- Thunderbolts* – £2,362,481 – £11,643,833
Down 60.5% in its second weekend
£631k 26.7% (-53.6% £1.36m) Fri; £1.01m 42.8% (-43.6% £1.79m) Sat; £721k 39.2% (-60.8% £1.84m) Sun
377th biggest second weekend between Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour and Minority Report (close to The Greatest Showman, Godzilla (1998), Transformers and Batman and Robin) and 646th biggest inflated second weekend between Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour and Cool Runnings (close to Dumb and Dumber, Final Destination 3, The X- Files and Lethal Weapon 4).
16th biggest second weekend over the last 52 weeks between Sinners and Kingdom Of The Planet Of The Apes (close to It Ends with Us, Sonic The Hedgehog 3, Venom: The Last Dance and Alien: Romulus); 5th biggest 2025 second weekend between Sinners and Snow White.
29th biggest MCU film, the second weekend between Ant-Man and Ant-Man and the Wasp (close to Eternals, Captain America: Winter Soldier, Iron Man and Thor).
60th biggest comic book, second weekend between Thor: The Dark World and Batman Begins (close to Justice League, Batman Forever, Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer and X-Men Origins: Wolverine) and 78th biggest inflated second weekend between Shazam! And Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (close to Fantastic Four (2005), Blade 2, Dick Tracy and Daredevil)
The Thunderbolts title has an asterisk as they start as a group of antiheroes, and after saving the world, become The New Avengers, which was so predictable. 20th Century Fox had planned something similar with The New Mutants, developed in 2015 as a trilogy, which would have ended up seeing them join the X-Men. A decade later, The Thunderbolts will also join The X-Men in Avengers: Doomsday.
Thunderbolts is the 36th film in the MCU and is the final film of Phase Five, which has been very disappointing, featuring Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3, The Marvels, Deadpool & Wolverine and Captain America: Brave New World.
Thunderbolts is yet another comic-book movie about a group of anti-heroes forced into a deadly mission that could bring them redemption, as seen in Guardians of the Galaxy and Suicide Squad. They are “forced” into action as the Avengers aren’t around, as was the case with Suicide Squad, so the B-Team.
The director compared Thunderbolts with films like Reservoir Dogs, Ronin and Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol, so audiences could just wait three weeks and see the real thing with the final Mission: Impossible film.
The problem is that these have been made by the numbers of MCUs using characters from TV series that make them far less accessible to those who just liked watching the films without having to do homework to understand them.
Audiences will not return to the MCU until Avengers: Doomsday opens in a year. It will be interesting to see how it compares to Infinity War and Endgame, as they were the end of the original MCU, while Doomsday is about bringing the X-Men into the MCU.
The problem is that when a campaign starts muted, it’s hard to build up energy for it, so the positive reviews are too late, as people have already made up their minds about whether they are going to see it. The energy and excitement for the MCU will return for Fantastic Four in July, but it’s the third version of Fantastic Four over the last 20 years, the last released a decade ago.
The 36 MCU films have taken £1.2bn since 2008 and £1.4bn inflated.
614th biggest Space Jam and Bumblebee (close to A Quiet Place, The Others, Karate Kid and Bram Stoker’s Dracula) and 1,028th biggest inflated between Suffragette and The Horse Whisperer (close to Moonwalker, 28 Days Later, Bad Boys and Shallow Grave).
78th biggest comic book film between Fantastic Four (2005) and Kick-Ass (close to Batman, The Wolverine, Batman Returns and Joker: Folie A Deux) and 91st biggest inflated between Venom: The Last Dance and Hellboy 2: The Golden Army (close to Dick Tracy, Blade, Green Lantern and X-Men: Dark Phoenix).
According to a recent article in the WSJ, Marvel Studios President Kevin Feige recently came to the realisation that Marvel has become a “no new fans club.” Telling his colleagues, “Watching every new Marvel TV show [and] film had started to feel more like homework than entertainment.” This has been the case since Avengers: Endgame, as Marvel has been doing the same thing Disney did with Star Wars, bringing in characters from TV series into the films.
This makes audiences need to see all the films and TV series to understand what’s happening. It never used to be like that at the start, as they were separate films, as the first Ant-Man was. The problem is that since Captain America: Civil War, they have felt episodic, making it hard to attract new audiences who just want to go to the cinema without doing homework before and after to understand what is going on. Surely that’s the reason why Thunderbolts* is revealing its new title, telling audiences it’s a film you can start your MCU adventure with, and likewise, Fantastic Four: The First Steps title.
