- Inside Out 2 £5,127,182 – £40,067,872
Dropped 14.6% in its fourth weekend
Took £993k 19.37% (-17.93% £1.21m) Friday; £1.96m 38.23% (-21.6% £2.5m) Saturday; £2.174m 42.4% (-5.19% £2.293m) Sunday.
5th biggest fourth weekend between Skyfall and Avatar (close to Star Wars: The Force Awakens, Avatar: The Way of Water, No Time To Die and Barbie) and the 17th biggest inflated fourth weekend between Toy Story 2 and Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (close to Mrs Doubtfire, Bridget Jones’s Diary, Up and Harry Potter Chamber Of Secrets).
Biggest Pixar fourth weekend ahead of Toy Story 4 (£3,801,247); Up (£3,443,130); Finding Nemo (£3,393,575) and Toy Story 3 (£3,162,944) and 3rd biggest inflated between Toy Story 2 and Up (close to Finding Nemo, Monsters, Inc, Toy Story 3 and A Bug’s Life)
Inside Out 2 has overtaken Dune Part 2 to become the biggest film of 2024 and has overtaken the total BO of 2015’s Inside Out.
According to Movio research, 91% of the audience were infrequent cinemagoers and mostly female. As they are infrequent and female it could hold strongly against Despicable Me 4 frequent cinemagers.
Pixar sequel’s fourth weekends
2019’s Toy Story 4 dropped 32% £3,801,247 #2 669 screens and £42,598,992 of £65,802,558; #1 Spider-Man: Far From Home £4,396,516 2nd week
2018’s Incredibles 2 dropped 54% £2,391,917 #4 692 screens and £39,869,498 of £56.1m; #1 Ant-Man and The Wasp £4,988,747; #2 Mamma Mia: Here We Go Again! £4,121,275
2017’s Cars 3 dropped 51% £495,039 #9 567 screens and £8,831,016 of £10,254,953: #1 Dunkirk £4,624,570
2016’s Finding Dory up 12% £2,868,459 627 screens #1 and £32,358,650 of £46,258,802
2013’s Monsters University dropped 44% £1,753,216 573 screens #5 and £20,836,976 of £30,554,711: #1 The Smurfs 2 £3,220,911
2015’s Inside Out dropped 3% £1,912,671 615 screens #2 and £27,414,119 of £39,114,257: #1 Pixels £2,660,772
The 25 Pixar films have taken £760m in the UK BO since Toy Story in 1996 and almost £1.1bn inflated.
4th biggest Pixar film between Ratatouille and Wall-E (close to Monsters University, A Bug’s Life, Toy Story and Brave).
84th biggest between Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End and Dune Part 2 (close to Les Miserables, The Batman, Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith and Inside Out) and 186th biggest inflated between Shark Tale and Sex and the City (close to X-Men 2, Doctor Dolittle, Mission: Impossible and Forrest Gump).
14th biggest animated film between Frozen and Inside Out (close to Toy Story 2, Finding Dory, The Simpsons and Finding Nemo) and 28th biggest inflated animated film between Shark Tale and The Secret Life of Pets (close to Finding Dory, Inside Out, Ratatouille and Aladdin (1993).
After Inside Out 2 has held so strongly over the last three weeks helped by having mostly wet weather and no competition it will be interesting to see how it holds against Despicable Me 4 this weekend. As with other Despicable Me sequels and Minions films all apart from Minions: The Rise of Gru Pixar film opened afterwards. In 2022 Lightyear opened three weeks before Minions: The Rise Of Gru taking £864,035 #5 against Minions: The Rise Of Gru opening #1 £10,424,758.
- 2. A Quiet Place: Day One £1,617,243 – £6,185,363
Down 44.9% in the second weekend
Took £466k 28.82% (-42.26% £807k) Friday; £571k 35.31% (-40.83% £965k) Saturday; £580k 35.87% (+29.18% £449k) Sunday
589th biggest second weekend between Fantastic Four (2005) and Forrest Gump (close to Cloverfield, Dark Shadows, Mr and Mrs Smith and The Village) and 1,005th inflated biggest between Casino and Pacific Rim (close to Eyes Wide Shut, Backdraft, Little Voice and The Horse Whisperer).
