- Bridget Jones: Mad About The Boy £6,893,703 – £27,341,739
Dropped 43.9% in the second weekend.
Took £2.35m 34.1% (-33.6% £3.54m) Friday; £2.45m 35.5% (-33.24% £3.67m) Saturday; £2.193m 30.36% (-29.8% £2.98m) Sunday; £984k Monday.
46th biggest second weekend between Moana 2 and Black Panther (close to Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom, Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again, Paddington 2 and Wonka) and the 92nd inflated second weekend between Bridget Jones’s Baby and Minions (close to The World Is Not Enough, Mamma Mia!, The Hunger Games: Catching Fire and Twilight: Breaking Dawn – Part 2).
5th biggest second weekend over the last 52 weeks between Moana 2 and Paddington In Peru (close to Dune: Part 2, Despicable Me 4, Gladiator 2 and Beetlejuice 2).
Second weekends
2001’s Bridget Jones’s Diary dropped 27.2% £4,260,089/£8,201,186 and £14,780,538 35.4% of £41,692,598/£80,263,286
2004’s Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason dropped 51.6% £5,047,315/£8,959,265 and £20,691,687 57.5% of £35,954,611/£63,821,436
2016’s Bridget Jones’s Baby dropped £6,453,799/£6,941,535 and £21,219,529 44.2% of £48,050,641/£51,681,998
183rd biggest between Elvis and The Little Mermaid (2019) (close to Downton Abbey, Four Weddings and a Funeral, The Twilight Saga: New Moon and Sex and the City) and 366th biggest inflated between Madagascar 3: Europe’s Most Wanted and How the Grinch Stole Christmas (close to Evita, Shirley Valentine, Meet the Parents and Top Gun).
Bridget Jones: Mad About The Boy was released on Peacock in the US many were concerned with piracy for Mad About the Boy affecting its UK release but it’s not the kind of film people will seek out pirates for as it’s a film to see in the cinema in a group or mothers with daughters.
Mad About the Boy took $67.6m from 72 territories; UK $34.5m; Australia $6m; Poland $4.2m; Holland $3.3m; Spain $1.9m.
- 2. Captain America: Brave New World £2,927,599 – £13,212,979
Dropped 54.3% in its second weekend.
Took £1.03m 35.2% (-55.8% £2.33m) Friday; £1.06m 36.2% (-55.5% £2.38m) Saturday; £837k 28.60% ( -50.6% £1.69m) Sunday; £270k Monday.
263rd biggest second weekend between Jumanji: The Next Level and Batman Begins (close to Night at the Museum, Hobbs & Shaw, Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part 1 and The Bourne Ultimatum) and 472nd biggest inflated second weekend between Pitch Perfect 2 and Zootropolis (close to Enemy of the State, World War Z, Mad Max: Fury Road and Heat)
12th biggest second weekend over the last 52 weeks between Mufasa: The Lion King and Kung Fu Panda 4 (close to Gladiator 2, Beetlejuice 2, Kung Fu Panda 4 and It Ends with Us).
25th biggest MCU second weekend between Thor: The Dark World and Eternals (close to Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 1, Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania, Captain America: Winter Soldier and Ant-Man).
50th biggest comic-book second weekend between Thor: The Dark World and Batman Begins (close to X-Men 2, Justice League, Ant-Man and Batman Forever) and 64th biggest inflated second weekend between Iron Man and Eternals (close to Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer, X-Men Origins: Wolverine, The Incredible Hulk and Fantastic Four (2005)
Brave New World second weekend was 99.1% more than The First Avenger; 5.9% more than Winter Soldier but 39.1% less than Civil War.
2016’s Captain America: Civil War dropped 66.8% £4,806,575 and £27,372,922 74.4% of £36,771,782/£43,585,543
2014’s Captain America; Winter Soldier dropped 54.2% £2,764,030 and £10,933,395 56.8% of £19,261,224/£20,648,459
2011’s Captain America: The First Avenger dropped 59.7% £1,470,703 and £6,901,146 73.6% of £9,379,436
The Marvels Brave New World is a follow-up TV series rather than an MCU film which could alienate some and confuse others with Steve Rogers not being Captain America as he was last seen in Avengers Endgame back in the 40s.
