- IF – £2,435,054 – NE
Took £642,727 (26.4%) previews (Sat/Sun)
Took £361k 14.83% Friday; £908k 37.29% Saturday; £523k 21.5% Sunday.
685th biggest opening between Saw V and Wish (close to G-Force, Free Guy, Coraline and Dark Shadows) and 1,100th biggest inflated opening between John Carter and Road to Perdition (close to Cool Runnings, The Golden Child, Peter Pan (2003) and Yogi Bear).
12th biggest 2024 opening between Back to Black and Madame Web (close to One Life, Mean Girls, Argylle and Civil War).
107th widest opening (649 screens) similar to Christopher Robin and Mean Girls (close to Sonic the Hedgehog 2, Black Adam, Spider-Man: Far From Home and Magic Mike’s Last Dance; 207th 600+ cinema opening since 2015’s Jurassic World.
The opening was 7.22% of the US opening (similar to The Rugrats Movie, John Wick: Chapter 4 and Solo: A Star Wars Story) with previews and 5.32% without (similar to Space Jam, Flubber, Captain Underpants and Guardians of the Galaxy).
Last weekend’s previews artificially inflated IF opening taking over a quarter of its BO from previews and there was a 42% drop Sat-Sun along with Garfield having previews over the weekend (taking £603k/£367k Saturday) shows IF is struggling to find its audience.
It wasn’t helped with Garfield having weekend previews and Paramount holding multi-media the same day as it was having paid previews across the UK and despite having paid previews embargo was in place until the middle of last week which felt like the studio didn’t have much faith in the film.
Public reactions have been far more positive than critics calling it a children’s The Sixth Sense and felt similar to many Pixar films including Toy Story (opened £3,387,160/£6,632,842 inflated), Inside Out (£7,376,513) and Monsters Inc. (£9,200,257/£17,092,319).
Being an original live-action family film makes it harder to compare with other family films as there have been very few that aren’t based on an existing property, need to look at films like 2003’s Elf (£4,538,440), 2001’s Cats and Dogs (£3,707,358), 2006’s Happy Feet (£3,689,166). While opening similar to Enchanted, G-Force, Lemony Snicket’s A Series of Unfortunate Events, Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters, Jumanji and The Hannah Montana Movie.
Surprisingly most films about imaginary friends aren’t children’s films as there are many horror movies like recent Imaginary, Donnie Darko, A Monster Calls (opened £1,920,744 taking £2,865,362) and Drop-Dead Fred (opened £236,902 taking £1,794,121). Directed by John Krasinski it’s a long way from the two A Quiet Place films and much more to the Some Good News web series he made in 2020 during COVID.
Ryan Reynolds’s first major cinema release since 2021’s Free Guy (opened £2,477,891 similar to IF) having starred in several Netflix films including Red Notice and The Adam Project and before voiced Detective Pikachu (opened £4,951,838 taking £13,842,524 in 2019’s Pokemon Detective Pikachu.
Despite the arrival of The Garfield Movie on Friday as next week is half-term IF should play well over the next 7 days helped also by cooler wetter weather.
- 2. Kingdom Of The Planet Of The Apes – £2,185,572 – £7,684,708
Took £607k 27.78% (-37.1% £965k) Friday; £1m 45.77% (-15.97% £1.19m) Saturday; £587k 26.45% (-42.14% £999k) Sunday.
Dropped 42.52% in the second weekend.
411th biggest second weekend between Mrs Brown’s Boys d’Movie and Chicken Little (close to Snow White and the Huntsman, Kingsman: The Secret Service, Maleficent: Mistress Of Evil and The Meg) and 696th biggest inflated between Under Siege and The Wolverine (close to Arachnophobia, Small Soldiers, Prince of Persia and Gremlins 2: The New Batch)
5th biggest 2024 second weekend between Bob Marley: One Love and Ghostbusters: Frozen Planet (close to Kung Fu Panda 4, Migration, Godzilla X Kong: The New Empire and Back to Black)
The previous four Planet of the Apes films were released in mid-July/August so as with The Fall Guy last weekend’s dating had more to do with it as films play better at various times of the year and the last trilogy of films played better in a crowded marketplace.
Another issue with Kingdom has been an issue with many films planning franchises the ending is setting up the next instalment. Kingdom producers talked about having another five films as planned as a nine-part series. The 1968 original Planet of the Apes had four sequels with the last 1973’s Battle for the Planet of the Apes.