- 2. Sinners £1,101,655 – £13,062,722
Down 41.1% in its fourth weekend
£349k 31.7% (-29.5% £495k) Fri; £455k 41.3% (-33.4% £683k) Sat; £297k 42.9% (-57.1% £692k) Sun;
The 292nd biggest fourth weekend between Hotel Transylvania 2 and Ice Age II (close to The Mask, Forrest Gump, The Bourne Ultimatum and Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood) and 525th biggest fourth weekend between Ocean’s 12 and How to Train Your Dragon (close to War Horse, Trainspotting, Aliens and Demolition Man)
Director Ryan Coogler previously worked with Michael B. Jordan in 2016’s Creed dropped 52.2% £581,943 and £5,308,897, 93.4% of £5,684,690.
Sinners didn’t have the existing fanbase as Creed or Black Panther, but the trailer reaction has been positive. Comparison films included 2018’s A Quiet Place dropped 10.2% £920,235 and £9,871,073, 83.64% of £11,801,912; 2025’s Nosferatu dropped 50.2% £535,852 and £11,933,406, 93.23% of £12,547,480.
Adult drama/thrillers have a similar fourth weekend.
2013’s Django Unchained dropped 36.7% £1,073,775 and £12,407,764 82.4% of £15,050,558/£18,369,517
1998’s Saving Private Ryan dropped 19.2% £1,464,822/£2,896,930 and £13,037,454 69.5% of £18,748,640/£37,078,576
1996’s Seven dropped 34.8% £1,403,435/£2,748,250 and £13,570,554 70.6% of £19,226,287/£37,649,510
2002’s Signs dropped 28.2% £1,348,508/£2,505,270 and £13,158,087 81.8% of £16,084,656/£29,882,216
2015’s Mad Max: Fury Road dropped 53.9% £804,148 and £15,573,726, 90.5% of £17,203,206/£19,016,581
1991’s The Silence of the Lambs dropped 39.4% £895,077/£2,354,377 and £11,586,131 67.7% of £17,119,333/£45,030,061
2011’s Black Swan dropped 38% £1,069,931/£1,407,153 and £12,779,283 81.3% of £15,708,154/£20,659,074
1995’s Interview with the Vampire dropped 43.6% £634,075/£1,554,947 and £8,746,396 83.2% of £10,515,385/£23,931,566
Jordan Peele’s
2022’s Nope dropped 20.9% £455,837 and £6,954,984 88.4% of £7,869,824
2017’s Get Out dropped 45.5% £596,746 and £8,046,042, 80.03% of £10,053,463
2019’s Us dropped 45.4% £508,318 and £9,071,603 92.56% of £9,071,603
Sinners took £266,393 from its 10 days at the BFI IMAX, showing the only 70mm IMAX copy outside of the US.
544th biggest between Alien: Romulus and Wedding Crashers (close to American Sniper, The Beach, Baby Driver and Lilo & Stitch) and 908th biggest inflated between Alien: Romulus and Cats (close to Parasite, 12 Monkeys, Midnight Express and A Quiet Place).
- 3. A Minecraft Movie £621,814 – £54,905,385
Down 49.1% in its sixth weekend
£82k 13.2% (-41.4% £140k) Fri; £297k 47.8% (-42.8% £519k) Sat; £242k 39.8% (-60.2% £608k) Sun.
210th biggest sixth weekend between The Batman and The Simpsons (close to Sonic the Hedgehog 2, Kung Fu Panda, Uncharted and The Croods) and the 385th biggest inflated sixth weekend between Hannibal and The Hand That Rocks the Cradle (close to Flubber, Dumb and Dumber, Memphis Belle and Spider-Man 2)
The sixth week targeted a similar audience.
2023’s Super Mario Bros dropped 34.4% £858,444 and £51,077,190, 93.6% of £54,578,335
2014’s The Lego Movie dropped 18.3% £815,020/£876,614 and £31,128,785 94.6% of £32,887,286/£38,760,016
2017’s Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle dropped 37.1% £1,064,594 and £32,471,541, 92.1% of £36,968,605
2022’s Uncharted dropped 42.8% £605,723 and £22,704,081 94.2% of £24,091,881
41st biggest between Harry Potter and The Chamber of Secrets and Fantastic Beasts (close to The Dark Knight Rises, Casino Royale, Fantastic Beasts and Super Mario Bros) and 101st biggest inflated between A Bug’s Life and The Lion King (1994) (close to Back to the Future, Shrek, Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade and Who Framed Roger Rabbit).
