- Migration – £2,468,390 – £6,664,960
Took £295k 11.95% (32.18% drop £435k) Friday; £1.18m 47.81% (30.99% drop £1.71m) Saturday; £985k 40.24% (30.66% drop £1.432m) Sunday.
31% drop in its second weekend
329th biggest second weekend between Venom 2 and I, Robot (close to Scooby-Doo, Mrs Doubtfire, Mr Beans Holiday and Jumanji) and 604th biggest inflated between The Hulk and Pitch Perfect 3 (close to Stuart Little, My Girl, Flubber and Spy Kids)
63rd biggest animated second weekend between The Lego Movie: The Second Part and Alvin And The Chipmunks II (close to Despicable Me (£2,589,170), Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa (£2,477,743), Toy Story (£2,430,057) and Kung Fu Panda 2), The Secret Life of Pets 2 (£3,490,598) and Onward (£3,419,500) and 94th biggest inflated between Elemental and The Addams Family (close to Pocahontas, The Lion King 3D, Fantastic Mr. Fox and Mulan).
17th biggest second weekend over the last 52 weeks between Elemental and Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour (close to Trolls World Tour, John Wick: Chapter Four, Fast X and Aquaman 2).
11th biggest Illumination second weekend (out of 14) between Despicable Me and Dr. Seuss’ The Lorax.
Illumination has had enormous success from the Despicable Me franchise since 2010 (Despicable Me 4 opening in June) and Sing two films, the 14 animated films have taken over £430m in the UK since 2010 and £475m inflated, but The Secret Life of Pets 2 took half as much as the first film.
It is the fourth animated film Universal Pictures have held back from Christmas to open ahead of the lucrative February half-term over the last three years; 2023’s Puss In Boots: The Last Wish opened £4,950,495 #1 626 screens taking £25,633,299; 2022’s Sing 2 opened £6,867,533 #1 632 screens taking £32,790,416; 2017’s Sing £10,487,380 #1 554 screens taking £28,848,865.
Delaying the film to February gives it distance from the Christmas family film and there would otherwise be a lack of a children’s film for half-term which can be very lucrative taking £1m+ Mon-Fri. Previously there used to be at least two family films opening in late Jan/early Feb but there have been fewer family films.
Migration should take upwards of £20m, but that will be less than half of February family films have previously taken, a decade ago The Lego Movie, Mr. Peabody and Sherman and Frozen took £50m+ in February 2014. Universal Pictures’ next animation is Kung Fu Panda 4 opening at the end of March ahead of Easter holidays.
79th biggest animated film between Ice Age: Collision Course and South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut (close to Encanto, Dr. Seuss’ The Lorax, The Little Mermaid (1990) and Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs) and 188th biggest inflated between Meet the Robinsons and Isle of Dogs (close to Onward, Storks, The Rescuers Down Under and The Land Before Time).
- 2. Argylle – £994,542 – £3,705,840
Took £210k 21.13% (53.85% drop £455k) Friday; £450k 45.27% (42.97% drop £798k) Saturday; £332k 33.60% (36.86% drop £529k) Sunday.
Dropped 50.6% in its second weekend; (43% without previews) dropped lower than expected after poor reviews and much negativity surrounding its opening.
1,068th biggest second weekend between Air Force One and Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse (close to This Means War, Law Abiding Citizen, Crimson Tide and Phone Booth) and 1,626th biggest inflated between Nacho Libre and The End of The Affair (close to Red Heat, Air America, Conspiracy theory and Ride Along).
43rd biggest second weekend over the last 52 weeks between The Exorcist: Believer and Scream VI (close to The Creator, The Equalizer 3, Saw X and Magic Mike’s Last Dance).
Much was written after Argylle had a poor opening with the normal questions asked, but it was the age-old story when producers are too busy planning a franchise they forget need to make the first film good enough to deserve more than one film. What happened with Argylle has happened many times before with films like King Arthur, Warcraft and Dark Tower which meant Argylle was DOA. Many have speculated the budget was $200m+ but many have said it was much less, while there was also much speculation on who wrote Argylle with many believing it was Taylor Swift.
As 2022’s The Lost City Argylle is inspired by Romancing the Stone, Elly Conway (Bryce Dallas Howard) is the writer of a fictional spy Agent Argylle which becomes reality, similar to Joan Wilder (Romancing the Stone).
Matthew Vaughn previously directed The Kingsman trilogy, X-Men First Class, Kick-Ass, Stardust and Layer Cake and he also produced three Guy Ritchie films Lock Stock, Snatch and Swept Away.
AppleTV acquired rights for $200m and Matthew Vaughn has plans to be a franchise of at least three films and a potential crossover with The Kingsman.