20th Century Fox originally rebooted the classic 60’s sci-fi series in 2001 with Tim Burton directing starring Mark Wahlberg dropped 57% E2,364,945 #1 and £10,653,344 of £16,850,987 (£32,440,185 inflated). The studio had plans for a sequel, but Tim Burton said at the time, “I’d rather jump out a window.”
The studio decided to reboot it a second time in 2011 with Rise of the Planet of the Apes which took almost double BO of Planet of the Apes and received positive reviews, the two sequels Dawn and War were similarly as successful with the trilogy taking £75m+ in the UK (£90m inflated).
The fourth instalment in the second Planet of the Apes reboot franchise and sequel to 2017’s War for the Planet of the Apes.
2011’s Rise Of The Planet Of The Apes dropped 58% (49% without previews) £2,425,887 #2 and £11,659,517 of £20,768,895 (£27,143,506 inflated)
2014’s Dawn of the Planet of the Apes dropped 57% (47% without previews) £3,752,511 #1 and £16,969,650 of £32,873,910 (££38,744,251 inflated)
2017’s War For The Planet Of The Apes dropped 62% (48% without previews) £2,714,119 #3 and £12,667,484 of £20,758,444 (£21,950,184 inflated)
Wes Ball previously directed The Maze Runner film trilogy; 2014’s The Maze Runner took £8,685,511; The Maze Runner: Scorch Trials £8,669,049; 2018’s The Maze Runner: The Death Cure £6,667,941. They targeted tweens while Kingdom targeted 25+.
952nd biggest between The Italian Job and Bad Teacher (close to Wrath of the Titans, 300: Rise of An Empire, Licence to Kill and Exodus: Gods and Kings) and 1,492nd biggest inflated between Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa and Predators (close to The Godfather Part III, Green Lantern, Rocknrolla and The Fisher King).
- 3. The Fall Guy – £876,184 – £8,246,320
Took £245k 27.97% (-15.81% £291k Friday; £432k 49.32% (up 18.03% £366k Saturday; £199k 22.72% (-26.57% £291k) Sunday.
Down 7.6% in the third weekend; after heavily dropping two weeks ago was the second-best hold in the top 10 after La Chimera last weekend, some would say it was due to cooler temperatures but if that was the case IF would have opened far stronger.
720th biggest third weekend between Saw and Sweet Home Alabama (close to The Lego Ninjago Movie, The Specialist, Back to the Future Part II and Alita: Battle Angel) and 1,055th inflated between Southpaw and Blackkklansman (close to Father of the Bride 2, Dad’s Army, Bullet Train and The Green Hornet).
There are several comparable sets of films The Fall Guy could be compared to; first, the films based on US TV, The Fall Guy is less well-known internationally than Baywatch or The A-Team, it was first broadcast on ITV early Saturday evenings in the same slot as The A-Team.
Other films based on TV shows.
2012’s 21 Jump Street dropped 19% £962,537 #4 and £5,557,936 of £9,863,555 (£12,341,057 inflated)
2014’s 22 Jump Street dropped 32% £1,530,775 #2 and £12,744,566 of £18,322,998 (£21,594,962 inflated)
2004’s Starsky & Hutch dropped 36% £1,174,986 #5 and £10,147,838 of £12,284,956 (£21,669,677 inflated).
2017’s Baywatch dropped 55% £514,301 #4 and £8,073,582 of £9,511,833
2010’s The A-Team dropped 45% £762,570 #8 and £8,915,586 of £9,835,019 (13,173,967 inflated)
2015’s The Man From U.N.C.L.E. dropped 28% £658,399 #6 and £5,020,176 of £6,455,363 (£7,135,817 inflated)
1993’s The Fugitive dropped 15.4% £1,309,909 (£3,252,329 inflated) and £6,457,083 of £14,202,602 (£35,263,158 inflated)
2006’s Miami Vice dropped 49.1% £604,441 (£989,198 inflated) and £6,130,954 of £6,873,370 (£11,248,616 inflated)
2003’s S.W.A.T. dropped 57.9% £403,001 (£723,405 inflated) and £4,359,432 of £5,149,101 (£9,184,883 inflated)
2008’s Get Smart dropped 50.6% £350,456 (£537,141 inflated) and £4,356,991 of £4,621,510 (£7,083,353 inflated)
1996’s Mission Impossible dropped 47.5% £1,159,872 (£2,271,297 inflated) and £11,040,816 of £18,351,333 (£35,936,148 inflated)
2022’s The Lost City dropped 12% £1,204,261 #3 and £7,406,098 of £10,606,648.
