- Deadpool and Wolverine £17,276,621 – NE
Took £4,635,641 26.83% from Thursday including midnight screenings.
Took £4.21m 24.37% Friday; £4.67m 27.03% Saturday; £3.74m 21.68% Sunday; took £2.18m on Monday.
The 23rd biggest opening between Star Wars: Rogue One and The Lion King (close to Avengers Age of Ultron, Black Panther, Shrek The Third and Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix) and the 50th inflated opening between Spider-Man and The Inbetweeners Movie (close to Twilight: Breaking Dawn – Part 1, The Dark Knight Rises, I am Legend and Die Another Day).
7th biggest MCU between Black Panther and Avengers Assemble (close to Avengers: Age of Ultron, Captain America: Civil War, Spider-Man: Far From Home and Iron Man 3) and 8th inflated MCU opening between Avengers Assemble and Captain America: Civil War (close to Iron Man 3, Spider-Man: Far From Home, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2 and Captain Marvel)
Taking £12.6m of its opening Fri-Sun continues my belief that non-Avengers MCU audiences haven’t grown since 2016’s Captain America: Civil War opening with £14.46m without previews (£15.96m inflated). As Deadpool and Wolverine opened with $211m in the US it should have opened with at least £20m.
UK uses 10% of US opening BO as a guide for the UK, why was Deadpool and Wolverine 4 day opening only 8.17% (close to Spider-Man Homecoming, Captain America: Civil War, Spider-Man and Captain Marvel) and it’s 3 days 5.97% (close to X-Men: The Last Stand, Thor: Ragnarok, Watchmen and Warcraft: The Beginning) of its US opening? While X-Men: First Class, X-Men: Days of Future Past, Deadpool 2, Deadpool, Logan, Fantastic Four (2015), The Wolverine, X-Men: Apocalypse, X-Men: Dark Phoenix, X-Men 2 and X-Men are all 10% ish films. Did think could be the Fox Marvel films all had UK premieres, but the early MCU films often had their world premieres in the UK as they opened ahead of the US.
Opened in 707 cinemas including 54 IMAX screens and about 2,000 screens; 26th widest opening similar to Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga and Jurassic World Dominion (close to Kung Fu Panda 4 and The Batman; 33rd 700+ cinema opening since 2017’s Star Wars: The Last Jedi.
£24,437 screen average 50th highest between Furious 8 and Star Wars: Attack of the Clones (close to Deadpool £25,285, iron Man 3 £24,705, The Dark Knight Rises £24,179 and Captain America: Civil War £23,912.
Took 33.3% Friday similar to Black Panther Wakanda Forever and Doctor Strange In The Multiverse Of Madness and 26.83% from previews similar to Logan, X-Men: Dark Phoenix.and Deadpool.
2016’s Deadpool opened £13,729,803 (including £3,762,513 from 2 days of previews) £12,266,016 (89.4%) from 2D; £1,453,710 (10.59%) IMAX (£14,767,413 inflated inflated) 543 screens taking £37,616,432 (£40,459,239 inflation inflated)
Deadpool held #1 for three weeks; 2nd weekend £5,694,280 59% drop/43% not including previews)
2018’s Deadpool 2 opened £12,974,669 (including £5,251,978 from 2.5 days of previews); 636 screens (£11.36m (87.55%) 2D; £933,143 (7.19%) IMAX; (£14,322,453 inflation inflated) taking £32,501,893 (£35,878,128 inflation inflated); Deadpool 2’s opening was more impressive as it also had to deal with the Royal Wedding, FA Cup and hot weather. The Royal Wedding had a TV audience of 18m on Saturday afternoon with the FA Cup Final watched by 9m in the evening.
Deadpool 2 was #1 for only 1 week as Solo: A Star Wars Story opened the following weekend at £6,061,231; Deadpool 2 was £3,771,293 (dropped 71%/51% not including previews)
But Deadpool & Wolverine couldn’t be compared to the first two films as it has received far more hype and media coverage than those films received and needed to be compared to other MCU films similar to MCU’s Doctor Strange in the Multiverse (£19,765,718); Avengers: Age of Ultron (£18,015,774); Black Panther (£17,700,000), Avengers Assemble (£15,778,074) and Captain America Civil War (£14,466,681).
2016’s Suicide Squad is a better comparison opened £11,209,442 with no previews taking £4.7m Friday; took 2D £7,.94m (70.8%) 3D £2.24m (20.1%) IMAX/3D £1,009,434 (9%). Despite Suicide Squad’s receiving poor reviews but took a similar BO to Deadpool 3 on Monday £1.78m/£2.18m; Tuesday £1.91m/£2.08m
According to Movio research, 83% were infrequent compared to 17% frequent; 41% were Gen Z; 44% were Gen Y; 14% were Gen X; 1% were Baby Boomers; 69% were male and 31% were female. The question is what the next film will be the 83% will see as for many it will surely be Joker 2 in October.
The 34 MCUs have taken £1.1bn since 2008 and almost £1.3bn inflated.
Deadpool 3 had its world premiere in New York on Monday and the social media reactions were predictable but always have to take those reactions with a pinch of salt. The review embargo ended a day later receiving mixed reactions, some positive but many more mixed and some like Robin Collins gave it a negative review.