Earlier Matthew Vaughn directed films.
2015’s Kingsman: The Secret Service dropped 48% £2,190,090 #2 and £8,245,752 of £16,440,885
2017’s Kingsman: The Golden Circle dropped 50% £4,187,105 #1 and £15,623,613 of £24,883,225
2011’s X-Men: First Class dropped 55% £2,401,492 #3 and £10,033,539 of £15,027,740
2007’s Stardust up 4% £2,332,502 #3 and £6,925,174 of £14,855,712.
2004’s Layer Cake dropped 31% £743,146 #5 and £2,408,829 of £4,447,859
2010’s Kick-Ass dropped 69% £1,191,069 #3 and £7,001,080 of £11,601,334
Other similar films include.
2022’s Bullet Train dropped 68% £909,264 #2 and £5,062,175 of £10,766,199
2015’s The Man From U.N.C.L.E. dropped 36% £917,934 #5 and £3,545,230 of £6,455,363
2022’s The Lost City dropped 49% £1,372,328 #3 and £5,633,575 of £10,606,648
1993’s Last Action Hero dropped 42.5% £514,112 (£1,276,471 inflated) and £2,011,843 of £3,580,336 (£8,889,495)
1,703rd biggest between The Krays and Scandal (close to The Nice Guys, The Expendables 3, Snakes on a Plane and Leon) and 2,194th biggest inflated between Training Day and The Frighteners (close to Midnight Run, Shanghai Noon, U-571 and xXx: The Return of Xander Cage).
- 3. The Iron Claw – £754,152 – NE
Included £82,855 (11%) from previews.
Took £185k (24.54%) Friday; £264k (35.01%) Saturday; £210k (27.8% Sunday.
1,938th biggest opening between The End of The Affair and Mrs Henderson Presents (close to A Few Good Men, About Schmidt, American Psycho and JFK).
Opened in 521 cinemas 595th widest opening similar to The Croods, Marvel Avengers Assemble, Transformers: Dark of the Moon and Iron Man 2 (close to The Great Gatsby and Monsters vs. Aliens)
Sean Durkin previously directed 2021’s The Nest opening £121,186 #13 from 131 screens taking £467,482 and 2012’s Martha Marcy May Marlene opened £110,156 #19 from 100 screens and is Zac Efron’s first wide cinema release since 2017’s The Greatest Showman, starring in several indie films since and Scoob in 2020 which was due to have a cinema release but went straight to HBO Max due to COVID.
Other wrestler films include.
2015’s Foxcatcher opened £877,408 #6 333 screens taking £1,681,381
2013’s Pain & Gain opened £1,016,136 #4 taking £1,923,892
2019’s Fighting With My Family opened £2,022,174 #1 taking £5,856,829
2009’s The Wrestler opened £802,046 #8 277 screens taking £1,592,098
2006’s Nacho Libre opened £993,948 #5 366 screens taking £3,297,259
2019’s The Peanut Butter Falcon opened £40,306 #20 65 screens
1993’s Mr Nanny opened £214,994 (£530,452 inflated) 91 screens taking £2,611,895 (£6,444,302 inflated)
1990’s Born on the Fourth of July opened £1,081,611 (£3,676,549 inflated) 213 screens taking £2,989,367 (£10,161,282 inflated)
What makes The Iron Claw far more than just another wrestler film as Micheal Bay’s Pain & Gain is that it takes a deep dive into toxic masculinity, Zac Efron’s performance received acclaim from critics but didn’t receive any award recognition. So often smaller films like The Iron Claw needing award recognition to find a wider audience don’t get the award recognition they deserve and without it struggle to find a wide audience. The US opened wide the weekend before Christmas at $4.86m #6 despite holding well over the following two weeks has dropped off heavily since taking $34.76m.
- 4. All Of Us Strangers – £510,035 – £3,791,038
Down 36% in its third weekend
Took £144k 28.24% (36.56% drop £227k) Friday; £198k 38.82% (38.13% drop £320k) Saturday; £168k 32.94% (32.80% drop £250k) Sunday.
1,157th biggest third weekend between Bounty Hunter and Salt (close to The Five-Year Engagement, 500 Days Of Summer, Anna Karenina and Where The Crawdads Sing) and 1,423rd biggest inflated between Grimsby and Hugo (close to I Love You Man, New Year’s Eve, Moonlight and Everything Everywhere All At Once).
Added 54 cinemas from last weekend from 493 to 547.
Andrew Haigh’s earlier films also received critical acclaim but struggled to find an audience 2011’s Weekend played in a maximum of 20 screens taking £221,169; 2015’s 45 Years expanded into 103 screens taking £1,829,573; 2018’s Lean on Pete took £473,558.