Films about the cinema industry include.
1999’s Bowfinger took £3,520,163 (£6,622,254 inflated); 1992’s The Player £2,687,526 (£6,630,905 inflated); 1991’s The Hard Way took £988,326 (£2,583,347 inflated)
2008’s Tropic Thunder dropped 26.6% £987,191 #3 and £6,765,139 of £8,387,745 (£12,775,181 inflated)
There are also similarities to 1993’s Last Action Hero dropped 41.9% £298,505 (£741,148 inflated) and £2,727,708 of £3,580,336 (£8,889,495 inflated)
David Leitch previously directed.
2022’s Bullet Train dropped 8% £837,799 #2 and £6,876,142 of £10,766,199.
2017’s Atomic Blonde took £3,063,918 (two weeks in the top 15)
2018’s Deadpool 2 dropped 33% £2,530,069 #2 and £26,701,776 of £32,501,893
2019’s Hobbs & Shaw dropped 51% £1,435,377 #3 and £16,259,367 of £20,448,914
Despite the enormous success of Barbie Ryan Gosling struggles to open films on his own as seen with 2016’s The Nice Guys dropped 35% £414,147 #6 and £3,027,358 of £3,792,002 and 2004’s The Notebook dropped 57% £69,624 #12 and £1,020,906 of £1,109,047.
872nd biggest between Scream (1997) and The Rock (close to Waterworld, The Commitments, Kindergarten Cop and Inspector Gadget) and 1,420th biggest inflated between Death on the Nile and The Lovely Bones (close to Where The Crawdads Sing, Amelie, Sea of Love and Friends with Benefits).
- 4. The Strangers: Chapter 1 – £452,506 – NE
Took £190k 42.04% Friday; £165k 36.5% Saturday; £97k 21.46% Sunday.
31st biggest 2024 opening between Tarot and The Color Purple (close to The Zone of Interest, The First Omen, The Boys In The Boat and Drive Away Dolls).
Opened similar to Metro and Alpha Dog and close to Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang, Sleepwalkers, Unlawful Entry and Mighty Joe Young).
702nd widest opening (484 screens) similar to Sherlock Holmes, Godzilla, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri, A Good Day to Die Hard, The Incredible Hulk and Bombshell; 1,313th 400+ cinema opening since 1989’s Batman.
Took 3.83% of US opening similar to The Lost Boys, Don’t Breathe, Us, Happy Death Day, Zombieland and Stir of Echoes.
204th biggest horror opening between Sleepwalkers and The Fly (close to From Dusk Till Dawn, The Frighteners, Candyman (1993) and The Babadook) and 219th biggest inflated between Thanksgiving and The Babadook (close to Evil Dead II, The Exorcist III, Oculus and Stir of Echoes).
The first part of a horror trilogy all set for release this year The Strangers: Chapter 1, is a remake of 2008’s The Strangers directed by action director Renny Harlin (previously directed Die Hard 2, Cliffhanger, The Long Kiss Goodnight, and Deep Blue Sea. While he is best known for directing action films 1998’s A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master was his first US film (opened £504,930 on 270 screens (£1,716,329 inflated) taking £1,931,565 (£6,565,663 inflated).
The original film 2008’s The Strangers opened £1,250,624 (£1,904,797 inflated) taking £4,025,916 (£6,131,780 inflated).
2018’s The Strangers: Prey At Night opened £205,325 #7 299 screens taking £431,218
Horror films have opened disappointingly since October, but home invasion horrors have performed well including Scream, Saw, Don’t Breathe, It, The Invisible Man and The Purge.
All horrors opening since Five Nights At Freddy’s in October have underperformed (Abigail opened £596,590; The First Omen £521,572; Immaculate £522,583; Imaginary £652,808; Night Swim £590,691; Thanksgiving £486,197; the genre used to perform well, and success would breed success as they would attract similar demographics, that’s the reason why when one underperforms all that have followed do too.
Upcoming summer horrors should perform much stronger including M. Night Shyamalan’s The Watched, A Quiet Place: Day One, Trap, The Crow and They Listen.
Down 12.5% in its fourth weekend
Took £102k 35.05% (-17.74% £124k) Friday; £122k 41.92% (18.45% £103k Saturday; £67k 23.02% (-38.53% £106k) Sunday.
1,148th biggest fourth weekend between One Day and She’s The Man (close to Game Night, St. Trinian’s 2, Zathura and Dick Tracy) and 1,377th biggest inflated between The World’s End and Open Water (close to 28 Weeks Later, Team America: World Police, White Chicks and The Pacifier).
