A real shame about Furiosa, for a film that wasn't necessarily needed, it's actually really good, maintaining the appeals of the Mad Max franchise with brilliant performances, set pieces and script. I'm not sure what happened although the marketing did seem a bit limited and I barely knew it was coming out until last week or so, and the last film was nine years ago now, people may have forgotten the characterand it isn't technically a Mad Max film which would've been more of a draw.

 

Losing to yet another low effort Illumination cash grab adds insult to injury :/

Losing to yet another low effort Illumination cash grab adds insult to injury :/

 

Although it looks like the most 'Illumination' film ever, 'The Garfield Movie' actually has nothing to do with them. It was made by DNEG Animation who previously created 'Ron's Gone Wrong' and the Oscar-nominated 'Nimona'.

31st May 2024 - 2nd June 2024

 

1. (03) IF - £1,570,568 (-4%) Weeks: 3 (£9,607,001)

2. (01) The Garfield Movie - £1,349,975 (-36%) Weeks: 2 (£6,282,724)

3. (04) Kingdom Of The Planet Of The Apes - £1,058,441 (-33%) Weeks: 4 (£13,282,022)

4. (02) Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga - £963,976 (-51%) Weeks: 2 (£4,526,161)

5. (05) The Fall Guy - £524,320 (-31%) Weeks: 5 (£11,102,408)

6. (RE) Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban - £394,066 Weeks: 1 (£394,066)

7. (NE) Haikyuu!! The Dumpster Battle - £270,095 Weeks: 1 (£270,095)

8. (NE) Sting - £231,113 Weeks: 1 (£231,113)

9. (06) The Strangers: Chapter 1 - £161,518 (-54%) Weeks: 3 (£1,611,971)

10. (07) Challengers - £119,967 (-43%) Weeks: 6 (£6,196,458)

 

 

Falling out:

Turbo (1 week)

Twilight Of The Warriors: Walled In (1 week)

Back To Black (7 weeks)

 

 

I don't know if the movie studios were expecting to bask in the glory and success of the 2nd week of 'Garfuriosa' but there were no major releases this weekend which means that John Krasinki's 'IF' is able to climb back to gain a 2nd week at #1. Business is down a brilliant 4% weekend-to-weekend, but it was actually midweek where the film really shone. The past week has been school holidays across the UK and this week's top 2 really saw the benefit. This time last week, 'IF' had made a total of '£4,609,449' after 2 weekends but this has now ballooned to £9,607,001. It was actually pulling in more money on Thursday than it did on Friday, Saturday or Sunday. Paramount's big live-action swing got off to a slow start but it has proved itself to be the kids film of choice at the start of this summer. By next weekend, it should become the 10th release to pass £10 million so far this year. 'The Garfield Movie' also saw the benefit of the school holiday and, paired with a 36% weekend drop (8% without previews), it has started to look like a respectable effort for the potentially out-of-date franchise. That $60 million budget is looking like a masterstroke from Sony. 2006's 'Garfield: A Tale of Two Kitties' ended with a £6.5 million total so this may pass that today or tomorrow.

 

A strong sign of how disappointing this summer has been so far is that the biggest new release on the weekend where June begins is the 20th anniversary re-release of Harry Potter 3. Despite being the lowest grossing of the franchise, 'The Prisoner of Azkaban' is one its best received entries, helped by the guiding of legendary Mexican director Alfonso Cuarón. The re-release opens at #6 with £394,066. In total, the film has made about £46.3 million and ranks as the 33rd biggest film of all-time in the UK. It still needs a couple of million to climb in the list which I think won't happen with this re-release ('Bridget Jones's Baby is at #32 with ~£48.2 million) but I do hope we can get an updated figure at some point.

 

The two true new entries land at #8 and #9. Anime is having a bit of a moment and 'Haikyuu!! The Dumpster Battle' is the latest to make an appearance (£270,095, #8). This is a movie adaptation of a popular volleyball anime. It seems to have decent reviews so give it a go if that's your sort of thing. The last anime release to hit the UK charts was Spy x Family Code: White which made a similar amount (£280,729) back in April when it also debuted at #8.

 

Last year saw 'Talk To Me' become a big sleeper hit for Australian directors Danny & Michael Philippou. That film opened to #5 with £643,547 last July but good word-of-mouth saw it leg out to about £2.5 million it total. It might not be as buzzy but 'Sting' is the latest Australian horror to get a release and debuts at #9 with £231,113. This is the mainstream debut for director Kiah Roache-Turner and has pretty decent reviews. It is a B-Movie focused on a massive spider taking over a flat.

 

Sitting in bronze position this week is 'Kingdom Of The Planet Of The Apes'. Dropping 33%, it gets a 4th week above £1 million as it climbs up to £13,282,022. The lowest grossing Apes film in the Caesar trilogy is 2017's 'War For The Planet Of The Apes' that ended on £20.8 million so 'Kingdom' still has a way to go to catch that. 'Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga' drops to #4 in it's 2nd week. It has a steep 51% drop and is already under £1 million for the weekend. It's total after 2 weekends is £4,526,161 which is still slightly under what 'Mad Max: Fury Road' grossed in it's opening weekend in 2015.

 

Three further holders within the top 10. 'The Fall Guy' is a non-mover at #5 and drops 31%. It has taken advantage of the quiet release schedule and has now passed £11 million which is a lot better than it's opening weekend suggested. 'The Strangers: Chapter 1' drops to #9 in it's 3rd week. It's up to £1.6 million and should make enough this week to overtake 'Abigail' and 'Immaculate' to become the 2nd biggest horror release of 2023. 'Challengers' rounds out the top 10 with one of it's largest drops (43%). The tennis face-off has now passed £6 million in total.

 

For a comparison that illustrates just how bad this summer box office has been, the grosses of the top 10 films this week equals £6,626,039. On this weekend last year, 'Spider-Man: Across The Spider-Verse' debuted at #1 with £9,159,823 while 'The Little Mermaid' dropped to #2 on it's 2nd week with £4,225,713.

 

Two further new entries in the #11-15 section and they are both very highly rated: 'Young Woman And The Sea' (#13) and 'The Beast' (#15). We also saw the 30th anniversary re-release of 'The Crow' debut at #11.

 

Next week sees the openings of 'Bad Boys: Ride Or Die', 'The Watched', 'Rosalie', 'A Game Of Two Halves', 'Riddle Of Fire' and 'The Dead Don't Hurt'. We also have a anniversary re-releases for 'The Matrix' and 'Pride'. Can any of them top the charts?

Nice to see stability and the long game for ‘The Fall Guy’ here in the UK! I believe the UK is one of it’s biggest markets so it’s nice to see it isn’t a complete bomb over here.

7th June 2024 - 9th June 2024

 

1. (NE) Bad Boys: Ride Or Die - £3,873,533 Weeks: 1 (£3,873,533)

2. (01) IF - £866,474 (-45%) Weeks: 4 (£10,859,242)

3. (02) The Garfield Movie - £729,503 (-46%) Weeks: 3 (£7,375,071)

4. (03) Kingdom Of The Planet Of The Apes - £620,911 (-41%) Weeks: 5 (£14,340,042)

5. (04) Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga - £436,983 (-55%) Weeks: 3 (£5,558,549)

6. (NE) The Watched - £387,339 Weeks: 1 (£387,339)

7. (05) The Fall Guy - £313,814 (-40%) Weeks: 6 (£11,645,159)

8. (NE) The Dead Don't Hurt - £111,827 Weeks: 1 (£111,827)

9. (10) Challengers - £72,128 (-40%) Weeks: 7 (£6,357,927)

10. (09) The Strangers: Chapter 1 - £69,584 (-57%) Weeks: 3 (£1,772,602)

 

 

Falling out:

Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban (20th Anniversary) (1 week)

Haikyuu!! The Dumpster Battle (1 week)

Sting (1 week)

 

 

One of the last big hits before the Covid pandemic was 2020's 'Bad Boys For Life', the legacy sequel to Michael Bay's iconic buddy-actioners, shocked and performed way over expectations. Fast forward to 2024 and people have now been pinning their hopes on the franchise's forth entry 'Bad Boys: Ride Or Die' to save the summer. And it's kinda worked. Opening with £3,873,553, it is officially the highest weekend gross for any film since last march when both 'Kung Fu Panda 4' and 'Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire' both opened to higher figures. It's also technically a slight improvement on the numbers for 2020's 'Bad Boys For Life' which opened with £3,781,233. However, 'Ride Or Die' did get a jump on competition and opened on a Wednesday which makes this figure a 5-day total. If we just take in consideration the weekend gross, it would have made £2.9 million. Belgian directing duo Adil & Bilall are back for this film after previously receiving their big mainstream break with the last film. Since then, they have directed two episodes of 'Ms. Marvel' but are perhaps most infamous for being the directors of the fully made and scraped 'Batgirl' that caused huge controversy a couple of years back. The film only had a $100 million budget which is another shrewd decision from Sony and should see this become another hit. 'For Life' ended up grossing £16.2 million. Let's see how this one holds up in a quiet summer release schedule.