All Of Us Strangers has generated much more media coverage with the British cast Andrew Scott, Paul Mescal, Jamie Bell and Claire Foy on the promotional tour starring with a UK premiere at the London Film Festival in October to a Gala screening at the BFI South Bank days before opening.
Similar third weekends include.
2013’s Warm Bodies dropped 49% £231,501 #14 and £2,664,789
2014’s If I Stay dropped 42% £137,054 and £1,373,572
2009’s The Time Traveler’s Wife dropped 24% £688,377 #4 and £5,629,243 of £7,308,665
2006’s Lake House dropped 37.6% £247,884 and £2,371,554 of £2,751,266
1990’s Ghost dropped 4.2% £1,292,591 (£3,664,870 inflated) and £6,398,253 of £23,341,442 (£66,179,756 inflated).
Holding similar to
2018’s Love, Simon dropped 55% £274,213 #8 and £3,265,492 of £3,540,552
2006’s Brokeback Mountain dropped 16% £1,069,677 #3 and £4,783,631 of £9,469,032.
Others include.
2010’s I Love You Phillip Morris dropped 65% £112,738 #13 and £2,298,494.
2017’s Call Me by Your Name dropped 34% £91,412 #15 and £767,323 of £1,173,150
2017’s Moonlight up 87% (expansion) £731,380 #5 and £2,487,119 of £3,852,475.
Films about loneliness include.
2004’s Lost in Translation down 11% £927,218 #4 and £3,860,634 of £9,865,162
2002’s One Hour Photo dropped 36% £196,734 #9 and £1,331,333 of £2,145,840
2017’s Manchester By The Sea dropped 55% £232,425 #12 and £2,298,179
2022’s The Banshees of Inisherin dropped 23% £976,323 #3 and £6,278,440 of £9,979,347
It’s been 30 years now since the National Lottery started funding British Films and won 14 Oscars and 32 BAFTAs, the problem is the majority of these films including The King’s Speech, Gosford Park, Billy Elliot and The Last King of Scotland all needed to be co-financed by US studios.
All of Us Strangers and Poor Things both are made by Film Four but they both needed Searchlight Pictures owned by Disney to be made, similarly, See-Saw Films’ One Life (taking £8.5m in the UK) needed Warner Bros to acquire it for the UK.
Film Four opened UK film distributor in the mid-90s releasing a mix of Film Four productions and acquired films, closing it in 2002 after generating big losses, seeing films that were in development including Bright Young Things, The Lovely Bones, and Under The Skin acquired by other distributors. All films since have seen Film Four as one of the producers. Channel 4 has had a key role in the British Film industry for almost 40 years since My Beautiful Laundrette and Letter To Brezhnev. The loss of Film Four was soon after the likes of Palace and Rank also were closed and there hasn’t been a UK-centric film company since.
While there has been much made of the successful British film industry with Wonka and Barbie made in the UK, with BAFTA Best British Film nominees Napoleon, Poor Things, The Zone of Interest, Rye Lane, Saltburn and All of Us Strangers all needed US funding to be made only How To Have Sex, The Old Oak and Scrapper were made without US funding, but they took less than £2m combined at the UK BO.
1,685th biggest between Flatliners and Molly’s Game (close to Moonlight, Living, A Perfect World and Shall We Dance?) and 2,181st biggest inflated between Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas and Ouija (close to Pretty in Pink, Serendipity, The Object of My Affection and Message in a Bottle).
- 5. Peppa’s Cinema Party – £490,779 – NE
Took £55k 20.61% Friday; £226k 30.82% Saturday; £209k 48.57% Sunday.
Opened in 530 cinemas mornings and matinees only.
The follow-up to 2017’s Peppa Pig: My First Cinema Experience celebrating the 20th anniversary of Peppa Pig. It includes 10 new episodes of Peppa Pig including a three-part Wedding Party Special.
2017’s Peppa Pig: My First Cinema Experience opened £1,050,962 #3 from 531 screens taking £3,719,305
2019’s Peppa Pig: Festival Of Fun opened £982,617 #5 from 506 screens taking £2,874,901
2015’s Peppa Pig: The Golden Boots opened £687,417 #6 from 370 screens taking £2,336,860
Cinemas are charging reduced prices for the 70-minute film playing over the half-term week with adults and children £5 at Odeon/Cineworld and £3.99 at Vue.
As Peppa Pig targets 4–6-year-olds seeing these specials in the cinema is probably the first cinema experience for many children and 70 minutes is about as long as they will sit still in the cinema. That said going to My First Cinema Experience in 2017 was still too long for many children so an interval would be good.
Also opened
Dune (re-release) – Warner Bros
Opened with £335,657 #10 from 461 screens taking £22,424,573.