It feels like a memorial of Fox’s X-Men films, with lots of studio in-jokes. Following on from Deadpool 2 killing off the long-in-development X-Force spinoff it kills off the rest of the Fox Marvel Universe plans (originally the end credits of Deadpool 2 it was going to introduce the X-Force team in the post-credit scene). In Deadpool and Wolverine, kill off Channing Tatum’s Gambit. 20th Century Fox had been developing a Gambit spinoff with Rupert Wyatt attached to direct since 2014 and Channing Tatum attached, its production start date kept being delayed and it was finally cancelled after Disney acquired Fox in 2020.
In February Disney claimed the Superbowl trailer was watched 365m times, but that number included the TV audience watching the Superbowl. Topping 355m views Spider-Man: No Way Home received. So, Its opening wasn’t such a surprise as it’s been made out to be.
Deadpool 3 has similarities with Spider-Man: No Way Home which featured cameos of other Spider-Man and their villain, Deadpool 3 its old Fox Marvel characters that are stuck in the void.
What made Ryan Reynold’s Deadpool different in the first two films was not being part of the X-Men only seeing Colossus and Negasonic at the X-Men and didn’t want to wear the X-Men uniform.
Ryan Reynold appeared alongside Hugh Jackman as Deadpool and Wolverine in 2009’s X-Men Origins: Wolverine and they fought each other with Wolverine killing Deadpool. After Wolverine changed the timeline in 2014’s X-Men: Days of Future Past everything after the 70s was wiped. The events in X-Men Origins: Wolverine never happened shouldn’t be the hostility between Deadpool and Wolverine. As in Batman Vs Superman and Captain America: Civil War when Deadpool and Wolverine fight it feels tiresome as both have super healing powers.
Marvel did a similar with Spider-Man and Black Panther appearing first in Captain America: Civil War to build awareness for the characters before they appeared in their solo films.
Reviews have been mixed some predictably saying Marvel has its mojo back, but others were more mixed, and the Telegraph gave it one star. How it opens has been expected for over a year the key will be how big will it drop as it will be fan-centric.
In 2017 20th Century Fox was also making Dark Phoenix and The New Mutants and had plans for many other films including Gambit (was due to be made in 2015 but was delayed and then cancelled in May 2019). There were sequels planned for both Dark Phoenix and The New Mutants, X-23, Alpha Flight and Exiles, Kitty Pryde and X-Force.
In January 2021 Ryan Reynold tweeted “Before Disney bought Fox, Deadpool 3 was gonna be a road trip between Deadpool and Logan. Rashomon style. For real.” In X-Men Origins: Wolverine fought Deadpool.
On Sunday Ryan Reynold tweeted “This isn’t just Deadpool saying ‘Oh, Hello’ to the MCU. It’s Deadpool – and Hugh, Shawn and me – saying farewell to a place and an era that made us. We are forever grateful to the fun, weird, uneven and risky world of 20th Century Fox. It was our origin story, and we wouldn’t trade it for anything. And thank you to Kevin Feige and Disney for allowing us to share it.” But it really should be Kevin Feige thanking Ryan and Fox as he would have never made a film like Deadpool.
Much is made about the predictable huge opening films like Deadpool and Wolverine have but the key weekend is always its second and third weekends, as Deadpool 3 had a four-day plus midnight opening it will have a second-weekend drop between Deadpool 59% and Deadpool 2’s 71% £5m-£6.5m.
There were predictable headlines over the weekend in the media “What superhero fatigue”. After many articles written over the last couple of years due to Phase 4 including Blade Widow, Shang-Chi, Eternals, Thor: Love and Thunder, Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania and The Marvels all coming to come short of expectations after Avengers: Endgame and Spider-Man: Far From Home. While Marvel’s upcoming slate is sequels, reboots and more Avengers films.
The top 10 sites were.
1 Vue Manchester Printworks; 2 BFI IMAX; 3 Showcase Southampton De Lux
4 Showcase Bluewater; 5 Cineworld Sheffield; 6 Vue Westfield Stratford; 7 Cineworld Basildon
8 Odeon Liverpool One; 9 Odeon Bournemouth BH2; 10 Odeon Leicester Square
Was surprised BFI IMAX not selling out any of its screenings with tickets on sale for 8 weeks the cinema is extremely popular with MCU fans, also surprised to see Odeon Leicester Square take more than Cineworld Leicester Square showing it in IMAX/Superscreen/4DX and Vue West End in 4 screens. 20+ years ago these films would only open in one Leicester Square cinema having over twice the capacity selling out many shows across the weekend, but when they open in all Leicester Square cinemas there aren’t any sellouts.
Deadpool in 2016 top sites were.
1-Cineworld Sheffield 20; 2-Vue Westfield; 3-Vue Stratford; 4 Odeon Manchester.
5 Cineworld Crawley; 6 Vue West End; 7 Odeon Liverpool One; 8 Cineworld Milton Keynes
9 Cineworld Nottingham; 10 Odeon Norwich; 11 Showcase Bluewater; 12 Odeon Trafford
- 2. Despicable Me 4 £3,115,175 – £25,310,646
Down 36.8% in the third weekend
Took £1.06m 34.03% (+9.05% £972k) Friday; £1.19m 38.2% (-47.11% £2.25m) Saturday; £865k 27.77% (-49.21% £1.703m)
99th biggest third weekend between Star Wars: Phantom Menace and Monsters University (close to The Lego Movie, Iron Man 3, La La Land and Uncharted) and 208th biggest third weekend inflated between Doctor Dolittle and The Da Vinci Code (close to Paddington, Who Framed Roger Rabbit, The Lego Batman Movie and Forrest Gump).
