- A Complete Unknown £1,667,821 – £5,916,730
Dropped 35% in its second weekend.
Took Friday £406k 24.4% (-47.6% £775k); Saturday £692k 41.6% (-32.1% £1.019m) Sunday £566k 34% (-26.6% £771k).
586th biggest second weekend between Terminator: Genisys and Oblivion (close to Sweeney Todd, The Truman Show, American Beauty and Three Billboards) and 989th biggest inflated second weekend between Legally Blonde and Phantom of the Opera (close to Gosford Park, Lincoln, Eyes Wide Shut and Schindler’s List)
25th biggest second weekend over the last 52 weeks between Bad Boys: Ride or Die and If (close to Nosferatu, Back to Black, A Quiet Place: Day One and Joker: Folie à Deux)
Comparing the second weekend with other Best Actor Oscar wines over the last 34 years it’s the 11th biggest between 1991’s The Silence of the Lambs (Anthony Hopkins) and 1994’s Forrest Gump (Tom Hanks) (close to American Beauty (Kevin Spacey), The Theory of Everything (Eddie Redmayne), Lincoln (Daniel Day-Lewis) and As Good As It Gets (Jack Nicholson).
Timothée Chalamet was front and centre on the film’s marketing and premiere where he received a lot of media coverage arriving on a Lime bike and getting a £65 fine for parking it in an unauthorised spot at the BFI Southbank. Unlike Timothée Chalamet’s other films A Complete Uknown didn’t attract his fanbase playing to a 35+ audience as the film opened similar to many previous Best Actor and Best Film Oscar winners. Timothée Chalamet received a Best Actor BAFTA nomination last week and the film received 5 other nominations including Best Film, Best Supporting Actor and Best Adapted Screenplay.
James Mangold previously directed 2006’s Walk The Line up 3.5% £1,150,472/£1,882,805 and £3,024,681 31.1% of £9,737,493/£15,835,923.
The film’s title is from the chorus of Dylan’s 1965 single “Like a Rolling Stone”. Received world premiere at the Dolby Theatre on December 10; received positive reviews (78% Rotten Tomatoes) and universal acclaim for Chalamet’s performance; named one of the top ten films of 2024 by the AFI and the National Board of Review; received three Golden Globe nominations for Best Motion Picture – Drama, Best Actor for Chalamet and Best Supporting Actor for Norton but didn’t win any.
Recent musician biopics’ second weekends
2024’s Bob Marley: One Love dropped 65.6% £2,387,019 and £11,313,026 65.8% of £17,126,572
2022’s Elvis dropped 26.3% £2,963,292 and £10,197,943 37.1% of £27,492,430; had long legs staying in the top 5 for 7 weeks and top 10 for 11 weeks.
2019’s Rocketman dropped 53.8% £2,486,043 and £11,957,794 50.9% of £23,502,881: top 5 for 5 weeks and top 10 for 7 weeks
2018’s Bohemian Rhapsody dropped 39.7% £5,750,267 and £20,427,866 37.2% of £55,376,188.
2024’s Back To Black dropped 31.6% £1,897,014 and £6,398,157 52.1% of £12,326,656
Upcoming musician biopics include Micheal (Micheal Jackson), Deliver Me From Nowhere (Bruce Springsteen), And Sam Mendes’s four Beatles films, and Ridley Scott directed Bee Gees biopic which was due to be his next film after Gladiator II but has recently been delayed.
- 2 Mufasa: The Lion King £1,375,888 – £27,955,636
Dropped 26.1% in its sixth weekend.
Took £154k 11.2% (-32.5% £228k) Friday; £654k 47.6% (-17.2% £790k) Sat; £564k 41.1% (-7.1% £607k) Sun.
The 42nd biggest sixth weekend between The Dark Knight Rises and The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (close to Finding Dory, The Jungle Book, Paddington 2 and Arthur Christmas) and the 109th inflated sixth weekend between A Star Is Born and Les Miserables (close to Back to the Future Part II, Billy Elliot, Dances with Wolves and Sliding Doors).
