- It Ends With Us £4,516,760 – NE
Took £1.85m 43.74% Friday; £1.31m 30.97% Saturday; £1.07m 25.3% Sunday.
353rd biggest opening between Sweeney Todd and Minority Report (close to The Greatest Showman, Elf, Marley & Me and Notting Hill) and 523rd biggest inflated opening between Johnny English Strikes Back and Rampage (close to Moulin Rouge, The Holiday, The Truman Show and Maid In Manhattan).
7th biggest 2024 opening between Kung Fu Panda 4 and Twisters (close to Godzilla X Kong: The New Empire, Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire, Bad Boys: Ride or Die and Kingdom Of The Planet Of The Apes).
Opened close to female-targeted films including Downton Abbey (£5,180,865); Marley & Me (£4,414,169); The Great Gatsby (£4,095,325); Little Women (£3,578,877).
158th widest opening 625 cinemas close to The Father, Alien: Covenant, Elemental and The Railway Children Return; 225th 600+ opener since 2016’s Jurassic World.
Its 3-day opening was 9.03% of its US similar to Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire, The Lost City, Jerry Maguire and Groundhog Day; the industry uses 10% as a guide of US but it’s normally between 7%-8%.
It was surprising to see industry analysis comparing the film with Little Women (£3.6m) A Star Is Born (£3.8m) Fifty Shades Freed (£6.1m), La La Land (£6.5m), Fifty Shades Darker (£7.5m) and Fifty Shades Of Grey (£13.5m) openings as has little in common with those films, sums up why tracing was so poor.
No one would have predicted a week ago that Deadpool & Wolverine wouldn’t have been #1 in its third weekend, and even after It Ends With Us opened #1 on Friday surely most expected D&W would still top the weekend (was #1 on Saturday) as it did in the US. As William Goldman wrote in 1983 “Nobody knows anything…… Not one person in the entire motion picture field knows for a certainty what’s going to work. Every time out it’s a guess and, if you’re lucky, an educated one.”
Always know audiences will come out in big numbers to see films like Deadpool & Wolverine, Despicable Me 4 and Inside Out 2 films like It Ends With Us generate huge social media coverage, but this often doesn’t translate into huge admissions.
In the 24 hours of the UK premiere in August 2013 of One Direction: This Is Us, there were 3.6m tweets about One Direction tweets and 1.9m with the hashtag #1DMoviePremiere. The film opened with £3,471,872 including £1,267,189 Thursday previews took £7.6m.
In October last year Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour generated massive social media coverage opening £5,729,998 (took £12,164,375), with an average price £19.89 had about 300k admissions over opening weekend. Industry reaction was positive but if you compare it to the enormous number of her fans (in 2021 had about 2m fans in the UK) only a tiny fraction of them went to see the concert film despite it being released 9 months before her UK concerts.
On June 3.5m Taylor Swift fans registered to buy tickets for her UK concerts next summer, with only 750,076 tickets, surely the 75% who weren’t able to buy tickets would have rushed to see the concert in the cinema? Especially if you compare it with 2009’s Michael Jackson’s This Is It opened £4,877,255 (£7,145,537 inflated) taking £9,732,593 (£14,258,964 inflated) with regular pried tickets.
Why even after opening with £1.85m on Friday it wasn’t certain that it would be #1 for the weekend as often young adult adaptions are front=loaded so was expecting a big drop off on Saturday and Sunday which never happened, would be interesting to see how it does Mon-Thurs and drops over its second weekend as would expect 50%= drop.
The trailer was viewed 128.1m in the first 24 Hours becoming the biggest recent it’s for female-led films Wicked 112.9m views; Barbie 101.6m; Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour 96.2m; Mean Girls 79.3m; Challengers 75m; The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes 61.6m and its had many more views playing with many summer films.
The first trailer for Bridget Jones: Mad About The Boy was released exclusively in cinemas with It Ends With Us.
It Ends With Us could be compared to The Fault In Our Stars as they were both based on extremely popular young adult novels. In 2021 the novel grew in popularity from the #BookTok community on TikTok for its dealing with themes of domestic violence and abuse cycles. The book debuted at #1 on The New York Times best sellers list selling 925,221 copies in 2022 and was the best-selling novel of 2023.
Colleen Hoover’s book became a “BookTok” cultural phenomenon with more than 3.8bn views on her TikTok hashtag, Selling over 20m books and writing five of the top 10 bestselling print books of any genre in 2022. The book was published in 43 foreign languages, It Ends With Us was the top-selling print book of 2022 and was on the New York Times Best Seller List for more than 90 weeks.
As with 2022’s Don’t Worry Darling there were claims of tensions between the director Justin Baldoni and Blake Lively during postproduction with two cuts of the film the director’s cut and a second cut Blake Lively requested which became the released version, despite the original version testing better. It was reported Ryan Reynolds wrote a key rooftop scene at the start of the film. Blake Lively said “We help each other. He works on everything I do. I work on everything he does. So, his wins, his celebrations are mine and mine are his.”
As there are many different cuts made on most Baldoni was missing from the premiere press events and there was a lack of photos of Lively and Baldoni together similar happened with cast members of Don’t Worry Darling who hated each other. What it did do was generate a lot of free media coverage which is always good.
Colleen Hoover has written a sequel to It Ends With Us and Sony Pictures will be eager to get Blake Lively to return in t Starts with Us.
Now that Fox 2000 Pictures is no more Sony Pictures is the only studio who are still regularly making these films. Elizabeth Gabler who was head of Fox 2000 is now head of Sony 3000 Pictures, they have made recently Where the Crawdads Sing for Sony and Lady Chatterley’s Love for Netflix.
Films about abusive relationships include.
2013’s Safe Haven opened £812,460/£985,403 taking £2,076,306/£2,518,276 inflated
2002’s Enough opened £340,600/£628,800 inflated taking £897,245/£1,656,452 inflated
1992’s Fried Green Tomatoes opened £154,934/£382,267 inflated taking £2,022,981/£4,991,280 inflated
1991’s Sleeping With the Enemy opened £1,300,204/£3,398,553 inflated taking £9,230,825/£24,128,097 inflated.
Blake Lively recent films include.
2015’s The Age of Adaline opened £570,386 taking £1,084,834
2018’s A Simple Favor opened £1,621,900 taking £4,930,383; a sequel has been made and will be released by Amazon/Lionsgate next year.