Took £91k Friday; £119k Saturday; £90k Sunday.
Ahead of Dune Part 2 opening the first film was re-released in cinemas for a week.
Advance bookings for Dune Part 2 opened on Monday 12th February, while Dune had Thursday previews taking £1,111,262 Dune Part 2 only has midnight screenings at the moment.
With Bob Marley: One Love and Madame Web unlikely to set BO alight this weekend Dune Part 2 opens in a very different position than the first film opening in a much more crowded market; Dune £5,876,892 #1; No Time To Die £4,672,560 #2; Venom: Let There Be Carnage £2,470,169 #3; The Boss Baby 2 £1,193,115 #4; The Addams Family 2 £885,404 #5 and The French Dispatch £867,672 #6; Halloween Kills £771,657 #7. It’s unlikely any holdovers will take more than any of those films.
Advance bookings were very strongly predictable for BFI IMAX and other IMAX cinemas across the UK as Dune Part 2 will likely take 60% from IMAX/PLF.
- Turning Red -Disney
Opened £57,385 from 519 screens.
After Disney released their last three original Pixar films straight to Disney+ they decided to give them a theatrical release and it’s no surprise they have struggled to find an audience. Disney will release Soul in cinemas in March and Luca in cinemas in April.
UK box office in detail
This weekend’s top 10 box office took ££7,274,501 down 28.5% from last weekend’s £10,173,023: 954,883 admissions down 25.6% from 1,284,473 admissions.
48th biggest weekend of the last 52 weeks between 10 November 2023 #1 The Marvels £3,465,783 (47.61%) and 03 November 2023 #1 Trolls Band Together £1,829,764 (26.74%)
114th biggest since cinemas reopened out of 169 weeks between 10 November 2023 #1 The Marvels £3,465,783 (47.61%) and 07 October 2022 #1 Smile £1,715,678 ( 24.91%)
19 January 2024 #1 Mean Girls £3,251,159 (31.69%) and 25 February 2022 #1 Uncharted £3,084,102 (30.61%); have been 64 £10m+ top 10 weekends since cinema as reopened.
898th biggest top 10 of the last 21 years (out of 1,141) between 25 October 2002 #1 XXX £2,044,850( (28.1% of top 10) and 13 September 2002 #1 Signs £3,767,713 (51.96% of top 10) and 1,059th biggest inflated between 10 November 2023 #1 The Marvels £3,465,783 (47.61% of top 10) and 11 June 2010 #1 Sex and the City 2 £1,272,405 (23.45% of top 10)
The top 3 took (£4,217,084) 58% of the top 10; Migration 33.93% (£2,468,390); Argylle 13.67% (£994,542); The Iron Claw 10.37% (£754,152);
564th highest #1 percentage (33.93%) between 05 February 2010 Avatar (33.93%) and 19 January 2007 Rocky Balboa (33.89%)
947th biggest admissions #1 (311,665) between 25 July 2003 The Hulk (311,808) and 05 April 2002 Blade 2 (311,327)
Down 12.9% from 2023; (£8,352,776); Magic Mike’s Last Dance (£1,529,155); Titanic (Re: 2023) (£870,646); Epic Tails (£259,637); Women Talking (£117,380); #1 Puss In Boots: The Last Wish £3,066,908 38% drop 697 screens 2nd week (36.72% of top 10)
Down 46.8% from 2022 (£13,675,065); Uncharted (£4,705,948); Death On The Nile (£1,898,357); Marry Me (£700,513); The Beatles: Get Back – The Rooftop Concert (£79,987); #1 Uncharted £4,705,948 1st week 579 screens (34.4% of top 10)
2021; Lockdown 2
Down 50.4% 2020 (£14,669,621); Dolittle (£5,085,520); Birds Of Prey (£2,833,297); Parasite (£1,397,387); The Personal History Of David Copperfield (£530,339); Underwater (£191,869); #1 Dolittle £5,085,520 1st week 600 screens (34.7% of top 10)
Down 45.9% from 2019: (£13,436,944); The LEGO Movie 2 (£4,016,730); Alita: Battle Angel (£3,198,180); All is True (£266,767); If Beale Street Could Talk (£252,462); Boy Erased (£118,585); #1 The LEGO Movie 2 £4,016,730 1st week 572 screens (29.9% of top 10)
Down 49.3% from 2018; (£14,358,030); Fifty Shades Freed (£6,132,414); Tad The Lost Explorer and the Secret of King Midas (£302,312); The Mercy (£301,138); The 15:17 to Paris (£290,577); Status Update (£137,886); #1 Fifty Shades Freed £6,132,414 1st week 592 screens (42.7% of top 10)
Down 67.8% from 2017: (£22,550,899); The LEGO Batman Movie (£7,906,468); Fifty Shades Darker (£7,557,485); The Space Between Us (£258,401); Fences (£102,688); 20th Century Women (£60,203); Prevenge (£30,118); Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk (£14,692); #1 The LEGO Batman Movie £7,906,468 1st week 600 screens (35.1% of top 10)