 

Another week and there's another horror film underperforming, but the twist this time is that it comes from first-time director 'Ishana Night Shyamalan', daughter of 'M. Night Shyamalan'. Set in Ireland, the film stars Dakota Fanning as an American immigrant who gets trapped in a forest being observed by an unknown threat called 'the watchers'. Like many a Shyamalan tale, it hasn't received good reviews and I don't think this one will be hanging around for long. M Night also has a film coming out this summer, it's going to be interesting to see how that one performs in comparison.

 

The third and final new entry in this week's top 10 is 'The Dead Don't Hurt' (#8, £111,827). This is the 2nd time in the directing chair for Oscar-nominated actor Viggo Mortensen after 2020's dementia-drama 'Falling'. That film could only open with £1,913 (#47) so this is a marked improvement. Also starring Vicky Krieps, this is a western that focuses on a female perspective and has gained strong reviews. An interesting fact about both of Mortensen's films: he has ended up starring in both after being adamant that he wouldn't. He ended up taking the lead in 'Falling' as it was the only way he could get it financed and had to act in 'The Dead Don't Hurt' after the original actor dropped out at the last minute.

 

Outside of 'Bad Boys', it's another pretty grim weekend at the UK box office. No other film could pass the £1 million mark and a sub £70k gross making the top 10 is pathetic at any time of the year, especially so in summer box office season. The kids films still seem to the best performing of a bad bunch with 'IF' passing the £10 million mark with a 45% drop and 'The Garfield Movie' having a similar drop as it tries to reach double-figures.

 

Other than that, there's not really much to add from last week for any of the holdovers. The biggest story is that 'The Strangers: Chapter 1' has now passed 'Immaculate' and 'Abigail' to be the 2nd biggest horror release of 2023. However, I don't think it has enough in the tank to reach 'Imaginary' which is at just under £2 million from the last update I found.

 

The only new entries in the #11-15 section are both re-releases: 'The Matrix' (#13) and 'The Lord Of The Rings: The Fellowship Of The Ring' (#14).

 

Next week sees the openings of 'Inside Out 2', 'Sasquatch Sunset', 'Unsung Hero', 'Freud's Last Session', and 'Arcadian'. We also have a anniversary re-releases for 'The Texas Chainsaw Massacre' and 'Star Trek III: The Search For Spock'. Can any of them top the charts?

 

 

Bad Boys Openings:

 

Bad Boys (£866,215, #3, 1995)

Bad Boys II (£3,175,258, #1, 2003)

Bad Boys For Life (£3,781,233, #2, 2020)

Bad Boys: Ride Or Die (£3,873,533, #1, 2024)

14th June 2024 - 16th June 2024

 

1. (NE) Inside Out 2 - £11,321,387 Weeks: 1 (£11,321,387)

2. (01) Bad Boys: Ride Or Die - £1,857,673 (-52%) Weeks: 2 (£7,139,325)

3. (02) IF - £414,673 (-52%) Weeks: 5 (£11,442,479)

4. (04) Kingdom Of The Planet Of The Apes - £388,500 (-38%) Weeks: 6 (£15,009,876)

5. (03) The Garfield Movie - £355,208 (-51%) Weeks: 4 (£7,881,406)

6. (05) Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga - £235,078 (-46%) Weeks: 4 (£6,091,220)

7. (06) The Watched - £177,930 (-54%) Weeks: 2 (£808,678)

8. (07) The Fall Guy - £176,428 (-44%) Weeks: 7 (£11,983,329)

9. (NE) Wilding - £127,191 Weeks: 1 (£127,191)

10. (NE) Freud's Last Session - £72,989 Weeks: 1 (£72,989)

 

 

Falling out:

The Dead Don't Hurt (1 week)

Challengers (7 weeks)

The Strangers: Chapter 1 (3 weeks)

 

 

It’s been a rough summer at the box office but we’ve finally got the success story we’ve desperately been searching for. ‘Inside Out 2’ blew past all expectations to open to £11,321,387. This has overtaken ‘Dune: Part Two’ for the biggest opening of 2024 (£9,279,080), a record that film has held since March. In fact, it is the biggest opening weekend for any film since ‘Barbie’ debuted with an insane £18,509,236 all the way back 11 months ago in last July. In a year where everything has really struggled to breakthrough, one genre that has seen success is animation and that has continued with ‘Inside Out 2’ actually gaining the 3rd highest ever opening for an animated release. The only animated films to open higher are another set of Pixar sequels: ‘Toy Story 3’ (£21,187,264) and ‘Toy Story 4’ (£13,300,000). Disney became the laughing stock of the industry in 2023 with some of the largest flops of all-time (‘The Marvels’, ‘Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny’, ‘Wish’) but with this opening and the early estimates for ‘Deadpool & Wolverine’, they could be straight back on top and the envy of all other studios again. It has also been a bad few years for Pixar with all their recent releases opening low or going straight to Disney+, so everyone will be breathing a sigh of relief over there. In the US, ‘Inside Out 2’ has also been breaking records left-and-right. It was predicted to open with $90 million but ended up with a $155 million debut to become the 2nd biggest animated opening of all-time in the region, behind 2018’s ‘Incredibles 2’ ($182.7 million). The original ‘Inside Out’ debuted at #1 with £7,376,513 on its way to a £38.7 million total.

 

Two other films debut in the top 10 this week, both at the bottom end of the chart. Opening at #9 with the best opening of the year for a documentary is ‘Wilding’. The film is about a 5-and-a-half mile estate with a farm which was allowed to run wild and saw the rebirth of species of animals and plants that are virtually extinct across the rest of the world. Unfortunately, in a good recovery weekend for the box-office, we do have one sub-£100k grosser in the top 10 which is the debut of ‘Freud’s Last Session’ (£72,989, #10). This is an adaptation of a play of the same name that imagines what the conversation could have been between noted Christian author C.S. Lewis (Narnia) and legendary psychologist and atheist Sigmund Freud. The film hasn’t got great reviews but Anthony Hopkins stars as Freud giving it some class. Lewis is portrayed by Matthew Goode.

 

With it having large preview numbers after opening on a Wednesday and a big film releasing this week, I thought that ‘Bad Boys: Ride Or Die’ might completely fall away this weekend. And while 52% is a fairly steep drop, I think this is a great result for the buddy-actioner. That figure actually drops to 34% when you take out previews as it bags another £1,857,673 over the weekend. It’s up to £7,139,325 which is only about £1.7 million less than ‘Bad Boys II’ finished with in 2003. It’s still only halfway to the total for ‘Bad Boys For Life’.

 

With ‘Inside Out 2’ dominating so much, the other kids films in the chart both take similar sturdy drops. ‘IF’ continues to impress, dropping to 3rd on it’s 5th week with a 52% drop in business while ‘The Garfield Movie’ drops to 5th on it’s 4th week with a 51% drop. Despite having some children appeal, ‘Kingdom Of The Planet Of The Apes’ is obviously doing well at targeting a different audience as it only drops 38% while remaining at #4.

 

‘The Watched’ only drops one place on it’s 2nd week (#6 to #7) as it drops 54% in business. That’s not too bad for a horror and is probably being helped by being the only film of that genre in the top 15. It’s now up to £808k so should easily pass £1 million pretty soon.

 

The last remaining 2 films in the top 10 both have similar drops: ‘Furiosa’ (-46%) and ‘The Fall Guy’ (-44%). ‘Furiosa’ has now passed £6 million but is still more than £10 million behind the final total for ‘Mad Max: Fury Road’. ‘The Fall Guy’ is now just short of £12 million.

 

The only new entries in the #11-15 section are both Indian: ‘Maharaja’ (#13) and Chandu Champion (#14). While we also see re-releases of ‘Star Trek III: The Search For Spock’ (#11), ‘The Lord Of The Rings: The Fellowship Of The Ring’ (#12) and ‘The Texas Chainsaw Massacre’ (#15).

 

Next week sees the openings of ‘The Bikeriders, ‘The Exorcism’, ‘Ghost: Rite Here Rite Now’, and ‘Something In The Water’. We also have a re-releases for Hereditary' and ‘Midsommar'. Can any of them top the charts?