While Challengers is set around tennis it has more in common with films like Brokeback Mountain (£704,011 #4 dropped 34% and £6,111,233 of £9,469,032) and Don’t Worry Darling (£610,841 dropped 40% #5 and £9,353,046 of £9,995,806) about a love triangle.
Luca Guadagnino’s previous films also received positive reviews but struggled to find a wide audience; 2022’s Bones And All took £806,578; 2016’s A Bigger Splash £347,704; 2018’s Suspiria £351,171; 2017’s Call Me by Your Name £1.8m.
While tennis films have struggled to find an audience in cinemas.
2017’s Battle of the Sexes took £1,332,759; 2021’s King Richard took £1.6m
2006’s Match Point dropped 55% £111,776 #17 and £2,213,998 of £2,468,298
2004’s Wimbledon dropped 44% £453,011 #7 and £6,484,122 of £7,168,347
2023’s Air dropped 27% £374,598 #8 and £4,243,526 of £4,579,060
2015’s Whiplash has a similar plot about achieving ambitions that took £1,622,987
Andrew Garfield will star with Julia Roberts In Luca Guadagnino’s next film thriller After The Hunt made by Amazon MGM Studios.
1,330th biggest between Crimson Tide and Cowboys & Aliens (close to Mean Girls (2004), Phenomenon, Sweet Home Alabama and Dangerous Minds) and 1,893rd biggest inflated between The Book Of Eli and The Unborn (close to A Simple Favour, The Tall Guy, Seabiscuit and 10 Things I Hate About You).
BO News
April 2024 admissions were 8.96m down from the previous three months of the year January 9.59m; February 10.03m and March 9.18m but admissions are slightly up from 2023 (274,425) but 800k down from 2022 and only 1.91m less than 2020 Jan-March COVID affected. Over the years before 2020, Jan-April admissions were between 52.5m (in 2014) to a high in 2017 (63.27m).
Top films in April were Kung Fu Panda 4 £14.78m; Godzilla X Kong £9.65m; Back To Black £9.36m; Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire £6.9m; Civil War £5.36m; Dune Part 2 £5.16m; Monkey Man £2.43m; Challengers £2.14m; The First omen £1.5m and Abigail £1.43m.
Despite cool wet weather and two weeks of Easter Holidays, it was no match for last year which saw Super Mario Bros take £45.8m of its £54.6m in April while Dungeons & Dragons and John Wick: Chapter 4 were also strong April performers.
May admissions are also likely to be down on last year (9.56m) as IF, Kingdom Of The Planet Of The Apes, The Fall Guy and Furiosa were no match for last year’s The Little Mermaid, Fast X and Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 3. So summer will have to be very strong if admissions are to catch up with last year, but needs to be much better if admissions are to return to 2019 levels this year and to get to 200m by 2032.
BO’s first quarter was £222m 7% higher than in 2023 but 16% less than 2019’s £264m.
The biggest film of the first quarter was Dune: Part Two £38m and One Life £10m was the biggest British film; BFI called it the “highest earning UK independent release” despite being acquired by Warner Bros.
The first quarter BO was £217m from 242 films (including Eire); 17% more than 2023’s £185m (207 films) but 14% less than 2019’s £251m from 180 films.
UK box office in detail
The weekend’s top 10 box office took £6,947,311 up 16.2% from last weekend’s £5,979,754: 870,059 admissions up 17.2% from 742,138 admissions.