Down 70.9% from 2016: (£25,026,922); Deadpool (£13,729,803); Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Road Chip (£4,296,291); Zoolander 2 (£2,089,678); Pride and Prejudice and Zombies (£357,444); A Bigger Splash (£347,704); Concussion (£111,993); Oddball and the Penguins (£23,835); The Iron Giant: Signature Edition (£13,729); Jem and the Holograms (£8,869); #1 Deadpool £13,729,803 1st week 543 screens (54.8% of top 10)
Down 36.8% from 2015; (£11,507,851); Shaun The Sheep Movie (£2,095,061); Jupiter Ascending (£1,349,938); Selma (£792,365); The Interview (£283,811); #1 Big Hero 6 £2,540,116 2nd week 513 screens 41% drop (22.1% of top 10)
Down 38.7% from 2014: (£11,863,126); Mr. Peabody and Sherman (£3,916,559); RoboCop (£2,410,948); Dallas Buyers Club (£1,086,938); The Invisible Woman (£132,021); #1 Mr. Peabody and Sherman £3,916,559 1st week 507 screens (33.1% of top 10)
Down 42.9% from 2013: (£12,741,358); Wreck-It Ralph (£4,526,380); I Give It A Year (£1,450,023); Warm Bodies (£895,509); Hitchcock (£606,817); #1 Wreck-It Ralph £4,526,380 1st week 501 screens (35.5% of top 10)
Down 42.3% from 2012 (£12,616,654); The Woman in Black (£3,153,020); The Muppets (£2,650,664); Star Wars: Episode I – Phantom Menace 3D (£1,528,156); The Vow (£1,091,469); A Dangerous Method (£186,775); Big Miracle (£149,796); #1 The Woman in Black £3,153,020 1st week 412 screens (25% of top 10)
Down 52.2% from 2011 (£15,233,283); Gnomeo and Juliet (£2,945,627); True Grit (£1,823,254); Yogi Bear (£1,820,405); Just Go With it (£1,628,265); Never Let Me Go (£625,496); #1 Gnomeo and Juliet £2,945,627 1st week 462 screens (19.3% of top 10)
Down 53.1% from 2010: (£15,488,281); Valentine’s Day (£3,732,393); The Wolfman (£2,367,849); Percy Jackson & The Olympians: The Lightning Thief (£1,502,663); My Name Is Khan (£936,454); A Single Man (£502,009); Pretty Woman: 20th Anniversary (£51,938); #1 Valentine’s Day £3,732,393 1st week 432 screens (24.1% of top 10)
Down 55.8% from 2009; (£16,464,180); Bolt (£5,457,438); Hotel for Dogs (£1,500,298); Friday the 13th (£1,198,653); Notorious (£1,119,587); Pink Panther 2 (£821,726); Under the Sea 3D (£21,357); #1 Bolt £5,457,438 1st week 496 screens (33.1% of top 10)
Down 27.2% from 2008; (£9,992,789); National Treasure 2 (£2,483,297); Juno (£2,002,120); The Water Horse (£760,340); Definitely, Maybe (£698,041); There Will Be Blood (£215,490); The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (£106,911); Arctic Tale (£7,619); #1 National Treasure 2 £2,483,297 1st week 491 screens (24.8% of top 10)
Down 26% from 2007: (£9,827,338); Music and Lyrics (£1,929,058); Charlotte’s Web (£1,892,120); Epic Movie (£1,368,657); Hannibal Rising (£1,044,033); Goal! 2 (£326,807); The Reef (£208,259); #1 Music and Lyrics £1,929,058 1st week 432 screens (19.6% of top 10)
Down 32.8% from 2006; (£10,821,573); Chicken Little (£3,173,867); Final Destination 3 (£2,219,978); Big Momma’s House 2 (£1,735,839); The Little Polar Bear 2 (£80,915); #1 Chicken Little £3,173,867 1st week 400 screens (29.3% of top 10)
Down 31.7% from 2005 (£10,644,664); The Magic Roundabout (£1,569,843); The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie (£1,252,322); Son of the Mask (£725,524); The Sea Inside (£89,507); #1 Meet the Fockers £2,957,466 3rd week 456 screens 36 drops (27.8% of top 10)
Down 11.4% from 2004 (£8,214,642); School of Rock (£2,742,356); Something’s Gotta Give (£1,215,563); The Dreamers (£117,181); Charlie (£92,336); #1 School of Rock £2,742,356 1st week 376 screens (33.4% of top 10)
Down 35.1% from 2003 (£11,208,480); Two Weeks’ Notice (£2,636,050); Final Destination 2 (£1,675,057); The Wild Thornberrys (£1,430,610); Punch Drunk Love (£151,494); #1 Two Weeks’ Notice £2,636,050 1st week 414 screens (23.5% of top 10)
Down 52.9% from 2002 (£15,433,492); Monsters, Inc. (£9,200,257); From Hell (£891,862); Just Visiting (£121,414); #1 Monsters, Inc. £9,200,257 1st week 503 screens (21.6% of top 10)
2023 Next week: (£14,821,149); Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania (£8,834,435); Marcel The Shell With Shoes On (£141,454); The Son (£48,251); #1 Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania £8,834,435 1st week 676 screens (59.61% of top 10)
US Box Office
- Argylle – Universal Pictures
Dropped 64% in the second weekend $6.24m and $28.56m.