22nd biggest animated third weekend between Puss in Boots: The Last Wish and Monsters University (close to The Grinch, Sing 2, Ice Age III and Shrek the Third) and the 37th biggest animated third weekend between Wall-e and Ice Age II (close to The Simpsons, Cats and Dogs, Monsters Vs. Aliens and The Croods).
Third weekends
2022’s Minions: The Rise of Gru down 38% £2,663,816 #2 and £23,130,282 682 screens of £45,764,546
2017’s Despicable Me 3 dropped 27% taking £3,839,659 #2 from 617 screens and £25,600,301 53.8% of £47,562,575
2015’s Minions dropped 33% taking £4,154,359 #1 from 605 screens and £27,623,294 58% of £47,645,626
2013’s Despicable Me 2 dropped 44% taking £2,225,543 #2 from 539 screens and £27,082,903 57.1% of £47,436,199
2010’S Despicable Me dropped 0% taking £2,581,073 #2 from 532 screens and £15,069,277 76.6% of £19,670,786
The 14 Illumination Entertainment films have taken over £460m (£5005m inflated) since the first Despicable Me opened in 2010; upcoming Super Mario Bros 2 April 2026, Minions 3 June 2027 and Despicable Me 5 in July 2028.
In June released a parody multi-verse trailer with Steve Carell saying Illumination would release 100 years’ worth of films, television series, and stage productions starring the Mega Minions including Mega Minions: The Tax Write-Off and an untitled Mega Minions spin-off series spoofing the cancellation of Warner Bros. films like Batgirl and Coyote vs. Acme.
The 40th biggest animated film between The Croods and Puss in Boots: The Last Wish (close to Sing, The Boss Baby, Ratatouille and How to Train Your Dragon 2) and the 65th biggest inflated animated film between Beauty and the Beast (1992) and The Rugrats Movie (close to Tangled, Despicable Me, Trolls and Pocahontas).
195th biggest between I Am Legend and Puss in Boots: The Last Wish (close to The Golden Compass, The Lost World: Jurassic Park, Fast & Furious 6 and The Day After Tomorrow) and 403rd biggest inflated between The Beach and The Rugrats Movie (close to Rocketman, Licence to Kill, Little Fockers and Logan).
- 3. Twisters £1,497,514 – £7,944,986
Took £467k 31.20% (-38.1% £754k) Friday; £626k 41.82% (-54.64% £1.38m); £404k 26.99% (-58.13% £965k) Sunday.
Down 63.9% in the second weekend
657th biggest second weekend Four Christmases and Mean Girls (2024) (close to Enemy of the State, Early Man, Labyrinth and National Treasure 2) and 1,101st biggest inflated between Jack the Giant Slayer and Nativity 2: Danger in the Manger! (close to Honey, I Blew Up the Kid, Moonwalker, Ted 2 and Austin Powers: International Man Of Mystery)
15th biggest 2024 second weekend between Mean Girls and Garfield (close to Bad Boys: Ride or Die, A Quiet Place: Day One, Longlegs and One Life).
Glen Powell is the man of the moment attached to so many other upcoming films including 90s reboot 1991’s Backdraft and 80s reboot The Running Man but he rejected starring in the upcoming Bourne Identity and Jurassic World films. Starred in Top Gun: Maverick (taking £83,280,268), Anyone But You (taking £11,364,012) and recently Netflix’s Hit Man.
Glen Powell only had a small role in Top Gun: Maverick and was unknown to most he had little to do with its success. Glen Powell said in an interview Top Gun 3 could be made in 2025 with release in summer 2026. While Top Gun: Maverick took $1.5bn worldwide to many it was the perfect sequel, but a third film could never reach similar heights as was the case with Toy Story 4 after the perfect Toy Story 3 ending.
Daisy Edgar-Jones starred in the hugely popular 2020 BBC TV drama Normal People and also in 2022’s Where The Crawdads Sing (taking £8,115,231)
28 years after 1996’s Twister dropped 41.2% £1,790,501/£3,506,214 inflated taking £7,040,091 46.92% of £15,004,691 (£32,118,149 inflated); Twister was the 6th biggest film of 1996 after Independence Day £36.86m; Toy Story £22.16m; Babe £20.29m; Seven £19.51m; Mission Impossible £18.61m; the top 10 featured only one sequel Goldeneye.
2004’s The Day After Tomorrow dropped 56.1% £3,210,352/£5,662,804 inflated #2 442 screens and £15,124,655 60.38% of £25,049,442 (£50,043,095 inflated)
Other natural disaster films include.
2000’s The Perfect Storm dropped 48.4% £1,124,363/£2,023,853 inflated and £4,855,479 54.82% of £8,857,917/£16,611,200 inflated
2011’s Contagion dropped 28.1% £1,051,348/£1,374,039 inflated and £3,742,241 70.1% of £5,337,350/£7,019,584 inflated
2013’s The Impossible dropped 53.9% £1,859,505/£2,255,326 inflated and £7,153,642 56.1% of £12.75m/£15.46m inflated
2015’s San Andreas dropped 61.2% £1,794,747/£1,971,484 inflated and £8,334,562 73.65% of £11,316,171
2009’s 2012 dropped 46.1% £3,496,202/£5,090,059 inflated and £12,923,681 67.27% of £19,354,774/£28,356,167 inflated
1998’s Armageddon dropped 18.3% £2,261,731/£4,444,891 inflated and £6,990,993 39.26% of £17,806,147/£35,214,638 inflated.