The 35 MCU films have taken £1.145bn and £1.25bn inflated since 2008.
“Sources” told the trade press the budget for Brave New World was $180m but the actual budget was more than double over $350m with overruns and reshoots (replaced several sequences with new ones featuring Giancarlo Esposito as Sidewinder) increased to $380m and global marketing will be another $150m so the film would need to take $800m+ to turn s profit. As always Marvel says the reshoots were planned.
The cameo of Sebastian Stan’s Bucky Barnes was questioned by many how he could be running for Congress as he was Hydra controlled and could still be turned. Adamantium was included in the film to link up with the upcoming X-Men universe joining the MCU.
A source told Vulture “I think everyone on the crew knew this is not going to be a good film. Some of the action sequences were not believable. We had a lot of frustrations on set. My co-workers who spent more time on Brave New World than I did said, “Yeah, this has been a really rough production.” When the studio had its test in front of an audience, it didn’t respond.
All other MCU films begin with a Marvel logo, but Brave New World didn’t why not?
- 3. Dog Man £2,033,137 – £10,995,088
Up 9.7% in its third weekend.
£863k 42.45% (+191.6% £296k) Fri; £576k 28.33% (-31.6% £842k) Sat; £594k 29.2% (-16.8% £714k) Sun
242nd biggest third weekend between The Secret Life Of Pets 2 and Dolittle (close to Happy Feet, Peter Rabbit 2, Hancock and Maleficent: Mistress Of Evil) and 440th biggest inflated third weekend between Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood and The Adventures Of Tintin: Secret Of The Unicorn (close to Charlotte’s Web, Big Hero 6, Waterworld and Ghostbusters 2).
85th biggest animated film second weekend between Cars 2 and Cars (close to How to Train Your Dragon 2, Lilo & Stitch, The Emperor’s New Groove and Shaun The Sheep Movie) and 128th biggest inflated second weekend between Kung Fu Panda 3 and Rio 2 (close to Team America: World Police, The Good Dinosaur, Rugrats in Paris: The Movie and Looney Tunes: Back in Action).
14th biggest Dreamworks Animation third weekend between Monsters Vs. Aliens and Trolls (close to the Wild Robot, The Boss Baby, Trolls Band Together and Kung Fu Panda 4) and 19th biggest inflated Dreamworks Animation third weekend between Trolls and Kung Fu Panda 2 (close to Antz, Kung Fu Panda, Mr. Peabody And Sherman and Bee Movie).
A spinoff to 2017’s Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie dropped 44.1% £332,696 and £5,583,620 68.93% of £8,100,263; despite receiving positive reviews and strong word of mouth it struggled to find an audience against The Emoji Movie opening the week after.
Recent Dreamworks Animation second weekends
2024’s The Wild Robot up 12.2% £2,179,601 and £11,682,082 85.82% of £13,611,793
2024’s Kung Fu Panda 4 dropped 38.1% £1,754,440 and £17,291,699 79.3% of £21,805,140
2023’s Trolls Band Together dropped 27.9% £1,829,764 and £12,785,312 83.47% of £15,316,583
2023’s Puss in Boots: The Last Wish up 3.4% £3,170,746 and £17,156,100 66.93% of £25,633,299
2022’s The Bad Guys dropped 27.9% £807,369 and £7,587,779 56.29% of £13,478,928
649th biggest between The Princess And The Frog and Batman Returns (close to Spice World, Bend It Like Beckham, Pokemon: The First Movie and Turbo) and 1,081st biggest inflated between Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse and The Remains of the Day (close to Big, Bird on a Wire, Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan and The Usual Suspects).