Was expecting it to open similarly to 2022’s Where The Crawdads Sing £1,395,704 taking £8,115,231.
In the US as with many young adult adaptions, it’s hard to predict if audiences will come out to see it, Deadline said on Tuesday that NRG predicted $23m opening. It premiered on Tuesday Blake Lively was there with Hugh Jackman and Ryan Reynolds and in a viral video, Ryan Reynolds, Ryan’s mum and Hugh Jackman interview Brandon Sklenar.
Seeing Ryan Reynolds get involved in the marketing for It Ends With Us reminds me of in 1999 Austin Powers 2 trailer voiceover “If you only see one film this summer see Star Wars, if you see two see Austin Powers 2”.
- 2 Deadpool and Wolverine £4,083,378- £42,986,728
Down 49.1% in the third weekend
Took £1.26m 30.86% (-47.28% £2.39m Friday; £1.45m 35.51% (-51.99% £3.02m) Saturday; £1.37m 33.63% (-66.37% £2.61m) Sunday.
60th biggest third weekend between The Dark Knight and Dune Part 2 (close to Minions, Mamma Mia 2, Aladdin and Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle) and the 118th inflated second weekend between Despicable Me 3 and Toy Story (close to Incredibles, Slumdog Millionaire, Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me and The Sixth Sense).
8th biggest comic-book third weekend between The Dark Knight and Black Panther (close to Avengers: Endgame, Avengers Assemble, Captain Marvel and The Batman) and 10th inflated MCU second weekend between Black Panther and Spider-Man 3 (close to Spider-Man: The Movie, Iron Man 3, X-Men 2 and Batman)
5th biggest MCU third weekend between Avengers Assemble and Black Panther (close to Avengers: Age of Ultron, Captain Marvel, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2 and Iron Man 3).
Third weekends
2016’s Deadpool dropped 48% £2,987,877/£3,213,681 inflated #1 568 screens and £31,154,454 82.82% £37,616,432 (£40.45m inflation inflated); took 2.74x opening #1 for 3 weeks.
2018’s Deadpool 2 dropped 33% £2,530,069/£2,792,888 inflated #2 603 screens and £26,701,776 82.15% of £32,501,893/£35.87m inflated; took 2.51x opening; #1 Solo: A Star Wars Story £3,147,338
2016’s Suicide Squad dropped 40% £2,549,043 580 screens and £27,668,748 83.36% of £33,191,023/£35.47m; took 2.95x of opening
2019’s Joker down 44% £5,489,716 #1 682 screens and £40,302,422 68.89% of £57.8m took 4.6x opening.
Deadpool 3 second weekend was also similar to The Dark Knight, The Dark Knight Rises inflated second weekends and close to The Batman’s second weekend.
2012’s The Dark Knight Rises dropped 41% £4,290,605/£5,368,308 inflated #2 567 screens and £40,846,913 72.63% of 54.15% of £56,424,320 (£70,153,943 inflated) 3.93x opening; #1 Ted £9,333,700 and the middle weekend of the London Olympics.
2008’s The Dark Knight dropped 39% £4,090,024/£6,268,748 inflated #2 509 screens and £34,685,968 70.96% of £49,309,894 (£75,102,762 inflated) 4.41x opening; #1 The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor £4,434,650
2022’s The Batman dropped 55% £3,351,288 #1 703 screens and £32,600,009 79.94% of £40,811,982 (£42,032,626 inflated) 3.02x opening
2002’s Spider-Man dropped 39% £2,605,993/£4,841,437 #1 507 screens and £20,953,100 76.11% of £27,529,785/£50,824,218 inflated.
Had similarly inflated third weekends to
2007’s Spider-Man 3 dropped 54% £2,549,712/£4,024,001 inflated #1 508 screens and £28,491,501 85.16% of £33,458,286/£52,804,463 inflated
And Disney’s first MCU 2013’s Iron Man 3 dropped 50% £3,182,108/£3,883,829 #2 524 screens and £31,122,954 84.44% of £36,858,807/£44,986,936 inflated; #1 Star Trek: Into Darkness £8,431,574
2003’s X2 dropped 31% £2,115,011/£3,796,540 #1 468 screens and £16,748,141 81.69% of £20,500,928/£36,800,089 inflated.
Deadpool & Wolverine couldn’t be compared to the first two films as it has received far more hype and media coverage than those films received and needed to be compared to other MCU films similar to MCUs.
2022’s Doctor Strange in the Multiverse dropped 48% £2,968,358 #1 699 screens and £35,284,937 83.88% of £42,082,090; took 2.13x opening
2016’s Captain America Civil War dropped 42% £2,789,985/£3,000,834 #1 586 screens and £32,162,068 87.46% of £36,771,782; 2.54x opening
2015’s Avengers: Age of Ultron dropped 59.1% £3,509,620/£3,879,566 inflated #1 565 screens and £40,353,610 83.67% of £48,227,409; 2.68x opening
2012’s Avengers Assemble dropped 48.6% £4,169,087/£5,216,267 inflated #1 498 screens and £40,279,282 77.59% of £51,614,076/£64,173,231 inflated; 3.27x opening
The problem is many get caught up in the hype of seemingly bigger box office than previous films but if you make direct comparisons with similar films and compare inflated BO it’s a very different story as it shows again what I’ve said for ages MCU films have been flat since Civil War removing out Affinity Wars/Endgame/No Way Home. While they might both feature Blake Lively they play to vastly different audiences so It Ends With Us can’t be used as an excuse for Deadpool 3 dropping off much quicker than expected.
It’s the 4th biggest MCU after 18 days behind Avengers: Endgame, Spider-Man: No Way Home and Avengers Infinity War and close to Avengers: Age of Ultron (£40,353,610) and Avengers Assemble (£40,279,282) but will come short of Black Panther’s £52,399,681/£68,915,092 inflated total.
The 34 MCUs have taken £1.12bn since 2008 and £1.3bn inflated.
71st biggest between Finding Dory and Frozen (close to The Inbetweeners Movie, 1917, Hobbit: The Desolation Of Smaug and Alice In Wonderland) and 263rd biggest inflated between Captain Marvel and Inside Out (close to The Day After Tomorrow, Cats and Dogs, The Mask and The Bodyguard).
