.3m 4 (3) Minions (Universal-Illumination) Universal Pictures International $12.4m $287.6m 5 (2) Pixels (Sony Pictures) Sony Pictures Releasing International $10.5m $45.7m 6 (4) Trainwreck (Universal) Universal Pictures International $9.6m $79.6m 7 (5) Southpaw (The Weinstein Company) The Weinstein Company $7.6m $31.7m 8 (6) Paper Towns (Fox) Fox International $4.6m $23.9m 9 (7) Inside Out (Buena Vista-Pixar) Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures International $4.5m $329.6m 10 (8) Jurassic World (Universal) Universal Pictures International $3.9m $631.6m
August 4, 20159 yr That's a good opening for Rogue Nation, I think it was expected to be a bit lower than that. It doesn't look as good as Ghost Protocol, but I'm still excited to see it.
August 10, 20159 yr In case there was any doubt, final box office estimates are in and it appears as though there's statistically very little chance that Josh Trank's Fantastic Four will break even at the U.S. box office. The film, which opened this weekend with $26.2 million, didn't even beat out last week's champ, Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation, which made $29 million. Not only will it not catch up with its 2005 and 2007 predecessors, but Fantastic Four might not actually match the $65 million Trank generated with his modestly-budgeted debut feature Chronicle. With early estimates pegging FF to make between $40 and $50 million, it's hard to imagine that Fox isn't wondering not only what went wrong with the film, but what went wrong with the projection models, as well. Of course, toxic word-of-mouth and a director who aimed to distance himself from the film before it ever came out couldn't have helped, and there's a lot of buzz around whether Trank's comments in particular -- coupled with widely-circulated reports that Fox sabotaged the film every step of the way -- may have poisoned the well even worse than it already was. Honestly, all eyes were on Fantastic Four this weekend, so the rest of the top five hardly seems to matter. Still, it's worth a look. The Gift more than doubled its $5 million production costs with a $12 million opening, and Ant-Man came in at #4 with $7.8 million. Both Ricki and the Flash and Shaun the Sheep were expected to outpace Ant-Man, but Ricki made $7 million and Shaun underperformed with just $4 million.$26.2m after being projected for a (slightly above average as it was) $40m-$50m opening? OH SHIT. I had no idea Trank actually got annoyed and wanted to distance himself away from the project a little after Fox wanted to get more involvement. I feel bad for him tbh. Watching the trailer after the film and it seems like a lot of stuff wasn't even in the film! (Apparently Fox removed a couple of action scenes from the film just days before distribution!)
August 10, 20159 yr I really have no idea what Fox were thinking with this, the whole thing has been a PR nightmare for weeks now. Then the ABYSMAL reviews hit and the estimates for opening weekend just tumbled and tumbled. I give it a few days before the sequel is canned.
August 10, 20159 yr Flopping on its opening weekend? Oops With the bad reviews, it'll have very weak legs indeed. On the bright side, yay for Minions crossing the $300 million mark :cheer:
August 10, 20159 yr On the UK side of things: Paramount’s Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation leads over Fri-Sun with $3.7m (£2.4m); Universal’s Jurassic World becomes the eighth biggest film of all time with $97.9m (£63.32m). FOX Boosted by its previews on Thursday [Aug 6], Fantastic Four dethroned Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation to debut top of the UK box office. Fox’s reboot grossed $4.2m (£2.7m) from its 541 sites, including $1.3m (£817,192) in previews. Based solely on its Fri-Sun take of $2.9m (£1.9m), Fantastic Four would have charted third. That’s a debut behind Tim Story’s 2005 take on the iconic superhero group which opened to $5.5m (£3.5m) from 406 sites, including $642,000 (£414,852) in previews, as well as its sequel which landed with $6.4m (£4.1m) from 475 sites. Both of those films went on to take over £12m in the UK, a target that Fantastic Four could struggle to match given its poor critical reception. Fantastic Four did at least manage to open higher than the $3.4m (£2.2m) bow of Josh Trank’s directorial debut Chronicle, taken from 397 sites with $954,000 (£616,717) in previews. Chronicle went on to gross $10.7m (£6.9m). Also for Fox, Secret Cinema’s production of The Empire Strikes Back has now amassed $5.8m (£3.75m) after ten weeks of its run. PARAMOUNT It may have been knocked off the top