 

 

21st Century Pixar Openings:

 

Monsters, Inc. (£9,200,257, #1, 2002)

Finding Nemo (£7,381,962, #1, 2003)

The Incredibles (£9,753,035, #1, 2004)

Cars (£2,668,968, #1, 2006)

Ratatouille (£4,444,384, #1, 2007)

Wall-E (£4,253,736, #2, 2008)

Up (£6,411,836, #1, 2009)

Toy Story 3 (£21,187,264, #1, 2010)

Cars 2 (£3,541,664, #2, 2011)

Brave (£820,084, #6, 2012)* *Only released in Ireland/Scotland in opening weekend

Monsters University (£3,463,917, #1, 2013)

Inside Out (£7,376,513, #1, 2015)

The Good Dinosaur (£2,926,448, #2, 2015)

Finding Dory (£8,122,075, #1, 2016)

Cars 3 (£2,625,000, #4, 2017)

Coco (£5,209,214, #1, 2018)

Incredibles 2 (£9,650,000, #1, 2018)

Toy Story 4 (£13,300,000, #1, 2019)

Onward (£3,419,500, #1, 2020)

Lightyear (£3,718,002, #3, 2022)

Elemental (£3,049,002, #1, 2023)

Soul (£79,251, #15, 2024)* *First released on Disney+

Luca (£110,964, #10, 2024) * *First released on Disney+

Inside Out 2 (£11,321,387, #1, 2024)

21st June 2024 - 23rd June 2024

 

1. (01) Inside Out 2 - £7,762,903 (-31%) Weeks: 2 (£23,250,882)

2. (NE) The Bikeriders - £1,085,530 Weeks: 1 (£1,085,530)

3. (02) Bad Boys: Ride Or Die - £1,009,386 (-46%) Weeks: 3 (£9,067,223)

4. (NE) Doctor Who: The Legend of Ruby Sunday & Empire of Death - £364,353 Weeks: 1 (£364,353)

5. (NE) Ghost: Rite Here Rite Now - £282,961 Weeks: 1 (£477,557)

6. (04) Kingdom Of The Planet Of The Apes - £175,571 (-55%) Weeks: 7 (£15,359,392)

7. (05) The Garfield Movie - £154,944 (-56%) Weeks: 5 (£8,102,004)

8. (03) IF - £154,587 (-63%) Weeks: 6 (£11,713,570)

9. (NE) The Exorcism - £146,046 Weeks: 1 (£146,046)

10. (NE) Something In The Water - £120,341 Weeks: 1 (£120,341)

 

 

Falling out:

Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga (4 weeks)

The Watched (2 weeks)

The Fall Guy (7 weeks)

Wilding (1 week)

Freud's Last Session (1 week)

 

 

In a busy week where five new titles impact the chart, it is cinema's saviour 'Inside Out 2' that comfortably bags a 2nd week at #1. After a record-breaking opening weekend last week, the film has a brilliant 2nd week hold (-31%) which means another £7,762,903, putting it's total to £23,250,882. This is enough to see it climb from #11-#2 in the YTD chart with it being a matter of when, and not if, it can catch 'Dune: Part Two' (just under £40 million). For comparison, earlier in the year, 'Dune: Part Two' was at £19,340,959 at this stage in it's run. It's still running well short of where 'Barbie' was at last year (£47,988,743 after 2 weekends) and a more apt-comparison may be 'Oppenheimer' which was at £27,657,602 on the same weekend. In 2015, 'Inside Out' had taken £17 million at this stage. In the US, the story is even better for Pixar's sequel, where it has become the first animated film to make over $100 million for two weekends as it has already overtaken 'Due: Part Two' and is even outpacing 'Barbie' over there. I went to see it yesterday and I thought it was great. I'm very happy that it's doing so well.

 

In another world, Disney could have had the top 2 this week as the runner-up, 'The Bikeriders' was originally going to be disturbed by 20th Century Fox in December 2023, just in time for an awards push. I even noticed that it had a couple of preview showings at my local Picturehouse back then. However a mix of the strikes not allowing the starry cast to promote and the poor box office for other Disney films (The Creator, The Marvels) of the time saw them pull the film from release and look to sell. And it's Universal who benefit, with the film opening to over £1 million and almost instantly becoming the highest grossing film for director Jeff Nichols. Adapted from a photo-book by Danny Lyon, the film focuses on the day-to-day life of a motorcycle gang in the 1960s. One of the films biggest selling-points is the trifecta of stars leading the film: Jodie Comer, Austin Butler & Tom Hardy who all had some Oscar buzz last year. It will be interesting to see if they can keep the hype going with this now being a summer release.

 

Before I move on to other 4 new entries, we will talk about the 3rd film that passed £1 million this weekend, 'Bad Boys: Ride Or Die' that takes bronze on it's third weekend. It's now the 2nd highest grossing film of the franchise and is up to £9,067,223 in a decent result, but the £16.2 million of 2020's 'Bad Boys For Life' is looking out of reach. It should pass £10 million by next weekend and should enter the YTD top 10 in the next couple of weeks.

 

It felt like event cinema was really having a moment after 'Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour' last year but it had gone a bit quiet over the past few months. However, it's back with a bang with 'Doctor Who: The Legend of Ruby Sunday & Empire of Death' and 'Ghost: Rite Here Rite Now' opening at #4 and #5. These are the last 2 episodes of the current series of 'Doctor Who' and was only available at 11PM showings on Friday which makes the £364,353 opening very impressive. Especially when you consider that the episodes were also available on BBC1 and the iPlayer at the same time. £282,961 and a top 5 finish also feels like a good result for 'Ghost: Rite Here Rite Now' as they are not the most mainstream of bands. It is actually up to £477,557 and would be above 'Doctor Who' if you include it's Thursday opening.

 

We also see two new entries at #9 and #10, 'The Exorcism' and 'Something In The Water'. 'The Exorcism' continues the disappointing year for horror (£146,046). This one stars Russell Crowe and if you're thinking you've already seen him appear in an Exorcism film recently, you'd be right as he starred in 'The Pope's Exorcist' last year (£707,050 opening, £2,463,742 total). This film has got awful reviews and has no chance of catching on in the same way. It also stars the other half of Chloe x Halle, 'Chloe Bailey' after Halle starred in 'The Little Mermaid' last year. French Shark-thriller 'Under Paris' has been a huge hit on Netflix over recent weeks but the same can't be said for British effort 'Something In The Water' which opens to £120,341. At least the whole top 10 made over £100k again.

 

The continued success of 'Inside Out 2' has seen the other kids films continue to fade with 'The Garfield Movie' dropping 56% and 'IF' drop 63%. Although that is enough for 'IF' to out-gross' A Quiet Place: Part II'. It needs another £500k-ish to beat Krasinki's peak of 'A Quiet Place'. 'Kingdom Of The Planet Of The Apes' is starting to fade too dropping 55%. With £15,359,392, it's the lowest grossing of all the modern 'Apes' films. It's even behind 2001's 'The Planet Of The Apes' that ended with £17 million. 'Kingdom' has made under half what 2014's 'Dawn Of The Planet Of The Apes (£32.9 million).

 

'Furiosa' drops out of the top 10 after a measly 4 weeks. It's current total is £6,319,222 which is just pitiful for a film following a beloved modern-day classic and such strong reviews.

 

No new entries in the #11-15 section but we do see re-entries for 'The Matrix' (#12) and 'Waitress: The Musical' (#14).

 

Next week sees the openings of ‘A Quiet Place: Day One', ‘Horizon: An American Saga: Chapter One’, ‘Kinds Of Kindness’, and ‘Kalki 2898 AD’. Can any of them top the charts?

28th June 2024 - 30th June 2024

 

1. (01) Inside Out 2 - £6,003,527 (-23%) Weeks: 3 (£31,963,087)

2. (NE) A Quiet Place: Day One - £2,933,722 Weeks: 1 (£2,933,722)

3. (NE) Kalki 2898 AD - £886,366 Weeks: 1 (£886,366)

4. (03) Bad Boys: Ride Or Die - £651,891 (-35%) Weeks: 4 (£10,218,054)

5. (02) The Bikeriders - £588,675 (-46%) Weeks: 2 (£2,318,388)

6. (NE) Kinds Of Kindness - £322,142 Weeks: 1 (£322,142)

7. (NE) Jatt & Juliet 3 - £283,400 Weeks: 1 (£283,400)

8. (NE) Horizon: An American Saga Part One - £150,371 Weeks: 1 (£150,371)

9. (07) The Garfield Movie - £149,389 (-4%) Weeks: 6 (£8,302,049)

10. (08) IF - £133,583 (-14%) Weeks: 7 (£11,898,970)

 

 

Falling out:

Doctor Who: The Legend of Ruby Sunday & Empire of Death (1 week)

Ghost: Rite Here Rite Now (1 week)

Kingdom Of The Planet Of The Apes (7 weeks)

The Exorcism (1 week)

Something In The Water (1 week)

 

 

'Inside Out 2' completes a hat-trick with the crown with another sensational hold (-23%) that allows it to become only the 2nd film to pass £30 million this year. For comparison, the original 'Inside Out' made £2 million on it's third weekend for a total of £22.8 million. The sequel is currently tracking 40% ahead at this stage. This is the best results for any film after 3 weekends since 'Wonka' which had £37,149,971 by this point.

 

There's also some good news for the wider market as 'A Quiet Place: Day One' debuts strongly at #2 with £2,933,722 (about £2.4 million without previews). Remarkably, in terms of the 3-day gross, this is the best result for the 'Quiet Place' franchise: 'A Quiet Place' made £1.9 million in it's opening weekend and 'Part II' made £2.3 million in it's 3 day weekend. However, when previews are included, 'A Quiet Place: Part II' does keep the franchise record (£3,567,048). However, we've already seen a prequel without any of the original's stars ('Furiosa') flop already this summer so this result is still mightily impressive. Especially when you consider how bad horror films have done so far in 2024. In fact, this opening weekend figure is enough for 'Day One' to already comfortably be the biggest horror hit of the year, pushing 'Imaginary' down to #2 (just under £2 million).