Jack Black’s viral hit Steve’s Lava Chicken is the shortest song ever (34 seconds) to make the UK’s singles chart and is now up to #9.
- 4. Ocean With David Attenborough £574,551 – NE
Took £251.588 from Thursday screenings and £322,963 from Sunday screenings
7th biggest all-time opening for a documentary, ahead of Supersonic (£540k) and Amy (£523k), and behind Fahrenheit 9/11 (£1.3m), not including music-related docs.
- 5. The Accountant 2 £227,269 – £2,312,396
Down 51.3% in its third weekend
£60k 26.4% (-43.4% £106k) Friday; £100k 44.1% (-42.9% £175k) Sat; £67k 36.2% (-63.8% £185k) Sun
1,679th biggest third weekend between Days Of Thunder and Air America (close to The Client, Hide And Seek, The Color of Money and Stakeout).
Its director, Gavin O’Connor’s second biggest film behind The Accountant (£5.2m), overtaking Tom Hardy’s Warrior (£1.8m).
Second weekends
2025’s Black Bag dropped 19.6% £735,933 and £2,282,295, 60.1% of £3,796,978
2024’s The Beekeeper dropped 28.7% £682,307 and £2,097,937 54.8% of £3,830,079
While 2016’s The Accountant dropped 37.1% £1,020,899 and £3,622,284 71.5% of £5,067,474
The director had plans to make a third film, but after the sequel had taken half as much as the original film, that’s unlikely. That said, being made by MGM, having just acquired world rights for The Beekeeper 2, is the one studio that probably would make a third film. As The Accountant 2 is probably a better film than the first film, it was hurt by its release date so close to several other adult-targeted films, including Sinners.
2,567th biggest between Stakeout and Cobra (close to A Perfect Murder, The Color of Money, Spies Like Us and The Game) and 2,812th biggest inflated between Are We Done Yet? And Untraceable (close to Extreme Measures, Freejack, Hudson Hawk and Passenger 57).
UK box office in detail
The weekend’s top 10 box office took £5,440,835, down 49.4% from last weekend’s £10,759,008 admissions, down x% from 1,411,810 admissions.
52nd biggest weekend of the last 52 weeks between 27 September 2024 #1 Beetlejuice 2 £1,822,715 (33.1%) and 14 March 2025 #1 Mickey 17 £1,246,946 (23.36%); took £102,511 more than the lowest weekend over the last 52 weeks.
197th biggest since cinemas reopened out of 234 weeks between #1 Beetlejuice 2 £1,822,715 (33.1%) and 27 August 2021 #1 Free Guy £1,607,761 (29.62%)
1,131st biggest top 10 of the last 22 years (out of 1,205) between 22 April 2005 #1 The Interpreter £1,212,734 (22.27%) and 27 August 2021 #1 Free Guy £1,607,761 (29.62%) and 1,171st inflated between 26 August 2022 #1 Andre Rieu’s 2022 Maastricht Summer Concert £798,706 (15.04%) and 14 March 2025 #1 Mickey 17 £1,246,946 (23.36%);
The top 3 took (£4,085,950) 75.1% of the top 10; Thunderbolts* 43.4% (£2,362,481); Sinners 20.2% (£1,101,655); A Minecraft Movie 11.4% (£621,814).