24th biggest comic book between Spider-Man 3 and Suicide Squad (close to Batman Vs Superman, Men In Black, Deadpool 2 and Thor: Ragnarok) and the 10th biggest inflated between Avengers Age of Ultron and Doctor Strange In The Multiverse Of Madness (close to Marvel Avengers Assemble, Black Panther, Deadpool and Iron Man 3).
The upcoming MCU includes a new Daredevil TV series, 20th Century Fox made the 2003 film, it was then remade for Netflix as a TV series and Marvel is bringing it back as a TV series titled Born Again. Footage received rave reactions for Captain America: Brave New World at D23 but the film has had extensive reshoots and has been delayed from May 2024 to February 2025.
Thunderbolts is the only new Marvel film on their slate, but it’s another group of anti-heroes seen before many times Guardians of the Galaxy and Suicide Squad. The Fantastic Four: The First Steps, the third version of The Fantastic Four in 20 years. Another reboot Blade starring Mahershala Ali has seen several directors leave the film. Wesley Snipes returned to play Blade in Deadpool and Wolverine saying, “There will only ever be one Blade” Then there are the next Avengers films titled Doomsday in 2026 and The Secret Wars in 2027, with the thousands of characters in Marvel comics they are again going the easiest route with their upcoming slate.
The end credits feature a dedication to the 20th Century Fox X-Men films including Daredevil, Elektra and The Fantastic Four but also includes Blade never part of the X-Men films as it was made by New Line/Warner Bros and rights reverted to Marvel in 2012. In Deadpool and Wolverine, kill off Channing Tatum’s Gambit. 20th Century Fox had been developing a Gambit spinoff with Rupert Wyatt attached to direct since 2014 and Channing Tatum attached, its production start date kept being delayed and it was finally cancelled after Disney acquired Fox in 2020.
Ryan Reynold appeared alongside Hugh Jackman as Deadpool and Wolverine in 2009’s X-Men Origins: Wolverine and they fought each other with Wolverine killing Deadpool. After Wolverine changed the timeline in 2014’s X-Men: Days of Future Past everything after the 70s was wiped. The events in X-Men Origins: Wolverine never happened shouldn’t be the hostility between Deadpool and Wolverine. As in Batman Vs Superman and Captain America: Civil War when Deadpool and Wolverine fight it feels tiresome as both have super healing powers.
The industry never learned in July 1989 UIP boss Chris Hedges said he ‘believes that the release of the major films is having a positive effect on each other’. This was after Indiana Jones 3 had the biggest-ever opening in the UK and Licence to Kill had a small drop.
- 3 Despicable Me 4 £1,528,941 – £35,552,993
Down 40.3% in its fifth weekend
Took £532k 34.82% (£781k -31.88%) Friday; £522k 34.16% (-39.37% £861k Saturday; £474k 31.02% (-68.98% £919k Sunday.
76th biggest fifth weekend between Spider-Man: Across The Spider-Verse and Finding Dory (close to The Jungle Book, Toy Story 2, The Dark Knight Rises and Hobbit: The Desolation Of Smaug) and 172nd biggest fifth weekend inflated between Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason and Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End (close to Crocodile Dundee II, Coco, Inside Out and Fantastic Beasts).
17th biggest animated fifth weekend between Moana and Finding Dory (close to Finding Nemo, Toy Story 2, A Bug’s Life and Monsters, Inc) and the 31st inflated animated fifth weekend between Coco and Inside Out (close to Moana, Ice Age III, Inside Out and Despicable Me)
Fifth weekends
2022’s Minions: The Rise of Gru dropped 35.4% £1,992,011 and £33,515,009 73.23% of £45,764,546
2017’s Despicable Me 3 dropped 27% £2,250,597 £35,851,868 75.38% of £47,562,575
2015’s Minions dropped 16.1% £2,268,007 £37,097,156 78.8% of £47,645,626
2013’s Despicable Me 2 dropped 12.7% £2,085,392/£2.6m inflated and £34,676,246 73.24% of £47,436,199
2010’s Despicable Me dropped 7.5% £1,089,160/£1,458,925 inflated and £18,171,850 92% of £19,670,786
The 14 Illumination Entertainment films have taken £480m (almost £525 inflated) since the first Despicable Me opened in 2010; upcoming Super Mario Bros 2 April 2026, Minions 3 June 2027 and Despicable Me 5 in July 2028.
In June released a parody multi-verse trailer with Steve Carell saying Illumination would release 100 years’ worth of films, television series, and stage productions starring the Mega Minions including Mega Minions: The Tax Write-Off and an untitled Mega Minions spin-off series spoofing the cancellation of Warner Bros. films like Batgirl and Coyote vs. Acme.
The 21st biggest animated film between The Secret Life of Pets and Ice Age III (close to The Simpsons, Finding Nemo, The Lego Movie and Sing 2) and the 29th biggest inflated animated between Monsters University and Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa (close to Aladdin, Madagascar, Wall·E and Tarzan).
116th biggest between Twilight: Breaking Dawn – Part 2 and Jurassic World Dominion (close to Men In Black, Die Another Day, Inception and Fantastic Beasts 2) and 242nd biggest inflated between Deadpool 2 and Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa (close to Casper, Back to the Future Part II, The Fugitive and Jurassic Park 3).
- 4 Trap – £1,141,334 NE
Took £426k 37.34% Friday; £364k 31.90% Saturday; £253k 30.76% Sunday.
1,529th biggest opening between Notes on a Scandal and The Sorcerer’s Apprentice (close to Into The Storm, City of Angels, Death Becomes Her and The Hills Have Eyes) and 2,167 inflated biggest opening between Psycho (1999) and My Father, The Hero (close to LA Story, Disturbia, The Visit and Sleepwalkers).
32nd biggest 2024 opening between All Of Us Strangers and The Bikeriders (close to Challengers, Longlegs, Priscilla and The Beekeeper).
Opened in 526 cinemas 497th widest opening similar to Abigail, Goosebumps 2: Haunted Halloween, A Star Is Born, A Quiet Place, The Divergent Series: Allegiant, Suffragette and Ice Age III; 657th 500+ opener since 2002’s LOTR: The Two Towers.
M. Night Shyamalan’s recent film 2023’s Knock at the Cabin opened £985,027 #3 taking £2,020,346 and 2021’s Old opened #4 £866,860 taking £3,181,707. It’s his first film for Warner Bros since 2006’s Lady in the Water opened £452,744 #9 (£671,214 inflation inflated) in the top 10 for only one week.
