- A Complete Unknown £2,616,302 – NE
Took Friday £775k 29.63%; Saturday £1.019m 38.95%; Sunday £771k 29.47%.
652nd biggest opening between The Flintstones and Exodus: Gods and Kings (close to Seven, Gangs of New York, Stan and Ollie and Killers Of The Flower Moon) and 1,047th biggest inflated opening between Tron Legacy and The Conjuring (close to Slumdog Millionaire, Good Morning Vietnam, Three Billboards and House of Gucci)
31st biggest opening over the last 52 weeks between Back to Black and If (close to A Quiet Place: Day One, We Live In Time, Red One and Madame Web)
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 opened £1,111,142/£1,807,032 198 screens taking £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.
It was announced in 2020 that James Mangold would be writing and directing a biopic about Bob Dylan. At the time, it was titled Going Electric, and Timothée Chalamet was attached to play Dylan. The teaser trailer was released in July, and the trailer was released in October.
Recent musician biopics
2024’s Back To Black opened £2,772,698 taking £12,326,656
2024’s Bob Marley: One Love opened £6,950,773 (including £2,707,330 previews) taking £17,199,439
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 £1,626,697 – £26,210,183
Dropped 26.1% in its fifth weekend.
Took £228k 14% (-29.8% £325k) Friday; £790k 48.6% (-25.5% £1.06m) Sat; £607k 37.3% (-25.6% £816k) Sun.
74th biggest fifth weekend between The Jungle Book and Toy Story 2 (close to Finding Nemo, Les Miserables, Toy Story 2 and Moana (2016) and the 159th inflated fifth weekend between Evita and Finding Dory (close to Forrest Gump, Ice Age III, Happy Feet and Crocodile Dundee II).
Fifth weekends
1994’s The Lion King dropped 8.4% £2,634,985 and £16,692,860 74.1% of £22,525,524/£55,239,516
Disney’s reimagination sequels have failed to repeat success.
2013’s Maleficent dropped 15.5% £881,437 and £16,564,412 85.2% of £19,453,353; Sequel 2019’s Maleficent: Mistress Of Evil dropped 32.6% £762,637 and £14,036,745 95% of £14,773,607.
2010’s Alice in Wonderland dropped 48.5% £1,722,443 and £37,940,131 90% of £42,169,542; sequel 2016’s Alice Through The Looking Glass dropped 54.8% £203,366 and £9,544,781 96.3% of £9,915,284.
The biggest Disney re-imagination fourth weekends:
2017’s Beauty and the Beast dropped 5.8% £2,764,667 and £65,048,372 90% of £72,430,579
2019’s The Lion King dropped 43% £2,745,119 and £65,977,991 86.9% of £75,938,299/£83,826,626
2016’s The Jungle Book dropped 23.9% £1,751,524 and £39,312,115 85% of £46,235,032
2019’s Aladdin dropped 58.3% £1,326,130 and £32,598,692 88.8% of £36,710,978
2023’s The Little Mermaid dropped 17.8% £1,095,677 and £23,701,009 86.9% 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.
194th biggest between Beetlejuice Beetlejuice and The Golden Compass (close to Spider-Man 2, The Croods, The Lost World: Jurassic Park and I am Legend) and 393rd biggest inflated between Beetlejuice Beetlejuice and Speed (close to Honey, I Shrunk the Kids, The Naked Gun, Enchanted and Despicable Me).
- 3. Sonic The Hedgehog 3 £1,080,662 – £22,287,279
Down 44% in its third weekend
Took £93k 8.6% (-38% £150k) Friday; £544k 50.4% (-27.3% £898k) Saturday; £442k 40.9% (-26.2% £599k) 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).
Fourth weekends
2020’s Sonic The Hedgehog dropped 50.9% £951,104 and £18,459,138 95.7% of £18,986,844 over 5 weeks before COVID lockdown
2022’s Sonic The Hedgehog 2 dropped 20% £1,637,442 and £20,231,801 77.3% of £26,182,692
249th biggest between Toy Story and Wall·E (close to The Lion King (1994), Madagascar, Kung Fu Panda 4 and Wonder Woman) and 488th biggest inflated between The Others and Stargate (close to Lost in Space, Back To The Future Part III, Big Hero 6 and Matilda (1996).