The 22nd biggest horror second weekend between The Conjuring and The Conjuring 2: The Enfield Case (close to What Lies Beneath, The Others, The Invisible Man and The Grudge) and the 37th biggest second weekend inflated between The Ring Two and Scream 3 (close to Scream (1997), Halloween: H20 (1998), The Faculty and Nightmare on Elm Steet III (1997).
Hard to compare A Quiet Place films to other horror films as they play to a wider audience.
12th biggest 2024 second weekend between If and Mean Girls (close to Back to Black, Bad Boys: Ride or Die, One Life and Wicked Litle Letters).
21st biggest 2024 between Civil War and Argylle (close to Furiosa, Challengers, All Of Us Strangers and Madame Web).
Second weekends
2018’s A Quiet Place dropped 29% (4% without previews) £1,907,585 #3 578 screens and £6,350,119 53.81% of £11,801,912
2021’s A Quiet Place Part II dropped 63% (42% without previews) £1,314,938 #1 620 screens and £6,422,005 55.61% of £11,547,774
In 2020 Jeff Nichols was attached to write and direct a spinoff but in October 2021 dropped out of the film due to “creative differences” and was replaced by Michael Sarnoski (previously directed Pig). Jeff Nichols directed The Bikeriders instead.
A Quiet Place was originally conceived as a Cloverfield movie; 2008’s Cloverfield dropped 52.6% £1,652,549 and £6,704,421 of £9,120,932; 2016’s 10 Cloverfield Lane dropped 52% £771,215 and £3,326,797 of £5,029,725 and The Cloverfield Paradox was sold to Netflix. As with A Quiet Place, these two films weren’t originally conceived at Cloverfield Films, (10 Cloverfield Lane was called The Cellar and The Cloverfield Paradox was God Particle). Had the two films been more successful then A Quiet Place would have probably been a Cloverfield film, as they do feel they share the same universe.
1,189th biggest between The Lovely Bones and Annabelle Comes Home (close to Jeepers Creepers, Taken, 12 Monkeys and Hollow Man) and 1,745th biggest inflated between The Thin Red Line and Jeepers Creepers 2 (close to Contact, Kiss the Girls, Unstoppable and The Craft (1996).
- 3. Bad Boys: Ride Or Die £446,578 – £11,073,525
Down 31.5% in the fifth weekend
Took £135k 28.97% (-30.05% £193k) Friday; £159k 34.12% (-42.6% £277k) Saturday; £172k 36.91% -5.49% £182k) Sunday
545th biggest fifth weekend between Bee Movie and My Best Friend’s Wedding (close to Rush Hour 2, Get Out, Logan and Xxx) and 784th biggest inflated fifth weekend between Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb and What Happens In Vegas (close to A Quiet Place Part II, Shutter Island, The Other Guys and The Rock)
12th biggest 2024 film between Back to Black and Wicked Litle Letters (close to The Fall Guy, Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire, Mean Girls and Furiosa); despite much made about The Fall Guy disappointing Bad Boys: Rise Or Die has taken almost £1m less to date. `
Fifth weekend
1995’s Bad Boys down 27% £250,758 (£574,293 inflation inflated) taking £3,913,881 77% of £8,408,498 (£13,673,278 inflation inflated)
2003’s Bad Boys 2 dropped 44% £203,812 #11 217 screens (£298,600 inflation inflated) and £8,408,498 98.8% of £8,141,704 (£13,673,278 inflation inflated; Finding Nemo #1 £3,393,575 5th week
2020’s Bad Boys For Life dropped 16% £842,039 #7 438 screens and £14,371,453 89.3% of £15,953,076: #1 Sonic The Hedgehog £4,733,768
After Bad Boys: Rise Or Die has taken $332m worldwide and the film series has taken over $1bn worldwide Soy Pictures will surely be announcing Bad Boys 5 very soon for release in 2026.