Sixth weekends
1994’s The Lion King dropped 27.8% £776,100/£1,903,236 and £17,775,657 78.9% of £22,525,524/£55,239,516
Disney’s reimagination sequels have failed to repeat success.
2013’s Maleficent dropped 45.2% £448,697 and £17,364,817 89.3% of £19,453,353; Sequel 2019’s Maleficent: Mistress Of Evil dropped 65.6% £237,581 and £14,422,190 97.6% of £14,773,607.
2010’s Alice in Wonderland dropped 47.4% £676,516/£906,190 and £40,083,901 95.1% of £42,169,542; sequel 2016’s Alice Through The Looking Glass dropped 57.8% £79,695 and £9,544,781 96.3% of £9,915,284.
The biggest Disney re-imagination sixth weekends:
2017’s Beauty and the Beast dropped 49.5% £1,312,335 and £68,772,576 94.95% of £72,430,579
2019’s The Lion King dropped 56% £1,093,891 and £69,064,201 90.95% of £75,938,299/£83,826,626
2016’s The Jungle Book dropped 11.3% £1,445,165 and £41,324,953 89.4% of £46,235,032
2019’s Aladdin dropped 42.2% £694,716 and £33,882,953 92.3% of £36,710,978
2023’s The Little Mermaid dropped 23.1% £837,859 and £25,006,224 91.7% 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.
177th biggest between The Pirates of the Caribbean and Transformers: Dark of the Moon (close to Guardians of the Galaxy, The World Is Not Enough, Four Weddings and a Funeral and Elvis) and 352nd biggest inflated between 2012 and Arthur Christmas (close to Look Who’s Talking, Ghostbusters 2, Evita and Dances with Wolves).
- 3 Sonic The Hedgehog 3 £874,513 – £23,333,229
Down 19% in its fifth weekend
Took £61k 6.99% (-34.41% £93k) Friday; £424k 48.6% (-22.1% £544k) Saturday; £378k 43.3% (-14.5% £442k) Sunday.
299th biggest fourth weekend between Jurassic Park: The Lost World and Anyone But You (close to How To Train Your Dragon 2, Night at the Museum 2, Monsters Vs. Aliens and Cats and Dogs) and 533rd biggest fourth weekend inflated between American Sniper and Anyone But You (close to Aliens, Demolition Man, Turner & Hooch and Starsky & Hutch).
Fifth weekends
2020’s Sonic The Hedgehog dropped 58.2% £397,171 and £18,986,844 98.5% of £18,986,844 over 5 weeks before COVID lockdown
2022’s Sonic The Hedgehog 2 dropped 17.6% £1,349,144 and £21,859,488 83.5% of £26,182,692
233rd biggest between Ghost and Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa (close to Zootropolis, Trolls, Cats and Dogs and Shark Tale) and 456th biggest inflated between Little Women (2019) and Stardust (close to Lilo & Stitch, Liar Liar, Cool Runnings and How to Train Your Dragon).
- 4 Flight Risk £811,232 – NE
Took £212k 26.21% Friday; £353k 43.63% Saturday; £244k 30.16% Sunday.
2,004th biggest opening between I, Frankenstein and What We Did On Our Holiday (close to Maverick, The Saint, US Marshalls and Universal Solider) and 2,226th inflated biggest opening between Blended and Monkey Man (close to Very Bad Things, Escape From LA, Collateral Damage and True Romance)
57th biggest opening over the last 52 weeks between Monkey Man and The Iron Claw (close to Conclave, Terrifier 3, Blink Twice and Kraven the Hunter).
Flight Risk directed by Mel Gibson (named as one of Donald Trump’s ambassadors to Hollywood to make it “bigger, better and stronger”; the first film he has directed since 2017’s Hacksaw Ridge opened £1,490,158 taking £4,945,211. After Hollywood said Mel Gibson would never work in Hollywood again a decade early he was welcomed back with Hacksaw Ridge nominated for several Oscars. Then he
He previously directed 2007’s Apocalypto opened £1,360,110/£2,133,083 taking £3,571,944 £5,601,940
1995’s Braveheart opened £1,322,291/£3,009,352 taking £11,909,670/£27,104,766
1993’s The Man Without A Face opened £377,865/£932,302 taking £2,263,100/£5,583,723
Flight Risk has been described as a spiritual sequel to 1997’s Con Air starring Nicolas Cage (opened £1,354,679/£2,636,132 390 screens taking £5,726,652/£11,143,755.