1998’s Godzilla dropped 42.6% £2,395,875/£4,708,519 inflated and £8,717,786 50.7% of £17,195,077/£33,792,806 inflated
Natural disaster films were hugely popular in the 70s including Earthquake, The Poseidon Adventure, Airport, The China Syndrome, Meteor, The Towering Inferno, Rollercoaster and The Swarm bringing audiences back to cinemas, they often had big star casts as The Towering Inferno Paul Newman, Steve McQueen, Faye Dunaway, William Holden and Fred Astaire and as Twisters were mad by two studios. Many of them were released in special formats like Sensurround which gave audiences different experiences in cinemas, similar to 4DX/ScreenX today.
927th biggest between True Grit and Deep Blue Sea (close to A.I, Back To The Future Part III, Jack Reacher: Never Go Back and Inferno) and 1,468th biggest inflated between Sahara and Law-Abiding Citizen (close to Déjà Vu, Stakeout, The Godfather Part III and A League of Their Own).
Twisters returns to 4DX screens on Friday sharing them with Deadpool and Wolverine
- 4. Inside Out 2 – £1,123,884 – £50,117,466
Dropped 27.4% in the seventh weekend.
Took £383k 34.11% (+31.62% £291k) Friday; £443k 39.45% (-37.87% £713k) Saturday; £297k 26.45% (-45.30% £543k) Sunday.
32nd biggest seventh weekend between Frozen and Love Actually (close to The Lion King (2019), Roald Dahl’s Matilda The Musical, Ghost and Die Another Day) and the 84th biggest inflated seventh weekend between Despicable Me 2 and A Bug’s Life (close to Sliding Doors, Dances with Wolves, Forrest Gump and Jurassic World).
3rd biggest Pixar seventh weekend between Incredibles 2 and Incredibles (close to Toy Story 4, Toy Story 3, Finding Nemo and Toy Story 2) and 7th biggest inflated between Toy Story 3 and A Bug’s Life (close to Finding Nemo, Incredibles 2, Ratatouille and Up)
Inside Out 2 has overtaken Dune Part 2 to become the biggest film of 2024 and has overtaken the total BO of 2015’s Inside Out.
Pixar sequel’s seventh weekends
2019’s Toy Story 4 dropped 46% £1,357,910 #3 649 screens and £55,457,931 of £65,802,558: #1 Fast & Furious: Hobbs & Shaw £6,377,583
2018’s Incredibles 2 dropped 7% £1,268,401 #4 582 screens and £51,229,806 of £56.1m; #1 Disney’s Christopher Robin £2,138,824
2016’s Finding Dory dropped 52% £718,508 #6 549 screens and £40,096,594 of £46,258,802: #1 Sausage Party £1,219,972
2013’s Monsters University dropped 34% £592,070 474 screens and £27,570,037 of £30,554,711: #1 Elysium £3,127,005
2015’s Inside Out dropped 39% £731,291 #2 564 screens and £36,024,571 of £39,114,257: #1 Straight Outta Compton £1,366,741
The 25 Pixar films have taken over £775m in the UK BO since Toy Story in 1996 and almost £1.1bn inflated.
4th biggest Pixar film between Incredibles 2 and Finding Dory (close to Toy Story 4, Incredibles 2, Toy Story 2 and Monsters, Inc.).
49th biggest between Black Panther and Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (close to The Full Monty, Quantum of Solace, The Greatest Showman and The Dark Knight) and 125th biggest inflated between The Lost World: Jurassic Park and Up (close to Ghostbusters (1984), The Pirates of the Caribbean, The Jungle Book and The Flintstones).
6th biggest animated film between Frozen 2 and Shrek 2 (close to Super Mario Bros, Minions, Despicable Me 3 and Despicable Me 2) and the 23rd biggest inflated animated film between Despicable Me 3 and Up (close to Chicken Run, Ice Age III, Toy Story and Shark Tale).
Down 44.7% in its third weekend
Took £256k 35.36% (-32.28% £378k) Friday; £281k 38.81% (-48.06% £541k) Saturday; £187k 25.83% (-52.05% £390k) Sunday.
897th biggest third weekend between Alien: Covenant and Penguins Of Madagascar (close to Chronicle, Road To Perdition, Dragonheart and The Hitman’s Bodyguard) and 1,228th inflated biggest third weekend between Jojo Rabbit and S.W.A.T (close to Scary Movie 2, Fury, Premonition and The Island).
30th biggest horror third weekend between M3gan and Sinister (close to 28 Days Later, Paranormal Activity, Jeepers Creepers and Five Nights At Freddy’s) and the 40th biggest horror third weekend between Dawn Of The Dead and Cabin In The Woods (2012) (close to 28 Weeks Later, Underworld, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre and The Ring Two (2005).
2nd biggest Black Bear/STX between Hustlers and I Feel Pretty
26th biggest 2024 film between Argylle and All Of Us Strangers (close to Challengers, Civil War, Madame Web and The Bikeriders).