 

There is even more counter-programming working a treat this week with 'Kalki 2898 AD' opening at #3. A £886,366 debut is the best for any Indian release since 'Tiger 3' opened with £1,184,001 in November last year. In fact last year, 8 Indian films grossed over £1 million last year and made the EOY top 100. January release 'Fighter' came close (it might have even sneaked over £1 million but was on ~£900k on the last update I found), but 'Kalki 2898 AD' is going to breeze past £1 million next weekend and become the first breakout Indian release of the year. This is an epic, starring legendary actor Amitabh Bachchan, and revolves around a group who are sent on a mission to save Kalki, the tenth incarnation of Vishnu, who is the unborn child of a lab test-subject. This is the first film in a planned Kalki cinematic universe.

 

We also have another Indian film opening at #7, 'Jatt & Juliet 3' (£283,400). This is the 3rd entry in the rom-com franchise starring Diljit Dosanjh & Neeru Bajwa and has already done enough to out-gross the final total of the first two entries 'Jatt & Juliet' (£124k, 2012) and 'Jatt & Juliet 2' (£190k, 2013). The couple star as police officers and, in this entry, they travel to the UK which can't have hurt it's box office at all.

 

Earlier on this year, Emma Stone won her 2nd Oscar for starring in Yorgos Lanthimos's 'Poor Things', which became a surprise hit in January, opening to £1,819,563 on it's way to a £7.5 million total, the highest for any 18-rated release this year. The duo waste no time in following it up with 'Kinds Of Kindness' which has opened up with a considerably lesser £322,142 at #6. This one is a three-part anthology, where Stone, alongside the other stars Jesse Plemons and Willem Dafoe, all play different characters in each part with loose connections between the three. This is the 3rd biggest opening for Lanthimos, but it's miles behind his biggest hit, 'The Favourite' that opened with £3,973,975 in 2019.

 

While there's been a lot of good news this week for the box office, there is one film that has massively disappointed. Kevin Costner turned down a return to hit TV-show 'Yellowstone' to work on his passion project, a sprawling multi-part Western franchise, 'Horizon: An American Saga' where he stars, writes, directs and produces. This is the first part of a tetralogy (4 films) with 'Part Two' already filmed and set to be released in cinemas next month. I read an interview with Costner in Empire magazine where he actually admits that he's pumped $58 million of his own cash into these films but the opening weekend suggest it may have been an error. It's opening weekend of £150,371 it pitiful for a big-budgeted film. In terms of the UK, these films are DOA.

 

'The Bikeriders' drops 46% in it's 2nd week to reach £2,318,388. It's now grossed nearly double what Nichol's previous biggest film was 'Midnight Special' (£1.2 million). I think the drops is slightly deeper than Universal would have hoped but it's still not a bad result for them. 'Bad Boys: Ride Or Die' drops another 35% and become the 13th film to pass the £10 million mark this year. However, it definitely won't be able to catch the previous movie, 'Bad Boys For Life'.

 

'The Garfield Movie' and 'IF' just about hang around the 10 at #9 and #10 meaning that we have another weekend where all films pass £100k. 'The Garfield Movie' in particular has a wonderful 4% drop, the best for any film in the top 10 while a 14% drop in week 7 is nothing to sniff at for 'IF'.

 

Despite some great results this weekend, it's still not all sunny for the Summer box office. Even with 'Inside Out 2' and 'A Quiet Place: Day One' shining, this weekend in total is still 4% down on the equivalent weekend last summer where 'Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny' was the big new release with a £7,144,441 debut.

 

There are 2 other new entries in the #11-15 section, 'Riverdance: 25th Anniversary Show' (#12) and the Irish release of 'Kalki 2898 AD' (#13) which is annoyingly separate from the release in the other territories.

 

Next week sees the openings of ‘MaXXXine', ‘Kill’, ‘Kinds Of Kindness’, ‘Unicorns’ and 'The Nature of Love'. Can any of them top the charts?

5th July 2024 - 7th July 2024

 

1. (01) Inside Out 2 - £5,127,183 (-15%) Weeks: 4 (£40,067,873)

2. (02) A Quiet Place: Day One - £1,617,244 (-45%) Weeks: 2 (£6,185,363)

3. (04) Bad Boys: Ride Or Die - £446,578 (-32%) Weeks: 5 (£11,073,525)

4. (NE) MaXXXine - £388,043 Weeks: 1 (£388,043)

5. (05) The Bikeriders - £374,066 (-37%) Weeks: 3 (£3,153,510)

6. (03) Kalki 2898 AD - £187,610 (-79%) Weeks: 2 (£1,277,574)

7. (09) The Garfield Movie - £183,490 (+20%) Weeks: 7 (£8,577,199)

8. (06) Kinds Of Kindness - £166,842 (-48%) Weeks: 2 (£736,271)

09. (10) IF - £139,139 (+3%) Weeks: 8 (£12,114,121)

10. (07) Jatt & Juliet 3 - £124,954 (-56%) Weeks: 2 (£527,024)

 

 

Falling out:

Horizon: An American Saga Part One (1 week)

 

 

We have a new box office champion for 2024 as 'Inside Out 2' drops just 15% in it's 4th week to push it's total above £40 million and overtaking 'Dune: Part II' in the process. The original 'Inside Out' grossed £39.4 million in 2015 so this has managed to beat the first film whilst remaining at #1. Very impressive! Only 4 films in 2023 passed this total but 'Inside Out 2' still has a long way to go if it wants to reach those 4 with 'The Super Mario Bros. Movie' (£54.9 million) being the next target.

 

Completing a stagnant top 2, 'A Quiet Place: Day One' drops a respectable 45% on week 2 (34% if we exclude previews). It had an opening weekend slightly above the 2 main entries in the franchise, but is now tracking ever-so-slightly behind where those two were at this stage. The original 'A Quiet Place' ended on £12.1 million while 'Part II' ended with £11.6 million. A similar amount for these doesn't appear to be off the cards yet.

 

The only new entry this weeks is 'MaXXXine' (#4. £388,043). This is the third film in Ti West's slasher trilogy after 'X' and prequel 'Pearl'. Mia Goth has now starred as the title character in 2 of these films after portraying both Maxine and Pearl in the original 'X'. This is the best result in the franchise: 'X' opened to '£277,493' in 2022 (£641k total) while 'Pearl' opened to '£192,895' on it's way to £477k. 'MaXXXine' has a bigger budget than the other 2 and a starry cast (Kevin Bacon, Lily Collins, Elizabeth Debicki, Halsey, Giancarlo Esposito) so I think the studio will have ambitions for this to potentially reach the £1 million mark at least. I wasn't able to see it this weekend but I'm very excited to see it on Thursday.

 

Last week saw two big Indian releases debut in the top 10 and they both manage a 2nd week, a feat that has evaded every other Indian release so far this year. 'Kalki 2898 AD' has a massive 79% drop (62% without previews) but raises it's total to £1,277,574, comfortably the best result for any Indian release so far this year. 'Jatt & Juliet 3' drops 7-10 (56%) and passes the half-a-million mark in total.

 

'Bad Boys: Ride Or Die' continues to prove that Will Smith's career was not ended by the Oscar controversy, as it only drops 32% in it's 5th week as it climbs back into the top 3. 'The Bikeriders' stays in the top 5 as it drops 37%. 'Kinds Of Kindness' is proving to just be too weird to match the massive gross of 'Poor Things' earlier in the year as it drops 48% in it's 2nd week for a £736,271 total.

 

Even with 'Inside Out 2' still crushing the box office, the other kids films in the market have shown great resistance with 'The Garfield Movie' (9-7, +20%) and 'IF' (10-9, +3%) both climbing and increasing in business.

 

There are 2 other new entries in the #11-15 section, 'Blue Lock The Movie: Episode Nagi' (#11) and 'Kill' (#13). We also see the 25th anniversary re-release of 'The Mummy' enter at #12.

 

Next week sees the openings of ‘Despicable Me 4', ‘Fly Me To The Moon’, ‘Longlegs', ‘In A Violent Nature’, 'Agent Of Happiness', 'The Commandant's Shadow', and 'Hundreds Of Beavers'. Can any of them top the charts?

12th July 2024 - 14th July 2024

 

1. (NE) Despicable Me 4 - £8,856,183 Weeks: 1 (£8,856,183)

2. (01) Inside Out 2 - £2,225,170 (-57%) Weeks: 5 (£44,485,366)

3. (NE) Longlegs - £1,371,352 Weeks; 1 (£1,371,352)

4. (NE) Fly Me To The Moon - £862,358 Weeks: 1 (£862,358)

5. (02) A Quiet Place: Day One - £824,948 (-49%) Weeks: 3 (£8,012,217)

6. (NE) Indian 2 - £213,245 Weeks: 1 (£213,245)

7. (03) Bad Boys: Ride Or Die - £201,510 (-55%) Weeks: 6 (£11,561,076)

8. (05) The Bikeriders - £130,871 (-65%) Weeks: 4 (£3,585,493)

9. (04) MaXXXine - £113,190 (-71%) Weeks: 2 (£787,377)

10. (NE) In A Violent Nature - £101,730 Weeks: 1 (£101,730)

 

 

Falling out:

Kalki 2898 AD (2 weeks)

The Garfield Movie (7 weeks)

Kinds Of Kindness (2 weeks)

IF (8 weeks)

Jatt & Juilet 3 (2 weeks)

 

 

Never bet against the Minions. In terms of total takings, this weekend was the 3rd best of the year so far as 'Despicable Me 4' ends the 4 week run of 'Inside Out 2' as it debuts at #1 with the third biggest opening of the year (£8,856,183). This is the lowest for any Minion related film since the original 'Despicable Me' debuted to £3,664,376 in 2010. In fact, this is the first release since to not debut with £10 million+ and is a long way from franchise peak 'Despicable Me 2' (£14,822,427, 2013). However, most franchises would kill for their 6th entry to perform this well and when you consider who cheaply Universal and Illumination are able to produce these for, and the fact that it has already passed $400 million worldwide, you'd be hard pressed to call this anything other than a solid result. It's only the crazy run of 'Inside Out 2' that is overshadowing it.