spot, but Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation did lead the UK market over Fri-Sun with $3.7m (£2.4m). Paramount’s latest mission for Ethan Hunt is now up to $17m (£11.02m) as it attempts to overtake Mission: Impossible ($28.8m/£18.65m) as the highest grossing outing of the series. The first target though is Mission: Impossible III’s $23.9m (£15.45m). Also for Paramount, Terminator Genisys is near the end of its UK run and has accumulated almost $17m (£11m). DISNEY Falling 46% in its third weekend, Disney’s Inside Out added $3m (£1.95m) for $35.3m (£22.8m) to date, adding almost £6m over the past seven days. In terms of Pixar outings in the UK, Inside Out has now overtaken Brave ($34.3m/£22.18m) and Toy Story ($34.8m/£22.5m), and will surpass Wall-E ($35.4m/£22.9m) today. Next in its sights will be Ratatouille’s $38.4m (£24.8m). Also for Disney, Ant-Man dropped 50% on its way to $866,000 (£560,000) for $22.3m (£14.4m) after four weeks in play. As expected, it has now overtaken Thor’s $21.7m (£14.04m) UK result. ENTERTAINMENT Southpaw continued its healthy run with a $1.2m (£792,195) third weekend to drop one place to fourth. Entertainment’s boxing drama has now taken $8.9m (£5.75m) and has a great shot at becoming director Antoine Fuqua’s best-ever UK performer, currently King Arthur’s $10.9m (£7.07m) result. LIONSGATE Following strong reviews, Lionsgate’s The Gift opened to a promising $904,000 (£584,293) from its 334 sites, marking a decent site average of $2,714 (£1,755). Joel Edgerton’s feature directorial debut will hope to avoid the fast-burn nature of genre films at the UK box office, and good word-of-mouth could see it enjoy a healthy run. UNIVERSAL Minions is starting to slow down, falling 49% with a $794,000 (£513,000) seventh weekend. Universal’s animated spin-off is now up to $64.7m (£41.8m) and is still tracking ahead of Despicable Me 2 ($61.8m/£39.98m at same stage), but it did record a seventh weekend almost double that of Minions. Also for Universal, Jurassic World is now the eighth biggest film of all time in the UK with $97.9m (£63.32m) following a $275,000 (£178,000) weekend. Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone’s $98.9m (£63.96m) still isn’t out of reach for the Jurassic behemoth. Ted 2 stands at $15.2m (£9.84m) after five weeks in play. ALTITUDE Having become the highest-grossing British documentary of all time on Friday [Aug 10], Altitude’s Amy added $147,000 (£95,389) to stand at an excellent $5m (£3.25m). It still stands a chance of ending its run as the second highest grossing non-concert feature documentary of all time, currently March of the Penguins’ $5.1m (£3.31m). Also for Altitude, Marshland recorded a non-final UK bow of $60,000 (£38,885), including previews, from its 32 sites. VERTIGO FILMS Despite its audience-limiting 18 certificate, Vertigo Films’ The Diary of a Teenage Girl enjoyed a solid start to its UK run with $126,000 (£81,185) from its 80 sites, including previews. WARNER BROS Dropping a hefty 70% on its opening, Warner Bros’ Hot Pursuit took just $104,000 (£67,000) for a ten-day tally of $1.1m (£707,000). Also for Warner Bros, Max landed with a soft $59,000 (£38,000) from its 118 sites to mark director Boaz Yakin’s lowest-ever UK debut, while Magic Mike XXL has amassed $10.6m (£6.82m) to date. ICON FILM DISTRIBUTION Playing in 62 sites in its third weekend, Icon Film Distribution’s The Legend of Barney Thomson added $73,000 (£46,960) for $852,000 (£549,835) to date. PICTUREHOUSE ENTERTAINMENT Glyndebourne Festival Opera’s production of The Rape of Lucretia grossed a non-final $46,000 (£29,796) from its 49 sites through Picturehouse Entertainment. CURZON ARTIFICIAL EYE Manglehorn opened with $23,000 (£14,756), including previews, from its 23 sites through Curzon Artificial Eye. It did at least avoid becoming director David Gordon Green’s lowest UK bow which remains Prince Avalanche’s $18,000 (£11,569) from 16 sites. PECCADILLO PICTURES Including previews of $2,100 (£6,324), Peccadillo Pictures’ critically acclaimed 52 Tuesdays took $10,000 (£6,428) from its 15 sites on its UK bow. ARROW FILMS Released in seven sites, Arrow Films’ Hard to Be a God posted a UK debut of $4,500 (£2,894) with London’s ICA its top-grossing venue. UPCOMING RELEASES A busy window sees saturation releases for Sony’s Pixels (opens Aug 12, following previews this weekend), Universal’s Trainwreck, Warner Bros’ The Man from U.N.C.L.E., Lionsgate’s Absolutely Anything and Fox’s Mistress America. eOne’s Precinct Seven Five, Fox’s Brothers and Metrodome’s Pleasure Island are among the films receiving a limited release.