A long way from many of his other films
2019’s Glass opened £3,423,380 35.5% of £9,646,964.
2017’s Split opened £2,548,516 23.1% of £11,018,069
2004’s The Village £2,945,763 (£4,913,979 inflation inflated) 29.5% of £9,980,280 (£16,648,619 inflation inflated)
2002’s Signs £3,767,713 (£6,578,128 inflation inflated) 23.4% of £16,084,656 (£28,082,535 inflation inflated)
2000’s Unbreakable £2,004,890 (£3,412,870 inflation inflated) 17.8% of £11,222,712 (inflation inflated £19,563,228)
1999’s The Sixth Sense £4,792,296 (£8,730,858 inflation inflated) 18.6% of £25,407,279 (£46,288,321 inflation inflated).
The film was pitched as The Silence of the Lambs at a Taylor Swift concert, and she has her Wembley Stadium concert this week.
Took £258,556 30.67% from previews Thurs.
Took £135k 21.06% Friday; £148k 23.09% Saturday; £154k 24.02% Sunday.
1,925th biggest opening between Patriots Day and Snatched (close to Never Back Down, Pete’s Dragon, Saltburn and Arachnophobia) and 2,541st inflated biggest opening between Three Fugitives and Tad The Lost Explorer (close to Bad Santa 2, Violent Night, Unleashed and Bad Santa).
36th biggest 2024 opening between Fly Me to the Moon and Monkey Man (close to The Beekeeper, The Iron Claw, The Holdovers and Imaginary).
Opened in 540 cinemas 417th widest opening similar to Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows, Quantum of Solace, Fantastic Four (2015 and Gravity; 657th 500+ opener since 2002’s LOTR: The Two Towers.
Sci-fi action comedy based on the video game series of the same name starring an ensemble cast of Cate Blanchett, Kevin Hart, Jack Black, Edgar Ramírez, Ariana Greenblatt, Gina Gershon, and Jamie Lee Curtis, and directed by Eli Roth.
While there have been successful film adaptions to video games including Uncharted and Super Mario Brothers and The Last of US TV series it’s hard to get the balance right as the video games are structured differently to films focusing on gameplay rather than plot. Studios are desperately searching for properties with over 77m copies of Borderlands sold and 26m Borderlands 2 generating over $1bn you would have thought filmmakers wouldn’t keep making the same mistakes as they did with Warcraft and Assassin’s Creed. As with comic-book films, there is a loyalty to the source materials and if they change it too much they will receive anger from the gamers but if it’s to play beyond gamers need a story.
The film adaption was first announced in 2015 Leigh Whannell was in talks to direct but then in 2020 Roth was attached to direct and filming started in April 2021. There were reshoots in January 2023 Tim Miller directed those as Eli Roth was directing his next film Thanksgiving.
Cate Blanchett said in an interview “The gun-slinging stuff was so much fun. I got really absorbed in that universe. I think there also may have been a little Covid madness”.
Expectations were exceptionally low for Borderlands, comparable to 1994’a Street Fighter, 1999’s Wing Commander, 2006’s DOA: Dead or Alive, 2005’s BloodRayne. Its opening would be far worse if not for two days of previews and will heavily drop this weekend.
Also released.
Spider-Man 2 (2024 Re-issue) – Sony Pictures £208,243 #10
Following on from Spider-Man being re-released last weekend (£253,261 #7 487 screens) Spider-Man 2 is also being re-released for a week and will be followed by Spider-Man 3 before the two Amazing Spider-Man films and the two MCU Spider-Man films. They will attract the same audience for all of them, opening with about £200k.
UK box office in detail
The weekend’s top 10 box office took £13,987,592 down 3.1% from last weekend’s £14,436,761: 1,766,110 admissions down 2.9% from 1,818,652 admissions.
8th biggest weekend of the last 52 weeks between 02 August 2024 #1 Deadpool and Wolverine £8,021,084 (55.56%) and 11 August 2023 #1 Barbie £4,428,044 (31.77%)
33rd biggest since cinemas reopened out of 195 weeks between 03 June 2022 (14,210,578) #1 Top Gun Maverick £10,325,500 (72.66%) and 11 August 2023 (£13,935,685) #1 Barbie £4,428,044 (31.77%)
298th biggest top 10 of the last 22 years (out of 1,166) between 08 September 2017 (£13,995,694) #1It £10,002,443 (71.47%) and 10 April 2009 (£13,950,469) #1 Fast & Furious £4,928,784 (35.33%) and 562nd inflated between 16 October 2009 (£10,447,511) #1 Up £5,162,325 (49.41%) and 19 August 2016 (£12,985,800) #1 Finding Dory £2,868,459 (22.09%)
The top 3 took (£10,129,079) 72.4% of the top 10; It Ends With Us 32.29% (£4,516,760); Deadpool and Wolverine 29.19% (£4,083,378); Despicable Me 4 10.93% (£1,528,941).