Universal Pictures acquired world rights to the Apple-produced film, as it opened under $50m it could be released on VOD after 17 days. It’s the third major Apple-produced film they have released over the last 6 months; Killers of the Flower Moon opened $23.25m taking $67.73 and $156.73m worldwide; Napoleon opened $20.63m taking $61.49m and $219.39m worldwide.
Apple reportedly lost $16m on the theatrical release of Napoleon and $20m on Killers of the Flower Moon, which answers why Netflix aren’t interested in the theatrical release as the majority of these films are original so need a much higher global marketing spend. While these films have budgets of up to $200m which is why they were rejected by studios, Napolean was based at 20th Studios as Ridley Scott has a production deal Killers of the Flower Moon was originally at Paramount having a production deal with Martin Scorsese.
Universal Pictures was due to get an 8% distribution fee and paid 50% of the $80m marketing costs.
Second weekends
2014’s Kingsman: The Secret Service dropped 49.3% $18.34m and $67.92m of $128.26m and $415.15m WW
2017’s Kingsman: The Golden Circle dropped 56.6% $16.93m and $66.63m of $100.23m and $410.9m WW
2021’s The King’s Man dropped 22.8% $4.56m and $19.58m of $37.17m and $125.9m WW
2022’s Bullet Train dropped 55.4% $13.4m and $54.48m of $103.36m and $240.6m WW
2022’s The Lost City dropped 51.7% $14.71m and $54.49m of $105.34m and $192.9m WW
2015’s The Man from U.N.C.L.E. dropped 45.5% $7.31m and $26.53m of $45.44m and $110.04m WW
2010’s Kick-Ass dropped 52.9% $9.34m and $34.7m of $48.07m and $96.83m WW
2013’s Kick-Ass 2 dropped 67.2% $4.37m and $22.52m of $28.79m and $63.1m WW
Took $9.4m (down 46%) from 78 territories $31.3m total and $60.1m worldwide; UK $4.7m; Australia $2.8m; France $2.6m; Mexico $2.6m Germany $2.4m.
- Lisa Frankenstein – Focus Features
Opened with $3.69m #2; received mixed reviews (50% Rotten Tomatoes) and B CinemaScore.
Took $700k from Thursday midnights.
Had a $13m budget; writer Diablo Cody had enormous success with Oscar winning Juno in 2007 but all the scripts she has written since have failed to repeat their success.
2018’s Tully opened $3.28m taking $9.36m and $15.63m worldwide
2015’s Ricki and the Flash opened $6.61m taking $26.82m and $41.32m worldwide
2011’s Young Adult opened $3.4m (expanded) taking $16.31m and $22.93m worldwide
2009’s Jennifer’s Body opened $6.86m taking $16.2m and $31.55m worldwide
2007’s Juno opened $10.63m (expanded) taking $143.49m and $232.37m
While 2019’s Booksmart opened $6.93m taking $22.68m and $24.95m worldwide
- Wonka – Warner Bros
Down 35% in its ninth weekend taking $3.05m #4 and $205.18m.
155th biggest ninth weekend between Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom and Basic Instinct (close to Chocolat, The Bodyguard, Despicable Me and Dreamgirls)
223rd biggest between Batman Begins and Bad Boys For Life; 614th inflated between The Untouchables and National Lampoon’s Vacation; 8th biggest 2023 between Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania and John Wick: Chapter 4; 7th biggest musical between Beauty and the Beast (1991) and Happy Feet (overtaking The Greatest Showman (overtaking Chicago and Mary Poppins Returns); 43rd biggest Warner Bros between Batman Begins and Godzilla.