- 4. Nosferatu £1,075,989 – £10,899,059
Down 46% in its third weekend
Took £299k 27.8% (-46% £554k) Friday; £481k 44.7% (-46.4% £898k) Saturday; £296k 27.5% (40.6% £540k) Sunday.
581st biggest third weekend between Alien: Romulus and Fast X (close to Get Out, The Gentlemen, The Suicide Squad and Ghostbusters: Afterlife) and 893rd biggest third weekend inflated between Cars 3 and Seven Pounds (close to Cloverfield, A Quiet Place Part II, LA Confidential and Jackie Brown).
2022’s The Northman dropped 15.2% £590,925 and £3,429,338 73.4% of £4,349,002
1993’s Bram Stoker Dracula dropped 39% £1,123,283/£2,788,961 and £8,244,511 71.4% of £11,548,429/£28.5m.
While the last Dracula film was part of Universal Pictures Dark Universe shared monster universe 2014’s Dracula Untold dropped took £4,454,648/£5,250,121
652nd biggest between Sweeney Todd and The Conjuring 2: The Enfield Case (close to Split, Paranormal Activity 2, Terminator: Genisys and London Has Fallen) and 1,086th biggest inflated between The Lost City and The Mission (close to Hollow Man, Witches of Eastwick, Blade: Trinity and Get Out).
Universal Pictures have seven more horror films set for release this year including The Wolfman opening this weekend from Blumhouse and then Jaume Collet-Serra’s The Woman In The Yard (March), Christopher Landon’s Drop (April) and Justin Tipping’s Him (September), and M3GAN 2.0 (June), The Black Phone 2 (October) and Five Nights At Freddy’s 2 (December).
- 5. We Live In Time £862,842 – £6,810,954
Down 36% in its third weekend
Took £242k 28.1% (-36% £378k) Friday; £380k 44.1% (-34.3% £578k) Saturday; £239k 27.7% (-55.7% £391k) Sunday.
752nd biggest third weekend between Lightyear and True Grit (close to Sweet Home Alabama, Hairspray, Ticket To Paradise and Sleeping With The Enemy) and 1,090th inflated biggest third weekend between Jack Reacher and Monster House (close to Just Married, The Invention Of Lying, You’ve Got Mail and About Time)
John Crowley previously directed 2003’s Intermission took £2,141,314/£3,819,641 and 2019’s The Goldfinch took £320,849.
2015’s Brooklyn dropped 47.7% £409,100/£452,223 and £3,782,618 64.4% of £4,981,577/£5,472,135
2010’s Love and Other Drugs dropped 24.6% £608,577/£800,389 and £4,694,309 89% of £5,272,800/£7,018,584
2011’s One Day dropped 39.4% £634,807/£834,886 and £6,652,635 82.8% of £8,024,165/£10,487,028
2014’s The Fault in Our Stars dropped 43.2% £961,640/£1,034,315 and £8,605,638 78.2% of £11,006,752/£12,972,243
2013’s About Time dropped 35.8% £701,473/£856,162 and £5,309,062 69.6% of £7,602,017/£9,220,211
2024’s It Ends With Us dropped 34.8% £1,847,480 and £15,860,073 73.8% of £21,241,321
1,103rd biggest between The Heat and Spy Kids (close to Wimbledon, Bride Wars, Chocolat and Shaun of the Dead) and 1,652nd biggest inflated between Saw VI and Event Horizon (close to All Of Us Strangers, This Year’s Love, Brassed Off and French Kiss).
Also Opened
• Wolf Man – Universal Pictures
Opened £654,326 #7 from 518 screens.
As often early social media reactions were positive for the film, but when the embargo ended reviews were mixed, Wolf Man should have still opened much better than it did especially after Nosferatu had such a strong opening three weeks ago. The problem is audiences would previously still come out to see films like Wolf Man a decade ago but now they won’t.