633rd highest #1 percentage (32.29%) between 09 December 2016 #1 Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (32.31%) and 14 November 2014 #1 Interstellar (32.28%)
593rd biggest admissions #1 (570,298) between 22 August 2008 #1 Hellboy 2: The Golden Army (571,077) and 18 April 2003 #1 Johnny English (569,744)
Down 0.4% from 2023; (£13,935,685); Gran Turismo: Based On A True Story (£1,045,838); Haunted Mansion (£990,084); Enter The Dragon (50th Anniversary) (£36,378); #1 Barbie £4,428,044 4th week 44% drop 777 screens (31.77% of top 10)
Up 115.6% 2022 (£6,488,377); Nope (£1,859,337); Tomorrow Never Dies (Re: 2022) (£7,825); The Rocky Horror Picture Show (Re: 2011) (£3,371); #1 Nope £1,859,337 1st week 676 screens (28.7% of top 10)
Up 57.4% 2021 (£8,885,507); Free Guy (£2,477,891); The Paw Patrol Movie (£2,410,496); Don’t Breathe 2 (£349,702); The Courier (£339,020); #1 Free Guy £2,477,891 1st week from 627 screens (27.9% of top 10)
Up 1,606.3% 2020: (£819,747); Inception (10th Anniversary) (£207,675); Pinocchio (£108,626); Babyteeth (£38,977); The Fast And The Furious (Re: 2020) (£8,306); #1 Inception (10th Anniversary) £207,675 1st weekend 313 screens (20.8% of top 10)
Up 10.4% from 2019; (£12,630,683); Blinded by the Light (£966,095); Playmobil (£376,296); Bring the Soul: The Movie (Concert) (£237,537); The Art of Racing in the Rain (£197,009); #1 The Lion King £4,366,824 down 16% 4th week 714 screens (34.6% of top 10)
Down 14.9% from 2018: (£16,439,374); The Meg (£3,651,111); The Darkest Minds (£388,325); Dog Days (£59,223); Heathers (30th Anniversary) (£43,462); Pope Francis – A Man of His Word (£21,593); #1 The Meg £3,651,111 1st week 499 screens (22.2% of top 10)
Up 31.2% from 2017: (£10,664,274); Annabelle: Creation (£1,960,203); Atomic Blonde (£1,686,430); The Nut Job 2: Nutty By Nature (£354,276); A Ghost Story (£133,899); Overdrive (£60,043); Step (£5,039); #1 Dunkirk £2,634,839 4th week 677 screens 43% drop (24.7% of top 10)
Up 2.3% from 2016: (£13,670,811); Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates (£1,068,522); Pete’s Dragon (£844,090); Nerve (£803,457); The Shallows (£800,963); Wiener-Dog (£86,423); #1 Suicide Squad £4,241,508 2nd week 587 screens 62% drop (31.1% of the top 10)
Up 39.2% from 2015; (£10,047,581); Fantastic Four (£2,686,176); The Gift (£584,552); The Diary of a Teenage Girl (£81,185); The Rape of Lucretia – Glyndebourne 2015 (£29,796); Marshland (£40,060); Max (£38,901); #1 Fantastic Four £2,686,176 1st week 539 screens (26.7% of top 10)
Down 34.8% from 2014: (£21,448,750); The Inbetweeners 2 (£12,538,114); La Traviata – Glyndebourne 2014 (£112,970); All this Mayhem (£12,247); #1 The Inbetweeners 2 £12,538,114 1st week 509 screens (58.4% of top 10)
Down 3.6% from 2013: (£14,517,689); Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa (£2,175,850); Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters (£2,137,835); Grown Ups 2 (£2,075,831); The Lone Ranger (£1,342,196); Barbie Mariposa & The Fairy Princess (£33,161); #1 Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa £2,175,850 1st week 441 screens (14.9% of top 10)
Up 63.7% from 2012 (£8,544,393); Step-Up 4: Miami Heat (£680,052); Offender (£74,154); The Lodger (Re: 2012) (£30,131); 360 (£25,834); The Dinosaur Project (£7,586); #1 Ted £3,174,766 2nd week 513 screens 66% drop (37.1% of top 10)
Down 12.6% from 2011; (£12,426,990); Super 8 (£2,207,063); Mr Popper’s Penguins (£1,515,248); Sarah’s Key (£116,211); #1 Harry Potter & the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 £2,810,088 4th week 525 screens 38% drop (22.6% of top 10)
Down 15.1% from 2010: (£16,470,599); Knight & Day (£2,404,163); Step Up 3 (£2,015,403); Cats & Dogs: Revenge of Kitty Galore (£1,553,005); #1 Toy Story 3 £4,666,021 3rd week 555 screens 62% drop (28.3% of top 10)
Up 49.1% from 2009; (£9,386,362); The Ugly Truth (£1,976,043); G. I. Joe (£1,708,760); Orphan (£570,146); Mesrine: Killer Instinct (£135,999); Adam (£23,201); #1 The Ugly Truth £1,976,043 1st week 400 screens (21.1% of top 10)
Down 8.9% from 2008; (£15,353,692); The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor (£4,434,650); Make it Happen (£505,820); The Fox and the Child (£132,441); Elegy (£71,274); Death Defying Acts (£3,977); CJ7 (£437); #1 The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor £4,434,650 1st week 477 screens (28.8% of top 10)
Up 42.3% from 2007: (£9,824,857); Rush Hour 3 (£2,731,998); Surf’s Up (£601,289); License to Wed (£268,016); Waitress (£105,910); The Walker (£44,623); #1 Rush Hour 3 £2,731,998 1st week 359 screens (27.8% of top 10)
Up 61.4% from 2006; (£8,521,761); Monster House (£1,030,305); Nacho Libre (£993,948); Lady in the Water (£452,744); #1 Cars £1,340,219 3rd week (2 weeks #1) 498 screens 27% drop (15.7% of top 10)
Up 65.2% from 2005: (£8,464,617); The Island (£1,481,647); Crash (£818,604); The Perfect Catch (£272,285); The Bad News Bears (£45,514); #1 Charlie and the Chocolate Factory £2,886,352 3rd week 523 screens 35% drop (34.1% of top 10)
Up 39.4% from 2004 (£10,036,048); I, Robot (£4,745,541); 13 Going On 30 (£1,184,273); Home on the Range (£198,226); #1 I, Robot £4,745,541 1st week 447 screens (47.3% of top 10)
Up 65.5% from 2003 (£8,452,765); The Pirates of the Caribbean (£3,765,450); Rugrats Go Wild (£360,005); What A Girl Wants (£220,217); #1 The Pirates of the Caribbean £3,765,450 1st week 447 screens (44.6% of top 10)
Up 53.9% from 2002 (£9,089,415); Eight Legged Freaks (£1,031,494); Heaven (£78,207); #1 Men In Black 2 £3,106,105 2nd week 49% drop 512 screens (34.2% of top 10)
Up 45.4% from 2001 (£9,615,584); The Parole Officer (£902,028); Help! I am a Fish (£81,908); #1 Cats and Dogs £2,813,072 2nd week 453 screens 24% drop (29.2% of top 10).
2023 Next week: (£9,706,381); Blue Beetle (£1,189,812); Strays (£598,619); Metallica: M72 World Tour Live From TX #1 (£201,115); Serpico (50th Anniversary (£21,060); #1 Barbie £2,697,820 5th week 39% drop 778 screens (27.79%)
US Box Office
- Deadpool and Wolverine – Disney
Down 44% in its third weekend $54.17m and $494.33m
12th biggest third weekend between Jurassic World and Barbie (close to Spider-Man: No Way Home, The Avengers, Top Gun: Maverick and Black Panther: Wakanda Forever)
22nd biggest between Beauty and the Beast and Star Wars Ep. I: The Phantom Menace; 93rd biggest inflated between Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom and Saving Private Ryan; 2nd biggest 2024 between Inside Out 2 and Despicable Me 4; 7th biggest comic-book between The Dark Knight and Avengers: Age of Ultron; 13th biggest Disney between Beauty and the Beast and Finding Dory.