Other Roald Dahl’s film adaptions Ninth weekends
2005’s Charlie and the Chocolate Factory dropped 43.5% $992,389 and $202.59m of $206.45m and $474.96m WW2
In the UK Wonka is performing similarly to Paddington
2017’s The Greatest Showman dropped 21.9% $5.03m and $154.41m of $174.34m and $434.9m WW
Took $8.5m from 78 territories $382.3m total and $587.88m worldwide; UK $77.3m; France $30.1m; Mexico $27m; Australia $25.5m; Germany $24.3m.
186th worldwide between Quantum of Solace and Men in Black; 9th biggest 2023 worldwide between Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse and The Little Mermaid; 6th biggest musical worldwide between Sing and Mamma Mia! (overtaking Les Misérables $435.4m; La La Land $435.2m; The Greatest Showman $429.9m and close to 2005’s Charlie and the Chocolate Factory’s $474.96m worldwide; 29th biggest Warner Bros worldwide between Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald and The Hangover Part II.
- Migration – Universal Pictures
Down 30% in the eighth weekend $2.93m #5 and $110.06m
277th biggest eighth weekend between The Pursuit of Happyness and Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (close to The Lego Movie, Parenthood, Minions and Despicable Me).
107th biggest animation between Mr. Peabody & Sherman and Epic; 687th biggest between Bedtime Stories and Scary Movie 3; 1,495th inflated between Young Guns II and Dune; 22nd biggest 2023 between Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem and Scream VI; 103rd biggest Universal Pictures between Trainwreck and The 40-Year-old Virgin.
Eighth weekends
2022’s Puss in Boots: The Last Wish dropped 29.2% $5.57m and $158.57m of $185,53m and $481.07m worldwide
2021’s Sing 2 dropped 27.1% $3.07m and $143.5m of $162.72m and $408.4m
The 13 Illumination Entertainment films have taken $3.83bn in the US and $9.65bn worldwide.
Took $6.7m from 79 territories $125m total and $235.54m worldwide; France $11.1m; Australia $10.3m; Mexico $8.8m; UK $8.4m.
127th biggest animation worldwide between Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs and Encanto; 745th worldwide between Artificial Intelligence: AI and Mr. Bean’s Holiday; 101st biggest Universal Pictures between 2 Fast 2 Furious and Mr. Bean’s Holiday.
- Anyone But You – Sony Pictures
Down 23% in its eighth weekend $2.65m #7 taking $80.07m.
336th biggest eighth weekend between Road to Perdition and Thor: Love and Thunder (close to Stand by Me, A League of Their Own, Runaway Bride and Coming to America).
1,070th biggest between The Mummy (2017) and Jack Reacher; 2,055th biggest inflated between Tooth Fairy and The Muppets Take Manhattan; 33rd biggest 2023 between Insidious: The Red Door and Blue Beetle; 43rd biggest rom-com between The Wedding Singer and 27 Dresses (close to While You Were Sleeping, What Happens in Vegas, Yesterday and Bridget Jones’s Diary); 138th biggest Sony Pictures between Zookeeper and Goosebumps.
Other rom coms
1996’s One Fine Day took $46.15m; 2023’s No Hard Feelings $50.45m and $87.25m worldwide
2022’s Ticket to Paradise dropped 54.1% $854,680 and $66.52m of $68.27m and $168.76m worldwide.
It’s been called a sorta sequel to 1997’s My Best Friend’s Wedding dropped 29.3% $2.2m and $113.11m of $127.12m and $299.28m worldwide) as it features Dermot Mulroney and Rachel Griffiths as parents of Sydney Sweeney (aged 26). The film has been compared to Much Ado About Nothing and 1999’s 10 Things I Hate About You took $38.17m and $53.47m worldwide.
Will Gluck’s films took $565m in the US and $1.06bn worldwide.
2010’s Easy A took $58.4m and $76.2m worldwide; 2011’s Friends with Benefits $55.8m and $146.59m worldwide; 2014’s Annie $85.91m and $139.82m worldwide; 2018’s Peter Rabbit took $115.23m and $346.72m worldwide and 2021’s Peter Rabbit 2: The Runaway $40.5m and $150.97m worldwide
Took $9.7m from 50 territories total $90m and $170.07m worldwide; Australia $13.7m; UK $12.6m; Germany $10.3m; Mexico $6.8m; Italy $5.6m.
1,095th biggest worldwide between Shall We Dance? And The Nutcracker and the Four Realms; 44th biggest 2023 between Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem and Scream VI; 43rd biggest rom-com between Shall We Dance? And Ticket to Paradise (close to How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days, Along Came Polly, Maid in Manhattan and America’s Sweethearts); 136th biggest Sony Pictures between Looper and Superbad.