 

Speaking of Pixar's sequel, it has it's sharpest decline so far (57%), but still bags another £2.2 million as it continues to power itself away as 2024's biggest hit. And with most schools closing this week for the summer holidays, that 44,485,366 figure is only going to rise and rise.

 

While all eyes will be on those top 2, the most impressive result of the week goes to 'Longlegs' at #3. I've bemoaned the flopping of horror movies a lot this year but with this and 'A Quiet Place: Day One' a couple of weeks ago, it feels like the genre has finally turned up this year. These are the only 2 horror films to debut above £1 million this year and the £1,371,352 for 'Longlegs' is enough for it to already pass the lifetime total of 'The Watched' and within £200k of overtaking 'Tarot', 'Night Swim' and 'The First Omen'. By this time next weekend, it looks like it will comfortably overtake 'Imaginary (just under £2 million) to be the 2nd biggest horror film of the year. What makes this all the more impressive is that is a film that has fully sold itself on the merits of the film itself as it's without much in terms of a starry cast or director. It's directed by Osgood Perkins, who's previous biggest film was 2020's 'Gretel & Hansel' and is led by Maika Monroe. The film does have one ace up it's sleeve with Nicolas Cage, but the (very successful) marketing downplayed his involvement. It was this innovative and mysterious marketing campaign (through YouTube & TikTok) that has brought of the audience for this film and it's one that I think a lot of studios will be studying in the future. It was distributed by Neon in the US where it smashed expectations to become their biggest ever opening and over here it was distributed by Black Bear where it has become their 2nd biggest ever opening behind last year's 'Ferrari' (£1,981,677). However, try comparing the budgets of those two films and you'll see which one really performed better.

 

The third from five new entries this week is 'Fly Me To The Moon' (#4). It's total of £862,358 was just about enough to sneak it in above 'A Quiet Place' but this was heavily boosted by previews. Without previews, it would have opened to £458,487. This is a NASA set period rom-com starring Scarlett Johansson and Channing Tatum and is directed by Greg Berlanti, an incredibly successful writer who transitioned to directing and previously released 'Love, Simon' (£1,179,593, #4, 2018). Apple paid $100 million for the rights to film and it was originally meant to be straight-to-Apple TV and was to be directed by Jason Bateman to star Chris Evans. However, strong test screenings led to Apple eyeing a cinema release. Sony won the rights to distribute but I think they're starting to wish they never bothered. I'm not sure where the audience from those test screenings went because this has ended up with average reviews and has not been able to draw in an audience. I read both Empire and Total Film every month and still didn't even release that this was coming out until last week so it's safe to say whatever marketing for it there has been has not worked.

 

It's not a busy box office week without an Indian release and this week we get the aptly titled 'Indian 2' (£213,245, #6). This is the sequel to 1998's 'Indian' and sees Kamal Haasan reprise his role as the vigilante title character. After the original cut came in at 6 hours, this has been split into 2 films and 'Indian 3' will release next year. This one looks like it hasn't got as strong reviews as the original so probably won't stick around.

 

There's one final new entry in the top 10 this week and it's Canadian slasher 'In A Violent Nature' (#10). It's opening of £101,730 means that we just about get another week of each film passing the £100k mark. Written and directed by Chris Nash, this has garnered strong reviews with focus on the gimmick of shooting a lot of the film from the perspective of the mute slasher who gets accidently resurrected.

 

Last week's big new entry 'MaXXXine' has a really bad 2nd weekend, dropping 71%. However, it has now reached £787,377 which makes it the biggest hit of the trilogy. Despite the general reception I'm seeing not being too great, I really enjoyed it and would rank it as my favourite of the three. Kevin Bacon is electric in it, the only negative I have is

that the third act is the weakest part and I really think it telegraphs the twist too obviously.

 

 

And for a quick round up of the other holdovers. The best hold of the week goes to 'A Quiet Place: Day One' (-49%), while 'Bad Boys: Ride Or Die' and 'The Bikeriders' both have steep drops.

 

There is 1 further new entry in the #11-15 section, 'Bharateeyudu 2' (#12).

 

Next week sees the openings of ‘Twisters', ‘Thelma’, ‘Crossing', ‘Blur: To The End, 'Shayda', 'Janet Planet', and 'Chuck Chuck Baby'. We also get a 30th anniversary re-release of 'Forrest Gump'. Can any of them top the charts?

 

 

Minions openings:

 

Despicable Me (£3,664,376, #1, 2010)

Despicable Me 2 (£14,822,427, #1, 2013)

Minions (£11,558,946, #1, 2015)

Despicable Me 3 (£11,154,904, #1, 2017)

Minions: The Rise Of Gru (£10,424,758, #1, 2022)

Despicable Me 4 (£8,856,183, #1, 2024)

What an incredible result for ‘Longlegs’. My cinema is still really busy for it with each show almost selling out! It’s also SO SO good. More of a psychological thriller (think along the lines of ‘Se7en’, ‘The Silence of the Lambs’, ‘Prisoners’, ‘Zodiac’ etc.. than it is an outright horror, but still incredibly eerie and unsettling.

 

Intrigued to see it’s hold.

19th July 2024 - 21st July 2024

 

1. (01) Despicable Me 4 - £4,925,774 (-45%) Weeks: 2 (£17,438,373)

2. (NE) Twisters - £4,149,210 Weeks: 1 (£4,149,210)

3. (02) Inside Out 2 - £1,547,818 (-3%) Weeks: 6 (£47,239,957)

4. (03) Longlegs - £1,309,011 (-5%) Weeks; 2 (£3,957,946)

5. (05) A Quiet Place: Day One - £447,907 (-46%) Weeks: 4 (£9,019,396)

6. (04) Fly Me To The Moon - £191,737 (-78%) Weeks: 2 (£1,418,539)

7. (NE) Bad Newz - £165,464 Weeks: 1 (£165,464)

8. (NE) Blur: To The End - £147,981 Weeks: 1 (£147,981)

9. (07) Bad Boys: Ride Or Die - £140,811 (-31%) Weeks: 7 (£11,830,375)

10. (NE) Present Laughter: NT Live 2019 (Re-Release) - £108,736 Weeks: 1 (£586,742)

 

 

Falling out:

Indian 2 (1 week)

The Bikeriders (4 weeks)

MaXXXine (2 weeks)

In A Violent Nature (1 week)

 

 

This weekend last year was Barbenheimer weekend and, of course, this weekend cannot compare to that (total box office is down 64% compared to that) but there's still some huge success stories to talk about. For a 2nd weekend, the winner is 'Despicable Me 4' which is down 44% but very strong midweek showings see's it up to £17,438,373 which is enough for it already to be in the top 5 films of the year. After 2 weekends, it's only £1 million behind 2022's 'Minions: The Rise Of Gru' so another ending total of over £40 million is looking very likely.

 

Opening strongly at #2, 'Twisters' ran DM4 close and ends up with £4,149,210 (around £1 million of previews), the 3rd best opening of this summer. It's a pretty solid result but nothing compared to the huge $80 million opening in America where it has completely blew past expectations. It's another hit for Glen Powell which further boosts his chance of being the next A-lister after his supporting role in 'Top Gun: Maverick' and lead-role in sleeper hit 'Anyone But You'. The film also stars Daisy Edgar-Jones and Anthony Ramos, who starred in last summer's action flick 'Transformers: Rise Of The Beasts' (£2,973,478 OW). This is, of course, the sequel to legendary Amblin-produced disaster film 'Twisters' that ended up with ~£15 million in 1996. If this continues to perform, it will probably aim to reach around the same place. The most interesting part of this film for me is the choice of director. Lee Isaac Chung takes the reins for this one, He is best knows for his 2020 film 'Minari' that had huge awards success in 2020. That was such a small, character-based film that it feels wild for him to follow it up with this.

 

Our final new entries this week come in the form of familiar favourites: an Indian release and an event-cinema release. 'Bad Newz' (£165,464, #7) has been described as a 'spiritual sequel' to 2019's 'Good Newwz' and is a comedy 'inspired by true events' about twins that were born to two different fathers. While 'Blur: To The End' is a music documentary about the Britpop legends and follows they're reunion to record #1 album 'The Ballad of Darren' and prepare for their first ever Wembley shows. An opening weekend of '£147,981' puts it behind the opening of 'Ghost: Rite Here Rite Now' (£282,961) from last month. We also see a re-entry for 'Present Laughter: NT Live 2019' that made £108,735 over the weekend and £586,742 when you include showings from weekdays. This adds to it's gross of £1.3 million from 2019.