44th biggest weekend of the last 52 weeks between 09 February 2024 #1 Migration £2,468,390 (33.93%) and 03 November 2023 #1 Trolls Band Together £1,829,764 (26.74%)
122nd biggest since cinemas reopened out of 183 weeks between 09 February 2024 #1 Migration £2,468,390 (33.93%) and 07 October 2022 #1 Smile £1,715,678 (24.91%)
936th biggest top 10 of the last 22 years (out of 1,154) between 25 September 2015 #1 Everest £1,996,439 (28.64%) and 21 May 2010 #1 Streetdance £2,493,948 (35.91%) and 1,080th inflated between 15 March 2013 #1 Oz: The Great and Powerful £2,609,475 (45.22%) and 10 September 2021 #1 Shangi-Chi £3,583,848 (55.24%)
The top 3 took (£5,496,810) 79.1% of the top 10; IF 35.05% (£2,435,054); Kingdom Of The Planet Of The Apes 31.46% (£2,185,572); The Fall Guy 12.61% (£876,184)
542nd highest #1 percentage (35.05%) between 10 February 2017 #1 The LEGO Batman Movie (35.06%) and 23 February 2007 #1 Hot Fuzz (35.02%)
963rd biggest admissions #1 (307,456) between 29 January 2016 #1 The Revenant (307,458) and 02 November 2007 #1 Ratatouille (307,194)
Down 32.8% from 2023; (£10,340,735); Fast X (£5,895,674); Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret (£327,197); Beau Is Afraid (£231,370); Don Giovanni – Met Opera 2023 (£99,842); Local Hero (40th Anniversary) (£16,033); #1 Fast X £5,895,674 1st week 653 screens (57.01%)
Up 11.3% from 2022 (£6,243,546); Lucia Di Lammermoor – Met Opera 2022 (£78,829); Robocop (35th Anniversary 4K Restoration) (£20,004); On Her Majesty’s Secret Service (Re: 2022) (£11,114); #1 Doctor Strange In The Multiverse Of Madness £2,968,358 3rd week 699 screens 48% drop (47.5% of top 10)
2021; Lockdown 2
2020: Lockdown 1
Down 34.5% from 2019; (£10,607,906) John Wick: Chapter 3: Parabellum (£3,562,524); Paw Patrol: Mighty Pups (£521,504); Breakthrough £81,134; Batman 30th anniversary 4K (£38,112); Batman Returns (£7,906); Batman Forever (£293); Batman & Robin (£154); #1 John Wick: Chapter 3: Parabellum 1st week £3,562,524 (77.4% of top 10)
Down 59.2% from 2018: (£17,042,583); Deadpool 2 (£12,974,669); An American in Paris – The Musical (£68,201); On Chesil Beach (£67,017); 2001: A Space Odyssey (Re) (£4,646); #1 Deadpool 2 £12,974,669 636 screens 1st week (76.1% of top 10)
Down 20.6% from 2017: (£8,745,494); King Arthur: Legend of the Sword (£2,501,993); Snatched (£842,489); Colossal (£150,642); King Arthur: Legend of the Sword £2,501,993 564 screens 1st week (28.6% of top 10)
Down 50.6% from 2016: (£14,060,126); X-Men: Apocalypse (£7,354,293); A Hologram for the King (£378,759); Thomas & Friends: The Great Race (£147,617); Sing Street (£126,269); X-Men: Apocalypse £7,354,293 598 screens 1st week (52.3% of top 10)
Down 48% from 2015; (£13,363,529); Pitch Perfect 2 (£5,005,394); Mad Max: Fury Road (£4,538,933); #1 Pitch Perfect 2 £5,005,394 496 screens 1st week (37.4% of top 10)
Down 27.9% from 2014: (£9,627,777); Godzilla (£6,385,483); The Two Faces of January (£328,438); Concussion (£9,507); #1 Godzilla £6,385,483 550 screens 1st week (66.3% of top 10)
Down 62.6% from 2013: (£18,557,112); Fast & Furious 6 (£8,717,534) The Great Gatsby (£4,095,325); #1 Fast & Furious 6 £8,717,534 462 screens 1st week (46.9% of top 10)
Down 43.4% from 2012 ((£12,276,016); The Dictator (£4,963,745); The Raid (£417,596); 2 Days in New York (£87,385); #1 The Dictator £4,963,745 1st week 509 screens (40.4% of top 10)
Down 53.1% from 2011; (£14,816,587); Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides (£11,634,860); Blitz (£266,148); Win (£155,463); Fire in Babylon (£107,312); Julia’s Eyes (£49,142); #1 Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides £11,634,860 1st week 569 screens (78.5% of top 10)
Down 0.03% from 2010: (£6,945,108); Streetdance (£2,493,948); Prince of Persia (£1,371,066); Bad Lieutenant (£178,953); Cop Out (£64,935); #1 Streetdance £2,493,948 1st week 412 screens (35.9% of top 10)
Down 54.5% from 2009; (£15,250,846); Angels and Demons (£6,054,627); Fighting (£991,180); Synecdoche, New York (£123,125); #1 Angels and Demons £6,054,627 506 screens 1st week (39.7% of top 10)
Up 20.7% from 2008; (£5,755,952); Caramel (£122,790); Charlie Bartlett (£97,181); Smart People (£88,235); Shutter (£72,574); #1 Iron Man £1,917,925 3rd 496 screens 3% drop (33.3% of top 10)