Flight Risk is the kind of film audiences would have seen 30 years ago in the cinema but over the last decade attracted big audiences on Netflix Carry-On in December and Back In Action last week.
Flight Risk is likely to drop heavily in its second weekend dropping out of the top 10 within a week as Wolfman did.
- 5 The Brutalist £754,677 – NE
Took £160k 22.76% Friday; £280k 39.83% Saturday; £263k 37.41% Sunday.
2,126th biggest opening between Midway and The End of The Affair (close to A Few Good Men, We Were Soldiers, The Last of the Mohicans and JFK) and 3,701st inflated opening between Frantic and The Count of Monte Cristo (close to One Hour Photo, Florence Foster Jenkins, Midnight Run and Hannah And Her Sisters).
59th biggest opening over the last 52 weeks between The Iron Claw and Blink Twice (close to A Real Pain, Monkey Man, The Apprentice and Imaginary)
The Brutalist received critical acclaim, 8 BAFTA nominations and 10 Oscar nominations including Best Picture, Best Director and Best Actor. The film played on IMAX screens but with a running time of 3h 35 mins with a 15-minute intermission, it’s only going to have a couple of shows a day limiting its BO likely to mostly Sat/Sun.
It opened in 170 screens less than a quarter of the screens all other films in the top 10 are playing in, and had a screen average a third more than A Complete Unknown #1 £4,439 Vs £2,743 playing in 711 screens.
2023’s Anatomy of a Fall opened £412,751 on 163 screens taking £1,094,976
2024’s The Zone of Interest opened £585,855 106 screens taking £3,436,903
2022’s Triangle of Sadness opened £308,950 125 screens taking £1,550,794
It’s hard to make comparisons with The Brutalist but Paul Thomas Anderson’s films and 2003’s The Pianist (opened £195,222/£348,234 64 screens taking £2,750,019/£4,905,439) are the only films it could be compared to.
Previous Paul Thomas Anderson openings include.
2000’s Magnolia opened #5 £428,435 taking £1,021,833
2007’s There Will Be Blood opened #11 £215,490 from 24 screens; expanded into 181 screens 2nd-weekend #7 £540,472 and £888,968 taking £4,392,471
2012’s The Master opened #14 £65,701 from 1 screen; expanded in 3rd weekend into 153 screens taking £372,360 #6 and £553,521 taking £1,213,977
2017’s Phantom Thread opened #10 £727,104 from 196 screens: down 40% in 2nd weekend £434,351 #11 from 192 screens £1,658,992 taking £2,611,458
2022’s Licorice Pizza opened £879,373 #3 (including £440k from 6 days of previews)
The Brutalist will expand wider over the next few weeks as word of mouth builds.
- Presence – Warner Bros
Opened £365,389 #10 including £72.099 from previews from 457 screens.
Warner Bros acquired UK rights for Steven Soderbergh’s horror Presence in May last year after premiering at Sundance Film Festival. Also acquired at the Sundance Film Festival were A Real Pain for $10m to Searchlight Pictures, Warner acquired Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story and Focus Features acquired Thelma. All of the films struggled to find an audience, this has happened a lot over the last 30 years studios get caught up in the hype of acquiring films at Sundance but many months later they struggle to find an audience.
Studios will never learn as this year’s Sundance Film Festival is currently happening and there will be several high-price acquisitions.
Presence is Steven Soderbergh’s first film since 2023’s Magic Mike’s Last Dance, his next Black Bag will be released in March, the screenplay is also written by David Koepp.
UK box office in detail
The weekend’s top 10 box office took £7,840,790 down 23.3% from last weekend’s £10,227,116: 1,013,703 admissions down 23.4% from 1,323,042 admissions.