August 10, 20159 yr US BOX OFFICE -1 Inside Out as it fell out of the top 11 0. Fantastic Four (2005 Version) 1. Mission Impossible 5- 28.5M 2, Fantastic Four- 25.7M 3. The Gift- 11.9M 4. Vacation- 9M 5. Ant-Man- 7.9M 6. Minions- 7.5M 7. Ricki And The Flash- 6.6M 8. Trainwreck- 6.2M 9. Pixels- 5.4M 10. Southpaw- 4.7M 11. Shaun The Sheep: The Movie- 4.05M
August 17, 20159 yr UK Disney’s Inside Out leads Fri-Sun with $3m (£1.91m) after just a 3% drop; Warner Bros’ The Man from U.N.C.L.E. is the best of the other new entries with $2.3m (£1.44m). SONY Boosted by four days of previews, Pixels has landed top of the UK box office over a busy release window. Sony’s sci-fi comedy gobbled up $4.2m (£2.7m) from its 503 sites, including $2.08m (£1.33m) from previews. Based solely on Fri-Sun takings, its $2.14m (£1.37m) tally would have seen Pixels chart fourth. The result marks Adam Sandler’s first UK box office number one since Grown Ups debuted top of the chart over the Aug 27-29, 2010 window with $3.1m (£2m) from 401 sites, including $826,000 (£527,590) in previews. Pixels will hope that it defy its negative critical response over the coming weeks to push it towards £10m. DISNEY Based solely on Fri-Sun takings, a terrific drop of just 3% in its fourth weekend saw Inside Out leap back into top spot in the market. Disney’s latest Pixar offering added $3m (£1.91m) as it reached an excellent $42.9m (£27.4m), the result of another strong midweek showing with over £4.5m grossed over the past seven days overall. As expected, it has now overtaken Ratatouille’s $38.8m (£24.8m) UK result and Inside Out has the likes of A Bug’s Life ($46.1m/£29.45m), Monsters University ($48m/£30.7m) and The Incredibles ($50.5m/£32.27m) firmly in its sights. Also for Disney, Ant-Man fell 42% in its fifth weekend on its way to $510,000 (£326,000) for $24.1m (£15.4m). PARAMOUNT Holding off the majority of new releases, Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation enjoyed a $2.5m (£1.58m) third weekend. Paramount’s latest outing for Ethan Hunt has now amassed $23.1m (£14.74m) in the UK, and will shortly overtake Mission: Impossible III’s $24.2m (£15.45m) result. It’s in a strong position to become the highest grossing mission of the series, currently Mission: Impossible’s $29.2m (£18.65m). WARNER BROS The Man from U.N.C.L.E. charted fourth with a $2.3m (£1.44m) debut from its 500 sites. Warner Bros’ big screen reboot of the spy series opened lower than director Guy Ritchie’s two Sherlock Holmes outings, and could struggle to match the $18m (£11.5m) result of Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels. It will hope that its relatively positive reviews will lead to strong holds over the coming weeks. UNIVERSAL Rounding off this week’s top five, Universal’s Trainwreck started its UK run with a solid $1.45m (£928,399) from its 468 sites. That does, however, mark the lowest debut for a Judd Apatow directorial offering, although it’s worth noting that This is 40’s $1.9m (£1.23m) opening included $498,000 (£318,566) in previews, so Trainwreck’s Fri-Sun tally was ahead of that. Also for Universal, Minions boosted 16% in its eighth weekend on its way to $908,000 (£581,217) for a terrific $67.6m (£43.24m). It’s still tracking ahead of Despicable Me 2, which stood at $64.8m (£41.5m) at the same stage, so that film’s $73.9m (£47.3m) result isn’t yet out of reach. Jurassic World is up to a monstrous $99.5m (£63.67m) following a $189,000 (£120,935) tenth weekend, and will end its run as the UK’s eighth highest grossing film of all time. FOX Last week’s champion Fantastic Four fell a hefty 62% (excluding previews) for a second weekend of $1.1m (£700,663). Fox’s superhero reboot has now grossed $7.6m (£4.8m) after 11 days in play, and faces a challenge to outgross the $10.8m (£6.9m) result