A decade ago, there used to be a couple of family films opening ahead of the February half-term but over recent years there has only been one opening last year Migration; in 2023 Puss in Boots: The Last Wish; in 2022 Sing 2, 2020 was the last year with two family films opening ahead of February half-term Dolittle taking £15,943,992 and Sonic The Hedgehog taking £19,280,822.
- 4. The Monkey £1,070,404 – NE
Includes £69,349 previews.
Took £365k 34.11% Friday; £359k 33.55% Saturday; £346k 32.34% Sunday.
1,634th biggest opening between Scream (1997) and Snakes on a Plane (close to 1408, Stigmata, Jeepers Creepers 2 and House on Haunted Hill) and 2,272nd biggest inflated opening between Amelie and Hostel 2 (close to From Dusk Till Dawn, Jennifer’s Body, Sucker Punch and Hard Target).
49th biggest opening over last 52 weeks between The Bikeriders and Conclave (close to Trap, Babygirl, Terrifier 3 and A Real Pain).
The Monkey is the fifth horror film opening over the last 8 weeks and third over the last three weeks which has seen them being very front-loaded despite the last two Companion and Heart Eyes receiving positive reviews and strong word of mouth.
Opening in fourth The Monkey based on the 1980 short story The Monkey by Stephen King. Osgood Perkins described the film as “The Monkey is Robert Zemeckis on ecstasy or something,”… “It’s a very playful comedy with a lot of really excessive gore, language. It’s a kids’ movie that’s rated R.”
The Monkey is Osgood Perkins’s follow-up to last year’s Longlegs opened £1,371,352 taking £7,838,045.
Stephen King said on social media “You’ve never seen anything like “The Monkey,” .. “It’s batshit insane. As someone who has indulged in batshittery from time to time, I say that with admiration.” While others have described it as bloody, darkly funny and disturbing and need to see it with a large audience as benefits from crowd reaction.
The first trailer has been viewed over 109m times across all platforms including TikTok; 43m in its first 24 and over 100m in its first 72 hours. This compares to 28 Years Later 60.2m and 146m global views to date.
Osgood Perkins next film Keeper will be released in October starring Tatiana Maslany and Rossif Sutherland. The first teaser trailer was attached to The Monkey. The budget for Keeper was $8m a non-WGA writer Nick Lepard wrote the script, and it took three weeks to shoot in August 2024.
- 5. Mufasa: The Lion King £586,278 – £32,427,915
Up 29.2% in its tenth weekend
The 16th biggest tenth weekend between Casino Royale and Chicago (close to Bohemian Rhapsody, Spider-Man: No Way Home, The Sixth Sense and Avatar: The Way of Water) and the 50th inflated tenth weekend between Basic Instinct and Independence Day (close to The Living Daylights, Mrs. Doubtfire, The Mask and Roald Dahl’s Matilda The Musical).
Mufasa: The Lion King might have had the legs of The Lion King it took less than half as the original was a remake of a beloved original animated film, the sequel didn’t have the nostalgic factor as with most prequels telling an unnecessary story. Had there been more films opening in Jan/Feb and been more family films opening it wouldn’t have stayed in the top 5 s long, but rival studios and the industry was expecting it to take at least £50m.
The biggest Disney re-imagination tenth weekends:
2017’s Beauty and the Beast dropped 48.3% £158,496/£168,653 and £71,878,441 of £72,430,579
2019’s The Lion King dropped 15.2% £373,124/£411,883 and £74,340,258 of £75,938,299/£83,826,626
2016’s The Jungle Book dropped 43.2% £234,074/£251,764 and £45,429,826 of £46,235,032
2013’s Maleficent dropped 19.4% £60,149/£64,695 and £18,703,391 of £19,453,353
2019’s Aladdin dropped 8.9% £179,492/£198,137 and £36,012,063 of £36,710,978
2023’s The Little Mermaid dropped 41.4% £66,241 and £27,252,587 of £27,275,784
Disney have two more reimaginations set for release in 2025 Snow White and Lilo & Stitch with Moana set for release in 2026 and Tangled in development. While Snow White has received much negativity coverage nostalgia for the original film will bring in audiences as they have done for all other first-part reimaginations.