 

Staying in the top 3 for a 6th week, 'Inside Out 2' adds another £1,547,818 as it climbs into the top 60 films of all-time in the UK. If it can reach £52 million, it will then be in the top 50 and then we'll see if it can enter the Radio 1 Chart Show positions.

 

With the good debut for 'Twisters' and the continued success of the two animated films, it would be easy to overlook the insane second weekend hold for 'Longlegs' (-5%). Horror films are usually famed for their massive 2nd week drops so this result shows that the film has really struck a chord with audiences. I certainly didn't have it as being a film that managed to stay above £1 million for 2 weekends but here we are. It's just shy of £4 million after two weeks of play. It is now only 'A Quiet Place' Day One' that has grossed more when it comes to horror this year. It's looking likely that 'Longlegs' is going to have some long legs at the box office. B-)

 

Speaking of 'A Quiet Place: Day One', that holds at #5 as it passes £9 million. I think the £11.8 million for 'A Quiet Place: Part II' is looking just out of reach but it will be close. As I predicted, thanks to those excessive previews, 'Fly Me To The Moon' has a disaster of a 2nd weekend, dropping 78% (58% without previews). The final holdover is 'Bad Boys: Ride Or Die' that has a solid 31% drop as it continues to try and reach the £12.2 million benchmark for this summer that 'The Fall Guy' and 'IF' have both fallen at.

 

There are a further 2 new entries in the #11-15 section, 'Thelma' (#12) & 'Crossing' (#13). We also saw the 30th anniversary re-release of 'Forrest Gump' land at #14.

 

Next week sees the openings of ‘Deadpool & Wolverine', ‘I Saw The TV Glow’, 'Level Cross', ‘About Dry Grasses', and ‘The Echo'. We also get a re-release of 'Chariots Of Fire'. Can any of them top the charts?

What an excellent hold for Longlegs!! I’m really excited to watch it again as I have heard from more than one person that it is even better on a rewatch!

26th July 2024 - 28th July 2024

 

1. (NE) Deadpool & Wolverine - £17,276,622 Weeks: 1 (£17,276,622)

2. (01) Despicable Me 4 - £3,115,176 (-37%) Weeks: 3 (£25,310,646)

3. (02) Twisters - £1,497,514 (-64%) Weeks: 2 (£7,944,987)

4. (03) Inside Out 2 - £1,123,884 (-28%) Weeks: 7 (£50,117,467)

5. (04) Longlegs - £724,321 (-45%) Weeks; 3 (£5,689,629)

6. (05) A Quiet Place: Day One - £168,232 (-63%) Weeks: 5 (£9,511,529)

7. (NE) Raayan - £149,512 Weeks: 1 (£149,512)

8. (07) Bad Newz - £59,607 (-64%) Weeks: 2 (£307,838)

9. (NE) I Saw The TV Glow - £59,149 Weeks: 1 (£59,149)

10. (06) Fly Me To The Moon - £41,402 (-78%) Weeks: 3 (£1,610,897)

 

 

Falling out:

Blue: To The End (1 week)

Bad Boys: Ride Or Die (7 weeks)

Present Laughter: NT Live 2019 (1 week)

 

 

The summer renaissance continues with 'Deadpool & Wolverine' smashing all records as it lands an easy #1 debut. With £17,276,622, it has easily passed 'Inside Out 2' (£11,321,387) to debut with the biggest opening weekend of the year. In fact, it would still be the opening weekend, even if we took away the money made from the Thursday opening, it would still have made enough to have the biggest opening (£12.6 million). It's actually the biggest opening since 'Barbie' opened with £18,509,236 a year ago last week. It's also the best ever opening for a film rated 15 or 18. The previous record was held by the original 'Deadpool' back in 2016 (£13,729,803). This is the 7th biggest opening for the MCU, just behind 'Black Panther' (£17,700,000, 2018) and the best result since 'Doctor Strange In The Multiverse Of Madness' (£19,765,718, 2022). The original 'Deadpool' finished with £38.1 million with 'Deadpool 2' made £32.8 million. Disney will definitely be looking for this one to pass the £40 million barrier but catching 'Inside Out 2' and it's £50 million+ gross would be very difficult. The best result for a film with Wolverine is 'X-Men: Days Of Future Past' (£27.2 million, 2016) so this will definitely end up as a record for Hugh Jackman's Logan.

 

There are two further new titled in the top 10. The highest of which being Indian release 'Raayan' (£149,512, #7). It's a revenge-thriller written and starring Dhanush who (to quote Wikipedia) plays "a fast-food hotel owner in North Chennai, who hunts down the gangs who had ruined his family earlier). The final new entry is 'I Saw The TV Glow' (£59,149, #9). Directed by Jane Schoenbrun and starring Justice Smith & Brigette Lundy-Paine, it's a buzzy horror/drama (that is part of the A24 umbrella in the US) about two high school students who are obsessed with a TV show from their youth. It's a trans allegory and it randomly sees Limp Bizkit's Fred Durst in a supporting role.

 

'Despicable Me 4' may have been knocked off top spot, but it continues to hold well (-37%) and has climbed into the top 3 highest grossers of the year so far. It has now passed the lifetime gross of the original 'Despicable Me' (£20.2 million) and, while it's still slightly off the pace of the other 2 films, it is starting to narrow the gap as it looks to reach the £47.9 million total of 'Despicable Me 3'.

 

'Twisters' is off 64% on week 2, although this is reduced to 52% when you take out previews. Seeming as the film lost a lot of it's screens (especially those premium screens that can really boost the grosses) to 'Deadpool & Wolverine', I think this is a solid hold. It's now in the top 20 YTD and with a quiet release schedule next week, looks to have the chance to continue to hold well from here. It will soon overtake 'Where The Crawdads Sing' (£8.4 million) to be the biggest release for Daisy Edgar-Jones, although Glen Powell's will probably never be able to top his biggest hit 'Top Gun: Maverick' £83.6 million. 'Anyone But You' (£11.7 million) is a much more apt target.

 

'Inside Out 2' has an excellent 7th week above £1 million with the best hold of any film in the top 10 (-28%). It's now entered the top 50 films of all-time in the UK and is only about £3.5 million away from knocking 'Frozen II' out of the top 5 animated films of all-time.

 

'Longlegs' drops 45% in it's third week which is still a very solid hold for a horror release. With £5,689,629, it has now overtaken last year's 'Ferrari' (£4.2 million) to be distributor Black Bear's biggest hit. The other horror-holder is one place below, 'A Quiet Place: Day One' at #6. It's starting to drop heavily now (-63%) so will likely fall a tad short of the first two films.

 

After a nice run of all 10 films passing £100k, the big hitters have stole enough screens that means that we have 3 films in the top 10 with sub-£100k grosses. As well as the aforementioned 'I Saw The TV Glow', we have the 2nd week of 'Bad Newz' that drops 64%. Not awful compared with what we see for most Indian releases. 'Fly Me To The Moon' continues to crash as it drops another 78%, the exact same drop as it had last week as it sneaks a 3rd (and final) week in the top 10 by less than £500.

 

Despite some low grossers, cumulatively, this is the best weekend at the UK box office since last August. Although it is still 22% off this weekend last year.

 

There is one further new entry in the #11-15 section, 'About Dry Grasses' (#13).

 

Next week sees the openings of ‘Harold And The Purple Crayon', 'BLACKPINK World Tour: Born Pink: In Cinemas', Didi’, 'Kensuke's Kingdom' and ‘A Story Of Bones'. We also get re-releases of 'Spider-Man', 'The Neverending Story' and 'My Neighbour Totoro'. Can any of them top the charts?

 

X-Men Openings:

 

X-Men (£4,749,241, #1, 2000)

X-Men 2 (£7,037,861, #1, 2003)

X-Men: The Last Stand (£7,091,820, #1, 2006)

X-Men Origins: Wolverine (£6,658,979, #1, 2009)

X-Men: First Class (£5,438,386, #1, 2011)

The Wolverine (£4,694,092, #1, 2013)

X-Men: Days Of Future Past (£9,144,971, #1, 2014)

Deadpool (£13,729,803, #1, 2016)

X-Men: Apocalypse (£7,354,293, #1, 2016)

Logan (£9,443,363, #1, 2017)

Deadpool 2 (£12,974,669, #1, 2018)

X-Men: Dark Phoenix (£3,771,153, #2, 2019)

The New Mutants (£686,407 #2, 2020)

Deadpool & Wolverine (£17,276,621, #1, 2024)

2nd August 2024 - 4th August 2024

 

1. (01) Deadpool & Wolverine - £8,021,085 (-53%) Weeks: 2 (£33,433,823)

2. (02) Despicable Me 4 - £2,561,637 (-18%) Weeks: 4 (£30,845,825)

3. (03) Twisters - £1,184,698 (-21%) Weeks: 3 (£10,197,163)

4. (04) Inside Out 2 - £939,144 (-17%) Weeks: 8 (£52,218,943)

5. (NE) Harold And The Purple Crayon - £641,549 Weeks: 1 (£641,549)

6. (05) Longlegs - £570,544 (-21%) Weeks; 4 (£6,825,292)

7. (RE) Spider-Man (2024 Re-Release) - £253,261 Weeks: 1 (£29,231,767)

8. (06) A Quiet Place: Day One - £101,336 (-41%) Weeks: 6 (£9,750,388)

9. (NE) BLACKPINK World Tour: Born Pink In Cinemas - £93,518 Weeks: 1 (£181,096)

10. (RE) My Neighbour Totoro - £69,996 Weeks: 1 (£69,996)

 

 

Falling out:

Rayaan (1 week)

Bad Newz (2 weeks)

I Saw The TV Glow (1 week)

Fly Me To The Moon (3 weeks)

 

 

There's little change at the top as 'Deadpool & Wolverine' easily claws it's way to a 2nd week at #1 with another £8 million added to it's total (53% drop or 37% minus previews). For context, the opening weekends of 'Inside Out 2', 'Dune: Part Two' and 'Despicable Me 4' and this have had higher grosses than D&W has put up this weekend. At 33,433,823, it's already done enough to overtake 'Despicable Me 4' for bronze in the YTD charts and is only behind the other two aforementioned films. This is enough for it to have already passed the lifetime gross of 'Deadpool 2' (£32.8 million) and I wouldn't be surprised to be talking about it passing the original 'Deadpool' (£38.1 million) in next week's commentary. Impressively, the film is tracking ahead of 'Marvel's Avengers Assemble' which had £29.9 million after two weekends.