40th biggest weekend of the last 52 weeks between 23 February 2024 #1 Bob Marley: One Love £2,387,019 (29.68%) and 26 January 2024 #1 Mean Girls £1,496,629 (19.2%)
143rd biggest since cinemas reopened out of 219 weeks between 23 December 2022 #1 Avatar: The Way of Water £4,974,004 (63.27%) and 28 April 2023 #1 Super Mario Bros £3,067,431 (39.15%)
883rd biggest top 10 of the last 22 years (out of 1,190) between 30 July 2004 #1 King Arthur £1,908,084 (24.31%) and 28 April 2023 #1 Super Mario Bros £3,067,431 (39.15%) and 1,081st inflated between 27 September 2013 #1 Prisoners £1,365,527 (21.24%) and 28 April 2023 #1 Super Mario Bros £3,067,431 (39.15%)
The top 3 took (£3,918,222) 49.9% of the top 10; A Complete Unknown 21.3% (£1,667,821); Mufasa: The Lion King 17.6% (£1,375,888); Sonic The Hedgehog 3 11.2% (£874,513)
1,043rd biggest percentage share #1 (21.27%) between 16 October 2020 #1 Tenet £187,275 (21.27%) and 27 September 2013 #1 Prisoners £1,365,527 (21.24%)
19 August 2005 #1 Charlie and the Chocolate Factory £1,691,431 (25.67%) and 24 February 2017 #1 The LEGO Batman Movie £2,893,337 (25.58%)
1,101st biggest admissions #1 (215,481) between 25 March 2022 The Batman £1,664,503 (216,450) and 23 April 2010 #1 Date Night £1,272,405 (213,850)
Up 0.6% from 2024; (£7,796,217); All Of Us Strangers (£1,176,972); Fighter (£590,146); The Color Purple (£452,364); Baghead (£330,008); #1 Mean Girls £1,496,629 2nd week down 54% 647 screens (19.2% of top 10)
Down 16.8% from 2023; (£9,422,654); Pathaan (£1,967,854); Plane (£1,161,382); The Fabelmans (£1,067,384); Billie Eilish: Live At The O2 (Extended Cut) (£329,407); Unwelcome (£118,322); #1 Avatar: The Way of Water £2,116,615 24% drop 623 screens 7th week (22.46% of top 10)
Down 38.1% 2022 (£12,668,620); Sing 2 (£6,867,533); Parallel Mothers (£301,877); Rigoletto – Met Opera 2022 (£86,823); Friday The 13th (1980) (Re: 2022) (£8,256); #1 Sing 2 £6,867,533 1st week 632 screens (54.2% of top 10)
2021 Lockdown
Down 42.5% 2020; (£13,633,691); The Personal History Of David Copperfield (£1,524,147); Paw Patrol: Ready, Race, Rescue (£483,886); The Grudge (£461,921); The Turning (£104,459); #1 1917 £4,518,270 3rd week 27% drop 742 screens (33.1% of the top 10)
Down 26.1% from 2019: (£10,612,229); Vice (£1,327,464); Dragon Ball Super: Broly (£851,508); The Mule (£725,554); A Dog’s Way Home (£705,875); Love Yourself In Seoul – BTS World Tour 2019 (£518,810); Second Act (£403,211); Destroyer (£106,410); Schindler’s List (25th Anniversary) (£29,745); #1 Glass £1,936,631 2nd week 559 screens 44% drop (18.2% of top 10)
Down 54.8% from 2018; (£17,354,267); Maze Runner: The Death Cure (£2,247,915); Early Man (£2,020,653); Downsizing (£1,131,687); 12 Strong (£421,515); Tosca – Met Opera 2018 (£404,994); Last Flag Flying (£16,867); #1 Darkest Hour £2,672,022 3rd week 2nd-week #1 over 3 weeks 641 screens 15% drop (15.4% of top 10)
Down 69.6% 2017: (£25,816,418); Sing (£10,487,380); T2 Trainspotting (£5,146,791); Hacksaw Ridge (£1,490,158); Denial (£229,067); #1 Sing £10,487,380 1st week 554 screens (40.6% of top 10)
Down 30.8% 2016: (£11,333,473); Dirty Grandpa (£2,047,207); Spotlight (£1,060,435); Turandot – Met Opera 2016 (£375,950); Youth (£265,217); 13 Hours (£238,231); The 33 (£26,208); #1 The Revenant £2,278,262 3rd week 616 screens 41% drop (20.1% of top 10)