Down 17.7% from 2007: (£5,900,836); Zodiac (£818,369); Magicians (£366,188); Love Wrecked (£223,400); Spider-Man 3 £2,549,712 3rd week 508 screens 54% drop (43.2% of top 10)
Down 48.3% from 2006; (£13,433,839); The Da Vinci Code (£9,501,444); Waiting (£307,791); #1 The Da Vinci Code £9,501,444 1st week 523 screens (70.7% of top 10)
Down 60.1% from 2005: (£17,406,831); Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith (£14,361,469); Mysterious Skin (£39,382); Only Human (£26,574); #1 Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith £14,361,469 1st week 490 screens (82.5% of top 10)
Up 66% from 2004 (£4,185,573); The Football Factory (£207,683); Troy (platform) (£89,286); Shattered Glass (£46,921); #1 Van Helsing £2,403,036 2nd week 456 screens 56% drop (57.4% of top 10)
Up 19.2% from 2003 (£5,829,019); Kangaroo Jack (£764,917); The Actors (£226,860); Secretary (£165,318); Antwone Fisher (£59,976); To Kill a King (£59,701); Extreme Ops (£14,751); #1 X-Men 2 £2,115,011 3rd week 468 screens 31% drop (36.2% of top 10)
Down 52.8% from 2002 (£14,728,512); Star Wars Ep II: Attack of the Clones (£11,386,209); The Closet (£75,396); #1 Star Wars Ep II – Attack of the Clones £11,386,209 467 screens 1st week 32% drop (77.3% of top 10)
2023 Next week: (£9,809,374); The Little Mermaid (£5,012,929); Hypnotic (£217,252); Sisu (£144,567); TOMORROW X TOGETHER WORLD TOUR – ACT: SWEET MIRAGE – LIVE (£66,961); The Sleeping Beauty – ROH, London 2023 (£64,370); #1 The Little Mermaid £5,012,929 1st week 724 screens (51.1% of top 10)
US Box Office
- IF – Paramount Pictures
Opened $33.71m; received mixed reviews (50% Rotten Tomatoes) and A CinemaScore
Took $1.75m from Thursday previews; Zootopia took $1.7m; The Boss Baby $1.5m
Took 22% from PLF screens.
It was tracked to open with $40m-$50m being an original family live-action film it was hard to predict how it would play and played on PLF screens.
523rd biggest opening between The Devil Inside and Think Like a Man (close to The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part, Puss in Boots, A Wrinkle in Time and Tomorrowland).
Hard to make any comparisons as there are so few live-action original family films that aren’t based on an existing property opening similar to 2011’s Hop $37.54m taking $108.49m and $184.36m WW. While Ryan Reynold’s last theatrical release 2021’s Free Guy opened $28.36m taking $121.62m and $331.52m WW.
John Krasinski previously directed 2018’s A Quiet Place opening $50.2m taking $188.02m and $340.95m WW and 2020’s A Quiet Place Part II $47.54m taking $160.07m and $297.37m WW but of course, was playing to a different demographic.
Took $20m from 56 territories $24m total and $59m worldwide; UK $3.2m; Mexico $2.8m; Australia $2m; Germany $905k; Spain $850k.
- Kingdom Of The Planet Of The Apes – Disney
Dropped 56% in its second weekend $25.45m and $100.68m.
303rd biggest second weekend between Captain America: The First Avenger and Batman Returns (close to Black Widow, San Andreas, Hobbs & Shaw and The Mummy (1999); Dawn of the Planet of the Apes #141 $36.25m; Planet of the Apes #258 $27.53m; War for the Planet of the Apes #426 $20.88m; Rise of the Planet of the Apes #253 $27.83m.
760th biggest between Independence Day: Resurgence and The Expendables; 1,654th biggest inflated between The Stepford Wives and The Holiday; 5th biggest 2024 between Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire and Bob Marley: One Love; 100th biggest sci-fi film between Independence Day: Resurgence and The Maze Runner.
30+ years ago when a film took $1bn globally it was the sign of a hit; Jurassic Park was $1.11bn in 1993 260m+ global admissions now $1bn is less than 100m admissions.
2017’s War for the Planet of the Apes dropped 62.9% $20.88m and $98.23m of $146.88m and $490.71m WW
2014’s Dawn of the Planet of the Apes dropped 50.1% $36.25m and $139.2m of $208.54m and $710.64m WW
2011’s Rise of the Planet of the Apes dropped 49.2% $27.83m and $105.2m of $176.76m and $481.8m WW
2001’s Planet of the Apes dropped 59.8% $27.53m and $123.74m of $180.01m and $362.21m WW
The three films took $533m in the US and $1.67bn worldwide, and 2001’s film took $180m in the US and $362m worldwide, so had Disney not brought Fox in 2019 they would have made a fourth film, but it would have been released much sooner.