138th biggest between Deadpool 2 and iT (close to The Lego Movie, Sing 2, Incredibles and Slumdog Millionaire) and 283rd biggest inflated between The Matrix and Hook (close to Billy Elliot, Rain-Man, Twister and Stuart Little).
Being half-term Sonic, The Hedgehog 3 also increased 53% #7 in 9th week £364,715 taking £26,002,710; Moana 2 up 53% #11 in 12th week £198,175 taking £42,357,963; Paddington In Peru up 67% in 16th week £133,458 #15 taking £36,672,332 and Wicked up 21% in 14th week £41,389 #22 taking £61,053,924.
UK box office in detail
The weekend’s top 10 box office took £15,135,253 down 33.8% from last weekend’s £22,858,608: 1,930,873 admissions down 34.6% from 2,953,309 admissions.
10th biggest weekend of the last 52 weeks between 08 November 2024 #1 Paddington In Peru £9,649,984 (59.07%) and 14 June 2024 #1 Inside Out 2 £11,321,387 (74.84%)
29th biggest since cinemas reopened out of 223 weeks between 11 November 2022 #1 Black Panther Wakanda Forever £12,363,870 (79.91%) and 14 June 2024 #1 Inside Out 2 £11,321,387 (74.84%)
228th biggest top 10 of the last 22 years (out of 1,194) between 17 August 2018 #1 Disney’s Christopher Robin £2,553,810 (16.86%) and 14 June 2024 #1 Inside Out 2 £11,321,387 (74.84%) and 478th inflated between 07 October 2011 #1 Johnny English Reborn £4,965,000 (43.11%) and 14 June 2024 #1 Inside Out 2 £11,321,387 (74.84%)
The top 3 took (£11,854,439) 78.3% of the top 10; Bridget Jones: Mad About The Boy 45.5% (£6,893,703); Captain America: Brave New World 19.3% (£2,927,599); Dog Man 13.4% (£2,033,137).
345th biggest percentage share #1 (45.55%) between 14 December 2001 #1 Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone £2,391,251 (45.55%) and 23 April 2004 #1 Kill Bill – Volume 2 £2,768,832 (45.46%)
336th biggest admissions #1 (890,659) between 05 December 2024 #1 Moana 2 £6,904,866 (892,102) and 21 February 2014 #1 The Lego Movie £5,978,904 (889,718)
Up 88.2% from 2024; (£8,042,310); Wicked Little Letters (£1,642,777); Demon Slayer: No Yaiba – To The Hashira Training (£641,878); Vanya – NT Live 2024 (£327,444); #1 Bob Marley: One Love £2,387,019 2nd week 66% drop 713 screens (29.7% of top 10)
Up 70.6% from 2023; (£8,869,711); Cocaine Bear (£1,581,128); What’s Love Got To Do With It? (£1,082,163); #1 Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania £3,049,939 2nd week 65% drop 681 screens (34.39% of top 10)
Up 50.2% 2022 (£10,074,422); The Duke (£992,659); Cyrano (£398,650); The Godfather: 50th Anniversary (£267,096); Studio 666 (£135,385); #1 Uncharted £3,084,102 3rd week 631 screens 18% drop (30.6% of top 10)
2021 Lockdown
Up 9.2% 2020; (£13,862,134); The Call Of The Wild (£1,465,400); Like A Boss (£520,059); Brahms: The Boy II (£506,773); Greed (£369,028); Swan Lake – Bolshoi Ballet 2020 (£194,536); #1 Sonic The Hedgehog £4,171,244 2nd week 634 screens 12% drop (30.1% of top 10)
Up 62.8% from 2019: (£9,295,306); Cold Pursuit (£631,467); On the Basis of Sex (£458,914); Capernaum (£140,770); #1 The LEGO Movie 2 £2,410,824 3rd week 661 screens 2% drop (25.9% of top 10)