Released last weekend was Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F produced by Jerry Bruckheimer; the original 1984 film paved the way for mismatched action cop films including Bad Boys, Rush Hour and Lethal Weapon. The 1987 sequel was as popular as the original film (opened £1,008,450/ £3,738,301 inflated taking £5,883,919/£21,811,551 inflated. The third film released in 1994 disappointed (opened £871,875/£2,138,106 inflated) taking £3,833,941/£9,402,003 inflated wasn’t produced by Jerry Bruckheimer.
It was a very different film from the previous two films ending the [possibility of a fourth film in the 90s. The development of a fourth film started in 2001 and in 2006 it was announced Jerry Bruckheimer would return to produce the film. Still, one of the likely reasons the film kept being delayed was its similarity to action-comedies like Bad Boys and Rush Hour instead was plans to make a TV series. After plans for TV series were rejected in 2013 Paramount pushed forward for a fourth film and set a March 25th, 2016, release date, but after script issues the studio pulled the film and in 2019 it was announced Netflix would develop the sequel.
The teaser trailer for Jerry Bruckheimer’s next film was also released over the weekend F1 starring Brad Pitt and directed by Joseph Kosinski (Top Gun: Maverick) made by Apple is due for release next June by Warner Bros.
624th biggest between Alvin and the Chipmunks and 17 Again (close to Enemy of the State, Rush Hour 2, The Gentlemen and Bullet Train) and 1,058th biggest inflated between Full Metal Jacket and Beowulf (close to Miami Vice, Con Air, Bird on a Wire and The Usual Suspects).
- 4. MaXXXine – £388,042 – NE
Took £146k 37.63% Friday; £119k 30.67% Saturday; £123k 31.70% Sunday
40th biggest 2025 opening between The Watchers and Kinds Of Kindness (close to Tarot, The Strangers: Chapter 1, Love Lies Bleeding and Drive Away Dolls)
The third part of the X film series directed by Ti West follows X and Pearl
2022’s X opened to £227,493 481 screens taking £641,792; the prequel Pearl opened £192,895 293 screens taking £477,076.
Except for A Quiet Place Part II horror films have struggled to find an audience in cinemas since Five Nights at Freddy’s last October, that said despite positive reviews MaXXXine was unlikely to find a wide audience.
Martin Scorsese told the New York Times The first, “X,” is “the ’70s, the slasher era”; “Pearl” is “’50s melodrama in vivid saturated colour; “MaXXXine” is “’80s Hollywood, rancid, desperate” …“three linked stories set within three different moments in movie culture, reflecting back on the greater culture.” By smuggling thoroughly modern ideas into films that were also steeped in the aesthetics of the past, he thought, West had done “something bold and thoroughly cinematic”.
As with the other two films MaXXXine will drop down the chart very quickly.
Down 36.5% in the third weekend
Due to new releases over the last two weeks underwhelming The Bikeriders has stayed in the top five for longer than expected,
Jeff Nichols’s films receive critical acclaim but struggle to find a wide audience as many cinematic directors like Paul Thomas Anderson (Licorice Pizza) and Darren Aronofsky (Mother).
Jeff Nichols’s previous films
2015’s Mud took £859,557; 2016’s Midnight Special took £1.2m and 2017’s Loving took £950,068
While in its third weekend, Tom Hardy’s 2012 Lawless dropped 48% £413,652 #8 344 screens and £3,539,610 of £4,048,768.
Jeff Nichols had been previously attached to direct A Quiet Place: Day One but left due to creative differences. Pig director Michael Sarnoski replaced him.
1,951st biggest between Crazy, Stupid, Love and Space Chimps (close to Point-Break (1991), Thelma & Louise, American Psycho and Die Hard) and 2,478th biggest inflated between The Accidental Husband and Horrible Histories: The Movie (close to Arlington Road, Ex Machina, Downfall and Malcolm X).