In 2017 Universal Pictures announced the Dark Universe a shared universe of Monster films but after 2017’s The Mummy disappointed at the BO they opted to make standalone films
2017’s The Mummy opened £3,343,650 taking £8,744,766
2020’s The Invisible Man opened £2,163,797 taking £6,841,147
2023’s Renfield opened £680,661 taking £1,629,813
It was Universal Pictures’ second attempt to reboot the Monsters series previously making 2014’s Dracula Untold open £1,713,283/£2,019,226 taking £4,454,648/£5,250,121.
Other similar films include.
1994’s Wolf opened £1,236,659/£3,013,643 301 screens taking £4,598,136/£11,205,304
1997’s An American Werewolf in Paris opened £528,858/£1,029,129 on 186 screens taking £1,194,730/£2,324,880
2002’s Dog Soldiers opened £681,348/£1,257,873 313 screens taking £1,696,327/£3,131,681
2004’s Van Helsing opened £5,429,632/£9,577,436 458 screens taking £15,019,852/£26,493,815
Ryan Gosling was originally attached to star in The Wolfman with Derek Cianfrance directing but they left the film in 2023 due to “scheduling conflicts” Leigh Whannell directed the film instead and had previously directed Blumhouse’s The Invisible Man.
Universal Pictures previously remade The Wolfman in 2010 opening The Wolfman at £2,367,849/£3,151,826 404 screens taking £4,996,842/£6,651,259.
• Here – Curzon Film/ Amazon MGM
£53k from 132 screens
The film Here saw Tom Hanks, Robin Wright, director Robert Zemeckis and screenwriter Eric Roth reunite 31 years after the Oscar-winning Forrest Gump (opened £1,897,804/£4,653,999 taking £16,064,449/£39,394,972.
Here features de-ageing AI technology, such as Ang Lee’s (2017’s Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk (opened £14,692 #34 from 89 screens and Gemini Man (opened £1,718,511 #3 taking £4,464,908).
Sony Pictures acquired US rights and received poor reviews in the US it flopped in the US opening in November $4.87m taking $12.23m.
The film was rejected by all studios, including Paramount, where Miramax had a deal, and Robert Zemeckis made Forrest Gump. It was strange for a very American film to be financed by foreign sales,
The problem is it’s a ’90s film released 30 years late. There aren’t audiences in cinemas to see films like Here anymore, so they go to streaming, as Apple found with the films they made. Zemeckis said, “I think the theatrical movie business is in a stressful situation right now.”
Director Robert Zemeckis has had mixed success since Forrest Gump with Contact/What Lies Beneath/Castaway/The Polar Express/Beowulf/Flight/The Walk/Allied/Welcome to Marwen ($2.4m opening taking $10.7m and $13m WW)/The Witches. State-of-the-art technology has often featured heavily in the films he has directed including 1988’s Who Framed Roger Rabbit opened $11.22m taking $156.45m and $329.8m worldwide and the Back to the Future trilogy and Death Becomes Her.
Tom Hanks recently starred in 2023’s A Man Called Otto, and 2019’s A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood. Tom Hank’s films have taken $5.56bn in the US and $11.778bn worldwide and won two Best Actor Oscars over two consequential years for Philadelphia and Forrest Gump. Starring in films including Apollo 13 and Saving Private Ryan. The Green Mile, Cast Away, Road to Perdition, Catch Me if You Can, Captain Phillips, Bridge of Spies, Sully and The Post.
UK box office in detail
The weekend’s top 10 box office took £10,227,116 down 8.4% from last weekend’s £11,156,615: 1,323,042 admissions down 10.2% from 1,472,973 admissions.