Down 5.4% from 2018; (£15,994,745); Lady Bird (expansion) (£1,233,508); I, Tonya (£1,049,551); Finding Your Feet (£923,220); La Boheme – Met Opera 2018 (£309,799); #1 Black Panther £6,859,230 2nd week 599 screens 61% drop (42.9% of top 10)
Up 33.2% 2017: (£11,360,198); Patriots Day (£843,380); A Cure for Wellness (£409,540); Rusalka – Met Opera 2017 (£215,774); Within (£8,364); #1 The LEGO Batman Movie £2,893,337 3rd week 610 screens 35% drop (25.4% of top 10)
Down 6.7% 2016: (£16,221,692); How To Be Single (£1,876,539); Triple 9 (£812,619); The Finest Hours (£247,643); #1 Deadpool £5,694,280 2nd week 571 screens 59% drop (35.1% of top 10)
Up 4.5% 2015; (£14,483,939); The Wedding Ringer (£990,445); Project Almanac (£868,030); Blackhat (£147,199); The Duke Of Burgundy (£43,155); Cake (£114,316); #1 Fifty Shades of Grey £4,597,092 2nd week 596 screens 66% drop (31.7% of top 10)
Up 9.4% 2014: (£13,831,826); A New York Winter’s Tale (£257,634); Peter Grimes – English National Opera 2014 (£145,097); Nymphomaniac Part 1 (£143,282); Stalingrad (£33,289); The Godfather: Part 2 (Re: 2014) (£9,583); #1 The Lego Movie £5,978,904 2nd week 552 screens 26% drop (43.2% of top 10)
Up 47.3% 2013: (£10,277,378); Mama (£1,512,297); Cloud Atlas (£544,725); Song for Marion (£456,714); Hardy Bucks: The Movie (£152,775); To the Wonder (£96,645); #1 Wreck-It Ralph 3rd week (2-weeks #1 split by one) £3,420,196 540 screens (33.3% of top 10)
Up 40.9% 2012: (£10,741,377); The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (£2,222,051); Safe House (£2,142,872); One for the Money (£316,762); Black Gold (£11,004); #1 The Woman in Black £2,432,580 3rd week 451 screens 31% up (22.6% of top 10)
Up 9.5% 2011; (£13,823,666); I am Number Four (£1,628,523); No Strings Attached (£978,974); West is West (£758,226); Drive Angry (£651,344); The Rite (£626,159); Animal Kingdom (£155,081); #1 Gnomeo and Juliet £2,502,806 3rd week 1st #1 487 screens 13% up (18.1% of top 10)
Up 62.9% 2010: (£9,286,544); The Crazies (£1,194,207); Leap Year (£728,251); From Paris with Love (£678,950); Extraordinary Measures (£131,759); Everybody’s Fine (£68,948); Capitalism: A Love Story (£29,595); #1 Avatar £2,260,319 11th week (10 weeks #1 with week gap) 398 screens (24.4% of top 10)
Up 19.9% 2009; (£12,615,837); Confessions of a Shopaholic (£2,846,622); Push (£625,300); Gran Torino (£332,877); Che: Part Two (£92,320); Cadillac Records (£16,093); #1 Bolt £3,006,050 2nd week 494 screens 45% drop (23.8% of top 10)
Up 79.8% 2008; (£8,417,049); Be Kind Rewind (£1,388,146); Rambo (£1,247,195); #1 Jumper £1,513,088 2nd week 421 screens 51% drop (18% of top 10)
Up 60.8% 2007: (£9,415,236); The Number 23 (£1,206,087); The Good Shepherd (£629,863); School for Scoundrels (£340,984); #1 Hot Fuzz £3,297,539 2nd week 432 screens 44% drop (35.1% of top 10)
Up 103.4% 2006; (£7,442,296); Date Movie (£1,288,089); Lucky Number Slevin (£1,074,550); Capote (£236,444); The Fog (£210,525); #1 Date Movie £1,288,089 1st week 354 screens (17.3% of top 10)
Up 119.1% 2005: (£6,908,179); Hide and Seek (1,594,508); Coach Carter (£469,062); The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou (expansion) (£455,722); Hotel Rwanda (£81,476); #1 Hide and Seek £1,594,508 1st week 345 screens (23.1% of top 10)