of director Josh Trank’s debut Chronicle. Also for Fox, Secret Cinema’s production of The Empire Strikes Back hit the $6.3m (£4m) mark with a $299,000 (£191,525) weekend, while Indian action-drama Brothers fought its way to $223,000 (£142,403) from its 63 sites on its UK debut. Mistress America recorded a non-final UK bow of $234,000 (£149,782) from its 78 sites, with 18 sites still to report for Sunday [Aug 16]. Currently, it’s director Noah Baumbach’s third best UK opening, which will likely change when final figures are confirmed. ENTERTAINMENT Southpaw continued its strong UK run, dropping just 18% on its way to a $977,000 (£625,464) fourth weekend. Entertainment’s boxing drama is now up to $11m (£7.03m) and will very soon become director Antoine Fuqua’s best-ever UK performer, surpassing King Arthur’s $11.04m (£7.07m). LIONSGATE Overcoming critical disapproval, Lionsgate’s Absolutely Anything opened with a respectable $760,000 (£487,091) from its 314 sites. In terms of recent Simon Pegg outings, that’s already close to outgrossing the entire $768,000 (£491,338) run of Hector and the Search for Happiness, and could yet challenge Man Up’s $1.9m (£1.23m) run. Also for Lionsgate, The Gift fell 43% with $516,000 (£330,504) for $2.3m (£1.45m) after ten days in play. ALTITUDE Dropping a slim 27% in its seventh weekend, Altitude’s Amy added $109,000 (£70,090) from its 72 sites for $5.4m (£3.43m) to date. On Thursday [Aug 13], Amy became the second highest grossing non-concert feature documentary of all time at the UK box office. Also for Altitude, Marshland is up to $158,000 (£101,000) following a $36,000 (£22,861) second weekend. VERTIGO FILMS Playing in 41 sites in its second weekend, Vertigo Films’ The Diary of a Teenage Girl took $51,000 (£32,765) for $311,000 (£198,749) to date. EONE Police corruption documentary Precinct Seven Five posted a UK debut of $33,000 (£21,312) from its 30 sites through eOne. NEW WAVE FILMS Released in 13 sites through New Wave Films, Theeb grossed $17,000 (£10,716) on its UK debut. UPCOMING RELEASES This week sees saturation releases for Fox’s Paper Towns (opens today, Aug 17), Warner Bros’ Vacation and Entertainment’s The Bad Education Movie. eOne’s Sinister 2 and Soda Pictures’ Gemma Bovery both receive wide releases, while Disney’s Strange Magic, Peccadillo Pictures’ The Treatment and Kaleidoscope Entertainment’s The Wolfpack are among the films receiving a limited release. YAY for Inside Out climbing back to #1 on a Fri-Sun basis :D
August 17, 20159 yr Surprised but glad to see Inside Out back at #1 :heart: Awful hold for fantastic four! And was hoping for a little higher for trainwreck :(
August 17, 20159 yr US Estimated top 10 North America Aug 14-16, 2015 Film (Dist) / Est wkd gross / Est total to date 1 (-) Straight Outta Compton (Universal) Universal Pictures International $60.2m – 2 (1) Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation (Paramount) Paramount Pictures International $17.3m $138.4m 3 (-) The Man From U.N.C.L.E. (Warner Bros) Warner Bros Pictures International $13.5m – 4 (2) Fantastic Four (Fox) Fox International $8m $41.9m 5 (3) The Gift (STX) Universal Pictures International/Blumhouse International $6.5m $23.6m 6 (5) Ant-Man (Disney-Marvel Studios) Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures International $5.5m $157.6m 7 (4) Vacation (Warner Bros-New Line) Warner Bros Pictures International $5.3m $46.9m 8 (6) Minions (Universal-Illumination) Universal Pictures International $5.2m $312.9m 9 (7) Ricki And The Flash (TriStar) Sony Pictures Releasing International $4.6m $14.7m 10 (8) Trainwreck (Universal) Universal Pictures International $3.8m $97.9m Gigantic for Straight Outta Compton! Shame UNCLE bombed in the States as it looks great :( Horrid hold for Fantastic 4 - down 68%!