391st biggest percentage share #1 (43.42%) between 08 November 2013 #1 Gravity £6,238,375 (43.49%) and 04 May 2012 #1 Marvel Avengers Assemble £8,121,916 (43.41%)
1,004th biggest admissions #1 (305,230) between 11 April 2003 #1 14 September 2007 Run, Fat Boy, Run £1,543,836 (305,710) and 02 February 2018 #1 The Greatest Showman £2,201,523 (304,920)
Down 9.01% from 2024; (£5,979,754); Kingdom Of The Planet Of The Apes (£3,802,189); La Chimera (£99,985); Madama Butterfly – Met Opera 2023/24 (£96,727); Eurovision – Grand Final Live (£34,435); Shallow Grave (30th Anniversary) (£5,341); #1 Kingdom Of The Planet Of The Apes £3,802,189 1st week 658 screens (63.58% of top 10)
Down 31.87% from 2023; (£7,986,182); Love Again (£340,785); Book Club: The Next Chapter (£299,370); Eurovision – Grand Final Live (£237,787); Machine Gun Kelly: Mainstream Sellout Live From Cleveland (£57,625); #1 Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 £5,349,346 2nd week 56% drop 710 screens (66.98%)
Down 43.31% from 2022 (£9,597,322); Everything Everywhere All at Once (£681,351); Little Mix Live – The Final Show (£361,909); Firestarter (£250,006); Father Stu (£60,844); Friday The 13th (1980) (Re: 2022) (£26,333); #1 Doctor Strange In The Multiverse of Madness £5,690,351 2nd week 71% drop 701 screens (59.3% of top 10)
2021 Lockdown
2020 Lockdown
Down 54.88% from 2019: (£12,057,386); Pokemon Detective Pikachu (£4,951,838); The Hustle (£1,037,478); Amazing Grace (£166,593); Dialogues Des Carmelites – Met Opera 2019 (£141,630); The Corrupted (£52,988); #1 Pokemon Detective Pikachu £4,951,838 1st week 579 screens (41.1% of top 10)
Down 59.02% from 2018: (£11,439,663); Sherlock Gnomes (£2,522,342); Life of the Party (£618,311); Breaking In (£424,675); Entebbe (£138,390); How to Talk to Girls at Parties (£23,311); Anon (£19,108); #1 Avengers: Infinity War £5,706,170 44% drop 3rd week 636 screens (49.8% of top 10)
Down 51.13% from 2017: (£11,133,770); Alien: Covenant (£5,178,531); Der Rosenkavalier – Met Opera 2017 (£313,653); Miss Sloane (£190,295); The Last Face (£46,414); #1 Alien: Covenant £5,178,531 626 screens 1st week (46.5% of top 10)
Down 39.53% from 2016: (£9,103,851): Angry Birds (£2,138,507); Our Kind of Traitor (£358,180); Everybody Wants Some!! (£169,764); Green Room (£144,517); Mustang (£65,038); Whiskey Tango Foxtrot (£58,798); The Darkness (£51,490); #1 Captain America: Civil War £2,789,985 42% drop 586 screens 3rd week (30.6% of top 10)
Down 37.43% from 2015; (£8,695,042); Spooks: The Greater Good (£1,010,363); The Age of Adaline (£570,386); Big Game (£535,905); Girlhood (£66,574); A Royal Night Out (£9,241); Top Five (£64,612); Rosewater (£11,838); #1 Avengers: The Age of Ultron £3,509,620 565 screens 3rd week 59% drop (40.3% of top 10)
Down 58.78% from 2014: (£13,200,641); Bad Neighbours (£8,446,240); Sabotage (£300,521); La Cenerentola – Met Opera 2014 (£285,597); Frank (£202,747); The Wind Rises (£199,598); Next Goal Wins (£17,145); #1 Bad Neighbours £8,446,240 506 screens 1st week (63.9% of top 10)
Down 61.38% from 2013: (£14,089,241); Star Trek: Into Darkness (£8,431,574); Mud (£239,037); Deadfall (£33,987); Vehicle 19 (£239); #1 Star Trek: Into Darkness £8,431,574 554 screens 1st week (59.8% of top 10)
Down 50.86% from 2012 (£11,071,152); Dark Shadows (£2,404,029); Piranha 3DD (£242,889); How I Spent My Summer Vacation (£152,728); Jeff Who Lives at Home (£92,472); All in Good Time (£76,111); Cafe De Flore (£43,719); #1 Avengers Assemble £4,169,087 3rd week 498 screens 49% drop (37.6% of top 10)
Down 28.10% from 2011; (£7,566,720); Attack the Block (£1,133,859); The Way (£104,397); Take Me Home Tonight (£45,859); Taxi Driver (35th Anniversary) (£15,161); #1 Thor £1,360,418 30% drop 3rd week 472 screens (17.9% of top 10)
Down 48.94% from 2010: (£10,656,307); Robin Hood (£5,750,332); Pandora and the Flying Dutchman (£5,623); #1 Robin Hood £5,750,332 1st week 537 screens (53.9% of top 10)
Down 61.84% from 2009; (£14,256,881); Star Trek (£5,950,203); Coraline (£2,427,244); Cheri (£120,234); #1 Star Trek £5,950,203 499 screens 1st week (41.7% of top 10)