Up 87.7% 2004; (£8,063,782); Sex Lives of the Potato Men (£353,726); #1 The Haunted Mansion £1,564,558 2nd week 1st #1 364 screens 7% drop (19.4% of top 10)
Up 54.4% 2003 (£9,802,035); The Ring (£2,200,084); The One and Only (£61,413); #1 The Ring £2,200,084 1st week 396 screens (22.4% of top 10)
Up 22.8% from 2002: (£12,321,631); Ali (expansion) (£1,315,506); Don’t Say A Word (£597,896); Charlotte Gray (£450,229); A Beautiful Mind (limited) (£186,862); #1 Monsters, Inc. £4,234,293 3rd week 498 screens 26% drop (34.3% of top 10)
2024 Next week: (£13,609,322); Dune Part 2 (£9,279,080); Lisa Frankenstein (£91,537); #1 Dune Part 2 £9,279,080 1st week 712 screens (68.18% of top 10)
US Box Office
- Captain America: Brave New World – Disney
Dropped 68% taking $28.17m and $141.17m
3rd biggest drop in MCU history, after Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania and The Marvels
261st biggest second weekend between Get Out and Alvin and the Chipmunks (close to Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation, John Wick: Chapter 4, Rise of the Planet of the Apes and Black Adam)
29th biggest MCU second weekend between Ant-Man and the Wasp and Eternals (close to Thor, Shang-Chi, Black Widow and Captain America: The First Avenger)
Took $233m from IMAX worldwide; $13.2m US and $10.2m internationally.
EntTelligence reported 5.7m admissions; average ticket prices were $15.17 (standard) and $18.60 (PLF/IMAX); 51% saw it on Saturday before 5 pm.
Brave New World has about 600m followers on social media normal for superhero movies; 21% down TikTok, Facebook, X, YouTube and Instagram combined compared to Deadpool & Wolverine having 1.15bn followers ahead of the opening, Thor: Love & Thunder 963m in July 2022.
MCU will never die as there will always be an audience, so they will always open with about $100m boosted by about 50% from IMAX/PLF/3D/4DX but then they will drop 60% in the second weekend as they are all hype no sustenance.
The problem is ever since Disney acquired Marvel they have always taken the easy option.
Black Panther was originally planned to be one of the first 10 films, but Marvel waited until they felt audiences would be accepting of a non-male superhero (10 years after Iron Man). This was similar to waiting until 2019 for the first female-led superhero film, as Black Widow should have been made in 2014.
While the upcoming MCU is yet another oddball team of superheroes, Thunderbolts is the fourth Fantastic Four film in 20 years, followed by more sequels and exhausting Avengers films.
Second weekends
2016’s Captain America: Civil War dropped 59.5% $72.63m and $295.96m of $408.08m and $1.155bn WW
2014’s Captain America: The Winter Soldier dropped 56.6% $41.27m and $158.88m of $259.76m and $714.42m WW
2011’s Captain America: The First Avenger dropped 60.7% $25.55m and $117.42m $176.65m and $370.56m WW
MCU films have taken $12.5bn in the US and $31.2bn worldwide.
Took $35.3m from 52 territories $148.2m total and $289.4m worldwide; UK $16.7m; China $13.5m; Mexico $10.7m; Korea $9.1m; France $8.9m.
- The Monkey – Neon
Opened $14.01m; received positive received positive reviews (78% Rotten Tomatoes) and C+ CinemaScore.