Also opened
- The Mummy (25th Anniversary 4K Restoration) – Park Circus
Opened £101,404 #12 from 289 screens
25 years ago, The Mummy opened £3,771,429/£7,139,736 inflated taking 17,439,339/£33,014,616 inflated). It was the 9th biggest film of 1999 between Tarzan and The Matrix. 1999 has been seen by many as the best year of cinema with a wide mix of films including Star Wars: The Phantom Menace, Notting Hill, A Bug’s Life, The World Is Not Enough, Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me, The Sixth Sense, Shakespeare In Love, Tarzan, The Mummy, The Matrix, The Blair Witch Project and American Pie.
Two sequels followed 2001’s The Mummy Returns and 2008’s The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor and prequel The Scorpion King. Universal Pictures tried to reboot The Mummy for a third time in 2017 with Tom Cruise as part of Monster Universe but the film disappointed as did their attempts to build a Monsters film series.
Park Circus have been re-releasing classic films for decades, but few have entered the top of the chart, over recent years they have become more popular, but do think having tickets at regular prices is stopping many from seeing them as only the biggest fans will be willing to pay about £10 to see a film they probably have on DVD or is on a streaming service.
The next re-release for Park Circus is Chariots of Fire on July 26th the date of the opening of the Paris Olympics; Chariots of Fire opened in 1981 taking £1,859,480/£9,380,307 inflated. was the 12th biggest film of 1981 between The Jazz Singer and Airplane; #1 Superman 2
UK box office in detail
The weekend’s top 10 box office took £8,755,143 down 27.7% from last weekend’s £12,103,063: 1,105,447 admissions down 27.7% from 1,528,165 admissions.
34th biggest weekend of the last 52 weeks between 22 March 2024 #1 Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire £4,056,097 (45.91%) and 03 May 2024 #1 The Fall Guy £3,598,996 (41.40%)
100th biggest since cinemas reopened out of 190 weeks between #1 Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire £4,056,097 (45.91%) and 05 August 2022 #1 Bullet Train £2,858,197 (32.7%)
758th biggest top 10 of the last 22 years (out of 1,161) between 11 April 2014 #1 Captain America: The Winter Soldier £1,782,201 (20.31%) and 26 April 2002 #1 About A Boy £3,747,966 (42.84%) and 1,011th inflated between 09 June 2006 #1 The Omen £2,096,002 (39.16%) and 14 January 2022 #1 Spider-Man No Way Home £3,215,166 (38.11%)
The top 3 took (£7,191,003) 82.1% of the top 10; Inside Out 58.56% (£5,127,182); A Quiet Place: Day One 18.47% (£1,617,243); Bad Boys: Ride Or Die 5.1% (£446,578)
166th highest #1 percentage (58.56%) between 26 June 2015 #1 Minions (58.66%) and 26 July 2002 #1 Austin Powers in Goldmember (58.49%)
502nd biggest admissions #1 (647,371) between 01 April 2022 #1 Sonic The Hedgehog 2 (648,418) and 23 December 2022 #1 Avatar: The Way of Water (646,815)
Down 23.6% from 2023; (£11,461,680); Elemental (£3,049,002); Insidious: The Red Door (£2,279,084); #1 Elemental £3,049,002 1st week 623 screens (26.6%)
Down 55.2% 2022 (£19,545,957); Minions: The Rise of Gru (£10,424,758); The Railway Children (Re: 2022) (£14,471); #1 Minions: The Rise of Gru £10,424,758 1st week 631 screens (53.3% of top 10)
Up 46.3% 2021 (£5,982,414); Freaky (£344,918); Another Round (£205,266); French Exit (£14,808); #1 Fast & Furious 9 £2,681,393 2nd week 609 screens 56% drop (44.82% of top 10)