August 17, 20159 yr 'Straight Outta Compton' recorded the highest August opening for any Rated R movie, ever! Surpassing 'American Pie 2' (which grossed around $54m).
August 24, 20159 yr UK Disney’s Inside Out again tops Fri-Sun market as it becomes the sixth 2015 release to hit the £30m mark. FOX With the market hit by good weather, Paper Towns debuted top of the UK box office thanks to previews after opening last Monday [Aug 17]Fox’s adaptation journeyed to $3.3m (£2.07m) from its 472 sites, including $2.1m (£1.3m) in previews. It’s worth noting that based solely on Fri-Sun, Paper Towns would have charted sixth with its $1.2m (£743,983) tally. Paper Towns opened behind previous John Green adaptation The Fault in Our Stars which opened with $5.4m (£3.43m) from its 511 sites, including $1.56m (£992,893) in previews, on its way to $17.3m (£11m). Also for Fox, Fantastic Four posted a $393,000 (£249,205) third weekend for $8.9m (£5.65m) to date, while Secret Cinema’s production of The Empire Strikes Back has reached $7.1m (£4.5m) after 12 weeks of its run. Mistress America and Brothers have grossed $605,000 (£384,325) and $401,000 (£254,376), respectively, after their second weekend in play. DISNEY As with last weekend, Inside Out led the UK market over Fri-Sun as a slim 29% drop saw it add $2.2m (£1.38m). Disney’s latest Pixar offering has now become the sixth 2015 release to hit £30m and currently stands at $48.1m (£30.65m). It’s now overtaken A Bug’s Life ($46.2m/£29.45m) and will surpass Monsters University’s $48.2m (£30.7m) today [Aug 24]. After that, Inside Out’s next - and potentially final - targets will be The Incredibles ($50.6m/£32.27m) and Up ($54.3m/£34.59m). 2014 only saw six £30m+ releases in the entire year, while 2015 still has at least three £30m+ films to come (The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2, Spectre and Star Wars: The Force Awakens). Also for Disney, Ant-Man took a further $221,000 (£141,000) for $24.8m (£15.78m) after six weeks in play, while Strange Magic conjured up $89,000 (£57,000) from its 289 sites, with minimal shows, on debut. EONE Sinister 2 scared up $1.7m (£1.07m) from its 396 sites on its UK bow to chart third. eOne’s horror sequel recorded one of the strongest site averages of the weekend with $4,243 (£2,699), although it fell short of its predecessor’s $2.3m (£1.44m) debut from 370 sites. Sinister went on to take $10.4m (£6.6m) in the UK, and the sequel will require a strong hold to have a chance of challenging that. PARAMOUNT Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation posted a $1.6m (£1.04m) fourth weekend as it dropped one place to fourth. Paramount’s latest outing for Ethan Hunt is now up to $26.5m (£16.88m) and has surpassed Mission: Impossible III’s $24.3m (£15.45m). It looks to be in a strong position to finish its run as the highest grossing mission of the series, currently Mission: Impossible’s $29.3m (£18.65m). WARNER BROS The Man from U.N.C.L.E. rounded off this week’s top five with a $1.4m (£916,000) second weekend. Warner Bros’ spy reboot has now uncovered $5.6m (£3.54m) and, having overtaken Revolver, is only likely to be able to challenge RocknRolla’s $8m (£5.12m) result in terms of Guy Ritchie performances in the UK. Also for Warner Bros, Vacation travelled to an uninspiring $952,000 (£606,000) UK bow, including previews, from its 432 sites. Like the rest of the market, it will likely