39 minutes ago, Brett-Butler said:

Did “The Fountain” not get a UK cinema release?

I think it did on 26 January 2007 but the BFI reports for 2007 only quote the top 15 which it looks like it missed.

Box Office Mojo quotes it as opening at #21 with $106,872 but I don't know how accurate that is because I can't find any info about it on the sources I usually use.

How did K Pop Demon Hunters do?

14 hours ago, Big Fat Sue said:

How did K Pop Demon Hunters do?

Uk numbers wasn't released sadly 😢 but going by how it performed in America id bet my house it was top 10 easy probably top 5 maybe even top 3

5th September 2025 - 7th September 2025

 

1. (NE) The Conjuring: Last Rites - £6,777,552 Weeks: 1 (£6,777,552)

2. (02) The Roses - £1,517,314 (-31%) Weeks: 2 (£5,356,922)

3. (03) Weapons - £374,789 (-55%) Weeks: 5 (£11,231,965)

4. (05) Freakier Friday - £355,943 (-52%) Weeks: 5 (£8,192,283)

5. (04) The Bad Guys 2 - £331,218 (-59%) Weeks: 7 (£12,699,837)

6. (06) Caught Stealing - £305,030 (-47%) Weeks: 2 (£1,249,148)

7. (10) Lokah Chapter One: Chandra - £223,155 (-33%) Weeks: 2 (£822,730)

8. (09) The Fantastic Four: First Steps - £214,276 (-58%) Weeks: 7 (£???????)

9. (NE) Inter Alia: NT Live 2025 - £188,706 Weeks: 1 (£959,336)

10. (NE) Honey Don't - £168,963 Weeks: 1 (£168,963)

 

 

Falling out:

Jaws: 50th Anniversary (1 week)

André Rieu’s 2025 Maastricht Concert: Waltz the Night Away (1 week)

Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire (20th Anniversary)

After a slow end to the Summer that saw the YTD box office drop from 18% above 2024 levels in July to just 8% at the end of August, there were worries that we were set for a poor September that wouldn’t be able to live up to the shock success of ‘Bettlejuice Beetlejuice’ last year and we’d end the month level with last year. However, the #1 debut of ‘The Conjuring: Last Rites’ has put those worries to bed. The reported ‘final’ ‘Conjuring’ movie has smashed all expectations, with a debut of £6,777,552 becoming a franchise best and the YTD 10^th best opening of 2025 (above ‘Captain America: Brave New World’ and ‘Thunderbolts*’). It is slightly under last year’s aforementioned ‘Beetlejuice Beetlejuice’ (£7,352,761, #1) but still brilliant for a straight horror. In fact, it’s the biggest horror opening of the year in what has been a banner year for the genre and is certain to become the 6^th horror hit to pass £10 million this year. It will need to hit £16.2 million if it wants to overtake ‘Sinners’ for the overall crown. ‘The Conjuring’ has always been a consistently successful franchise (see below for the opening weekends) but this opening has been something else. It’s been just as successful worldwide too where it has (unbelievably) somehow opened to $194 million, beating ‘It’ to have the biggest ever worldwide weekend for a horror film. Something tells me that this might not be the last time we see the Warrens.

 

There are two more new entries to discuss closing out the chart at #9 and #10. The NT Live theatre releases are always successful and ‘Inter Alia: NT Live 2025’ is no exception. Officially opening with £188,706, this is boosted to £959,336 when it’s Thursday gross is included which would have seen it open at #3 had this counted. Starring Rosamund Pike, this play is from the same creative team that created ‘Prima Facie’ which became on of the biggest event-cinema releases of all-time with Jodie Comer leading, including £5.5 million on original release in 2022 and an extra £3.1 million on re-release this time last year. With further encores inevitable, this will comfortably be another theatre release to make £1 million+.

 

Opening at #10 is ‘Honey Don’t’ (£168,963). This is the latest effort from Ethan Coen after his split from his brother after ‘Drive-Away Dolls’ underperformed last year (£278,082, #6). Opening with lower again is not a great sign, especially when big names like Chris Evans, Charlie Day and Aubrey Plaza have been recruited to join the returning Margaret Qualley.

 

‘The Roses’ drops from the top spot after one week, but a 31% drop with another £1.5 million added to the bank is a promising sign. At £5.4 million, it’s comfortably pacing above where ‘The Naked Gun’ and ‘Freakier Friday’ were at the same stage and it will be targeting the £10 million figure. ‘Weapons’ is starting to lose a bit of steam. It remains in the top 3 for a fifth week but drops 55% as horror-fan flock to see the ‘Last Rites’.

 

Not having the Cineworld promotion this weekend sees big drops for the other holders, ‘Freakier Friday’ (-52%), ‘The Bad Guys 2’ (-59%) and ‘The Fantastic Four: First Steps’ (-58%) all drop more than 50%. Despite this, ‘The Bad Guys 2’ increases it’s lead against where the original was at the same stage and is looking increasingly likely to end up being a bigger hit.

 

In what feels like a rare occurrence, the best holds in the top 10 all come from films that debuted last week. ‘The Roses’ had the best but Indian hit ‘Lokah Chapter One: Chandra’ runs it close (-33%) as it climbs from #10-#7. It’s reached £800k and looks set to become the 4^th £1 million Indian grosser of the year. ‘Caught Stealing’ has a slightly bigger drop (-47%) but it’s still better than what I was expecting. It holds at #6 and has reached £1.25 million.

 

There is one further new entry in the #11-15 section: ‘Madharaasi’ (#15). ‘Jaws’ dropped to #11 if you’re interested.

 

Next week sees the openings of ‘Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale’, ‘Demon Slayer: Kimetsu No Yaiba Infinity Castle’, ‘The Long Walk’, ‘Spinal Tap II: The End Continues’, ‘Dogs At The Opera’, ‘Islands’, ‘Holding Liat’, ‘The Man In My Basement’, ‘My Bigfoot Life’ and ‘From Ground Zero: Stories From Gaza’ Can any of them top the charts?

 

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The Conjuring Universe openings:

 

The Conjuring (£2,156,124, #3, 2013)

Annabelle (£1,939,963, #3, 2014)

The Conjuring 2 (£4,637,862, #1, 2016)

Annabelle: Creation (£1,960,203, #2, 2017)

The Nun (£4,098,198, #1, 2018)

The Curse Of La Llarona (£609,745, #3, 2019)

Annabelle Comes Home (£2,223,482, #3, 2019)

The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It (£2,708,455, #1, 2021)

The Nun II (£1,743,903, #1, 2023)

The Conjuring: Last Rites (£6,777,552, #1, 2025)

Blimey Charley, that’s a packed list of big films opening this week, although I would stick a fiver on “Demon Slayer” being the surprise #1 next week.