Down 27.1% 2015; (£10,751,450); Ex Machina (£1,093,952); Mortdecai (£484,878); The Gambler (£381,554); Swan Lake – Bolshoi 2014 (£284,344); A Most Violent Year (£216,538); #1 American Sniper £2,539,534 2nd week 1st #1 457 screens 0% drop (23.6% of top 10)
Down 33.3% 2014: (£11,753,522); Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit (£1,278,187); Inside Llewyn Davis (£718,401); August: Osage County (£537,310); Grudge Match (£265,643); #1 The Wolf of Wall Street £3,608,968 2nd week 506 screens 23% drop (30.7% of top 10)
Down 43.7% 2013: (£13,926,746); Lincoln (£1,657,337); Zero Dark Thirty (£1,052,845); Movie 43 (£787,648); The Last Stand (£538,867); Won’t Back Down (£736); #1 Les Miserables £4,016,611 3rd week 591 screens 9% drop (28.8% of top 10)
Down 18.8% 2012: (£9,656,063); The Descendants (£1,797,939); The Grey (£1,094,338); A Monster in Paris (£1,043,531); Like Crazy (£93,981); #1 War Horse £2,081,490 3rd week 510 screens 35% drop (21.5% of top 10)
Down 49.5% 2011; (£15,525,216); Tangled (£5,106,612); The Mechanic (£921,554); Hereafter (£601,728); How do you Know (£374,933); Biutiful (£156,029); Barney’s Version (£109,266); #1 Tangled £5,106,612 1st week 445 screens (32.9% of top 10)
Down 41.6% 2010: (£13,422,186); Toy Story 2 (Digital 3-D) (£909,093); Brothers (£366,290); A Prophet (£312,237); Ninja Assassin (£187,285); The Boys Are Back (£64,465); Armoured (£64,931); #1 Avatar £5,155,844 6th week 428 screens 7% drop (38.4% of top 10)
Down 33.2% 2009; (£11,743,640); Valkyrie (£1,854,195); Underworld 3 (£990,285); Frost/Nixon (£591,411); Milk (£336,027); Rachel Getting Married (£84,652); #1 Slumdog Millionaire £2,806,996 3rd week 2nd #1 379 screens 7% increase (23.9% of top 10)
Down 25.1% 2008; (£10,462,095); Sweeney Todd (£4,525,246); In the Valley of Elah (£345,185); The Savages (£72,823); #1 Sweeney Todd £4,525,246 1st week 436 screens (43.2% of top 10)
Down 1.4% 2007: (£7,954,979); Blood Diamond (£1,471,104); Venus (£317,426); Bobby (£285,057); #1 Rocky Balboa £1,705,180 2nd week 411 screens 53% drop (21.4% of top 10)
Up 6.9% 2006; (£7,333,608); Munich (£1,209,970); Rumour Has It (£816,743); Hidden (Caché) (£169,234); #1 Fun with Dick and Jane £1,381,737 2nd week 419 screens 29% drop (18.8% of top 10)
Down 37.8% 2005: (£12,600,625); Meet the Fockers (£7,917,661); Assault on Precinct 13 (£748,846); Creep (£477,687); Sideways (£349,642); #1 Meet the Fockers £ 7,917,661 1st week 456 screens (62.8% of top 10)
Down 22% 2004; (£10,047,733); Scary Movie 3 (£3,490,585); Big Fish (limited) (£126,899); #1 Scary Movie 3 £3,490,585 1st week 418 screens (34.7% of top 10)
Down 26.2% 2003 (£10,625,350); I Spy (£878,229); Ghost Ship (£784,565); About Schmidt (£757,325); The Pianist (£195,222); #1 8 Mile £2,514,467 2nd week 423 screens 43% drop (23.6% of top 10)
Down 16% from 2002: (£9,329,000); Vanilla Sky (£2,978,264); In the Bedroom (£87,294); #1 Vanilla Sky £2,978,264 1st week 425 screens (31.9% of top 10)
2024 Next week: (£10,173,023); Migration (£3,577,676); Argylle (£2,014,521); The Zone Of Interest (£585,855); American Fiction (£389,375); 10 Things I Hate About You (25th Anniversary) (£23,105); #1 Migration £3,577,676 1st week 601 screens (35.17% of top 10)
US Box Office
It will be the lowest weekend of the year taking $70.2m last year it was $54.5m the second-worst weekend of the year.