Opened $40.6m from 52 territories $136.3m total and $237.5n worldwide; China $20.4m; France $13.8m; Mexico $12m; UK $10m; Korea $5.8m.
Took $21.8m worldwide from IMAX $11.3m US and $10.5m internationally.
- The Strangers: Chapter 1 – Lionsgate
Opened $11.82m; received poor reviews (13% Rotten Tomatoes) and C CinemaScore.
Took $1.2m from Thursday previews.
Tracking to open between $7m-$9m.
2008’s The Strangers opened $20.99m taking $52.59m and $82.41m worldwide
2018’s The Strangers: Prey at Night opened $10.4m taking $24.58m and $31.03m
Opened similarly to recent 2024 horror movies.
Abigail $10.29m taking $25.34m and $37.98m WW; The First Omen $8.35m taking $19.96m and $53.28m WW; Immaculate $5.3m taking $15.67m and $23.63m WW; Imaginary $9.91m taking $28m and $39.12m WW; Night Swim $11.79m taking $32.49m and $54.07m WW.
Lionsgate plans to release two more Strangers films this year while the others find an audience.
- The Fall Guy – Universal Pictures
Dropped 39% in the third weekend $8.35m #4 and $62.88m.
891st biggest third weekend between This Is 40 and Snow Day (close to Dumb and Dumber To, The Last Boy Scout, Let’s Be Cops and Get Hard)
1,424th biggest between Working Girl and The Witches of Eastwick; 2,605th biggest inflated between Renaissance Man and The Brothers Grimm; 10th biggest 2024 between The Beekeeper and Argylle; 84th biggest based on TV between Jackass: The Movie and Miami Vice; 199th biggest Universal Pictures between Scent of a Woman and Babe.
The Fall Guy wasn’t a start of summer film as it was planned to be a March release, had it opened March 1st as planned it wouldn’t have had the expectations attached. As seen in films like 21 Jump Street and Starsky and Hutch
Third weekends
2022’s The Lost City dropped 38.6% $9.02m #3 and $68.71m of $105.34m and $192.9m WW
2012’s 21 Jump Street dropped 27.6% $14.83m #4 and $92.88m of $138.44m and $201.58m WW
2014’s 22 Jump Street dropped 42.3% $15.84m and $140.27m of $191.71m and $331.33m WW
2004’s Starsky & Hutch dropped 35.1% $10.39m and $67.46m of $88.23m and $170.26m WW
Films about the cinema industry include.
1999’s Bowfinger dropped 37.9% $6.58m and $46.4m of $66.38m and $98.62m WW
2008’s Tropic Thunder dropped 29.2% $11.51m and $83.85m of $110.51m and $195.7m WW
David Leitch previously directed films
2022’a Bullet Train dropped 40.1% $8.02m and $69.01m of $103.36m and $239.26m WW
2017’s Atomic Blonde dropped 45.1% $4.48m and $42.72m of $51.68m and $100.01m WW
2018’s Deadpool 2 dropped 46.7% $23.17m and $254.5m of $324.57m and $786.32m WW
2019’s Hobbs & Shaw dropped 43.9% $14.17m and $133.78m of $173.95m and $760.73m WW
Despite the enormous success of Barbie Ryan Gosling struggles to open films on his own as seen with 2016’s The Nice Guys dropped 41.8% $6.51m and $21.87m of $36.26m and $71.26m WW; 2004’s The Notebook dropped 45% $7.4m and $28.7m of $81.41m and $118.26m WW.
Took $7.2m internationally from 78 territories total of $64.6m and $128.32m worldwide; UK $10.3m; Australia $7.6m; Germany $4.3m; France $4.2m; Mexico $4m.
1,465th biggest worldwide between Failure to Launch and Step Brothers; 12th biggest 2024 between The Beekeeper and Civil War; 78th biggest based on TV between Bewitched and Walking with Dinosaurs; 194th biggest Universal Pictures between Nanny McPhee and U-571.
- Back to Black – Focus
Opened $2.83m #6; received mixed reviews (35% Rotten Tomatoes) and B+ CinemaScore.
Took $375k from Thursday previews.
Was expected to open between $4m-$6m.
Focus Features acquired US and selective foreign territories for $20m.