Up 2.35% from 2008; (£5,315,678); What Happens in Vegas… (£1,263,093); Speed Racer (£362,102); Doomsday (£311,383); Where in the World is Osama Bin Laden? (£26,550); #1 Iron Man £1,976,721 2nd week 499 screens 64% drop (37.2% of top 10)
Down 43.65% from 2007: (£9,654,662); 28 Weeks Later (£1,575,620); My Best Friend (£117,440); Spider-Man 3 £5,596,612 2nd week 522 screens 53% drop (57.9% of top 10)
Down 5.44% from 2006; (£5,753,595); Prime (£851,322); When a Stranger Calls (£494,131); Brick (£142,878); #1 Mission: Impossible III £2,751,733 2nd week 511 screens 49% drop (47.8% of top 10)
Up 5.41% from 2005: (£5,161,794); Monster-in-Law (£1,312,679); The Jacket (£175,773); A Good Woman (£130,193); Seed of Chucky (£109,110); #1 Kingdom of Heaven £1,385,529 2nd week 450 screens (26.8% of top 10)
Down 39.88% from 2004 (£9,050,154); Van Helsing (£5,429,632); Laws of Attraction (£433,962); Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen (£177,036); Van Helsing £5,429,632 1st week 458 screens (59.9% of top 10)
Down 20.58% from 2003 (£6,850,974); Old School (£742,478); Darkness Falls (£483,739); Hope Springs (£366,352); I Capture the Castle (£138,142); #1 X-Men 2 £3,079,985 2nd week 56% drop 454 screens (44.96%)
Down 0.73% from 2002 (£5,480,784); Dog Soldiers (£681,348); Slackers (£152,078); I Am Sam (£151,079); #1 About A Boy £2,239,288 444 screens 3rd week 32% drop (27.7% of top 10)
2024 Next week: (£6,947,311); IF (£2,435,054); The Strangers: Chapter 1 (£452,507); 42nd Street – The Musical (Re: 2024) (£119,585); Transformers: 40th Anniversary Event (£64,994); #1 IF £2,435,054 649 screens 1st week (35.05% of top 10)
UK Box Office April
April BO was up 65% from 2024, taking £100.1m with A Minecraft Movie taking over 50% of the month’s BO £52m, showing it’s not as healthy as it looks, as with the amount of original films released in April; #2 Sinners £8.7m; #3 Six: The Musical £5.6m; #4 The Amateur £4m; #5 Snow White £3.9m; #6 Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge Of The Sith (Re: 2025) £2.5m; #7 The Penguin Lessons £2.4m; #8 Warfare £1.8m; #9 Death of A Unicorn £1.4m; #10 The Account 2 £1.3m.
2025 is currently 13% ahead of 2024 after a soft March and is 9% ahead of 2023.
There are high expectations for Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning and Lilo & Stitch opening on May 21st but until then May looks incredibly soft after Thunderbolt, even with its asterisk failed to attract the MCU audiences that came before COVID.
The first quarter of 2025 was £231.6m, up 4% from Q1 2024 (£221.9m) but down 12% on Q1 2019 (£264m); admissions were 28.3m from January to March (Q1) 2% down from Q1 2024 and 24% down on Q1 2019, showing the growth was ticket inflation as it has been for over 20 years bar 2018 which saw a 1% increase.
There have been 242 films released in the first three months of 2025, more films are opening despite exhibitors complaining about a lack of films, the problem is that audiences aren’t seeing them, as they have become very selective in the films they see in the cinema. This has been the case for the last 20 years with more and more films being released each year but the BO being shared over fewer films.
The top 10 titles took £136.2m, 73% similar to 2024, 72%, but up on the 68% of 2019. Despite many more original films being released, but just not finding audiences. As the BFI report said, more films are playing in cinemas but taking less money, which is what I’ve said for many years, it’s never been about having more films.
UK qualifying films took 54.2% due to Bridget Jones: Mad About The Boy, £46.2m; calling Bridget Jones 4 a UK film does play into Donald Trump’s little hands over tariffs, as it was made by Universal Pictures and StudioCanal, who own Working Title.
The biggest films of the 1st quarter are #1 Bridget Jones: Mad About The Boy £46.2m; #2 Captain America: Brave New World £18m; #3 Dog Man £13.5m; #4 Nosferatu £13m; #5 A Complete Unknown £12.3m; #6 Snow White £9.1m; #7 We Live In Time £8.8m; #8 Mickey 17 £7m; #9 Babygirl £4.5m; #10 The Brutalist £3.8m.