26th biggest weekend of the last 52 weeks between 19 January 2024 #1 Mean Girls £3,251,159 (31.7%) and 02 February 2024 #1 Migration £3,577,676 (35.2%)
87th biggest since cinemas reopened out of 218 weeks between 19 January 2024 #1 Mean Girls £3,251,159 (31.7%) and 02 February 2024 #1 Migration £3,577,676 (35.2%)
611th biggest top 10 of the last 22 years (out of 1,189) between 19 January 2024 #1 Mean Girls £3,251,159 (31.7%) and 30 November 2012 #1 Skyfall £2,275,469 (22.26%) and 904th inflated between 29 February 2008 £6,676,677 #1 The Bank Job £951,013 (14.24%) and 27 September 2019 £9,120,747 #1 Downton Abbey £2,682,080 (29.41%)
The top 3 took (£5,323,661) 52.1% of the top 10; A Complete Unknown 25.6% (£2,616,302); Mufasa: The Lion King 15.9% (£1,626,697); Sonic The Hedgehog 3 10.6% (£1,080,662)
877th biggest percentage share #1 (25.58%) between 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%)
938th biggest admissions #1 (338,024) between 25 February 2005 #1 Hide and Seek £1,594,508 (338,537) and 23 December 2011 #1 Arthur Christmas £2,047,463 (337,865)
Down 0.3% from 2024; (£10,259,086); Mean Girls (£3,251,159); The Holdovers (£689,771); Queen Rock Montreal (Re: 2024) (£285,110); The End We Start From (£170,993); #1 Mean Girls £3,251,159 1st week 648 screens (31.69% of top 10)
Up 20.9% from 2023; (£8,455,983); Babylon (£1,323,683); That Time I Got Reincarnated As A Slime The Movie: Scarlet Bond (£62,612); Alice, Darling (£4,749); #1 Avatar: The Way of Water £4,172,161 6th week down 33% 651 screens (33.47% of top 10)
Up 26.4% 2022 (£8,091,793); Belfast (£2,322,572); Nightmare Alley (£550,868); A Journal For Jordan (£50,511); Jewels – Bolshoi Ballet 2022 (£48,195); #1 Spider-Man No Way Home £2,335,488 6th week 27% drop 655 screens (28.9% of top 10)
2021 Lockdown
Down 39.7% 2020; (£16,951,901); Bad Boys For Life (£3,781,233); Bombshell (£742,085); Just Mercy (£529,435); A Hidden Life (£63,375); Waves (£62,943); #1 1917 £6,190,049 2nd week 714 screens 17% drop (36.5% of top 10)
Down 23.2% from 2019: (£13,317,271); Glass (£3,423,380); Mary, Queen of Scots (£2,082,160); Beautiful Boy (£361,382); La Bayadere – Bolshoi Ballet 2019 (£136,621t); Hey Duggee at the Cinema (£67,672); #1 Glass £3,423,380 1st weeks 559 screens (25.7% of top 10)
Down 49.1% from 2018; (£20,087,765); Coco (£5,209,214); The Post (£2,152,977); The Commuter (£1,602,680); Romeo and Juliet – Bolshoi 2018 (£181,834): #1 Coco £5,209,214 1st week 575 (25.9% of the top 10)
Down 21.2% 2017: (£12,971,749); Split (£2,548,516); xXx: The Return of Xander Cage (£1,620,811); Lion (£1,265,282); Jackie (£662,900); Romeo et Juliette – Met Opera 2017 (£228,384); The Sleeping Beauty – Bolshoi 2017 (£218,668); Goodfellas (Re: 2017) (£27,226); #1 La La Land £4,373,249 2nd week 674 screens 43% drop (33.7% of top 10)
Down 24.9% 2016: (£13,620,775); Ride Along 2 (£2,141,341); The Big Short (£1,302,205); The 5th Wave (£497,568); The Taming of the Shrew – Bolshoi 2016 (£160,323); The Assassin (£76,542); Our Brand Is Crisis (£27,723); Dark Places (£625); #1 The Revenant £3,856,489 2nd week 623 screens 26% drop (28.3% of top 10)
Down 26.1% 2015; (£13,848,440); American Sniper (£2,530,473); Whiplash (£573,546); Wild (£524,941); The Merry Widow – Met Opera 2015 (£463,195); Testament of Youth (£417,486); #1 Taken 3 £3,295,309 2nd week 500 screens 51% drop (23.8% of top 10)
Down 32% 2014: (£15,034,724); The Wolf of Wall Street (£4,655,984); Devil’s Due (£1,002,627); The Night of the Hunter (Re: 2014) (£15,270); #1 The Wolf of Wall Street £4,655,984 1st week 500 screens (30.9% of top 10)
