- Dune Part 2 – £4,046,492 – £26,207,623
Down 30.8% in the third weekend
Took £1.050m 25.95% (down 33.54% £1.58k) Friday; £1.67m 41.28% (down 32.39% £2.47m) Saturday; £1.326m 32.77% (down 26.33% £1.8m) Sunday.
59th biggest third weekend between The Dark Knight and Les Miserables (close to Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies, The Kings Speech, Harry Potter Deathly Hallows Part 1 and Black Panther) and 117th biggest inflated between Toy Story and Spider-Man 3 (close to Life of Pi, Slumdog Millionaire, The Sixth Sense and The Silence of the Lambs).
Dune Part 2 took 161.3% more than Dune’s third weekend (£1,548,306 #3) but with no competition keeping all IMAX and PLF screens while Dune lost them to Eternals opening £5,456,577 #1 and No Time To Die #2 £1,973,930 6th week while Venom: Let There Be Carnage (£675,820) and The Boss Baby 2 (£606,181) both took more than Wicked Little Letters and Migration, and neither were targetting the same demographic).
Despite all the hype Dune Part 2 is taking exactly what it was expected to take and would have done in 2021 had it not opened so close to No Time To Die as its performing similarly to other grown-up sci-fi films.
Like other lengthy films Dune Part 2 is taking the bulk of its BO over the weekend with 42% of its weekend BO from Saturday.
Third weekends
2021’s Dune dropped 53% £1,548,306 #3 664 screens and £16,810,576 of £21,947,056; Dune took 3.73x opening if Dune part 2 did similar it will take £34m+
2010’s Inception dropped 22% £3,229,651 #4 459 screens and £20,800,468 of £34,976,999 (£46,851,543 inflated); took 5.92x opening
2013’s Gravity dropped 50% £2,389,193 #2 548 screens and £19,444,886 of £32,756,514; 5.24x opening
2014’s Interstellar dropped 49% £1,895,368 #3 483 screens and £15,866,812 of £21,173,601; 3.73x opening
2015’s The Martian dropped 37% £2,419,958 #4 564 screens and £17,491,033 of £23,589,854; 3.61x opening
2016’s Arrival dropped 47% £778,449 #5 487 screens and £7,334,028 of £9,144,719; 3.13x opening
2017’s Blade Runner 2049 dropped 42% £1,791,027 #1 617 screens £15,718,087 of £18,918,361; 3.1x opening
2017’s Logan dropped 54% £1,758,060 #4 485 screens and £20,274,335 of £23,655,614; 2.5x opening
2023’s Oppenheimer dropped 33% £5,493,481 #2 738 screens and £39,176,945 of £58.9m; took 5.37x opening
2007’s I Am Legend dropped 45% £2,051,372 #1 465 screens and £21,955,870 of £25,348,532 (£39,754,529 inflated); 2.3x opening
2005’s War of the Worlds dropped 47% £2,223,949 #2 485 screens and £21,900,630 of £30,367,791 (£51,386,687 inflated); 3.43x opening
2009’s Avatar up 56% £5,940,479 #1 493 screens and £32,815,618 of £93,442,625 (£136,900,316 inflated); 14.1x opening
2017’s Dunkirk down 43% £4,624,570 #1 690 screens and £38,191,064 of £56,797,955; 5.65x opening
185th biggest between Sex and the City and The Golden Compass (close to Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part 1, Spider-Man 2, The Lost World: Jurassic Park and I am Legend) and 383rd biggest inflated between The Addams Family (1991) and Speed (close to Rise of the Planet of the Apes, Gone Girl, Licence to Kill and Cape Fear).
35th biggest Warner Bros between Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows and Sherlock Holmes (close to Gravity, A Star Is Born, Ocean’s Eleven and Wonder Woman) and 63rd inflated between Clash of the Titans and Two Weeks’ Notice (close to Batman Begins, Superman III, Interview with the Vampire and Interstellar).
Despite the opening of Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire Dune Part 2 shares many IMAX/PLF screens and will likely see a 40%+ fourth-weekend drop, After having no competition for three weeks it has three major films opening over a week ahead of the Easter holidays with Kung Fu Panda 4 opening next Thursday and Godzilla X Kong: The New Empire next Friday.
- 2. Wicked Little Lies – £589,610 – £7,352,495
Down 34.4% in its fourth weekend
Took £173k 29.37% (down 19.91% £216k) Friday; £235k 39.9% (down 28.79% £330k) Saturday; £181k 30.73% (down 48.58% £352k) Sunday.