Up 6,612% 2020: (£130,433); #1 Onward £21,626 47 screens (16.58%) no new releases 1st week reopening after lockdown 1
Down 64.6% from 2019; (£24,700,057); Spider-Man: Far From Home (£14,148,624); Westlife – The Twenty Tour Live (£899,488); Midsommar (£812,052); The Queen’s Corgi (£520,540); Anna (£198,391); Don’t Look Now (4K Restoration) (£13,977); #1 Spider-Man: Far From Home £14,148,624 1st week 635 screens (57.3% of top 10)
Up 57.2% from 2018: (£5,570,742); The First Purge (£1,778,157); The Beatles Yellow Submarine (50th Anniversary) (£163,155); Uncle Drew (£151,337); Whitney (£142,936); #1 The First Purge £1,778,157 1st week 481 screens (31.92% of top 10)
Down 50.3% from 2017: (£17,613,020); Spider-Man: Homecoming (£9,369,846); It Comes at Night (£226,688); Paw Patrol: Mission Big Screen (£42,460); #1 Spider-Man: Homecoming £9,369,846 1sr week 616 screens (53.2% of top 10)
Down 46.2% from 2016: (£16,278,631); The Legend of Tarzan (£3,570,350); Now You See Me 2 (£2,964,641); The Neon Demon (£126,996); Maggie’s Plan (£102,534); #1 The Secret Life of Pets £3,624,751 3rd week 612 screens 24% drop (22.3% of the top 10)
Down 35.4% from 2015; (£13,559,349); Ted 2 (£3,867,723); Love & Mercy (£105,718); Song Of The Sea (£72,172); The Human Centipede 3 (£938); #1 Minions £4,154,359 3rd week 605 screens 33% drop (30.6% of top 10)
Up 56.1% from 2014: (£5,795,536); Tammy (£471,429); The 100-Year-Old Man Who Climbed out the Window and Disappeared (£102,570); Don Giovanni – Glyndebourne 2010 (£32,205); A Hard Day’s Night (Re: 2014) (£9,935); Vampire Academy (£111); #1 Mrs Brown’s Boys d’Movie £2,188,761 2nd week 529 screens 49% drop (37.7% of top 10)
Down 17.5% from 2013: (£10,613,251); Now You See Me (£2,898,997); The Internship (£1,248,431); The Bling Ring (£141,425); A Field in England (£21,399); Chasing Mavericks (£21,985); #1 Despicable Me 2 £3,996,837 2nd 539 screens (37.6% of top 10)
Down 37.9% from 2012 (£14,098,577); The Amazing Spider-Man (£11,091,972); Katy Perry: Part of Me (£449,491); #1 The Amazing Spider-Man £11,091,972 1st week 552 screens (78.6% of top 10)
Down 43.2% from 2011; (£15,422,378); Transformers: Dark of the Moon (£10,728,503); Larry Crowne (£346,486); A Separation (£55,511); The Conspirator (£39,217); #1 Transformers: Dark of the Moon £10,728,503 1st week 521 screens (69.5% of top 10)
Down 21.1% from 2010: (£11,090,024); Shrek Forever After (£8,955,554); Heartbreaker (£119,742);; #1 Shrek Forever After £8,955,554 1st week 539 screens (80.7% of top 10)
Down 43.6% from 2009; (£15,513,026); Ice Age III (£7,639,884); Public Enemies (£2,228,291); #1 Ice Age III £7,639,884 1st week 526 screens (49.2% of top 10)
Down 56.6% from 2008; (£20,154,893); Hancock (£9,589,095); Kung Fu Panda (£6,069,679); The Mist (£157,394); £11,174,084); #1 Hancock £9,589,095 1st week 450 screens (47.58%)
Down 28.3% from 2007: (£12,207,040); Die Hard 4.0 (£5,004,916); Dead Silence (£22,580); #1 Shrek the Third £5,084,641 2nd week 70% drop 538 screens (41.6% of top 10)
Down 50.1% from 2006; (£17,550,776); Pirates of the Caribbean 2: Dead Man’s Chest (£13,740,784); District 13 (£98,747); #1 Pirates of the Caribbean 2: Dead Man’s Chest £13,740,784 1st week 514 screens (78.3% of top 10)
Up 32.1% from 2005: (£6,632,112); The Descent (£570,850); #1 War of the Worlds £4,219,120 2nd week 506 screens 51% drop (63.6% of top 10)