In the UK taking almost £10m its 31st biggest romcom between The Break-Up and The Wedding Singer (close to The Proposal, Valentine’s Day, Ticket To Paradise and Sleepless in Seattle)
- Mean Girls – Paramount Pictures
Dropped 50% in its fifth weekend $1.92m #8 and $69.17m.
Fifth weekend
2004’s Mean Girls dropped 27.2% $5.03m and $72.3m of $85.05m and $130.12m worldwide.
1,269th biggest between The Thomas Crown Affair (1999) and Game Night; 2,369th inflated between All Dogs Go to Heaven and Fever Pitch; 33rd biggest musical between The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas and Happy Feet Two and 183rd biggest Paramount film between Boomerang and Sahara.
Took $2.4m from 32 territories $26.3m total and $97.77m worldwide; 1,843rd biggest worldwide between Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang and The Thin Red Line; 203rd biggest Paramount Pictures worldwide between Heaven Can Wait and Sherlock Gnomes.
UK Box Office Top 10
UK Box Office Preview
Despite the arrival of two films due to half-term Migration could still stay #1 for a third weekend with an increase as seen with previous second weekends of February half terms including 2023’s Puss In Boots: The Last Wish up 3% (£3,170,746) with Ant-Man And The Wasp: Quantumania #1 (£8,834,435); 2022’s Sing 2 down 2% (£3,155,692) with Uncharted #1 (£3,775,360); 2019’s The LEGO Movie 2 (2,472,489) #1 and Instant Family (£2,469,853) #2; 2018’s Coco up 15% (£1,400,000) #5 and Early Man up 2% (£1,154,533) #6 Black Panther #1 £17.7m; 2015’s Big Hero 6 up 40% £2,581,806 #2 and Fifty Shades of Grey #1 £4,597,092 and 2014’s The Lego Movie down 1% £5,978,904 #1 with Mr. Peabody and Sherman #2 £1,698,483 and Tinker Bell and the Pirate Fairy #3 £1,207,245; this weekend has regularly seen the top 5 take £1m+
As Madam Web has received poor reviews but with its 5-day opening over half-term should open similar to 2022’s Morbius £3,254,830 #2 638 screens taking £6,439,100 and 2023’s The Marvels £3,465,783 #1 662 screens taking £7,204,734.
Opening better than other female-led comic-book films 2005’s Elektra opened £791,914 (£1,331,626 inflated) 291 screens taking £1,303,703 (£2,192,214 inflated); 2004’s Catwoman opened £557,583 #5 381 screens taking £1,158,075; 2020’s Wonder Woman 1984 opened £846,435 #1 214 screens taking £1,584,340.
Biopic Bob Marley: One Love also received poor reviews and is more likely to open similar to
2023’s Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance with Somebody £3,325,458 #2 687 screens taking £11,383,690
2015’s Straight Outta Compton £2,498,231 #1 429 screens taking £8,043,283
2006’s Walk the Line £1,111,142 #2 198 screens taking £9,737,493
1991’s The Doors £669,803 (£1,750,772 inflated) 210 screens taking £2,885,767 (£7,542,995 inflated)
1993’s Tina, What’s Love Got to Do with It £471,570 (£1,163,500 inflated) 174 screens taking £3,703,961 (£9,138,74 inflated)
Rather than 2022’s Elvis opened #1 740 screens £4,023,572; £1.25m (31.1%) Friday; £1.45m (36%) Sat £1.29m (36%) Sun; taking £27,492,430; had long legs staying in top 5 for 7 weeks and top 10 for 11 weeks.
One Love took over £1m on Valentine’s Day (Wednesday)
2019’s Rocketman opened £5,381,904 #2 705 screens (including £1,360,606 from three days of previews) taking £23,502,881: top 5 for 5 weeks and top 10 for 7 weeks
Unlikely to get anywhere near 2017’s The Greatest Showman opened £4,754,049 (£2,178,902 previews) taking £49,592,940; 2018’s A Star Is Born £4,100,196 (£952,000 previews) taking £30,309,667; 2018’s Bohemian Rhapsody £9,530,463 (£3,054,530 previews) taking £55,376,188.
Mean Girls and Wonka were musicals not marketed as musicals while Bob Marley: One Love has been marketed as a music biopic like Elvis and Rocketman but doesn’t include much music.
Opening in two weeks
- Imaginary – Lionsgate
Supernatural horror starring DeWanda Wise, Tom Payne, Taegen Burns, Pyper Braun, Veronica Falcón and Betty Buckley and directed by Jeff Wadlow and produced by Blumhouse Productions.
Lionsgate acquired world rights in February 2023