650th biggest fourth weekend between Hustlers and Wish (close to Get Out, Yes Man, Waterworld and The Naked Gun 2 ½: The Smell Of Fear) and 950th biggest inflated between Get Him To The Greek and Black Hawk Down (close to The Usual Suspects, The Pelican Brief, Justice League and The Banshees Of Inisherin).
As with Dune Part 2 having a similar weekend BO since opening as Oppenheimer, Wicked Little Lies has had a similar weekend BO to The Banshees Of Inisherin also made by Blueprint Pictures; over the last four weeks opened £443 less; £97,431 less in its second, £77,933 less in its third weekend and £28,983 more in its fourth (560,627 Vs £589,610) and its total to date is £128,268 less (£7,480,763 Vs £7,352,495).
They are two different films playing to two different demographics. The Banshees Of Inisherin generated much more media coverage ahead of opening and received widespread critical acclaim (96% Rotten Tomatoes) while Wicked Little Lies (63%).
As with many other films targetting grey pound audiences, it took more Mon-Thurs £685,791 as Fri-Sun £589,610 as older audiences prefer going to the cinema during the week.
Some Grey Pound British fourth weekends include.
Third weekends
2022’s The Duke dropped 54% £226,853 #8 and £4,546,450 of £5,283,515
2012’s The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel #3 dropped 14% £1,530,112 and £13,855,438 of £20,308,480.
2015’s The Lady in the Van dropped 50% £470,763 #7 and £10,450,946 of £12,660,028.
2015’s The Second-Best Marigold Hotel dropped 52% £671,088 #3 and £13,413,705 of £15,575,797.
2019’s The Good Liar dropped 64% £92,353 #12 and £3,582,327 of £3,844,314
2002’s Gosford Park dropped 5% £703,649 #4 and £5,404,193 of £12,259,248; 14.64x opening; (£23,926,262 inflation inflated)
2013’s Philomena dropped 46% £541,068 #6 and £8,866,771 of £10,470,225
2018’s The Guernsey Literary and Potato dropped 14% £305,925 #7 and £5,003,040 of £5,937,280.
2022’s See How They Run dropped 32% £318,683 #7 and £4,294,853 of £4,858,629.
2023’s The Great Escaper dropped 18% £265,078 #7 and £3,848,645 of £5,318,899.
991st biggest between Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days and Focus (close to Bridge of Spies, Never Say Never Again, Judge Dredd and The Shape of Water) and 1,530th inflated biggest between Magic Mike XXL and The Hateful Eight (close to Dead Again, Peter’s Friends, I Know What You Did Last Summer and Enemy at the Gates).
12th biggest Studiocanal film between Mirror Mirror and Shaun the Sheep 2 (close to Rush, RoboCop, Unknown and I Give It A Year); 2024 will be Studiocanal’s biggest year since 2017 taking £50m+ with Back to Black opening in April and Paddington in Peru in November.
- 3. Migration £574,434 – £19,033,602
Dropped 14.5% in the seventh weekend.
115th biggest seventh weekend between Doctor Dolittle and Gosford Park (close to Sliding Doors, Peter Rabbit, Goldeneye and Meet the Parents) and 242nd biggest inflated between The Theory Of Everything and War of the Worlds (close to Free Guy, Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith, Apollo 13 and Stargate)
27th biggest animated seventh weekend between Monsters University and Puss in Boots (close to Up, A Bug’s Life, Coco and The Lion King (1994) and 44th biggest inflated between Pocahontas and Minions (close to Kung Fu Panda, The Rugrats Movie, Wall-e, Lilo & Stitch)
6th biggest Illumination 7th weekend (out of 14) between Despicable Me 3 (£751,380) and Super Mario Bros (£544,283)
Illumination’s 14 animated films have taken £440m in the UK since 2010 and over £482m inflated with Despicable Me 4 set for release in June.
The 11th biggest Illumination film after 6 weeks has overtaken The Secret Life Of Pets 2 (£18,010,746) and will overtake Despicable Me (£19,066,830) this weekend.
67th biggest animated film between Sonic The Hedgehog and The Secret Life of Pets 2 (close to Kung Fu Panda, How to Train Your Dragon 3, The Lego Movie: The Second Part and Coco) and 93rd biggest inflated between Cars 2 and Ralph Breaks The Internet (close to Hercules, Antz, Puss in Boots and Mulan).
318th biggest between Transformers: Age of Extinction and X-Men: The Last Stand (close to Johnny English, Maleficent, Little Fockers and Billy Elliot) and 590th biggest inflated between Ant-Man and The Wasp and Waterworld (close to Jerry Maguire, The Wedding Singer, Pitch Perfect 2 and My Girl).