Took $78m worldwide from IMAX; $41.3m US; internationally $36.7m
EntTelligence ticket pricing standard $15.06; Premium average $18.38
Third weekends
2018’s Deadpool 2 dropped 46.7% $23.17m #2 and $254.5m of $324.59m/$384.1m inflated and $785.89m/$929.96m worldwide inflated
2016’s Deadpool dropped 44.9% $31.11m #1 and $285.25m of $363.07m/$452.5m inflated and $782.83m/$975.6m worldwide inflated
The 34 MCU films have taken over $30bn over the last 15 years, becoming the biggest franchise in history ahead of Spider-Man’s $10.6bn over 10 films; Star Wars’s $10.3bn over 11 films; Harry Potter’s $9.6bn over 11 films; and James Bond $7.8bn over 25 films. Of course, it’s impossible to make direct comparisons with these other franchises as inflation inflated many have taken more than MCU.
The 34 films have taken $12.2bn in the US and $30.5bn worldwide.
Deadpool & Wolverine has 1.21 billion posts across TikTok, Facebook, X, YouTube, and Instagram combined compared to Spider-Man: No Way Home (1.2bn), Thor: Love & Thunder (963m) and Black Panther (900m). Avengers: Endgame and Avengers: Infinity War 2.47bn.
Took $57.8m from 55 territories $535.2m total and $1.030bn worldwide; China $54.8m; UK $54.5m; Mexico $38.2m; Australia $31.3m; Germany $25.5m; France $23.6m; Brazil $22.1m; Spain $18.9m; India $17.9m; Italy $15.6m; S. Korea $14.1m; Argentina $12.3m.
48th biggest worldwide between Despicable Me 3 and Alice in Wonderland; 13th biggest comic book between The Dark Knight Rises and The Dark Knight; 24th biggest Disney between Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides and Alice in Wonderland.
Deadline said there are now 55 $1bn+ films Disney have 31 of them but not all $1bn films are the same as 1993’s Jurassic Park had about four times as many admissions exhibitors had to install DTS to get the film but didn’t charge a premium as they do with IMAX/PLF/4DX/3D.
- It Ends With Us – Sony Pictures
Opened $50.01m #2; received mixed reviews (57% Rotten Tomatoes) and A- CinemaScore
297th biggest opening between The Great Gatsby and Scary Movie 3 (close to Mr. & Mrs Smith, A Quiet Place, Tangled and The Fault in Our Stars)
Took $7m from Thursday midnights; Fifty Shades of Grey $8.6m; The Fault in Our Stars $8.2m; Twilight $7.5m; Don’t Worry Darling $3.1m
While Deadpool and Wolverine might have stayed #1 it only did it due to IMAX/PLF/4DX/3D surcharges as It Ends With Us had about a third more admissions.
It Ends with Us stars Lady Deadpool. Ryan Reynolds and Hugh Jackman attended the world premiere with Blake Lively and both featured in a viral junket video interview with Justin Baldoni along with Ryan’s mum. It Ends With Us had a $25m budget.
It will be the first time in 34 years a married couple has been in the top two films in the US. July 1990 Die Hard 2 $14.5m #1 (second weekend) Ghost #2 $12.2m (opening weekend).
It was originally due to be released on June 21st but was delayed 6 weeks due to the SAG strike in April.
Presales have been strong, the book it was based on was extremely popular and targeted the 15-35 female audience it was tracked to open between $25m-$30m but exhibitors were expecting about $40m+ while others $50m+ similar to another young adult adaption 2014’s The Fault in Our Stars $48m taking $124.87m and $307.16m worldwide.
industry gets caught up in the hype of BO, but admissions are the real indicator of success as seen with D&W vs It Ends With Us, D&W will have more than a third less admissions than IEWU as about 50% is from IMAX/PLF/4DX/3D. This also makes comparing BO impossible.
Films about abusive relationships include.
2013’s Safe Haven opened $21.4m taking $71.34m and $97.59m worldwide
2002’s Enough opened $14m taking $40m and $51.8m worldwide
1992’s Fried Green Tomatoes opened $6.67m/$13.6m inflated (after platform) taking $82.41m/$214.1m inflated
1991’s Sleeping With the Enemy opened $13.77m/$35.3m inflated taking $101.6m/$260.2m inflated and $175m/$450m worldwide inflated
Blake Lively recent films include.
2015’s The Age of Adaline opened $13.2m taking $42.62m and $65.66m worldwide
2016’s The Shallows opened $16.8m taking $55.12m and $119.1m worldwide
2018’s A Simple Favor opened $16.01m taking $53.54m and $97.64m worldwide; a sequel has been made and will be released by Amazon/Lionsgate next year.
2022’s Where the Crawdads Sing opened $17.25m taking $90.23m and $144.35m worldwide
Opened $30m from 32 territories and $80m worldwide $5.7m; Australia $4.7m; Brazil $3.4m; Mexico $2.5m; Holland $1m; Sweden $1m.
- Twisters – Universal Pictures
Dropped 34% in the fourth weekend taking $15m #3 and $222.26m.
127th biggest fourth weekend between Spider-Man 2 and Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith (close to The Mummy Returns, Batman, The Fugitive and Spider-Man 3).
187th biggest between Big Hero 6 and Mission: Impossible—Fallout; 557th biggest inflated between A Quiet Place and Mr. Mom; 5th biggest 2024 between Dune: Part Two and Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire; 97th biggest sequel between The Fate of the Furious and Mission: Impossible—Fallout; 26th biggest Universal Pictures between The Fate of the Furious and Ted.
Fourth weekends
1996’s Twister dropped 42.3% $17.11m/$41.8m inflated #2 and $168.87m/$412m inflated of $241.83m/$590m inflated and $494.58m/$1.2bn inflated
2004’s The Day After Tomorrow dropped 44.3% $8.1m/$14m #8 inflated and $167.31m/$290.43m inflated of $186.74m /$324.16m inflated and $552.63m/$959.33m worldwide inflated
2009’s 2012 dropped 61.6% $6.77m/$9.73m #6 inflated and $148.95m/$214.1m inflated of $166.12m/$238.75m inflated and $791.21m/ $1.14bn inflated worldwide
2000’s The Perfect Storm 43.5% $9.68m/$19.4m inflated and $145.35m/$291m inflated of $182.61m/$365.23m inflated and $328.71m/$657.43m inflated worldwide
1998’s Armageddon dropped 32.7% $11.15m/$25.7m #5 inflated and $149.6m/$343.8m inflated of $201.6m/$463.32m inflated and 553.71m/$1.27m inflated worldwide.