US Box Office
- Thunderbolt* – Disney
Dropped 56% in its second weekend, $32.39m and $127.74m.
204th biggest second weekend between Fast Five and Ted (close to The Lego Batman Movie, WALL·E, Hancock and Venom: Let There Be Carnage.
Crazy how the trade reaction to the 56% drop was as positive as it was, slightly lower than the average 57% drop of MCUs and Captain America: Brave New World dropping 65%, it probably dropped a tiny bit less, due to the media coverage generated over the revealing of the asterisk gave The New Avengers title. It was more likely due to the lack of any major new releases; I wonder if rival studios will stop giving MCU films two weeks, as all it means is the week after MCU opens, DO drops off.
Surprisingly, Bob Iger said Thunderbolt* said it was the “first and best” example of Marvel’s new movie strategy, as it doesn’t look much different to all that has come before. Said “We’ve learned over time that quantity does not necessarily beget quality,” … “And frankly, we’ve all admitted to ourselves that we lost a little focus by making too much.” Amazing took him until now to release this, when this was the same issue with Star Wars 6 years ago.
Weekend BO was down 11% compared to the same weekend in 2024 when Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes opened $58 million; BO is 15.8% ahead of 2024 but still 32.5% down from 2019.
The two new releases, Clown in the Cornfield, opened $3.7m and Shadow Force $2m.
EntTelligence said Thunderbolts* had an average price of $15.80.
27th biggest MCU second weekend between Shang-Chi and Ant-Man 3 (close to Captain America: Winter Soldier, Thor: The Dark World, Captain America: Brave New World and Eternals).
11th biggest MCU second weekend of the 16 MCU films since Avengers Endgame, between Shang-Chi and Ant-Man 3
Disney will point to the massive success of Spider-Man: No Way Home, Deadpool & Wolverine, but their success predates Disney’s involvement, as without Sony Pictures and 20th Century Fox taking on the massive risks of making the first films, these films wouldn’t have been the success they became.
Took $29m worldwide from IMAX, including $15m internationally.
Next for Marvel is the fourth Fantastic Four film over the last 20 years, The Fantastic Four: First Steps in July, before Avengers: Doomsday in 2026, which incorporates X-Men into the Avengers, bringing back many of the actors who featured in the 20th Century Fox films]
Opened $34m (down 52%) from 52 territories $143.7m total, and $272.2m worldwide; UK $15.5m; China $13.8m; Mexico $11.2m; France $7.2m; Australia $6.4m.
- Sinner – Warner Bros
Dropped 33% in its fourth weekend $22.1m and $215.43m
47th biggest fourth weekend between Finding Nemo and The Hunger Games (close to Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, Avengers: Age of Ultron, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 and The Batman).
213th biggest between Mission: Impossible 2 and A Star is Born; 650th biggest, inflated between The Devil Wears Prada and Cocktail; 2nd biggest 2025 film between A Minecraft Movie and Captain America: Brave New World; 4th biggest horror between The Exorcist and It: Chapter Two; 41st biggest Warner Bros between Wonka and A Star is Born.
Sinners is the biggest original film in the US since 2013’s Gravity $274.09m
Sinners is being called the first major Oscar contender this year; Horrors has been a rare Oscar winner, only The Silence of the Lambs and Get Out have won awards, but after Substance received five nominations, Sinners will get nominated next year.
Fourth weekends
2019’s Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood dropped 34.1%, $5m and $123.19m of $142.5m and $392.1m worldwide
2015’s Creed dropped 50.5% $5.01m and $87.82m of $105.77m and $174.17m worldwide
2018’s Black Panther dropped 38.4% $40.81m, and $561.69m of $700.42m and $1.349bn worldwide
Similar films include.
2022’s Nope dropped 36.9% $5.36m, and $107.58m of $123.27m and $171.23m worldwide
2019’s US dropped 50.6% $6.81m and $163.36m of $175.08m and $256.07m worldwide
2017’s Get Out dropped 35.2% $13.43m and $133.3m of $176.04m and $255.4m worldwide
Other comparisons include.
1994’s Interview With The Vampire dropped 56.5% $5.11m, and $91.01m of $105.26m/$260.9m and $223.66m/$554.5m inflated worldwide
2025’s Nosferatu dropped 39.8% $4.14m and $89.25m of $95.6m and $181.01m worldwide
Took $6.6m from 71 territories, $68.9m total, and $283.3m worldwide; UK $17.4m; France $8.1m; Australia $5.5m; Mexico $3.9m; Germany $3.1m.