 

There's two new entries and two big re-entries in the top 10 this week. The highest of which is 'Harold And The Purple Crayon' at #5. Opening with £641,549 (£438,558 without previews), it would have missed out on the top 5 if the previews weren't included. Based on a children's book that is apparently wildly famous in America but not so well known over here, the film stars Zachary Levi who seems to be playing a similar role to the man-child superhero he did in last year's flop 'Shazam! Fury Of The Gods'. The film revolves about a boy from a book whose drawings come to life. And one day, he draws himself and enters the real world.

 

The other new entry in the top 10 is 'BLACKPINK World Tour: Born Pink In Cinemas' (#9). As you might have guessed, this is one that I went to see over the weekend and contributed to it's debut. The film made £93,518 over the weekend but actually opened for one day on Wednesday and has made £181,096 in total. Combined, this would have been enough for it to open one place higher at #8.

 

Sony are re-releasing one Spider-Man film each weekend starting with the 2002 original. That does well enough £253,261 to open at #7. We also got a nice updated total of £29,231,767 for the film. The other new entry is 'My Neighbour Totoro' at #10. Last year, 'The Boy And The Heron' broke records for Studio Ghibli so this feels like a great time to get some of their older classics big on the big screens for new fans to see.

 

Kids continue to save the 2024 box-office with 'Despicable Me 4' (-18%) and 'Inside Out 2' (-17%) both having great holds as they remain steady at #2 and #4. 'Inside Out 2' does drop under £1 million for the first time but is still ticking along nicely as it sets pretty as 2024's biggest hit. 'Despicable Me 4' passes £30 million and proves that Minion-fever is far from being cured yet.

 

'Twisters' also holds well at #3 with a 21% drop. This is enough for the film to pass the £10 million barrier becoming the 16th 2024 release to manage this.

 

The final 2 films in the top 10 is the horror section: 'Longlegs' continues to be a massive hit with another small drop (-21%) and 'A Quiet Place: Part Two' bags another week in the top 10 as it chases the £10 million milestone.

 

There is two further new entries in the #11-15 section, 'Daaru Na Peenda Hove' (#11) and 'Kensuke’s Kingdom' (#13).

 

Next week sees the openings of ‘Borderlands', 'Trap', 'It Ends With Us’, 'Caligula: The Ultimate Cut', 'Bluey At The Cinema: Family Trip Collection', 'Babes', 'Radical' and ‘Gracie and Pedro: Pets to the Rescue'. We also get a re-release of 'Spider-Man 2'. Can any of them top the charts?

Ryan Reynolds and Blake Lively have the opportunity to be #1 & #2 at the box office next weekend! That's going to be quite an interesting stat!

 

'It Ends With Us' is doing BIG things on pre-sales at my cinema, so far! I think it's going to be pretty big!

^ A £4.5m opening for "It Ends With Us", knocking Deadpool off #1! :o I did not expect anywhere near that, that's huge for a romance drama?! Honestly I thought it would just perform similarly to Blake Lively's "The Age of Adaline" from quite a few years ago, which opened with less than £1m. :lol:

£4.5m is INSANE!!! The power of TikTok virality!

 

When I saw the pre-sales for my cinema, I expected it to be big but in a "overperforms with a £2m opening" kinda big... did NOT expect the level of numbers it has done!

 

Blake having the number 1 AND number 2 movie in the UK (and world??) :cheeseblock: I imagine that's also an impressive feat that the two leads of the #1 & #2 movies are actually married/spouses!

9th August 2024 - 11th August 2024

 

1. (NE) It Ends With Us - £4,516,760 Weeks: 1 (£4,516,760)

2. (01) Deadpool & Wolverine - £4,083,378 (-49%) Weeks: 3 (£42,986,728)

3. (02) Despicable Me 4 - £1,528,941 (-40%) Weeks: 5 (£35,552,993)

4. (NE) Trap - £1,141,334 Weeks: 1 (£1,141,334)

5. (NE) Borderlands - £843,159 Weeks: 1 (£843,159)

6. (03) Twisters - £619,801 (-48%) Weeks: 4 (£12,000,070)

7. (04) Inside Out 2 - £618,055 (-35%) Weeks: 9 (£54,130,718)

8. (05) Harold And The Purple Crayon - £215,080 (-66%) Weeks: 2 (£1,485,934)

9. (06) Longlegs - £212,841 (-63%) Weeks; 5 (£7,550,951)

10. (RE) Spider-Man 2 (2024 Re-Release) - £208,243 Weeks: 1 (£26,799,567)

 

 

Falling out:

Spider-Man (2024 Re-Release) (1 week)

A Quiet Place: Day One (6 weeks)

BLACKPINK World Tour: Born Pink In Cinemas (1 week)

My Neighbour Totoro (2024 Re-Release) (3 weeks)

 

 

As has already been discussed above, 'It Ends With Us' is this week's #1 after a strong overperformance against expectations. Opening with an incredibly healthy £4,516,760, this would be a brilliant result for a big blockbuster this summer, never mind for a romantic-drama. In fact, this is the best result for any release in the genre since 'Fifty Shades Freed' opened to £6,132,414 in 2018. Just like the 'Fifty Shades' franchise, 'It Ends With Us' has been adapted from a best-selling novel, Colleen Hoover's 2016 book of the same name that found popularity on TikTok in 2021. Comparisons with the other big adapted romantic dramas of recent times are very strong as it's a step above 'The Fault In Our Stars' (£3,434,334, #1, 2014), 'Little Women' (£3,578,877, #3, 2019), 'Me Before You' (£1,790,657, #3, 2016) and 'A Star Is Born' (£4,100,196, #3, 2018). To put how good this opening is in perspective, this is the 7th biggest opening weekend of the year, above hits such as 'Migration', 'Back To Black' and 'Kingdom Of The Planet Of The Apes'. Directed by Justin Baldoni, he also stars himself alongside Brandon Sklenar and Blake Lively. As already mentioned, Lively does play a small role in this week's #2 film 'Deadpool & Wolverine', but she takes the star role here and (if you discount D&W), this is easily the best debut of her career. Her only other #1 film and previous highest opener was 'Green Lantern' (£2,472,969) back in 2010. The film where she famously met her now husband, Ryan Reynolds. More on him later.

 

With the success of 'It Ends With Us', it would be easy to overlook another successful new entry. In a world where IP and sequels dominate, M Night Shyamalan has been one one of the last champions of original thrillers with memorable ideas and a rare example of a director who can sell a film on name alone. Love him or hate him, he's only had one film that didn't make a healthy profit and he makes no exception with his latest, 'Trap' that debuts at #4 with £1,141,334. In fact, this is up on his previous two releases and is his biggest opening since 'Glass' opened to £3,423,380 in 2019. The king of the killer concept, he provides us with a doozy here. A Dad (Josh Hartnett) takes his daughter to a concert however, it's been organised by the police to catch a serial killer. The twist, said Dad is the killer and he needs to find a way out without letting his daughter know. The singer at the concert is actually portrayed by M Night's own daughter, Saleka who impressively wrote and performed all of the songs specifically for the movie with themes relating to the story.

 

However, the third and final new entry this week is one of the biggest flops of the year. Opening at #5 with less than £1 million (£843,159), 'Borderlands' makes a mockery of it's $120 million budget. Directed by famed horror-director Eli Roth, this is an adaptation of the successful video-game franchise of the same name that began in 2009. Originally filmed in 2021, this has had long delays and had extensive reshoots in 2023 directed by Tim Miller after Roth had other commitments. The film has a stacked cast including Cate Blanchett, Kevin Hart, Jamie Lee Curtis, Ariana Greenblatt and Jack Black in a voice role but has received savage reviews and has not continued the trend of successful video game adaptations we've seen of recent years with Sonic, Mario and Pokémon alongside 'The Last Of Us' on TV.