- Flight Risk – Lionsgate
Opened $11.58m and received poor reviews (24% Rotten Tomatoes) and C- CinemaScore.
Took $950k from Thursday previews; Lone Survivor $1.5m; Taken 2 $1.5m.
Took 27% from PLFs; 660 PLFs and 273 (4DX, DBOX, MX4D)
It was Lionsgate’s second #1 of the year after Den of Thieves 2: Pantera and Mel Gibson’s third #1 film opening as a director after Passion of the Christ ($83.84m taking $370.78m) and Apocalypto ($15m taking $50.86m)
The film opened days after President Donald Trump named Mel Gibson, Jon Voight and Sylvester Stallone as new ambassadors to Hollywood.
2005’s Flightplan opened $24.6m taking $89.7m taking $223.38m worldwide
2013’s Plane opened $10.2m taking $32.11m and $74.51m worldwide
2016’s Hacksaw Ridge opened $15.19m taking $67.2m and $180.45m worldwide
2024’s The Beekeeper opened $16.57m taking $666.22m and $152.72m worldwide
2018’s Den of Thieves opened $15.2m taking $44.94m and $80.5m worldwide
2018’s The Commuter opened $13.7m taking $36.34m and $119.94m worldwide
Compared to 1997’s Con Air opened $24.13m/$56.7m taking $101,1m/$237.5m and $224.01m/$526.1m worldwide
Opened with $4.2m from 39 territories and $16.2m worldwide.
- Mufasa: The Lion King – Disney
Down 29% in its sixth weekend $8.59m and $220.96m
96th biggest sixth weekend between Captain Marvel and Look Who’s Talking (close to Toy Story 3, The Bodyguard, Oppenheimer and The Lion King #112 $8.06m).
192nd biggest between Big Hero 6 and Mission: Impossible—Fallout; 569th biggest inflated between Die Hard and Something’s Gotta Give; 10th biggest 2024 between Sonic the Hedgehog 3 and Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire; 61st biggest Disney between Big Hero 6 and National Treasure: Book of Secrets.
Sixth weekends
2019’s The Lion King dropped 34.6% $8.06m and $510.55m of $543.63m and $1.662bn worldwide
1994’s The Lion King dropped 15% $6.01m and $243.16m of $312.8m/$1.12bn and $771.1m/$2.1bn WW
Audiences will come out in large numbers to photorealistic animated remakes of the classic animated films as they will come out In similar numbers to see Snow White and Lilo & Sitch this year.
The Little Mermaid dropped 36.9% $5.39m and $281.24m of $298.17m and $569.62m worldwide.
2019’s Aladdin dropped 23.6% $10.11m and $306.63m of $355.5m and $1.054bn worldwide
1996’s 101 Dalmatians dropped 35.5% $7.34m and $121.78m of $136.18m and $320.68m worldwide
2000’s 102 Dalmatians dropped 0% $2.69m and $57.55m of $66.95m and $183.61m worldwide
2014’s Maleficent dropped 26.5% $6.15m and $213.91m of $241.41m and $759.85m worldwide
2019’s Maleficent: Mistress of Evil dropped 58.1% $2.05m and $108.97m of $113.9m and $491.7m worldwide
2010’s Alice in Wonderland dropped 35.4% $5.3m and $319m of $334.19m and $1.025bn worldwide
2016’s Alice Through the Looking Glass dropped 78.7% $394,733 and $75.67m of $77.04m and $299.82m
Took $15.4m (down 29%) and $405.6m from 55 territories and $626.7m worldwide; France $38.1m; UK $34.7m; Mexico $28.3m; Germany $27.8m; Italy $23.1m; taken $35.3m from IMAX worldwide.