Down 18.3% 2013: (£12,516,225); Django Unchained (£2,801,312); Monsters, Inc. 3D (£681,247); The Sessions (£84,899); #1 Les Miserables £4,406,828 2nd week 599 screens 46% drop (35.2% of top 10)
Down 7.5% 2012: (£11,054,100); Haywire (£1,197,866); Underworld: Awakening (£1,114,327); The Sitter (£910,382); J. Edgar (£413,210); W.E. (£182,914); Coriolanus (£169,308); #1 War Horse £3,202,493 2nd week 513 screens 19% drop (29% of top 10)
Down 20.8% 2011; (£12,916,152); Black Swan (£2,762,429); The Dilemma (£1,102,798); Morning Glory (£524,356); N.E.D.S. (£283,210); Breakfast at Tiffany’s (50th Anniversary) (£10,498); Get Low (£4,608); #1 The King’s Speech £4,226,074 3rd week 502 screens 4% drop (32.7% of top 10)
Down 31.3% 2010: (£14,882,462); Up In The Air (£1,298,023); The Book Of Eli (£1,232,001); All About Steve (£275,083); 44 Inch Chest (£152,171); #1 Avatar £5,527,039 5th week 441 screens 16% increase (37.1% of top 10)
Down 15.1% 2009; (£12,037,268); Seven Pounds (£1,565,949); My Bloody Valentine (£1,337,613); Beverly Hills Chihuahua (£1,028,983); The Wrestler (£802,046); #1 Slumdog Millionaire £2,630,820 2nd week 1st #1 330 screens 44% increase (21.8% of top 10)
Up 9.4% 2008; (£9,348,113); Alien vs. Predator 2 (£1,970,363); No Country for Old Men (£1,257,183); Walk Hard (£240,833); The Good Night (£25,985); #1 Alien vs. Predator 2 £1,970,363 1st week 399 screens (21.1% of top 10)
Up 4.8% 2007: (£10,737,948); Rocky Balboa (£3,639,339); The Return (£277,457); #1 Rocky Balboa £3,639,339 1st week 405 screens (33.9% of top 10)
Up 5.8% 2006; (£9,668,855); Fun with Dick and Jane (£1,957,060); Underworld: Evolution (£1,146,779); Get Rich or Die Tryin’ (£803,489); A Cock and Bull Story (£332,582); #1 Fun with Dick and Jane £1,957,060 1st week 422 screens (20.2% of top 10)
Up 28.6% 2005: (£7,950,505); Elektra (£791,914); Ray (£485,005); A Very Long Engagement (£312,042); Dear Frankie (£57,214); #1 Closer £1,587,136 2nd week £1,568,526 332 screens 1% increase (19.9% of top 10)
Up 5.1% 2004; (£9,729,138); Paycheck (£927,212); Runaway Jury (£583,367); Girl with a Pearl Earring (£384,498); A Mighty Wind (£62,657); #1 Lord of the Rings: Return of the King £2,377,268 5th week #1 483 screens 36% drop (24.4% of top 10)
Down 22.6% 2003 (£13,216,953); 8 Mile (£4,440,334); Chicago (expansion) (£1,983,505); The Transporter (£338,420); The Master Of Disguise (£60,077); #1 8 Mile £4,440,334 1st week 423 screens (33.6% of top 10)
Up 15.1% from 2002: (£8,882,363); Black Hawk Down (£1,772,920); Long Time Dead (£580,487); Iris (£378,749); #1 The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring £3,276,912 5th week #1 489 screens 25% drop (36.9% of top 10)
2024 Next week: (£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)
US Box Office
It was the second-lowest MLK 4-day weekend over the last 10 years taking $96.3m; the lowest was 2022 with $85m with Scream opening with $33.8m; 2020 took $205.3m and 2015 is the highest taking $250.8m with American Sniper opening wide with $107.2m. It does highlight the feast or famine situation at the BO which has happened in the years since.
- Mufasa: The Lion King – Disney
Down 18% in its fifth weekend $11.7m (3 days) $15.5m #1 (4 days) and $205.99m
83rd biggest fifth weekend between The Martian and Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol (close to Night at the Museum, Toy Story 3, Despicable Me 4 and 101 Dalmatians).
232nd biggest between Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me and Batman Begins; 647th biggest inflated between Us and The Devil Wears Prada; 10th biggest 2024 between Sonic the Hedgehog 3 and Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire; 70th biggest Disney between Beauty and the Beast (1991) and Armageddon.