With Kung Fu Panda 4 opening in two weeks’ time Migration will end up taking about £20m which was what it was expected to take being the only family film opening for half-term and the first since Wonka.
Over the last decade there used to be more than one family film opening ahead of half-term and they would take more than double between them, a decade ago The Lego Movie (£34,133,383), Mr Peabody And Sherman (£13,552,917) and Tinker Bell And The Pirate Fairy (£5,459,408).
- 4. Marley: One Love – £509,149 – £16,068,119
Down 38.7% in the fifth weekend
Took £134k 26.33% (down 33.33% £201k) Friday; £232k 45.58% (down 32.75% £345k) Saturday; £143k 28.09% down 49.65% £284k) Sunday.
475th biggest fifth weekend between Venom and Mr Beans Holiday (close to Hairspray, Romeo & Juliet, Space Jam: A New Legacy and Cliffhanger) and 709th biggest inflated between 8 Mile and Charlie’s Angels: Full Throttle (close to Clueless, A Knight’s Tale, Mannequin and Malice).
Other recent music biopics’ fifth weekends include.
2023’s I Wanna Dance With Somebody dropped 40% £458,930 #8 and £10,530,284 of £11,383,690
2006’s Walk the Line dropped 22% £574,026 #7 and £7,249,814 of £9,737,493
2022’s Elvis up 24% £1,236,783 #4 and £18,452,065 of £27,492,430; had long legs stayed in the top 5 for 7 weeks and top 10 for 11 weeks.
2019’s Rocketman dropped 52% £783,785 #4 and £21,096,176 of £23,502,881: top 5 for 5 weeks and top 10 for 7 weeks
2017’s The Greatest Showman dropped 2% £2,042,450 #4 and £19,965,506 of £49,592,940.
2018’s A Star Is Born dropped 15% £1,821,004 #2 and £22,929,874 of £30,309,667.
2018’s Bohemian Rhapsody dropped 26% £2,211,454 #3 and £39,003,704 of £55,376,188.
As with Migration being the only family on release until Kung Fu Panda 4 next week, the lack of major releases over the last few weeks is why Marley: One Love has held in the top 5 much longer.
The next musician biopic Back to Black about Amy Winehouse opens in April and then Michael (Michael Jackson) currently shooting and due for release in April 2025. Ridley Scott has signed up to direct a Bee Gees biopic after Paramount bosses were “blown away” by the footage they saw of Scott’s Gladiator 2, but as David Zaslav said The Flash was one of the greatest superhero movies he has ever seen. Tom Cruise also said it was “everything you want in a movie; you have to take these comments as premiere reactions with a pinch of salt.
404th biggest between Signs and There’s Something About Mary (close to The Muppets, Forrest Gump, Casper and Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade) and 705th biggest inflated between Alien3 and Belfast (close to While You Were Sleeping, Sommersby, Rocky and Little Voice).
Down 37.7% in its second weekend
Took £119k 29.31% (down 44.91% £216k Friday; £185k down 34.86% (45.57% £284k Saturday; £102k 25.12% down 32.89% £152k) Sunday.
2,012th biggest second weekend between The Aristocats (1994 RE) and Dennis (close to The Descent, Ex Machina, The Rising Sun and Truth or Dare)
Blumhouse’s Night Swim dropped 57% £249,691 #11 and £1,090,639 of £1,294,132; 5) Imaginary held better due to a lack of new releases and Drive Away Dolls opening much less than it should have done even after its poor opening in the US.
Blumhouse Horrors have taken £150m+ over the last 10 years as the biggest openers.
Blumhouse have two more films set for release this year both from Universal and both remakes, Speak No Evil and Wolf-Man and have three for release in 2025 including MEGAN 2.0 and The Black Phone 2.
Also opened.
• Drive-Away Dolls – Universal Pictures
Opened £278,082 #6 from 530 screens.
Ethan and his wife first pitched the film in the early 00s as Drive-Away Dykes with a tone similar to 1970s exploitation romance films Selma Blair, Holly Hunter, Christina Applegate, and Chloë Sevigny were attached over the years and in 2022 it was announced Ethan would direct the film and be his first without his brother Joel.
It was originally due to be released in September but was delayed to March due to the SAG/WGA strike, had it opened in September it would have surely premiered at Venice or Toronto Film Festivals.
The trailers make it look like a Lesbian Thelma & Louise; it has a tight 84-minute running time.