Musician biopics include.
2024’s Bob Marley: One Love opened $28.65m taking $96.89m and $177.19m WW
2023’s I Wanna Dance With Somebody opened $4.7m taking $23.7m and $59.8m worldwide
2015’s Straight Outta Compton opened $60.2m taking $161.19m and $201.63m worldwide
2005’s Walk the Line opened $22.34m taking $119.51m and $186.79m worldwide
2022’s Elvis opened $31.21m taking $151.04m and $288.67m worldwide
2018’s Bohemian Rhapsody opened $51.06m taking $216.66m and $910.8m worldwide
2019’s Rocketman opened $25.72m taking $96.36m and $195.32m worldwide
2004’s Ray opened $20.03m taking $75.3m and $123.97m worldwide
Took $387k internationally from 41 Universal territories $6.1m total and $9m worldwide.
UK Box Office Top 10
UK Box Office Preview
Furiosa received immediate rave social media reactions after media screenings, but reviews haven’t been as strong as Fury Road (86% Vs Fury Road 97%).
Mad Max: Fury Road had a 4-day opening in May 2015 (£638,690 from previews) but despite taking £4,538,933 (and £17,203,206) opened second behind Pitch Perfect 2 £5,005,394 opening in 50 fewer cinemas (496 Vs 546) and not playing in IMAX/PLF screens; surprising Furiosa isn’t also having Thursday previews to inflate into opening.
Taking 50% of BO from IMAX/PLF Furiosa should still open close to Fury Road as it’s a less crowded marketplace than in 2015 also had the fourth weekend of The Avengers: Age Of Ultron £1,661,968.
Opening second The Garfield Movie took £603k from previews last weekend and should open similarly to IF (£2,435,054).
The previous two Garfield films received poor reviews 2004’s Garfield: The Movie opened £1,147,437 #3 378 screens (£2,036,765 inflated) taking £9,352,051 (£16,600,411 inflated) and 2006’s Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties opened #5 £739,560 327 screens (£1,210,327 inflated) taking £5,969,059 (£9,768,665 inflated); both films opened at the start of the summer holidays while The Garfield Movie opens ahead of the Whitsun half-term and has competition from IF opening the weekend before.
Furiosa is expected to open with $80m+ worldwide with $40m from the US close to 2015’s Fury Road $45.42m taking $154.28m and $380.41m WW.
It opened in 68 territories and over 16,000 screens not including China taking $109.5m worldwide. As with Furiosa, it had its world premiere at the Cannes Film Festival but opened a week later. Fury Road opened in 3D/IMAX/PLF screens. Furiosa opens 400 IMAX screens along with Dolby/PLF/Screen X/Dbox/4DX.
Fury Road played to 70% male audience in the US Warner Bros will be hoping Anya Taylor-Joy as Furiosa will bring female audiences and if they were to come out then surely would open far bigger than expected. In 2015 female audiences saw Pitch Perfect 2 opening £5m #1, this year The Fall Guy, Challengers and Back To Black are all dropping off so won’t have any impact.
As The Fall Guy three weeks ago Furiosa will come short of many other Memorial Day openers; last year The Little Mermaid opened at $118.81m and the year before Top Gun: Maverick at $160.51m. Instead, will open similar to 2015’s Tomorrowland $42.67m.
Mad Max: Fury Road took $3.7m from Thursday’s previews Furiosa will be looking at Bad Boys for Life $6.36m; John Wick: Chapter 4 $8.9m; Logan $9.5m; Venom $10m.
Opening in two weeks
- Inside Out 2 – Disney
Animated coming-of-age sequel to Pixar’s 2015 Inside Out featuring voices of Amy Poehler, Phyllis Smith, Lewis Black, Diane Lane, Kyle MacLachlan, Tony Hale and Liza Lapira, directed by Kelsey Mann.
Inside Out 2 was announced at D23 in September 2022
The teaser trailer released in November 2023 was viewed 157m+ times in the first 24 hours across social media (including 78m times on TikTok) becoming the most-watched Disney animated launch trailer overtaking Frozen 2. The second trailer was released in March. The first 35 mins was shown at CinemaCon in April.
Disney previously would delay their summer animated film to the start of the summer holidays as they did with Inside Out opening on 24th July 2015 (6 weeks after the US) and opened £7,376,513 #1 staying in the top 5 for 10 weeks. But this year, as in 2015, a month after Inside Out 2 opens, the latest Despicable Me film opens ahead of the summer holidays.
cigarette burns and missed changeovers 