Fifth weekends
2019’s The Lion King dropped 39% $12.33m and $496.54m of $543.63m and $1.662bn worldwide
1994’s The Lion King dropped 28.9% $7.07m and $323.4m 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 22.6% $8.55m and $270.12m of $298.17m and $569.62m worldwide.
2019’s Aladdin dropped 23.5% $13.24m and $288.55m of $355.5m and $1.054bn worldwide
1996’s 101 Dalmatians up 62.9% (Christmas) and $104.11m of $136.18m and $320.68m worldwide
2000’s 102 Dalmatians dropped 10% $2.13m and $51.71m of $66.95m and $183.61m worldwide
2014’s Maleficent dropped 35.1% $8.37m and $202.01m of $241.41m and $759.85m worldwide
2019’s Maleficent: Mistress of Evil dropped 41.8% $4.9m and $105.69m of $113.9m and $491.7m worldwide
2010’s Alice in Wonderland dropped 53.6% $8.2m and $309.73m of $334.19m and $1.025bn worldwide
2016’s Alice Through the Looking Glass dropped 56.8% $1.85m and $74.27m of $77.04m and $299.82m
Disney’s Moana 2 over the weekend took $1bn worldwide as with its other two $1bn films Inside Out 2 and Deadpool & Wolverine it was always going to take $1bn as only need to look at Disney’s other sequel animated films. Disney now has 32 films taking $1bn worldwide (out of the 56 films to do so) but all apart from Zootopia were expected to do so as they are sequels, reimaginations, and reboots of existing films Disney’s biggest original film is 1999’s The Sixth Sense taking $672.8m worldwide.
Took $20.3m (down 31%) and $382.2m from 55 territories and $588.2m worldwide; France $35.9m; UK $32.6m; Mexico $26.8m; Germany $26.3m; Italy $22.6m.
192nd biggest worldwide between Quantum of Solace and Men in Black; 7th biggest 2024 worldwide between Wicked and Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire; 57th biggest Disney worldwide between Ant-Man and the Wasp and Tangled.
- The Wolfman – Universal Pictures
Opened $10.9m (3 days) $12.5m (4 days); received mixed reviews (55% Rotten Tomatoes) and C- CinemaScore.
Took $1.4m Thursday previews; M3GAN $2.75m; The Mummy $2.66m; The Invisible Man $1.65m.
IMAX/PLF took 41% and played heavily to men 60%; 25-34 38% and 24% between 18-24.
Relish Mix reported Wolf Man’s social media universe reach was 136.5m about 50% lower than the average for a wide horror release, Julia Garner has 1.5m followers on Instagram.
2017’s The Mummy opened $31.68m taking $80.22m and $409.23m worldwide
2020’s The Invisible Man opened $28.2m taking $70.41m and $144.49m worldwide
2023’s Renfield opened $8.02m taking $17.29m and $26.49m worldwide
It was Universal Pictures’ second attempt to reboot the Monsters series previously making 2014’s Dracula Untold opened $23.51m taking $56.28m and $217.12m worldwide.
Other similar films include.
1994’s Wolf opened $17.91m taking $65m and $131m worldwide
2004’s Van Helsing opened $51.74m taking $120.17m and $300.15m worldwide
Opened with $4.8m from 53 territories and $15.4m worldwide.
- One of Them Days – Sony Pictures
Opened $10.73m (3 days) $14.2m (4 days); received positive reviews (95% Rotten Tomatoes) and A- CinemaScore
Took $1.3m from previews compared to $1.7m for Girls Trip
The film generated strong coverage across TikTok, X, Facebook, Instagram, and YouTube 116.6m similar to 2017’s Girls Trip (opening $31. 2m taking $115.17m and $140.55m worldwide) receiving 71m social media reactions.
Tracking companies struggle to monitor films targeting female audiences (was expected to open with $8m+) as they often overperform if they can find their audience, but as with Girls Trip One of These Days is unlikely to travel well internationally.