It’s the 40th anniversary of Blood Simple the first film made by the Coen Brothers in 1984.
It’s the first cinema release from Coen’s since 2016’s Hail, Caesar! As their last film 2018’s The Ballad of Buster Scruggs was made for Netflix.
Recent Coen Brothers films include.
2016’s Hail, Caesar! Opened £1,520,788 #2 484 screens taking £4,608,681.
2013’s Inside Llewyn Davis opened £718,401 #6 206 screens taking £2,062,657
2011’s True Grit opened £1,823,254 #4 372 screens taking £7,949,078
But Drive Away Dolls looks quirkier similar to their earlier films.
1996’s Fargo opened £141,165 59 screens (£302,169 inflated) taking £1,522,639 (£3,259,271 inflated)
1998’s The Big Lebowski opened £126,360 64 screens (£248,330 inflated) taking £1,541,122 (£3,028,706 inflated)
2000’s O Brother, Where Art Thou? Opened £563,900 132 screens (£1,078,765 inflated) taking £2,232,468 (£4,270,808 inflated)
While 1991’s Thelma & Louise opened £374,093 from 193 screens (£977,827 inflated) taking £3,161,118 (£8,262,724 inflated)
• Fight Club (25th Anniversary) – Park Circus
£82,579 #11 from 243 screens
Just missing out on the top 10 by £6,825 despite only having about one show daily
Original release in November 1999’s Fight Club opened £1,177,219 from 322 screens (£2,214,626 inflated) taking £5,018,967 (£9,441,857 inflated)
- Oppenheimer – Universal Pictures
£90,354 up 487% from last weekend #9 from 219 screens taking £59,550,749.
After its Oscar wins Oppenheimer returned to the top 10 for one final week in its 35th week of release. 27th biggest between LOTR: The Return of the King and Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker (close to Jurassic World, Wonka, Joker and Dunkirk) and 64th biggest inflated between Shrek The Third and The Inbetweeners Movie (close to Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, The Simpsons, The Kings Speech and The Matrix Reloaded).
Also seeing big increases after their Oscar wins The Zone Of Interest #8 £100,386 up 23% taking £3,062,921 and The Holdovers up 17% taking £28,834 from 28 screens and £3.8m.
American Fiction took £22,539 and £1.5m; Anatomy Of A Fall £18,014 and £2m total.
While Barbie didn’t win any Oscars took £14,700 down 12 #42 from 71 screens and £95,693,958 after 35 weeks; 5th biggest between No Time To Die and Spectre (close to Spider-Man No Way Home, Avatar, Avengers: Endgame and Top Gun Maverick) as all of the other biggest 10 films had 30%+ from IMAX/3D Barbie probably has the highest admissions.
UK box office in detail
The weekend’s top 10 box office took £6,812,873 down 27.8% from last weekend’s £9,441,790: 860,211 admissions down 27.4% from 1,185,470 admissions.
49th biggest weekend of the last 52 weeks between 03 November 2023 #1 Trolls Band Together £1,829,764 (26.74%) and 08 September 2023 #1 The Nun 2 £1,743,903 (26.18%)
123rd biggest since cinemas reopened out of 174 weeks between 18 March 2022 #1 The Batman £3,351,288 (49.11%) and 08 September 2023 #1 The Nun 2 £1,743,903 (26.18%)
949th biggest top 10 of the last 21 years (out of 1,146) between 18 March 2022 #1 The Batman £3,351,288 (49.11%) and 30 November 2007 #1 Fred Claus £1,937,042 (28.43%) and 1,081st biggest inflated between 11 December 2015 #1 The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 2 £1,286,244 (20.85%) and 04 November 2022 #1 Black Adam £2,006,821 (30.88%)
The top 3 took (£5,210,536) 76.5% of the top 10; Dune Part 2 59.39% (£4,046,492); Wicked Little Letters 8.65% (£589,610); Migration 8.43% (£574,434).