Took $1.9m from Thursday previews; Longlegs $3m; Trap $2.2m; Don’t Breathe $1.87m; Companion $1.7m; The Invisible Man $1.65m
PLFs took 12%; 58% men 30% between 18-24; 35% 25-34; 30% 35+; 25-34 35%.
2024’s Longlegs opened $22.4m and $74.34m and $126.94m worldwide
The Monkey is the fifth horror that has opened this year.
Wolf Man opened $10.89m taking $20.7m and $34.09m worldwide.
Presence opened $3.32m taking $6.89m and $9.19m worldwide.
Companion opened $9.3m taking $20.11m and $34.31m worldwide.
Heart Eyes opened $8.3m taking $26.83m and $28.37m worldwide.
- Paddington In Peru – Sony Pictures
Dropped 49% $6.5m and $25.25m
2014’s Paddington dropped 35.3% $12.26m and $39.93m of $76.27m and $326.08m WW
2017’s Paddington 2 dropped 27.2% $8m and $24.81m of $40.9m and $290.13m WW
Took $7.7m from 55 territories and $125m and $150.2m worldwide; almost half from the UK $44.7m
- Dog Man – Universal Pictures
Down 40% in its fourth weekend $5.85m and $78.74m
861st biggest fourth weekend between Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again and Legally Blonde (close to The Fall Guy, Ticket to Paradise, Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire and Flushed Away).
2017’s Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie dropped 40.3% $4.28m and $65.74m of $73.91m and $125.42m WW
Most recently Dreamworks Animation
2024’s The World Robot dropped 27.9% $10.09m and $101.71m of $143.89m and $324.77m worldwide
Dreamworks Animation films have taken $6.61bn in the US and $17.63bn worldwide since 1998.
2024’s Kung Fu Panda 4 dropped 37.3% $10.34m and $151.79m of $193.59m and $547.69m worldwide
2023’s Trolls Band Together dropped 22.2% $6.08m and $82.97m of $103.97m and $210.65m worldwide
2022’s Puss in Boots: The Last Wish up 6.8% $14.46m and $107.43m of $186.09m and $485.25m worldwide
2022’s The Bad Guys dropped 26.5% $7.03m and $66.41m of $97.45m and $250.9m worldwide
Took $3.9m from 52 territories and $26.2m and $105m worldwide.
UK Box Office Top 10
UK Box Office Preview
With no major releases the top four will stay the same with Bridget Jones: Mad About The Boy dropping between 30%-35% taking £4.2m-£4.8m.
Captain America: Brave New World dropping between 45%-55% taking £1.2m-£1.6m and Dog Man having a similar drop as will see a 60%+ drop Fri-Fri taking £1m-£1.3m.
The Monkey will have a similar drop-down 50%+ taking £400k-£500k holding #4.
Hard to predict how Attack on Titan: The Last Attack will perform over its five-day opening; it’s one of the most popular Manga series but it’s the first time it’s been released in cinemas and Manga has mixed success in the UK normally front-loaded.
This weekend a year ago Demon Slayer: Kimetsu No Yaiba – To The Hashira Training opened £641,878 from 399 screens if Titan: The Last Attack opened with £300k could be #5 as Mufasa: The Lion King is likely drop 40% with half-term over.
The Last Showgirl will open in the lower half of the top 10 depending on how many screens it opens in.
Opening in three weeks
- Disney’s Snow White – Disney
Musical fantasy live action reimagination of 1937’s Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs animated film starring Rachel Zegler, Andrew Burnap, and Gal Gadot and directed by Marc Webb.
Disney announced plans to remake Snow white in October 2016 and Marc Webb was signed to direct in September 2019; it started filming in March 2022, with reshoots in June 2024. The film received a lot of negativities including the casting and Rachel Zegler disapproval of the original film.
Songwriters Benj Pasek and Justin Paul who wrote wo songs for the 2019 reimagination of Aladdin wrote new lyrics for two songs and the film includes songs from the original film.