- Den of Thieves 2: Pantera – Lionsgate
Dropped 56% in its second weekend $6.6m (3 days) $8m (4 days) and $27.32m
Lionsgate had a disappointing 2024 with Borderlands, The Crow and Never Let Go all disappointing at the BO. 2025’s films include John Wick’s spinoff Ballerina which has been completely reshoot due to poor test screenings along with Saw XI and Michael.
In 2022 Lionsgate was looking to acquire STX they released the original Den of Thieves film, and Lionsgate acquired Den of Thieves 2 as part of their acquisition of eOne. Den of Thieves 2: Pantera has $40m budget selling foreign rights to most international territories.
2018’s Den of Thieves dropped 43.2% $6.63m and $28.77m of $44.94m and $80.5m worldwide
Took $4m from 55 territories $10.6m total and $37.9m worldwide.
$20.5m worldwide.
- Sonic The Hedgehog 3 – Paramount Pictures
Dropped 24% in the fifth weekend $8.6m (3 days) $11m (4 days) #4 and $218.89m.
202nd biggest fifth weekend between Spider-Man 2 and Jurassic World Dominion (close to Spider-Man: Homecoming, Deadpool 2, The Little Mermaid (2023) and Wonka)
204th biggest between Ant-Man and the Wasp and Madagascar 3: Europe’s Most Wanted; 589th biggest inflated between Mamma Mia! And 8 Mile; 9th biggest 2024 between Twisters and Mufasa: The Lion King; 21st biggest Paramount Pictures between Ghost and Madagascar 3: Europe’s Most Wanted.
Fourth weekends
2020’s Sonic the Hedgehog dropped 67.3% $2.52m and $145.73m of $148.97m and $319.71m WW
2022’s Sonic the Hedgehog 2 dropped 47.8% $6.01m and $169.72m of $190.87m and $405.42m worldwide
Sonic the Hedgehog 4 has been dated for Spring 2027.
Took $15.2m from 61 territories $203.5m total and $420m worldwide; UK $27.7m; Mexico $20.2m; France $17.3m; Brazil $11.2m; Australia $15.5m.
342nd biggest worldwide between Dances with Wolves and The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader; 16th biggest 2024 between Beetlejuice Beetlejuice and Bad Boys: Ride or Die; 38th biggest Paramount Pictures between Terminator: Genisys and Sonic the Hedgehog 2.
- Nosferatu- Focus Features
Dropped 40% in its fourth weekend $4.15m (3 days) $5m (4 days) #7 and $90.1m
Robert Eggers previously directed.
2015’s The Witch dropped 59.6% $1m and $22.91m of $25.13m and $40.42m worldwide
2019’s The Lighthouse dropped 58% $385,585 and $9.78m of $10.86m and $18.12m worldwide
2022’s The Northman dropped 39% $1.74m and $31.2m of $34.23m and $65.63m worldwide
Robert Eggers’s next film is expected to be a reboot/sequel to 1986’s Labyrinth for Sony Pictures
1992’s Bram Stoker’s Dracula dropped 63.4% $3.6m and $75.55m of $82.52m/$214.87m and $215.86m/$562.1m worldwide
2014’s Dracula Untold dropped 32.1% $2.98m and $52.89m of $56.28m and $217.12m worldwide
Took $7.7m from 65 territories $66.2m total and $155.6m worldwide; UK $13.4m; Mexico $7.1m; Italy $4.9m; Spain $4.7m; Australia $4.1m.
- A Complete Unknown – Searchlight
Dropped 28% in its fourth weekend $3.7m (3 days) #8 $4.6m (4 days) and $58.37m
It was nominated for three Golden Globes but failed to win; has 6 nominations BAFTA nominations; Oscar nominations will be announced on January 23.
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
2019’s Ford v Ferrari dropped 49.5% $6.65m and $91.22m of $117.62m and $225.5m worldwide
- The Brutalist – A24
Up 43% in its fifth weekend $1.98m from 338 screens up from 270 and $5.44m
Played in 116 IMAX screens taking $460k over 4 days and $770k total.
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.
- September 5 – Paramount Pictures
Up 506% in its sixth weekend $365k from 121 screens adding 101 taking $776k.