182nd biggest independent film between The Magic Roundabout and Crash (close to 12 Monkeys, When Harry Met Sally, Hugo and Hereditary) and 307th biggest inflated between Dallas Buyers Club and American Psycho (close to Snakes on a Plane, Side Effects, Daybreakers and The Shawshank Redemption)
Compared to 1991’s The Silence of Lambs dropped 26.6% £1,478,029/£3,887,753 inflated #1 and £9,596,191 of £17,119,333/£45,030,061 inflated) and has also been compared to 1996’s Seven dropped 19.4% £2,153,223/ £4,216,508 inflated and £11,000,524 of 19,516,175/£41,775,164 inflated
In the US it has been compared to 1999’s The Blair Witch Project dropped 62.8% £851,628/£1,612,227 inflated and £13,629,017 of £14,971,525/£28,342,768 inflated as it was one of the biggest indie horror films since and was also low budget acquisition.
66th biggest horror between Paranormal Activity 4 and The Haunting (close to The Exorcist: Believer, The First Purge, Scream 3 and Hereditary) and 105th biggest inflated between Silent Hill and The Hills Have Eyes (close to The Haunting in Connecticut, Piranha 3-D, Halloween: H20 and From Dusk Till Dawn).
1,278th biggest between Death Becomes Her and Creed (close to War of the Roses, Con Air, Fantastic Four (2015) and Reservoir Dogs) and 1,849th biggest inflated between Dallas Buyers Club and Flight (close to Lake Placid, Red Eye, American Psycho and The Man Without A Face).
Upcoming Black Bear films include Sing Sing, Conclave, In The Grey, The Monkey, The Salt Path, Wife and Dog, I Want Your Sex, 77 Blackout, Motor City, Train Dreams and an untitled action film starring untitled Jason Statham. They plan to release 12-15 films a year as was the plan with STX, but STX got bogged down making Playmobil: The Movie and Uglydolls trying to compete directly with studios. Bui Indies’ upstarts need to find their niche where releasing films audiences want to see but aren’t being provided by studios.
UK box office in detail
The weekend’s top 10 box office took £24,215,414 up 84.4% from last weekend’s £13,134,444: 3,057,502 admissions up 84.4% from 1,658,389 admissions.
3rd biggest weekend of the last 52 weeks between 28 July 2023 (£26,586,491) #1 Barbie £13,226,848 (49.75%) and 04 August 2023 (£23,825,557) #1 Barbie £7,916,261 (33.23%)
5th biggest since cinemas reopened out of 193 weeks between 28 July 2023 (£26,586,491) #1 Barbie £13,226,848 (49.75%) and 04 August 2023 (£23,825,557) #1 Barbie £7,916,261 (33.23%)
30th biggest top 10 of the last 22 years (out of 1,164) between 19 July 2019 (£24,533,644) #1 The Lion King £16,671,764 (67.95%) and 12 June 2015 (£24,008,316) #1 Jurassic World £19,350,727 (80.6%) and 91st inflated between 24 October 2008 (£15,824,329) #1 High School Musical 3 £8,409,375 (53.14%) and 22 November 2013 (£19,719,142) #1 The Hunger Games Catching Fire £12,189,733 (61.82%)
The top 3 took (£21,889,310) 90.4% of the top 10; Deadpool and Wolverine 71.35% (£17,276,621); Despicable Me 4 12.86% (£3,115,175); Twisters 6.18% (£1,497,514).
64th highest #1 percentage (71.35%) between 08 September 2017 #1 It (71.47%) and 05 March 2010 #1 Alice in Wonderland (71.29%)
51st biggest admissions #1 (2,181,392) between 14 June 2002 #1 Spider-Man: The Movie (2,197,429) and 19 August 2011 #1 The Inbetweeners Movie (2,180,980)
Down 8.9% from 2023; (£26,586,491); Talk To Me (£643,547); #1 Barbie 2nd week £13,226,848 29% drop 745 screens (49.75%)
Up 111.4% 2022 (£11,455,674); Where the Crawdads Sing (£1,395,704); Prima Facie – NT Live 2022 (£447,014); #1 Minions: The Rise of Gru £3,086,374 2nd #1 split over 4 weeks (26.94% of top 10)
Up 297.9% 2021 (£6,084,995); Old (£866,860); #1 Black Widow £1,410,288 3rd week 644 screens (23.18% of top 10)
Up 5,912.5% 2020: (£402,752); The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (Re: 2020) – Extended Version £24,136 (81 screens); The Lord Of the Rings: The Two Towers (Re: 2020) Extended Version £10,479 (57 screens); The Lord Of the Rings: The Return Of The King (Re: 2020) – Extended Version £10,205 (57 screens); #1 Onward £60,074 5th week split over 5 months 123 screens (14.92% of top 10)
Up 26.7% from 2019; (£19,106,503); Andre Rieu 2019 Maastricht Concert – Shall We Dance? (£1,492,154); The Current War (£454,677); The Intruder (£51,347); #1 The Lion King £10,660,287 2nd week 721 screens (55.8% of top 10)
Down 5.7% from 2018: (£25,665,576); Mission: Impossible Fallout (£7,300,103); Hotel Transylvania 3: A Monster Vacation (£3,449,876); Andre Rieu’s 2018 Maastricht Concert: Amore (£1,486,528); #1 Mission: Impossible Fallout £7,300,103 1st week 584 screens (28.4% of top 10)