 

Surprisingly, 'Deadpool & Wolverine' only managed two weeks at #1 as it drops down a place this week. Dropping 49%, the film still brought it another £4 million for Disney as it pushes past the £40 million barrier and replaces 'Dune: Part Two' as the 2nd biggest release of the year so far. It's also now comfortably passed 2016's 'Deadpool' to be the biggest X-Men related release in the UK. 'Despicable Me 4' holds in the top 3 for a 5th week with a 40% drop. It's now tracking above what 'Despicable Me 2' and 'Minions: Rise Of Gru' were at the same stage of release and only a tad behind 'Despicable Me 3' which means that it's going to be another similar sized hit for Illumination who will be over the moon after it had a comparatively slower start. The Minions are just too consistent.

 

'Twisters' is starting to lose a bit of it's audience now with a 48% drop taking it lower than £1 million for the weekend. However it has reached £12 million in total and still has some left in the bank to climb a little higher. It's largely been a flop outside of the US but we have been another saving grace for it. 'Inside Out 2' remarkably has the best hold of any film in the top 10 (-35%) as it continues strong on week 9. 'Longlegs' is on it's last legs in the top 10 as it drops to #9 with a 63% loss in business.

 

Last week's biggest release 'Harold And The Purple Crayon' actually holds better than I was expecting (-66% or -51% without previews) as it claws it's way towards £1.5 million. It's still quite a steep drop through so don't expect to see it stick around for too much longer.

 

The re-release of 'Spider-Man 2' is not quite as popular as 'Spider-Man' last week (£208,243 compared to £253,261) but it's still enough for it to reach the top 10 and provide us with an updated total of £26,799,567.

 

There are three further new entries in the #11-15 section, 'Bluey At The Cinema: Family Trip Collection' (#11), ''Babes' (#13) and 'Radical' (#15).

 

Next week sees the openings of ‘Alien: Romulus', 'Ozi: Voice Of The Forest', 'Hollywoodgate' 'Khel Khel Mein', 'Stree 2' and ‘Only The River Flows'. We also get re-releases of 'Spider-Man 3', 'Coraline' and 'Lone Star'. Can any of them top the charts?

 

Blake Lively Openings:

 

Sisterhood Of The Travelling Pants (£110,557, #13, 2005)

Accepted (£349,897, #8. 2006)

Sisterhood Of The Travelling Pants 2 (£41,305, #17, 2009)

The Private Lies Of Pippa Lee (£44,511, #12, 2009)

The Town (£1,005,039, #3, 2010)

Green Lantern (£2,472,969, #1, 2010)

Savages (£379,898, #10, 2010)

The Age Of Adaline (£570,386, #5, 2015)

The Shallows (£800,963, #8, 2016)

Café Society (£494,457, #9, 2016)

A Simple Favour (£1,621,900, #2, 2018)

The Rhythm Section (£171,837, #18, 2020)

It Ends With Us (£4,516,760, #1, 2024)

 

M. Night Shyamalan Openings:

 

The Sixth Sense (£4,792,296, #1, 1999)

Unbreakable (£2,002,862, #1, 2000)

Signs (£3,767,713, #1, 2002)

The Village (£2,945,763, #2, 2004)

Lady In The Wate (£452,744, #9, 2006)

The Happening (£1,632,055, #4, 2008)

The Last Airbender (£1,653,776, #3, 2010)

After Earth (£2,249,532, #1, 2013)

The Visit (£1,031,292, #3, 2015)

Split (£2,548,516, #2, 2017)

Glass (£3,423,380, #1, 2019)

Old (£866,860, #4, 2021)

Knock At The Cabin (£985,027, #3, 2023)

Trap (£1,141,334, #4, 2024)

16th August 2024 - 18th August 2024

 

1. (NE) Alien: Romulus - £3,741,288 Weeks: 1 (£3,741,288)

2. (01) It Ends With Us - £2,834,202 (-37%) Weeks: 2 (£11,384,454)

3. (02) Deadpool & Wolverine - £2,393,214 (-41%) Weeks: 4 (£48,418,796)

4. (RE) Coraline (15th Anniversary) - £1,260,124 Weeks: 1 (£1,260,124)

5. (03) Despicable Me 4 - £1,195,158 (-22%) Weeks: 6 (£38,786,080)

6. (04) Trap - £558,233 (-51%) Weeks: 2 (£2,504,127)

7. (07) Inside Out 2 - £506,524 (-18%) Weeks: 10 (£55,537,751)

8. (06) Twisters - £315,163 (-49%) Weeks: 5 (£12,918,441)

9. (NE) Stree 2 - £291,805 Weeks: 1 (£291,805)

10. (05) Borderlands - £181,066 (-79%) Weeks: 2 (£1,496,653)

 

 

Falling out:

Harold And The Purple Crayon (2 weeks)

Longlegs (5 weeks)

Spider-Man 2 (2024 Re-Release) (1 week)

 

 

Summer 2024 is coming to a close but we do get another #1 debut with ‘Alien: Romulus’ topping the chart with an opening of £3,741,288. Ever since the iconic duo of Ridley Scott’s 1979 ‘Alien’ and James Cameron’s 1986 sequel ‘Aliens’, the horror franchise has been a big deal in the UK, despite increasingly disastrous reviews. Director Fede Álvarez had promised to bring the franchise back to its roots with this homage-filled prequel that is set chronologically between the first two films. And while the review suggest a return to form (81% on Rotten Tomatoes), the opening is off on the two most recent entries: 2017’s ‘Alien: Covenent’ opened to £5,178,531 thanks to some Jubilee-shenanigans while Ridley Scott’s return to the franchise he helped shape ‘Prometheus’ was a monster hit in 2012 (£6,236,580 opening on it’s way to a £25 million+ total). However, despite the decent opening ‘Covenant’ showed no legs at all and closed at around £12 million, a total that Disney will definitely be expecting ‘Romulus’ to beat. With a ~$40 million opening in America shockingly good $20 million+ opening in China (the 2nd biggest for a non-Chinese film this year), this is still a very good result for the film and bodes well for more films to be greenlit. Especially with that very reasonable budget for a big tentpole blockbuster ($80 million).

 

The only other new entry is the latest Indian release, ‘Stree 2’ (£291,805, #9). This is a horror-comedy from director Amar Kaushik (Bala) and acts as the 5th film in the Maddock Supernatural Universe. 2018’s original ‘Spree’ grossed £58,697 in total so this sequel is already a massive improvement.

 

But, continuing the scary trend, we get another re-release doing well in 2024 with the 15th anniversary of ‘Coraline’ opening at #4 with £1,260,124 (dropping to £744,365 when Thursday previews are removed). Added to the £8.7 million it originally made in 2009, the film has almost passed the £10 million mark in total. This was the first release from stop-motion experts, Laika Studios, who have since achieved further success and acclaim with films such as ‘Paranorman’ and ‘Kubo and the Two Strings’.

 

Last week's #1, 'It Ends With Us' continues to do brilliantly well, despite the current Blake Lively backlash that's trending online, only dropping 37% in it's 2nd weekend. Paired with some strong weekday showings, it's already blasted to a £11 million+ total. At the start of the year, 'Anyone But You' had some ridiculous holds as it became a massive word-of-mouth hit. 'It Ends With Us' has already passed the FINAL TOTAL for Syndney Sweeney and Glen Powell's rom-com after 2 weekends. It already passed 'Alien' in the dailies yesterday so who knows just how big this will end up being.

 

The year's top 2 films of the year are also still doing well and just increasing their gap ahead of the rest of the pack. 'Deadpool & Wolverine' does drop 41% on it's 4th week as it drops to #3, but is getting close to £50 mill as it becomes the 6th biggest MCU release, passing 'Avengers: Age Of Ultron'. 'Inside Out 2' has the best hold in the top 10 again (-18%) on it's 10th week as it enters the top 40 films of all-time.

 

'Despicable Me 4' has another small drop too (-22%). It needs another £8 million to match the other previous entries. 'Trap' drops out of the top 5 but is up to £2.5 million and 'Twisters' starts to show some fatigue dropping to #8.

 

If anyone was hoping for 'Borderlands' to pick up some steam after a poor opening weekend, then you're not in luck as it drops an abysmal 79% (63% without previews) as it almost drops straight out of the top 10. Don't be expecting a 3rd week. Including the re-releases for 'The Phantom Menace' and 'Coraline', it is the 61st release to pass £1 million in 2024.

 

There is one further new entry in the #11-15 section, 'Ozi: Voice Of The Forestl' (#14). The re-release of 'Spider-Man 3' also sees it re-enter at #11.

 

Next week sees the openings of ‘The Crow', ‘Blink Twice', 'Kneecap’, 'Seventeen Tour FOLLOW Again To Cinemas', ‘Cuckoo’, 'Close To You', ‘Between The Temples’, ‘The Forge’ and ‘Widow Clicquot'. We also get re-releases of 'The Amazing Spider-Man' and ‘Pulp Fiction’. Can any of them top the charts?

 

Alien Openings

 

Alien 3 (£2,683,497, #1, 1993)

Alien: Resurrection (£2,672,657, #1, 1997)

Alien vs. Predator (£2,003,663, #2, 2004)

Alien vs. Predator: Requiem (£1,970,363, #1, 2008)

Prometheus (£6,236,580, #1, 2012)

Alien: Covenant (£5,178,531, #1, 2017)

Alien: Romulus (£3,741,288, #1, 2024)