155th highest #1 percentage (59.39%) between 17 February 2023 #1 Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania (59.61%) and 13 May 2022 #1 Doctor Strange In The Multiverse Of Madness (59.29%)
650th biggest admissions #1 (510,921) between 20 June 2014 #1 The Fault in Our Stars (511,062) and 24 December 2010 #1 Little Fockers (510,205)
Down 8.2% from 2023; (£7,418,583); Shazam! Fury Of The Gods (£2,397,953); Allelujah (£715,783); Rye Lane (£258,997); Pearl (£192,504); #1 Shazam! Fury Of The Gods £2,397,953 657 screens 1st week (32.32%)
Down 0.2% from 2022 (£6,823,697); Jujutsu Kaisen 0 (£825,529); The Nan Movie (£565,340); The Phantom Of The Open (£456,829); X (£227,502); #1 The Batman £3,351,288 third weekend 55% drop 703 screens (49.1% of top 10)
2021; Lockdown 2
2020: Lockdown 1
Down 40.9% from 2019: (£11,537,481); Fisherman’s Friends (£1,154,865); What Men Want (£836,612); The Prodigy (£96,905); Ben Is Back (£82,204); #1 Captain Marvel £6,643,217 2nd week 652 screens 48% drop (57.6% of top 10)
Down 56.2% from 2018; (£15,554,372); Peter Rabbit (£7,273,207); Tomb Raider (£3,081,916); My Generation (£259,990); Mary Magdalene (£238,924); The Square (£221,256); #1 Peter Rabbit £7,273,207 1st week 599 screens (46.8% of top 10)
Down 75.6% from 2017: (£27,866,587); Beauty and the Beast (£19,700,000); Get Out (£2,160,099); Personal Shopper (£116,265); The Salesman (£89,348); Wolves at the Door (£3,542) #1 Beauty and the Beast £19,700,000 1st week.
Down 12.2% from 2016: (£7,752,500); 10 Cloverfield Lane (£1,601,161); The Boy (£726,003); High-Rise (£542,788); Sing Street (£166,226); Michael Collins (Re: 2016) (£11,650); Risen (£69,909); Rock the Kasbah (£3,804); #1 Kung Fu Panda 3 £1,740,695 2nd week down 64% (22.45%)
Up 16.6% from 2015; (£5,840,701); Run All Night (£823,833); Suite Francaise (£503,928); X+Y (£154,374); The Sound Of Music 50th Anniversary (Re 2015) (£25,089); #1 The Second-Best Exotic Marigold Hotel £1,409,311 3rd week 592 screens 29% drop (24.1% of top 10)
Down 13.6% from 2014: (£7,889,493); Need for Speed (£2,011,249); Under the Skin (£238,694); The Zero Theorem (£50,860); Veronica Mars (£33,769); Ironclad 2: Battle for Blood (£887); #1 Need for Speed £2,011,249 1st week 469 screens (25.5% of top 10)
Up 18.1% from 2013: (£5,770,139); Welcome to the Punch (£460,250); Red Dawn (£255,448); The Paperboy (£141,881); The Spirit of ’45 (£75,146); #1 Oz: The Great and Powerful £2,609,475 2nd week 530 screens 30% drop (45.2% of top 10)
Down 26.1% from 2012 (£9,214,984); The Devil Inside (£1,988,461); 21 Jump Street (£1,556,039); We Bought A Zoo (£850,651); Contraband (£683,654); In Darkness (£90,558); #1 The Devil Inside £1,988,461 1st week.
Up 9.6% from 2011 (£6,215,594); Chalet Girl (£677,716); The Lincoln Lawyer (£571,836); Anuvahood (£536,818); Submarine (£244,476); You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger (£112,168); #1 Rango 1st week (3rd week) 32% drop (16.82%)
Down 46.2% from 2010: (£12,663,580); Bounty Hunter (£2,055,021); I Love You Phillip Morris (£1,066,092); The Spy Next Door (£698,155); Old Dogs (£130,384); My Last Five Girlfriends (£29,030); The Scouting Book for Boys (£11,343); Staten Island (£518); #1 Alice in Wonderland £4,847,129 3rd week 34% drop (51.88%)
Down 4.7% from 2009; (£7,146,864); Paul Blart: Mall Cop (£1,289,513); Duplicity (£796,244); Lesbian Vampire Killers (£648,634); The Age of Stupid (£101,752); Flash of Genius (£15,626); #1 Marley & Me £2,166,270 2nd week 51% drop (30.31%)
Up 12.4% from 2008; (£6,060,351); 10,000B.C. (£1,932,539); The Cottage (£303,072); Hannah Montana 3-D (£241,119); #1 10,000B.C. £1,932,539 1st week 431 screens (31.9% of top 10)
Up 36.9% from 2007: (£4,975,450); Premonition (£1,021,882); Stomp the Yard (£191,716); Factory Girl (£156,779); #1 Norbit £1,069,030 2nd week 371 screens 46% drop (21.5% of top 10)
Down 7.4% from 2006; (£6,339,940): The Pink Panther (£1,944,581); V for Vendetta (£1,188,058); Tsotsi (£200,359); In My Country (£276) #1 The Pink Panther £1,944,581 1st week (30.67%)