Up 18.6% from 2017: (£20,414,621); Captain Underpants (£2,495,744); Girls Trip (£1,557,981); 47 Meters Down (£637,964); The Big Sick (£488,718); #1 Dunkirk £8,235,532 2nd week 663 screens (40.34% of top 10)
Up 3.2% from 2016: (£23,455,514); Finding Dory (£8,122,075); Jason Bourne (£7,600,420); World Cup ’66 – Minute by Minute (£35,959); League of Gods (£8,349); #1 Finding Dory £8,122,075 1st week 588 screens (34.6% of the top 10)
Up 42.1% from 2015; (£17,039,800); Inside Out (£7,376,513); Southpaw (£1,662,296); The Legend of Barney Thomson (£163,395); #1 Inside Out £7,376,513 1st week 608 screens (43.3% of top 10)
Up 148.3% from 2014: (£9,750,537); Hercules (£1,449,120); The Purge: Anarchy (£1,165,143); Earth to Echo (£618,379); The House of Magic (£223,047); #1 Dawn of the Planet of the Apes £3,752,511 2nd week 574 screens 57% drop (38.5% of top 10)
Up 79.2% from 2013: (£13,514,255); The Wolverine (£4,694,092); Frances Ha (£150,689); #1 The Wolverine £4,694,092 1st week 522 screens (28.5% of top 10)
Up 99.2% from 2012 (£12,156,512); Dr Seuss’ The Lorax (£1,853,294); Searching for Sugar Man (£68,857); #1 The Dark Knight Rises £7,275,558 2nd week 589 screens 49% drop (59.8% of top 10):
Up 42.8% from 2011; (£16,959,452); Cars 2 (£3,541,664); Horrible Bosses (£2,077,239); Beginners (£146,096); #1 Harry Potter & the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 £8,523,417 2nd week 581 screens 64% drop (50.2% of top 10)
Down 16.7% from 2010: (£29,078,984); Toy Story 3 (£21,187,264); The Rebound (£360,015); Splice (£110,225); #1 Toy Story 3 £21,187,264 1st week 562 screens (72.8% of top 10)
Up 77.6% from 2009; (£13,633,561); The Proposal (£3,249,640); Antichrist (£99,092); #1 Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince £5,176,950 2nd week 586 screens 74% drop (37.9% of top 10)
Up 28.1% from 2008; (£18,905,622); The Dark Knight (£11,191,824); Angus, Thongs and Perfect Snogging (£929,246); Baby Mama (£111,945); #1 The Dark Knight £11,191,824 1st week 502 screens (59.2% of top 10)
Down 13.7% from 2007: (£28,049,335); The Simpsons (£13,626,853); Transformers (£8,718,561); Sherrybaby (£36,036); Lonely Hearts (£3,362); #1 The Simpsons £13,626,853 1st week 499 screens (48.6% of top 10)
Up 130.3% from 2006; (£10,120,532); Cars (£2,668,968); Stay Alive (£140,126); #1 Cars £2,668,968 1st week 513 screens (26.37% of top 10)
Up 83.1% from 2005: (£14,849,850); Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (£7,972,168); #1 Fantastic Charlie and the Chocolate Factory £7,972,168 1st week (53.7% of top 10)
Up 208.5% from 2004 (£7,849,699); King Arthur (£1,908,084); Garfield (£1,147,437); The Stepford Wives (£946,787); New York Minute (£109,106); Anything Else (£39,149); #1 King Arthur £1,908,084 1st week 400 screens (24.31% of top 10)
Up 260.5% from 2003 (£6,716,741); Sinbad (£828,550); Agent Cody Banks (£534,312); Goodbye, Lenin! (£135,311) #1 The Hulk £1,384,426 2nd 500 screens 61% drop (20.6% of top 10)
Up 153.6% from 2002 (£9,549,998); Austin Powers in Goldmember (£5,585,978); The Crocodile Hunter (£266,803); Sunshine State (£25,888); #1 Austin Powers in Goldmember £5,585,978 1st week 446 screens (58.5% of top 10)
Up 243.4% from 2001 (£7,051,741); Swordfish (£1,615,206); Dr Dolittle 2 (£1,610,907); Intimacy (£54,288); #1 Jurassic Park 3 £1,802,580 2nd week 462 screens 62% drop (25.6% of top 10)
2023 Next week: (£23,825,557); The Meg 2 (£3,777,784); Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem (£3,662,250); Joy Ride (£389,935); #1 Barbie £7,916,261 3rd week 40% drop 766 screens (33.23%)
US Box Office
- Deadpool and Wolverine – Disney
Opened $211.43m; received positive reviews (80% Rotten Tomatoes) and A CinemaScore (previous two films also received A)
Sunday estimates were $205m and final figures increased to $211m which is the norm for Disney as they regularly seem to find a few extra million between Sunday and Monday more than any other studio.
Took $38.5m from Thursday’s previews from 1pm; Spider-Man: No Way Home $50m; Avengers: Infinity War $39m; Doctor Strange 2 $36m; Thor: Love and Thunder $29m; The Dark Knight Rises $30.64m; Batman v Superman $27.7m; Captain America: Civil War $25m; Deadpool 2 $18.6m; Deadpool $12.7m
6th biggest opening between Star Wars: Episode VIII – The Last Jedi and Jurassic World (close to The Avengers, Black Panther, The Lion King and Avengers: Age of Ultron)
IMAX/PLF took about 33% of the opening with 3D taking 17%; with 63% male; 9% IMAX from 414 cinemas $19.1m
Took $96m (including $38.5m from Thursday) on its opening day the 6th biggest.