Down 56% from 2004 (£19,891,077); Shrek 2 (£16,220,752); Godsend (£491,506); Highwaymen (£44,388); Club Dread (£32,265); #1 Shrek 2 £16,220,752 1st week 512 screens (81.5% of top 10)
Up 4.1% from 2003 (£8,411,961); Charlie’s Angels: Full Throttle (£3,273,078); Dark Blue (£70,049); #1 Charlie’s Angels: Full £3,273,078 1st week 473 screens (38.9% of top 10)
Up 9% from 2002 (£8,034,538); The Minority Report (£4,506,315); Spirit: Stallion of Cimarron (£719,681); #1 The Minority Report £4,506,315 1st week 426 screens (56.1% of top 10)
2023 Next week: (£18,187,968); Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One (£10,391,016); Oklahoma! Starring Hugh Jackman (£124,103); #1 Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One £10,391,016 1st week 718 screens (57.13%)
US Box Office
- Despicable Me 4 – Universal Pictures
Opened with $75m (3 days) and $122.6m (5 days); received mixed reviews (53% Rotten Tomatoes) and A CinemaScore similar to Despicable Me and Despicable Me 2; Despicable Me A-
Despicable Me 4 didn’t have Tuesday previews unlike previous films
132nd biggest opening between Zootopia and Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (close to Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Avatar, The Simpsons Movie and Despicable Me 3).
IMAX/PLF took about a third of the opening this is the norm for tentpoles
Took $10.1m from IMAX worldwide; $8.3m US and $3.8m internationally
While critics gave the film mixed reviews the target audience was 82% positive; 63% recommended and with children under 12 91% with 61% must-see right away
2022’s Minions: The Rise of Gru opened $107.01m taking $370.28m and $940.2m worldwide; 60.6% internationally $569.93m; (70% Rotten Tomatoes) #2 Top Gun: Maverick $25.9m 6th week.
2015’s Minions opened $115.71m taking $336.04m and $1.15bn worldwide 71% $823.39m internationally; (55% Rotten Tomatoes) #2 Jurassic World $18.15m 5th w/e
2017’s Despicable Me 3 opened $72.43m taking $264.62m and $1.03bn worldwide 74% $770.17m internationally; (75% Rotten Tomatoes); #2 Baby Driver $20.55m
2013’s Despicable Me 2 opened $83.51m taking $368.06m and $970.76m worldwide 62% internationally $602.7m; (59% Rotten Tomatoes) #2 The Lone Ranger $29.21m
2010’s Despicable Me opened $56.39m taking $251.55m and $543.15m worldwide 53% internationally $291.6m; (81% Rotten Tomatoes); #1 The Twilight Saga: Eclipse $31.7m 2nd w/e
2017’s Despicable Me 3 took $95.6m internationally and $192.3m worldwide
Took $107m from 73 territories $106.9m total and $229.5m worldwide; Australia $16.2m; Mexico $12.6m; Argentina $6.6m; Brazil $5.9m; Spain $5.7m; Chile $5.4m; Colombia $3.4m; Holland $2.6m; Indonesia $2.6m; Poland $2.5m.
- Inside Out 2 – Disney
Down 47% in the fourth weekend taking $30.31m #2 and $534.13m
12th biggest fourth weekend between The Revenant and Avengers: Endgame (close to Barbie, Spider-Man: No Way Home, Jurassic World and Incredibles 2).
3rd biggest animated film between The Super Mario Bros. Movie and Finding Dory; 18th biggest between The Dark Knight and Rogue One: A Star Wars Story; 73rd biggest inflated between The Lost World: Jurassic Park and Monsters, Inc; 14th biggest Disney between The Lion King (2019) and Rogue One: A Star Wars Story.
Inside Out 2 has a 100-day window despite this it will take about 75% of BO within 21 days and 85%+ after 45 days as Despicable Me 4 opens in less than a month.