617th biggest worldwide between Lethal Weapon 4 and Wedding Crashers; 5th biggest in 2025 between Captain America: Brave New World and Thunderbolts*; 16th biggest horror between Resident Evil: Afterlife and Split; 109th biggest Warner Bros between Lethal Weapon 4 and Scooby-Doo.
- A Minecraft Movie – Warner Bros
Dropped 44% in its sixth weekend, taking $7.65m #3 and $408.69m
134th biggest sixth between Wayne’s World and Little Miss Sunshine (close to Despicable Me 4, The Lego Movie, The Wild Robot, and Beetlejuice Beetlejuice)
46th biggest between Iron Man 3 and Captain America: Civil War; 191st biggest, inflated between It and True Lies; 2nd biggest film based on a video game between The Super Mario Bros. Movie and Sonic the Hedgehog 3; 5th biggest Warner Bros film between Wonder Woman and Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part II.
Sixth weekends
2023’s Super Mario Bros dropped 32% $12.61m and $535.57m of $574.93m and $1.36bn worldwide
2014’s The Lego Movie dropped 29.4% $7.7m and $236.92m of $257.96m and $470.75m worldwide
2017’s Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle dropped 17.2% $16.14m and $337.8m of $404.54m and $962.54m WW
2023’s Barbie dropped 28.2% $15.1m and $592.8m of $636.23m and $1.447bn WW
Took $12m from 78 territories $500.6m total, and $909.6m worldwide; UK $71.2m; Germany $37m; Australia $34.2m; Mexico $32m; China $28.4m.
75th biggest worldwide between The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers and Star Wars Ep. III: Revenge of the Sith; 2nd biggest video game worldwide between The Super Mario Bros. Movie ($1.359bn) and Sonic the Hedgehog 3 ($489.9m); 14th biggest Warner Bros film worldwide between Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince and Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire.
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Final Destination: Bloodlines opened on Wednesday and also had previews last Friday as part of a double bill, taking $151k; with its 6-day opening, it will open bigger than the last film, 2011’s Final Destination 5 opened £1,450,464/£1,895,656, taking £5,250,665/£6,862,255.
Final Destination: Bloodlines open 25 years after the first film
2000’s Final Destination opened £1,498,519/£2,728,338, taking £10,218,118/£18,604,022
2003’s Final Destination 2 opened £1,675,057/£2,987,940, taking £5,232,764/£9,334,120
2006’s Final Destination 3 opened £2,219,978/£3,732,957, taking £8,870,775/£14,916,462
2009’s The Final Destination opened £3,633,395/£5,289,796, taking £12,654,235/£18,423,077
The trailer was viewed 178.7m worldwide within the first 24 hours, the second most-watched horror film trailer after It Chapter One.
Thunderbolts* will drop 60% in its third weekend (losing all IMAX/PLF screens, Final Destination: Bloodlines), taking £900k-£1.1m.
With Sinners down 40% in its fifth weekend, taking £600k+ and A Minecraft Movie #4 £350k
Opening in three weeks
- Ballerina – Lionsgate
Action thriller, the fifth film in the John Wick franchise, a spin-off set between the events of 2019’s John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum and 2023’s John Wick: Chapter 4; starring Ana de Armas, Gabriel Byrne, Catalina Sandino Moreno, Norman Reedus. Anjelica Huston, Lance Reddick, Ian McShane and Keanu Reeves and directed by Len Wiseman.
Lionsgate acquired the script Ballerina in 2017 and rewrote the script to be part of the John Wick series. Spec scripts have previously been rewritten as sequels to films like Simon Says became Die Hard with a Vengeance. Other spec scripts became Evan Almighty’s sequel to Bruce Almighty, The Cellar became 10 Cloverfield Lane, The God Particle became The Cloverfield Paradox; and Honour Among Thieves became Ocean’s Twelve.
It started production in 2022 but had extensive reshoots; the first footage was shown at CinemaCon in April 2024, and the title became John Wick Presents: Ballerina. The first trailer was released in September, and the title was changed to From the World of John Wick: Ballerina. It opened a year after it was originally due to open. In March 2023, they had plans for a sequel, but expectations are very low for the film so they are pushing the John Wick connection heavily.