have suffered from the good weather on Saturday [Aug 22] so will hope to hold well this coming weekend. SONY Last week’s champion Pixels gobbled up an extra $1.3m (£818,000) as it fell to sixth. Sony’s sci-fi comedy is now up to $7.5m (£4.8m) and, barring a surge, will likely finish up around the £7m-£8m mark. ENTERTAINMENT The Bad Education Movie started its UK run with $936,000 (£594,243) from its 414 sites through Entertainment. In terms of recent big screen outings for UK comedies, that’s some way short of Mrs. Brown’s Boys D’Movie’s $6.8m (£4.3m) debut from 522 sites and even Keith Lemon: The Film’s $1.9m (£1.2m) from 420 sites. Also for Entertainment, Southpaw punched its way to a further $588,000 (£373,478) for $12.3m (£7.82m) after five weeks in play and, as expected, became director Antoine Fuqua’s best-ever UK performer last week. UNIVERSAL Falling almost 50% in its second weekend, Universal’s Trainwreck added $769,000 (£490,027) for a ten-day tally of $3.4m (£2.17m). It will still hope to be able to overtake This Is 40’s $4.4m (£2.8m) to avoid becoming Judd Apatow’s lowest-grossing UK outing. Also for Universal, Minions is up to $69.4m (£44.2m) following a $612,000 (£389,566) ninth weekend, and is currently the fifth highest grossing animation of all time in the UK. Jurassic World has now amassed $100.3m (£63.84m). LIONSGATE In its second weekend, Lionsgate’s Absolutely Anything crossed the £1m mark with $291,000 (£185,265) for $1.7m (£1.06m), and will still hope to edge past Man Up’s $1.9m (£1.23m) run. Also for Lionsgate, The Gift stands at $2.7m (£1.74m) after three weeks in play, while Good People opened with $40,000 (£25,150) from its 18 sites. CURZON ARTIFICIAL EYE Alejandro Jodorowsky’s The Dance of Reality grossed $4,600 (£2,901) from its one-site release at London’s ICA through Curzon Artificial Eye. UPCOMING RELEASES This week sees saturation releases for Fox’s Hitman: Agent 47 (opens Aug 27) and StudioCanal’s We Are Your Friends (opens Aug 27) Universal’s domestic smash Straight Outta Compton and Curzon Artificial Eye’s 45 Years both receive wide releases, while Signature Entertainment’s Barely Lethal and Altitude’s Zombie Fight Club are among the films receiving a limited release. Poor Vacation. Yay for Paper Towns getting the #1 artificially, not doing so would've been a disaster considering the figure includes eight days worth of screenings. :lol:
August 25, 20159 yr US BOX OFFICE 1 (1) Straight Outta Compton (Universal) Universal Pictures International $26.4m $111.1m 2 (2) Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation (Paramount) Paramount Pictures International $11.5m $157.5m 3 (-) Sinister 2 (Focus Features) Universal Pictures International $10.5m – 4 (-) Hitman: Agent 47 (Fox) Fox International $8.3m – 5 (3) The Man From U.N.C.L.E. (Warner Bros) Warner Bros Pictures International $7.3m $26.5m 6 (-) American Ultra (Lionsgate) FilmNation $5.5m – 7 (5) The Gift (STX) Universal Pictures International/Blumhouse International $4.3m $31m 8 (6) Ant-Man (Disney-Marvel Studios) Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures International $4.1m $164.5m 9 (8) Minions (Universal-Illumination) Universal Pictures International $3.8m $320.1m 10 (4) Fantastic Four (Fox) Fox International $3.7m $49.7m Awful openings for all the 3 new movies and amazing holds for everything but fantastic four!
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