Down 17.9% from 2005 (£8,299,197); Robots (£2,622,253); Constantine (£2,098,074); Pooh’s Heffalump Movie (£160,736); Darkness (£102,154); #1 Robots £2,622,253 1st week (31.6%)
Down 11.6% from 2004 (£7,704,369); Starsky & Hutch (wide up 905%) (£4,145,897); Open Range (£424,954); Zatoichi (£137,049); Grand Theft Parsons (£21,108); #1 Starsky & Hutch (+905%) £4,145,897 1st week (2nd week) (53.81%)
Up 33.4% from 2003 (£5,105,380); The Life of David Gale (£725,698); Equilibrium (£548,043); Confessions of a Dangerous Mind (£356,623); Barbershop (£145,741); #1 Maid In Manhattan £1,281,755 2nd week 422 screens 47% drop (25.1% of top 10)
Up 10.3% from 2002 (£6,175,130); 13 Ghosts (£738,210); The Royal Tenenbaums (£700,025); #1 Ocean’s Eleven £1,357,063 4-week #1 split 5th week 439 screens 27% drop (22% of top 10)
2023 Next week: (£9,441,651); John Wick: Chapter 4 (£5,321,533); 80 For Brady (£158,937); Infinity Pool (£83,972); A Good Person (£71,007); #1 John Wick: Chapter 4 £5,321,533 1st week 651 screens (56.36%)
US Box Office
- Kung Fu Panda 4 – Universal Pictures
Dropped 48% in the second weekend $31.14m and $107.89m
208th biggest second weekend between Austin Powers in Goldmember and Die Another Day (close to Shark Tale, Ice Age, Ratatouille and How to Train Your Dragon).
108th biggest animated film between Mr. Peabody & Sherman and Epic; 711th biggest between Paranormal Activity and Baby Driver; 1,547th inflated between Dark Shadows and South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut; 2nd biggest 2024 between Dune: Part Two and Bob Marley: One Love; 107th biggest Universal Pictures between Hop and Robin Hood.
Since acquiring Dreamworks Animation success has come from existing properties with original films underperforming their next two The Wild Robot and Dog Man are more important titles.
The Wild Robot trailer looks gorgeous similar to The Iron Giant and Wall-E while Dog Man is the spinoff to the underrated Captain Underpants that took less than half of Cars 3 (opened with $53.7m similar to King Fu Panda 4). The question is will audiences come out to see The Wild Robot as they did for Wall-E but didn’t for The Iron Giant?
2008’s Kung Fu Panda dropped 44.2% $33.61m and $117.28m of $215.77m and $632.08m worldwide
2011’s Kung Fu Panda 2 dropped 49.9% $23.88m and $100.02m of $165.24m and $665.69m worldwide
2016’s Kung Fu Panda 3 dropped 48.5% $21.24m and $69.29m of $143.52m and $521.17m worldwide
48 Dreamworks Animation films have taken $6.3bn from the US and $16.83bn worldwide.
Upcoming Dreamworks Animation films The Wild Robot opens in September and Dog Man in January with two untitled films also set for release in 2025.
Took $39.6m from 41 territories and $68.8m total and $176.5m worldwide; Mexico $13.6m; Spain $5.1m; Germany $4.2m; Indonesia $3.8m; Vietnam $3.7m; Poland $3.1m; Malaysia $3m; Argentina $2.6m
Has staggered opening over the next few weeks ahead of Easter making it impossible to compare internationally with other animated films, which said Universal has staggered the openings of several animated films over recent years.
- Dune Part 2 -Warner Bros
Dropped 38% in its third weekend $28.5m #2 and $204.72m.
75th biggest third weekend between Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom and Meet the Fockers (close to Gravity $30.02; Joker $29.25m; Oppenheimer $29.12m; The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug $29.03m; The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King $28.18m, Inception $27.48m, I Am Legend $27.41m
Dune Part 2 for a third weekend is coincidentally similar to Oppenheimer’s weekend BO.
224th biggest between Batman Begins and Bad Boys For Life; 626th biggest inflated between Ordinary People and Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw; 43rd biggest sci-fi between Dawn of the Planet of the Apes and Terminator 2: Judgment Day; 44th biggest Warner Bros between Batman Begins and Godzilla.