More recent tornado films include.
2014’s Into The Storm dropped 33% $2.54m #13 and $41.99m of $47.61m taking $161.51m worldwide
2017’s Geostorm dropped 48.6% $1.64m and $31.72m of $33.7m taking $221.9m worldwide
Took $4.1m from 77 territories $87.8m total internationally and $310m worldwide; UK $13.1m; Mexico $11m; Australia $7.2m; France $4.6m; Germany $3m.
618th biggest worldwide between The Silence of the Lambs and Gran Torino; 11th biggest 2024 worldwide between Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes and A Quiet Place: Day One; 253rd biggest sequel between Beverly Hills Cop II and Creed III.
- Trap – Warner Bros
Dropped 57% in the second weekend $6.65m #6 and $28.6m
Second weekends
2023’s Knock at the Cabin dropped 61.6% $5.42m and $23.37m of $35.39m and $54.76m WW
opened $14.12m taking $35.39m and $54.76m worldwide.
2021’s Old dropped 59.3% $6.86m and $30.71m of $48.27m and $90.14m worldwide
2006’s The Lady in the Water dropped 60.4% taking $7.14m and $32.2m of $42.28m and $72.78m WW
2008’s The Happening dropped 65.7% taking $10.48m and $50.74m of $64.5m and $163.4m WW
1999’s The Sixth Sense dropped 3.4% taking $25.76m and $69.66m of $293.5m and $672.8m worldwide would be $1.3bn inflation
2002’s Signs dropped 51% taking $29.45m and $117.71m of $227.96m and $408.24m worldwide
2004’s The Village dropped 67.5% taking $16.48m and $85.61m of $114.19m and $256.69m worldwide
2000s Unbreakable dropped 52.4% taking $14.44m and $66.34m of $95.01m and $248.11m 25.65m and worldwide.
2017’s Split dropped 35.9% taking $25.65m and $77.38m of $138,291,365 and $278.45m worldwide
2019’s Glass dropped 53.2% taking $18.88m and $73.42m of $111.04m and $246.99m worldwide
The second weekend of 2021’s Old took $7.52m from 44 territories and $45.6m worldwide.
Knock at the Cabin opened $7m from 60 territories and $21.2m worldwide.
Took $10.1m internationally from 67 territories including openings in France $2m and UK $1.5m; $16.6m international total and $45.2m worldwide.
- Despicable Me 4 – Universal Pictures
Dropped 30% in its sixth weekend taking $7.98m #5 and $330.11m
115th biggest sixth weekend between Dreamgirls and Signs (close to Avengers: Endgame, Deadpool, Cars and Twister).
19th biggest animated film between Minions and Shrek the Third; 84th biggest between Forrest Gump and Oppenheimer; 268th biggest inflated between Stripes and 300; 12th biggest Universal Pictures between Minions and Oppenheimer.
Sixth weekends
2022’s Minions: The Rise of Gru dropped 35.2% $7.1m #5 and $334.57m of $370.28m and $940.2m worldwide; 60.6% internationally $569.93m; #1 DC League of Super-Pets $23m
2015’s Minions dropped 30.9% $5.14m #8 and $312.91m of $336.04m and $1.15bn worldwide 71% $823.39m internationally; #1 Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation $28.5m
2017’s Despicable Me 3 dropped 28.5% $5.42m #10 and $240.92m of $264.62m and $1.03bn worldwide 74% $770.17m internationally; #1 Dunkirk $26.61m
2013’s Despicable Me 2 dropped 41.6% $5.91m #9 and $338.48m of $368.06m and $970.76m worldwide 62% internationally $602.7m; #1 2 Guns $27.05m
2010’s Despicable Me dropped 24.9% $6.97m #6 and $222.19m of $251.55m and $543.15m worldwide 53% internationally $291.6m; #1 The Other Guys $35.54m.
Took $18.8m from 78 territories $477.1m total and $807.86m worldwide; China $50.3m; UK $45.2m; Mexico $42.1m; Germany $30.7m; Australia $27.7m; France $26.7m; Brazil $24.9m; Japan $19.5m; Spain $18.6m; Argentina $14.6m.
21st biggest animated worldwide between Inside Out and Shrek the Third; 101st biggest between Fantastic Beasts and Shrek Forever After; 14th biggest Universal Pictures between The Secret Life of Pets and E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial.
- Inside Out 2 – Disney
Down 29% in the ninth weekend taking $4.84m #5 and $636.34m.
65th biggest ninth weekend between The Greatest Showman and Beauty and the Beast (close to Jurassic Park, Toy Story 2, Tootsie and Top Gun).
The biggest animated film ahead of Incredibles 2 ($608.58m); 11th biggest between Jurassic World and Barbie ($636.23m); 43rd biggest inflated between Star Wars Ep. III: Revenge of the Sith and Barbie; 5th biggest Disney between Avengers: Infinity War and The Avengers.
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.
The recent Pixar sequel’s ninth weekends
2019’s Toy Story 4 dropped 52.5% $2.15m #14 and $424.41m of $434.03m and $1.073bn worldwide
2013’s Monsters University dropped 32.5% $461,394 #24 and $261.13m of $268.49m and $743.55m WW
2016’s Finding Dory dropped 33% $1.31m #14 and $476.72m of $486.29m and $1.029bn WW
2018’s Incredibles 2 dropped 31.1% $3.42m #11 and $589.77m of $608.58m and $1.243bn WW
2015’s Inside Out dropped 24.3% $2.04m #14 and $339.36m of $356.92m and $858.85m WW
Took $14.5m in 47 territories $957.3m total and $1.593bn worldwide; Mexico $101.7m; Brazil $79.3m; UK $69m; S. Korea $60.1m; France $59.3m; Germany $48.7m; Italy $48.3m; China $46.7m; Spain $46.5m; Australia $35.9m; Argentina $29.6m.