176th biggest worldwide between Fast Five and Ratatouille; 7th biggest 2024 worldwide between Dune: Part Two and Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire; 55th biggest Disney worldwide between The Incredibles and Ratatouille.
- Presence – Neon
Opened $3.41m; received positive reviews (87% Rotten Tomatoes) and C+ CinemaScore.
Took $385k from Thursday previews.
Opened bigger than Cuckoo ($3m) and The Substance ($3.2m) but less than Immaculate ($5.3m)
The Steven Soderbergh film was acquired at last year’s Sundance Film Festival and won the Palme d’Or at the Cannes Film Festival.
- The Wolfman – Universal Pictures
Dropped 70% in its second weekend $3.24m #3 and $17.65m
2017’s The Mummy dropped 54.2% $14.51m and $57.12m taking $80.22m and $409.23m WW
2020’s The Invisible Man dropped 46.3% $15.13m and $52.67m taking $70.41m and $144.49m WW
2023’s Renfield dropped 59.5% $3.25m and $13.76m taking $17.29m and $26.49m worldwide
It was Universal Pictures’ second attempt to reboot the Monsters series previously making 2014’s Dracula Untold drop 57.5% $9.98m and $26.16m taking $56.28m and $217.12m worldwide.
Other similar films include.
1994’s Wolf dropped 32.4% $12.1m and $37.51m taking $65m and $131m worldwide
2004’s Van Helsing dropped 59.9% $20.72m and $85.09m taking $120.17m and $300.15m worldwide
Took $3.6m from 75 territories $9.9m total and $27.7m worldwide.
- One of Them Days – Sony Pictures
Dropped 32% in its second weekend $8.01m #3 and $25.1m
The film generated strong coverage across TikTok, X, Facebook, Instagram, and YouTube 116.6m similar to 2017’s Girls Trip dropped 37% $19.64m #3 and $65.08m taking $115.17m and $140.55m worldwide) receiving 71m social media reactions.
As with Girls Trip One of These Days is unlikely to travel well internationally.
- Sonic The Hedgehog 3 – Paramount Pictures
Dropped 38% in the sixth weekend $5.31m #4 and $225.91m.
296th biggest sixth weekend between Armageddon and The Big Short (close to Despicable Me 3, The Little Mermaid, Spider-Man: Far from Home and Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs)
186th biggest between Rush Hour 2 and The Fate of the Furious; 551st biggest inflated between Sudden Impact and The Bourne Identity; 9th biggest 2024 between Twisters and Mufasa: The Lion King; 17th biggest Paramount Pictures between Star Trek Into Darkness and Raiders of the Lost Ark.
Sixth weekends
2020’s Sonic the Hedgehog took $148.97m and $319.71m WW (5 weeks due to COVID)
2022’s Sonic the Hedgehog 2 dropped 22.7% $4.65m and $175.8m of $190.87m and $405.42m worldwide
Sonic the Hedgehog 4 has been dated for Spring 2027.
Took $10.6m from 61 territories $220.5m total and $446.37m worldwide; UK $28.9m; Mexico $21.1m; France $18.4m; Australia $17.1m; Brazil $12.3m.
313th biggest worldwide between The Secret Life of Pets 2 and The Bourne Ultimatum; 16th biggest 2024 between Beetlejuice Beetlejuice and Bad Boys: Ride or Die; 36th biggest Paramount Pictures between Thor and Transformers: Rise of the Beasts.