Third weekends
2021’s Dune dropped 49.5% $7.79m and $84.11m of $108.89m and $433.79m worldwide
2010’s Inception dropped 35.7% $27.48m and $193.31m of $292.58m and $839.03m worldwide
2023’s Oppenheimer dropped 37.6% $29.12m and $228.98m of $329.01m and $957.59m worldwide
2013’s Gravity dropped 30.5% $30.02m and $169.56m of $274.09m and $773.03m worldwide
2014’s Interstellar dropped 45.8% $15.34m and $120.93m of $188.02m and $731.07m worldwide
2015’s The Martian dropped 42.4% $21.3m and $143.59m of $228.43m and $630.62m worldwide
2016’s Arrival dropped 5.6% $11.45m and $62.56m of $100.54m and $203.38m worldwide
2017’s Blade Runner 2049 dropped 52.5% $7.35m and $74.2m of $92.07m and $267.68m worldwide
2017’s Logan dropped 53.3% $17.81m and $184.34m of $226.27m and $619.02m worldwide
2009’s Avatar dropped 9.4% $68.49m and $352.11m of $749.76m and $2.743bn worldwide
Visual cinematic films including Oppenheimer, Interstellar, Gravity, Prometheus and Inception are comparable titles. At the same time, as Tenet, Dune Part 2 will have all IMAX/PLF/Dolby screens which Oppenheimer never had as Barbie had some PLF screens.
Took $51.2m from 73 territories $289.4m total and $494.7m worldwide; China $36.1m; UK $32.8m; Germany $25m; France $24.9m; Australia $15.6m; S. Korea $13.7m; Spain $9.8m; Italy $9.1m; Mexico $9m; Poland $7.7m; Holland $6.9m.
Has taken $50m from IMAX in the US and $41.7m internationally with an additional $12.3m from China from 1,600 IMAX cinemas.
243rd biggest worldwide between Sherlock Holmes and Wreck-It Ralph; 53rd biggest sci-fi between Terminator 2: Judgment Day and War for the Planet of the Apes; 41st biggest Warner Bros between Sherlock Holmes and Twister.
- Arthur The King – Lionsgate
Opened $7.63m; received mixed reviews (64% Rotten Tomatoes) and A CinemaScore
It opened less than 2022’s Dog $14.88m taking $61.77m and $84.77m worldwide.
The film opened lower than the expected $8-$10m despite positive reviews and good CinemaScore as these films struggle to find an audience in cinemas as most aren’t willing to pay $15+ to see films like these in cinemas.
Dog films have been popular in cinemas with films like Turner & Hooch, A Dog’s Purpose, Marley & Me, Beethoven, The Shaggy Dog and My Dog Skip, but as with 2020’s The Call of the Wild opening $24.79m taking $62.34m and $111.16m worldwide, they are taking far less than they did more than a decade ago; 2008’s Marley & Me opened $36.35m taking $143.15m and $255.74m worldwide and 1989’s Turner & Hooch opened $12.21m taking $71.07m.
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Ghostbuster: Frozen Empire should open similarly to 2021’s Ghostbusters: Afterlife opened £4,314,263 (including £549,710 previews) #1 658 screens taking £11,494,268 and 2016’s Ghostbusters opened £4,388,944 #1 581 screens taking £10,554,557.
1984’s Ghostbusters opened £1.25m (£5,469,613 inflated) taking £12.4m (£54,258,564 inflated)
1989’s Ghostbusters 2 opened £1,418,955 (£4,823,229 inflated) #1 279 screens taking £8,301,000 (£28,216,275 inflated)
It was originally due to be released in November but was delayed to March after the SAG/WAG strike, delaying it to 2024 opening during the 40th anniversary of the original film. The first trailer was released in November.
While there has been much media coverage on promotions for the film it doesn’t seem to have the same media coverage as Godzilla X Kong: The New Empire opening next week has received.
The embargo ended on Wednesday, and it received mixed reviews
Dune Part 2 will drop about 40% in its fourth weekend taking £2.3m-£2.6m (taking £30m+ after 4 weeks) shares IMAX/PLF screens with Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire.
Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire is expected to open between $43m-$45m similar to 2021’s Ghostbusters: Afterlife $44m taking $129.36m and $204.33m worldwide and 2016’s Ghostbusters $46m taking $128.35m and $229.14m worldwide.
1989’s Ghostbusters 2 opened $29.47m ($77.78m) taking $112.49m ($297m inflated) and $215.39m worldwide
1984’s Ghostbusters opened $13.57m ($42.55m) taking $243.57m ($763.35m inflated) and $296.57m worldwide.
It’s a strange coincidence all previous Ghostbusters films have taken similar BO in the US.