Despite receiving critical acclaim and being seen as an early Oscar favourite September 5 has struggled to find an audience in cinemas after 5 soft weeks on limited release.
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With a lack of major new releases, A Complete Unknown will hold #1 down 20%-30% taking £1.8m-£2m with Mufasa: The Lion King holding #2 down about 25% taking £1m-£1.3m.
Action thriller Flight Risk starring Mark Wahlberg and directed by Mel Gibson (named as one of Donald Trump’s ambassadors to Hollywood to make it “bigger, better and stronger”. It’s 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.
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 few years they attracted big audiences on Netflix Carry-On in December and Back In Action last week; so Flight Risk is likely to open with about £800k in third with Sonic The Hedgehog 3 down to #4 down 30% taking about £700k.
The Brutalist has received critical acclaim, 8 BAFTA nominations and plays in 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. It’s also likely to have a limited wide opening likely to expand over several weeks to build up word of mouth and with Oscar nominations next week. While its running time will mean BO will be mostly limited to Sat/Sun
It’s hard to make comparisons with The Brutalist but Paul Thomas Anderson’s 2012 film The Master 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)
BO will be soft for the next two weeks before Dogman opens ahead of the February half-term and the following weekend Bridget Jones Vs Captain America.
Opening in three weeks
- Bridget Jones: Mad About The Boy – Universal Pictures
Romantic comedy sequel to sequel to 2016’s Bridget Jones’s Baby and the fourth instalment of the Bridget Jones film series based on the 2013 novel Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy by Helen Fielding. Starring Renée Zellweger, Hugh Grant, Colin Firth, Emma Thompson, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Leo Woodall and Isla Fisher and directed by Michael Morris.
In 2022, Helen Fielding said a sequel to Bridget Jones’s Baby was in development. In April 2024, the cast was confirmed. The film will be released internationally but on Peacock in the US, so there will be concerns about piracy.
2001’s Bridget Jones’s Diary opened £5,720,292/ £11,012,253 taking £41,692,598/£80,263,286
2004’s Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason opened £10,435,193/£18,523,049 taking £35,954,611/£63,821,436
2016’s Bridget Jones’s Baby opened £8,111,077/ £8,724,060 taking £48,050,641/£51,681,998
- Captain America: Brave New World – Disney
The 35th film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe and the fourth instalment of the Captain America film series and is the continuation of the 2021 The Falcon and the Winter Soldier TV series. Starring Anthony Mackie, Danny Ramirez, Shira Haas, Carl Lumbly, Giancarlo Esposito, Tim Blake Nelson, and Harrison Ford and is directed by Julius Onah.
2016’s Captain America: Civil War ended the Captain America trilogy starring Chris Evans as Steve Rogers after he travelled back to the 40s in Avengers: Endgame.
Development started for a new Captain America film in 2021 and Captain America: New World Order was announced in August 2022.
It was originally due to be released in May 2024, then July 2024 and finally moved to February 2025. According to reports the film had poor test screenings and three major sequences were cut, and it had extensive reshoots.
The first footage was screened at CinemaCon in April 2024 more footage was screened at CineEurope in June 2024, and the teaser trailer was released in July 2024 comparisons have been made of 70s political thrillers like 1972’s The Candidate, 1973’s The Day of the Jackal, 1984’s The Parallax View and 1976’s All the President’s Men.
2011’s Captain America: The First Avenger opened £2,981,590/£3,295,877 taking £9,379,436/£10,368,114
2014’s Captain America: Winter Soldier opened £6,037,850/£6,674,295 taking £19,261,224/£21,291,533
2016’s Captain America: Civil War opened £14,466,681/£17,157,656 taking £36,771,782/£43,611,771
It’s the first MCU film to have a major film opening against it and will be the first film since Captain America: The First Avenger not to open #1; Winter Soldier #1 for 2 weeks and Civil War for 3 weeks.
Brave New World has to compete against Bridget Jones and follow up a TV series rather than an MCU film which could alienate some as is Steve Rogers not being Captain America.
- Heart Eyes – Paramount Pictures
Rom-com horror starring Olivia Holt, Mason Gooding, Gigi Zumbado, Michaela Watkins, Devon Sawa, and Jordana Brewster and directed by Josh Ruben.