Recent Pixar sequel’s fourth weekends
2019’s Toy Story 4 dropped 38.1% $20.94m #2 and $346.65m of $434.03m and $1.073bn worldwide
2013’s Monsters University dropped 46.1% $10.63m #6 and $237.77m of $268.49m and $743.55m WW
2016’s Finding Dory dropped 50.2% $20.81m #3 and $423.04m of $486.29m and $1.029bn WW
2018’s Incredibles 2 dropped 38.8% $28.4m #3 and $503.76m of $608.58m and $1.243bn WW
2015’s Inside Out dropped 40.7% $17.66m #3 and $284.19m of $356.92m and $858.85m WW
Took $78.3m in 45 territories $683.1m total and $1.217bn worldwide; Mexico $90.2m; Brazil $55.3m; UK $50.3m; S. Korea $48.3m; Italy $39.6m. China $35.7m; France $35.5m; Spain $33.2m; Germany – $32.2m; Australia $25.1m; Argentina $22.1m.
Taken $32.2m worldwide from 762 IMAX cinemas in 62 territories; $23.7m US and $8.5m internationally.
5th biggest animated worldwide between Incredibles 2 and Minions; 25th biggest worldwide between The Fate of the Furious and Iron Man 3; Biggest 2024 worldwide ahead of Dune: Part Two $711.2m; 13th biggest Disney between Incredibles 2 and Iron Man 3.
- A Quiet Place: Day One – Paramount Pictures
Dropped 61% in the second weekend $20.6m #3 and $93.96m
440th biggest second weekend between Transformers: Rise of the Beasts and Taken (close to Van Helsing, Prometheus, 21 Jump Street and Get Smart)
2018’s A Quiet Place dropped 34.3% $32.97m #2 and $100m of $188.02m and $340.95m worldwide
2021’s A Quiet Place Part II dropped 59.5% $19.26m #2 and $88.37m of $160.07m and $297.37m worldwide.
873rd biggest between The Color Purple (1985) and He’s Just Not That Into You; 1,807th biggest inflated between The Recruit and White Noise; 11th biggest 2024 between Bob Marley: One Love and The Fall Guy; 32nd biggest horror between M3GAN and Halloween Kills; 120th biggest Paramount Pictures between Heaven Can Wait and Rocketman.
A Quiet Place was in production before Jim Gianopulos joined the studio. Still, they championed the film giving John Krasinski an extra $1m for more effects and reshoots after seeing an early cut and then premiered the film at SXSW 6 weeks before release generating strong buzz.
What of course helped A Quiet Place: Day One was its strong trailer being played with Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes and Bad Boys: Ride Or Die the only adult major release.
Took $21.1m from 67 territories $83.8m total and $178.2m worldwide; China $15.6m; Mexico $8.9m; UK $7.5m; Australia $5.3m; France $4.2m.
- MaXXine -A24
Opened $6.7m; received mixed reviews (75% Rotten Tomatoes) and B CinemaScore
The third film in the X film series and sequel to X set in the 1980s; Peal was set in the 70s and X was set in 1979.
2022’s X opened $4.27m taking $11.76m and $14.74m worldwide
2022’s Pearl opened $3.12m taking $9.42m and $9.84m worldwide
Opened with $1.1m from 10 territories and $7.8m worldwide
UK Box Office Top 10
UK Box Office Preview
Despicable Me sequels and Minion’s spinoffs all had similar openings,
2022’s Minions: The Rise of Gru opened £10,424,758; £2.7m Fri £4.2m on Sat (up 55%) and £3.52m on Sun; 7.05% from 3D £729,432 from 142 screens Vs 28% of Minions BO coming from 3D in 2015
2017’s Despicable Me 3 opened £11,154,904 taking £47,562,575
2015’s Minions opened £11,556,856 (3D took £3,194,166) taking £47,091,449
2013’s Despicable Me 2 opened £14,822,427 (£4,868,323 previews 33%) taking £46,815,412
But Inside Out 2 has held strongly over the last three weeks since opening taking £5,127,182 last weekend and is unlikely to drop more than 50% which will surely mean that it could eat into Despicable Me 4 £10m+ opening as they both are targeting similar audiences.