After the success of Anyone But You several films starring Sydney Sweeney have been released, Madame Web
Immaculate is the third film released over the last few months starring Sydney Sweeney, Anyone But You was a massive hit, while Madame Web was both a box office and critical flop Reality was released on Amazon and has received widespread critical acclaim for her acting.
Reviews for Immaculate have been positive and the plot is similar to The First Omen which opens in two weeks and should open bigger than recent horrors Night Swim £590,691 #9 from 420 screens and Imaginary £652,808 #5 513 screens.
After a quiet few weeks and the Oscar re-releases last week could see some smaller films open at the bottom of the top 10.
Opening in two weeks
- Back To Black – Studiocanal
Music biopic drama starring Marisa Abela, Jack O’Connell, Eddie Marsan, and Lesley Manville and directed by Sam Taylor-Johnson.
After the death of Amy Winehouse, there were several attempts to make a biopic about Amy Winehouse including in 2015 Noomi Rapace was in talks to star with Kirsten Sheridan directing. They didn’t progress until 2018 when Winehouse’s estate announced they had signed a deal for a film about her life and career with Studiocanal.
Sam Taylor-Johnson previously directed 2009’s Nowhere Boy opened £148,157 #7 176 screens taking £1,292,610; 2015’s Fifty Shades of Grey opened £13,550,290 #1 586 screens taking £34,662,255 and 2019’s A Million Little Pieces opened £25,746 #32 from 59 screens.
Showing the huge popularity of Amy Winehouse in the UK the 2015 documentary Amy opened £523,192 #5 133 screens taking £3,763,429.
Music biopics have been extremely popular in the UK over recent years and Amy Winehouse’s Back to Black 2018 album sold 3.93m copies in the UK and is the 12th biggest-selling album in the UK.
In January 2023 a week after production started on the film pictures of Marisa Abela and Eddie Marsan as Amy and her father, Mitch Winehouse found their way to social media generating much criticism. When Amy Winehouse was alive she generated huge media coverage.
2024’s Bob Marley: One Love opened £6,950,773 taking £16m to date
Other recent music biopics openings include.
2006’s Walk the Line £1,111,142 #2 198 screens taking £9,737,493
2022’s Elvis opened £4,023,572 #1 740 screens; £1.25m (31.1%) Fri; £1.45m (36%) Sat £1.29m (36%) Sun; taking £27,492,430; had long legs staying in top 5 for 7 weeks and top 10 for 11 weeks.
2018’s Bohemian Rhapsody opened £9,530,463 (£3,054,530 previews) taking £55,376,188.
These films had the musician’s estate approval but the difference with Rocketman it was produced by Elton John while Queen produced Bohemian Rhapsody. The difference between those biopics is the main musicians died 20+ years ago while Amy Winehouse is only 14 years after her death which feels too soon for a biopic.
2019’s Rocketman opened £5,381,904 #2 705 screens (including £1,360,606 from three days of previews) taking £23,502,881: top 5 for 5 weeks and top 10 for 7 weeks.
- Civil War – Entertainment Films
Dystopian action film starring Kirsten Dunst, Wagner Moura, Cailee Spaeny, Stephen McKinley Henderson, and Nick Offerman and written and directed by Alex Garland.
It had its world premiere at SXSW on March 14, 2024. It received positive reviews with some comparing it to 28 Days Later as instead of Zombies the characters are travelling through a war and the film isn’t about the civil war but about the journalists who are following the story.
Alex Garland previously directed 2022’s Men opened £519,907 #3 568 screens taking £1,004,483; 2018’s Annihilation was released theatrically in the US and internationally on Netflix; 2015’s Ex Machina opened £1,093,952 #5 442 screens taking £2,890,149.
2002’s 28 Days Later opened £1,500,079 (£2,769,377) taking £6,315,553 (£11,659,482 inflated)
2006’s Children Of Men opened £1,284,254 #1 (£2,088,561 inflated) taking £4,858,150 (£7,900,729 inflated)
2013’s The Purge opened £1,019,877 #6 taking £3,365,209; 2014’s The Purge: Anarchy opened £1,165,143 #3 taking £4,430,522; 2016’s The Purge: Election Year opened £807,803 #5 taking £1,908,983; 2018’s The First Purge opened £1,778,157 #1 taking £5,904,674
He also wrote screenplays for 28 Days Later, Sunshine, Never Let Go and Dredd and wrote the scripts for follow-ups to 28 Months Later, and 28 Years Later directed by Danny Boyle.
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