Biggest animated worldwide ahead of Frozen II ($1.555n); 10th biggest worldwide between The Lion King (2019) and The Avengers; Biggest 2024 worldwide ahead of Dune: Part Two $711.2m; 5th biggest Disney between The Lion King (2029) and The Avengers.
- Borderlands – Lionsgate
Opened $8.6m; received poor reviews (6% Rotten Tomatoes) and D+ CinemaScore.
Took $1.3m from Thursday previews.
Opened in 391 IMAX; 321 PLF; 159 DBOX/4DX screens.
Borderlands was filmed in 2021 delays in getting the cast back together for reshoots delayed the film. It had a budget of $115m but about 60% of the production costs came from presales.
Borderlands is another group of anti-heroes seen many times in Guardians of the Galaxy and Suicide Squad and many other films.
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Alien: Romulus is the seventh Alien film and the first since 2017’s Alien: Covenant set between the events of 1979’s Alien and 1986’s Aliens
After Disney acquired 20th Century Fox in 2019 it was announced at CinemaCon that more Alien films were in development. In 2022 Fede Álvarez was signed to direct and was originally due for streaming on Hulu but was switched to theatrical release before filming started.
Has UK premiere at the Edinburgh International Film Festival on August 15, 2024
Fede Álvarez previously directed 2013’s Evil Dead (opened £1,375,842 taking £3,355,676), 2016’s Don’t Breathe (opened £1,028,938 taking £3,719,221)
1979’s Alien was the 5th biggest film of the year after Moonraker, Superman 2, Jaws and Every Which Way But Loose; Alien and Aliens had a long-exclusive run at the Odeon Leicester Square all others opened wide.
1986’s Aliens opened £345,754/£1,456,581 158 screens taking £4,298,142/£18,107,066 inflated
1992’s Alien3 opened £1,622,917/£4,004,206 313 screens taking £6,522,262/£16,092,310 inflated
1997’s Alien Resurrection opened £2,829,825/£5,506,686 376 screens taking £7,232,926/£14.074m
2012’s Prometheus opened £6,236,580/£7,754,115 514 screens taking £24,628,830/£30,621,716
2017’s Alien: Covenant opened £5,178,531/5,475,830 inflated 626 screens taking £12,913,468
Alien: Romulus received rave social media reactions but always need to take them with a pinch of salt.
In 2012 Prometheus broke box office records at the BFI IMAX selling over 30,000 tickets in advance (£470,977); During the first 24 hours tickets were available sold £137,000 in presales and in its first week the first week £293,312; the highest grossing week of pre-sale tickets ever. Alien: Romulus presales at the BFI IMAX are far fewer, as it was for Deadpool and Wolverine.
Taking IMAX screens from Deadpool and Wolverine’s £3m+ opening is likely.
The big question is how It Ends With Us will hold in its second weekend as normally most young adult adaptions drop heavily after opening, as would expect a 50%+ second weekend drop, with Deadpool and Wolverine losing IMAX/PLF screens it will drop 50%+ in its fourth weekend.
With Trap and Borderlands likely to drop 60%+ Inside Out 2 will return into the top 5 for its 10th weekend.
Opening in two weeks
- Beetlejuice Beetlejuice – Warner Bros
Fantasy comedy horror sequel starring Michael Keaton, Winona Ryder, Catherine O’Hara, Justin Theroux, Monica Bellucci, Jenna Ortega, and Willem Dafoe and directed by Tim Burton.
The sequel to 1988’s Beetlejuice receives its world premiere at Venice International Film Festival on August 28th. Events happen 36 years after the original film featuring Winona Ryder’s daughter who accidentally brings Betelgeuse back.
Plans started for a sequel in 1990, a script was finished in January 2015 with a plan to start filming later in the year. But the project kept getting delayed until April 2019 when Warner Bros cancelled the film. In February 2022, a sequel was announced again and Tim Burton returned to direct in March 2023. Filming started in May 2023 and was stopped in July due to the SAG strike with only two days of production left, filming restarted in November 2023
Beetlejuice opened in August 1988 £524,740/£1,806,931 207 screens taking £3,604,282/£12,411,267 inflated; received 15 certificate in the UK (12 didn’t launch in the UK until 1989’s Batman) but surprisingly received a PG in the US, Beetlejuice Beetlejuice has a PG-13 will likely get 12A as the BBFC are more lenient on fantasy films as seen with The Hunger Games and The Woman In Black.
Since its release, it has become a Halloween favourite and was the first film Netflix sent out on DVD in 1998 and was an enormous success on home video.
Beetlejuice was the second film Tim Burton directed after 1985’s Pee-Wee’s Big Adventure and followed Beetlejuice with 1989’s Batman opened £2,058,159/£6,995,974 inflated taking £12,034,291/£40,906,260 inflated; 1991’s Edward Scissorhands opened £1,341,367/£3,506,147 taking £4,299,657/£11,238,707 inflated. Batman Returns and Ed Wood followed and then 1997’s Mars Attacks opened £2,121,878/£4,129,060 inflated taking £7,061,157/£13,740,630 inflated; 2000’s Sleepy Hollow opened £2,848,933/£5,128,079 inflated taking £10,046,249/£18,083,248 inflated.
He then directed 2001’s Planet of the Apes when asked if he would like to do a sequel said, “I’d rather jump out a window.” He went back to more quirky films like Big Fish, Carlie and the Chocolate Factory, Corpse Bride, Sweeny Todd, Alice in Wonderland, Dark Shadows, Frankenweenie and Big Eyes, his last was 2019’s live-action reimagination of Dumbo.
In 2022 Park Circus re-released 1988’s Beetlejuice in 350 screens tsking £93,042 #14; originally opened with £524,740 (£1,818,338 inflated) taking £3,604,282 (£12,489,621 inflated). The film was originally released as a 15 and was reclassified as 12A in 2018.
Legacy sequels have had mixed success from the tremendous success of Top Gun: Maverick, Star Wars: Episode VII – The Force Awakens, Jurassic World, Avatar: The Way of Water
The mixed success of Ghostbusters: Afterlife, Bad Boys for Life, Tron: Legacy, Live Free or Die Hard, Creed, Blade Runner 2049, Mary Poppins Returns, T2 Trainspotting and Mad Max: Fury Road.
To the underperforming The Matrix Resurrections, Terminator: Dark Fate, Independence Day: Resurgence, Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny, The Craft: Legacy, Doctor Sleep, Bill & Ted Face the Music, Dumb and Dumber To