- A Complete Unknown – Searchlight
Dropped 18% in its fourth weekend $3.08m and $62.92m
Received 6 nominations BAFTA nominations and 8 Oscar nominations including Best Picture, Best Director and Best Leading Actor
Selected previous James Mangold film’s third weekends.
2005’s Walk the Line dropped 39.8% $5.73m and $76.99m of $119.51m and $186.79m worldwide
In response to A Complete Unknown being nominated for 8 Oscars James Mangold said “This movie hasn’t been gestating as a development project. It’s been gestating as a fully-cast, written movie that was delayed by Covid and then industry strikes and cast schedules, and we all hung together and have become friends as well as creative partners. So, there’s just huge mutual joy to see so many elements of our film getting honoured by the Academy today.”
2019’s Ford v Ferrari dropped 49.5% $6.65m and $91.22m of $117.62m and $225.5m worldwide
It’s having a slow international release taking $11.2m from Australia, Italy and the UK and $67m worldwide.
- The Brutalist – A24
Up 46% in its sixth weekend $2.87m up 780 screens to 1,118 screens and $9.33m
Took $566k from IMAX with a total of $1.5m
The three-hour film has received critical acclaim (93% on Rotten Tomatoes) has two acts and a 15-minute intermission; it was shot using VistaVision on 35mm and then 70mm prints. It’s the first film to be shot using VistaVision since 1961’s One-Eyed Jacks.
The Brutalist won Best Picture Drama Golden Globe and was nominated for seven including Best Film, Best Director and Best Actor. Received its world premiere at the Venice Film Festival A24 acquired US rights for $10m.
Took $2.2m internationally.
UK Box Office Top 10
UK Box Office Preview
With no major new releases, the top three will likely stay the same for a third week running.
Psychological thriller Companion has received positive reviews and opens with a homage to Stepford Wives supermarket scene has been described as Ex Machina meets Don’t Worry Darling meet Blink Twice, or as Empire said realising your boyfriend is a controlling arsehole.
Drew Hancock previously directed 2022’s Barbarian opened £380,812 #8 taking £1,082,037 and
2022’s Don’t Worry Darling opened £2,771,935 taking £9,995,806
2024’s Blink Twice opened £746,328 taking £1,879,420.
Companion will likely open #3 with about £800k
With The Brutalist holding strongly #5 taking about £650k expanding from last weekend.
Hard Truths the latest film from director Mike Leigh will open #6 with about £500k
Previous films
2005’s Vera Drake opened £266,010/£447,303 65 screens taking £2,178,874/£3,663,839
2008’s Happy-Go-Lucky opened £383,365/£583,894 77 screens taking £1,571,154/£2,392,988
2014’s Mr. Turner opened £904,947 129 screens taking £7,005,966
2018’s Peterloo opened £348,697 138 screens taking £1,209,912
While Saturday Night will struggle to get into the top 15 after flopping in the US it will struggle to find an audience in the UK and Sony will give it a limited opening; Saturday Night was the surprise film at the London Film Festival.
Jason Reitman previously directed. 2005’s Thank You for Smoking (never had a UK cinema release). 2007’s Juno; 2009’s Jennifer’s Body; 2010’s Up in the Air; 2011’s Young Adult; 2013’s Labor Day; 2014’s Men, Women & Children; 2018’s Tully; 2019’s The Front Runner; 2021’s Ghostbusters: Afterlife
Opening in three weeks
- The Monkey – Black Bear
Horror comedy based on the 1980 short story The Monkey by Stephen King starring Theo James, Tatiana Maslany, Elijah Wood, Christian Convery, Colin O’Brien, Rohan Campbell, and Sarah Levy, and directed by Osgood Perkins.
Black Bear announced plans to develop The Monkey in 2023; Neon acquired US rights in May 2024
Osgood Perkins described the film as “The Monkey is like 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 greatly 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.
Smile 100m views; The Black Phone at 73m for its first trailer and 37m for its second trailer; Talk To Me’s second trailer which came in at 23m; first and second trailers for Nosferatu at 74m and 48m. So The Monkey should have a similar opening as last year’s Longlegs.