According to Entelligence 13.6m bought tickets close to Barbie 13.1m; Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness 13.8m; Spider-Man: No Way Home 20m+ post-pandemic.
11% under 17; 21% seen Marvel’s last five films; 21% 18-25; 28% 26-35; 33% 36-45; 12% 44-60; 5% 55+; 81% audience non-family, 13% family groups; 6% teenagers; 30% between 5pm-8pm; 16% after 8pm; 30% go to the cinema every other month and 22% go a couple of a year.
EntTelligence ticket pricing (Jul 25 to 27); average standard $15.06; Child $12.80; Senior $13.21.
28% of the audience Premium; average $18.38; Child $16.01; senior $16.43
2018’s Deadpool 2 opened $125.5m/$148.51m inflated taking $324.59m/$384.1m inflated and $785.89m/$929.96m worldwide inflated
2016’s Deadpool opened $132.43m /$165.04m inflated taking $363.07m/$452.5m inflated and $782.83m/$975.6m worldwide inflated
Presales in the US in the first 24 hours were $8m more than The Batman ($6.5m), Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 ($6m); 2016’s Deadpool opened $132.4m took $363m US and $782.8m worldwide; 2018’s Deadpool 2 opened $125.5m Deadpool 2 took $324.5m and $785.8m worldwide. The two films have taken $1.56bn worldwide but now it’s part of the MCU taking $11.8bn in the US and $29.7bn worldwide.
Deadpool 3 has been tracked to open between $160m-$165m but it was always likely to open with $200m+ ahead of Doctor Strange 2 $187.42m; with 50% from IMAX/PLF/3D/4DX/Dolby as Disney has a habit of underestimating so film openings look like they have opened far bigger than expected.
US advance ticket sales up to Friday was $35m 30% less than Doctor Strange 2 ($187.42m) and 5% less than Black Panther Wakanda Forever ($181.33m).
The top five US openings Spider-Man: No Way Home ($260.1m), Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness ($187.4m, Black Panther: Wakanda Forever ($181.3m), Barbie ($162m) and Inside Out 2 ($154.2m).
What is more important about these films is not their opening weekend but how they hold in their second weekend as opening $200m+ Deadpool 3 will drop 60%+ in its second weekend so it will become the latest film to join the $100m loser club.
The biggest global openings post-COVID Spider-Man: No Way Home ($600.5m), Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness ($452m), Avatar: The Way of Water ($441.7m), Jurassic World: Dominion ($386m), Super Mario Bros ($377.2m) and Barbie ($356.3m).
Deadpool and Wolverine’s BO has seen the 34 MCU films take over $30bn over the last 15 years, becoming the biggest franchise in history ahead of Spider-Man’s $10.6bn over 10 films; Star Wars $10.3bn over 11 films; Harry Potter $9.6bn over 11 films; and James Bond $7.8bn over 25 films. Of course, it’s impossible to make direct comparisons with these other franchises as inflation inflated many have taken more than MCU.
The 34 films have taken $12bn in the US and $12.1bn inflated.
Has the widest IMAX opening of all time playing in 1,642 IMAX cinemas in 83 territories.
Opened $233.1m from 55 territories and $441.1m worldwide; China $24m; UK $22.1m; Mexico $18.7m; Australia $13m; Brazil $10m; Germany $10m; India $10m; France $9.4m; S. Korea $8.3m; Italy $7.5m; Spain $6.9m.
Took 18% from IMAX/PLF with $19.1m internationally from IMAX and $36.5m worldwide.
- Twisters – Universal Pictures
Dropped 57% in the second weekend taking $34.99m #2 and $154.62m
154th biggest second weekend between Venom and Trolls (close to Mission: Impossible – Fallout, Independence Day, Fast & Furious 6 and The Lost World: Jurassic Park.
Much was made about how 4DX helped Twisters open so strongly but the problem was with Deadpool and Wolverine it only had those screens for a week.
402nd biggest between Fantastic Four (2005) and Horton Hears a Who; 977th biggest inflated between Elvis and Watchmen; 9th biggest 2024 between Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes and A Quiet Place: Day One; 177th biggest sequel between Fast & Furious and Beverly Hills Cop II; 58th biggest Universal Pictures between Fast & Furious and Neighbors.
1996’s Twister dropped 9.7% $37.09m/$90.5m and $95.1m/$231.9m inflated taking $241.83m/$590m inflated and $494.58m/$1.2bn inflated
2004’s The Day After Tomorrow dropped 59.5% $27.86m/$48.4m and $128.47m/$223.1m inflated of $186.74m /$324.16m inflated and $552.63m/$959.33m worldwide inflated
2009’s 2012 dropped 59.5% $26.41m/$38m inflated and $108.13m/$155.42m of $166.12m/$238.75m inflated and $791.21m/ $1.14bn inflated worldwide
2000’s The Perfect Storm 34.4% $27.11m/$54.23m inflated and $100.19m/$200.4m inflated of $182.61m/$365.23m inflated and $328.71m/$657.43m inflated worldwide
1998’s Armageddon dropped 34.7% $23.55m/$54.2m inflated and $99.86m/$229.53m inflated of $201.6m/$463.32m inflated and 553.71m/$1.27m inflated worldwide.