That said Despicable Me 4 plays younger than Inside Out 2 and Inside Out 2 has 91% infrequent cinemagoers. Despicable Me 4 audience is frequent cinemagoers who have seen The Garfield Movie, If, Kung Fu Panda 4 and Migration, while many who have seen Inside Out 2 last went to the cinema to see Wonka.
With the summer holidays starting in two weeks and being the only major family film opening during the holidays it will have long legs into September as Minions: The Rise Of Gru, Despicable Me 3 and Despicable Me 2 previously, this will likely see it taking similar total BO.
Fly Me To The Moon also opens after taking £278k from Sat/Sun previews. Reviews have been mixed saying it’s far too long for a romcom with 2hr 11 running time. The plot is similar to the political satire 1997’s Wag The Dog when a Hollywood producer fakes a war with Albania to distract voters from a presidential sex scandal.
Despite Scarlett Johansson’s films taking over $15bn worldwide, 2017’s Rough Night was her last non-tentpole leading film opening £244,462 #11 from 378 screens.
Greg Berlanti directed the film his previous 2018, Love Simon opened £1,179,593 taking £3,540,552
Anyone But You was the last major rom-com opened £1,253,694 taking £11,364,012
Other recent rom-coms include
2022’s Ticket To Paradise opened £2,805,615 taking £9,486,303
2019’s Last Christmas opened £2,654,354 taking £17,758,583
2018’s Crazy Rich Asians opened £1,599,858 taking £5,624,525
2016’s How To Be Single opened £1,876,539 taking £5,766,935
The biggest rom-coms in the UK are the Bridget Jones’s Diary trilogy (the fourth coming in February 2025)
Channing Tatum’s recent film’s Magic Mike’s Last Dance opened £1,529,155 taking £5,680,002 and 2022’s The Lost City opened £2,743,211 taking £10,606,648
The horror film Longlegs has received critical acclaim (100% Rotten Tomatoes) about a female FBI agent tracking a serial killer similar to 1991’s The Silence of Lambs (opened £1,594,006/£4,192,814 inflated taking £17,119,333/£45,030,061 inflated). Despite receiving positive reviews, it will struggle to find a wide audience as with Despicable Me 4 and Inside Out 2 it will be screening in the smallest screens in cinemas.
Also released is the documentary The Commandant’s Shadow, which tells the true story that inspired Academy winner The Zone of Interest (opened £585,855 106 screens taking £3,436,903).
Opening in two weeks
- Harold And The Purple Crayon – Sony Pictures
Live action/animated fantasy comedy based on the 1955 children’s book Harold and the Purple Crayon by Crockett Johnson starring Zachary Levi, Lil Rel Howery, Jemaine Clement, Tanya Reynolds, and Zooey Deschanel and directed by Carlos Saldanha.
It started development in 1992 and in 1994 Spike Jonze was attached to direct but two months before filming was due to start the studio put it in turnaround. In 2010 Sony Pictures started developing the film but it took until 2021 for it to get closer to production when Zachary Levi signed to star.
The first trailer was released in March and a second in May and they have been played with The Garfield Movie, Inside Out 2 and Despicable Me 4 while opening three weeks later will help boost its profile and the first weekend of August has been a good date for the smaller family films.
2023’s Haunted Mansion opened £990,084 taking £3,183,228
2018’s Christopher Robin opened £2,553,810 taking £14,875,899
2019’s Dora and the Lost City of Gold opened £1,165,865 taking £6,655,422
2017’s The Emoji Movie opened £2,702,809 taking £14,612,815
2015’s Pixels opened £2,660,772 taking £8,334,036
Other comparisons include 2022’s Lyle, Lyle Crocodile (opened £2,783,562 taking £12,724,435) as they are both based on children’s books that aren’t well-known in the UK. Or 2021’s Clifford the Big Red Dog opened £1,293,354 taking £10,057,905
Carlos Saldanha previously directed two Rio and three Ice Age animated films.