Disney firs screened footage at D23 in September 2022, in October 2023 Disney released first official picture of Rachel Zegler as Snow White and the dwarfs, Zegler said the CGI in the film made her feel “nervous”. More footage was screened at CinemaCon in 2024 and D23 in 2024. The first trailer was released in August 2024 becoming the most disliked teaser on YouTube with over 1m dislikes in three weeks. The first trailer was attached to Wicked and again was one of the most disliked trailers o YouTube. An international trailer was released in December.
Despite all of the films negativity the nostalgic element of the reimagination will get audiences to see the film as they have done for all other Disney reimaginations, but it won’t match the heights of Beauty and the Beast, The Jungle Book and The Lion King despite the original animated film being as beloved as those original animated films.
It was originally due to be released in March 2024 but was delated a year using SAG strike as the reason.
For decades Disney would re-release their classic animation films to new generations (The Little Mermaid was re-released in the summer of 1998 opening £234,783 (£470,731 inflated) taking £1,768,481 (£3,545,739 inflated) always successful in cinemas and the 80s and 90s, (in the early 80s re-releases of animated classics including The Jungle Book and Snow White were the top 3 biggest films of the year). The cinema re-release would be followed by a home video release available for a limited time. In the 90s and 00s, Disney made direct-to-video sequels to their classic animated films.
When Disney first announced plans to make reimaginations of their classic animated films Snow White wasn’t planned to be remade.
The biggest Disney re-imagination openings:
2017’s Beauty and the Beast opened £19.7m (took £4.9m Friday) taking £72,430,579
2019’s The Lion King opened £16,671,764 (£5.2m Friday) taking £75,938,299
2010’s Alice in Wonderland opened £10,555,220 (£2.56m Friday) taking £42,169,542
2013’s Maleficent opened £6,590,071 taking
2016’s The Jungle Book opened £9,901,921 (£2.2m Friday) taking £46,235,032
2019’s Aladdin opened £7,066,773 (took £1.2m Friday and Weds £725k, Thurs 608k) taking £36,710,978
2023’s The Little Mermaid opened £5,012,929 taking £1.57m Friday; £1.75m Sat; £1.64m Sunday; £1.91m Bank Holiday Monday
Snow White will open similar to Aladdin, Maleficent and The Little Mermaid.
- The Alto Knights – Warner Bros
Biographical crime drama starring Robert De Niro, Debra Messing, Cosmo Jarvis, Kathrine Narducci and Michael Rispoli and directed by Barry Levinson and written by Nicholas Pileggi about 1950s mob bosses Vito Genovese and Frank Costello; previously called Wise Guys. The film has been in development for almost 50 years rejected by all the studios until Warner Bros greenlit it in August 2022 with a $50m budget.
Was originally set to be releases in February 2024 and then November 2024 before moving it too March 2025 due to SAG strike.
The first trailer was only released in January. The film was meant to mark the return of director Barry Levinson his first since 2015’s Rock the Kasbah; previously directing Wag the Dog. Sleepers, Disclosure, Bugsy, Rain Man, Good Morning Vietnam, The Natural and Diner amongst many others. But The Alto Knights looks like it will another flop as Toys, Avalon and many of the films he has directed over the last 25 years including Liberty Heights, The Everlasting Piece, Man of the Year and What Just Happened (the title could sum up the last 25+ years for the director).
The film received extremely poor rest screening reactions in January 2024, and it looks like its another film Warner Bros are dumping after Juror #2 and Coyote vs. Acme, at least it is getting a full theatrical release, but will be released on VOD within a few weeks of its theatrical release.
- Y2K -Universal Pictures
Apocalyptic sci-fi comedy horror starring Jaeden Martell, Julian Dennison, Rachel Zegler, Daniel Zolghadri, Lachlan Watson, Eduardo Franco, Mason Gooding, Mooney and Fred Durst and directed by Kyle Mooney.
The film premiered a year ago at South by Southwest receiving mixed reviews and failed to find an audience in the US taking $4.4m in December.