More recent tornado films include.
2014’s Into The Storm dropped 54.5% $7.89m and $31.51m of $47.61m taking $161.51m worldwide
2017’s Geostorm Dropped 56.9% $5.9m and $23.78m of $33.7m taking $221.9m worldwide
Disaster films were hugely popular at the start of the 70s, including The Towering Inferno, Earthquake, The Poseidon Adventure and Airport, they had star-studded casts, and many of them received Oscar nominations and gave audiences various kinds of cinema experiences as Earthquake with Sensurround.
Popularity for disaster films dropped off at the end of the ’70s due to the arrival of Star Wars, but they returned in the ’90s with Twister, Daylight, Independence Day, Deep Impact, Armageddon, Dante’s Peak, Volcano, Outbreak, Waterworld, Deep Blue Sea and Titanic. The 00s saw Poseidon, The Core, 2012, The Day After Tomorrow, The Perfect Storm and Snakes on a Plane. More recent disaster films include Contagion, Deepwater Horizon, Geostorm, The Impossible, San Andreas, Into the Storm and Moonfall as well as the straight-to-video Sharknado and Netflix’s Don’t Look Up.
Took $11.1m (52% drop) from 76 territories $66.3m total internationally and $220.92m worldwide; UK $10.4m; Mexico $9.6m; Australia $6.5m; France $3.5m; China $2.6m.
815th biggest worldwide between Fahrenheit 9/11 and Geostorm; 15th biggest 2024 worldwide between The Garfield Movie and Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire; 291st biggest sequel between Charlie’s Angels: Full Throttle and Inferno.
- Despicable Me 4 – Universal Pictures
Dropped 40% in its fourth weekend taking $14.58m #3 and $291.36m
132nd biggest fourth weekend between The Help and Cars (close to Despicable Me, Shrek the Third, Puss in Boots: The Last Wish and Shark Tale).
21st biggest animated film between Up and Monsters, Inc; 115th biggest between The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe and Man of Steel; 350th biggest inflated between The Karate Kid and Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them; 13th biggest Universal Pictures between Oppenheimer and Meet the Fockers.
Fourth weekends
2022’s Minions: The Rise of Gru dropped 32.8% $18.03m #3 and $298.18m of $370.28m and $940.2m worldwide; 60.6% internationally $569.93m; (70% Rotten Tomatoes) #1 Nope $44.36m
2015’s Minions dropped 46% $12.38m #4 and $287.57m of $336.04m and $1.15bn worldwide 71% $823.39m internationally; (55% Rotten Tomatoes) #1 Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation $55.52m
2017’s Despicable Me 3 dropped 32.8% $13.01m #6 and $213.62m of $264.62m and $1.03bn worldwide 74% $770.17m internationally; (75% Rotten Tomatoes); #1 Dunkirk $50.51m
2013’s Despicable Me 2 dropped 34.1% $16.42m #3 and $306.81m of $368.06m and $970.76m worldwide 62% internationally $602.7m; (59% Rotten Tomatoes) #1 The Wolverine $53.11m
2010’s Despicable Me dropped 34.5% 515.52m #4 and $190.33m of $251.55m and $543.15m worldwide 53% internationally $291.6m; (81% Rotten Tomatoes); #1 Inception $27.48m.
Took $52m (37% drop) from 78 territories $386.7m total and $678m worldwide; China $39.5m; Mexico – $36.7m; UK $32.5m; Australia $26.8m; Germany $22.3m; Brazil $22m; France $21.1m; Spain – $15.6m; Argentina $13.9m; Japan $10.4m.
30th biggest animated worldwide between Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse and Kung Fu Panda 2; 149th biggest between Forrest Gump and The Hunger Games; 19th biggest Universal Pictures between Fast X and Sing.
- Inside Out 2 – Disney
Down 33% in the seventh weekend taking $8.61m #4 and $613.72m
36th biggest seventh weekend between A Bug’s Life and The Dark Knight (close to The Super Mario Bros. Movie, The Avengers, Finding Nemo and The Grinch).
The biggest animated film ahead of Incredibles 2 ($608.58m); 14th biggest between Star Wars Ep. VIII: The Last Jedi and Incredibles 2; 48th biggest inflated between Tootsie and Smokey and the Bandit; 7th biggest Disney between Star Wars Ep. VIII: The Last Jedi and Incredibles 2.
Inside Out 2 has a 100-day window despite this it will take about 75% of BO within 21 days and 85%+ after 45 days.
Recent Pixar sequel’s seventh weekends
2019’s Toy Story 4 dropped 29.7% $7.34m #5 and $410.24m of $434.03m and $1.073bn worldwide
2013’s Monsters University dropped 50.8% $1.4m #16 and $258.56m of $268.49m and $743.55m WW
2016’s Finding Dory dropped 40.3% $4.32m #9 and $469.11m of $486.29m and $1.029bn WW
2018’s Incredibles 2 dropped 39% $7.25m #7 and $572.88m of $608.58m and $1.243bn WW
2015’s Inside Out dropped 39.2% $4.51m #9 and $329.58m of $356.92m and $858.85m WW
Took $34.2m (39% drop) in 47 territories $846.9m total and $1.443bn worldwide; Mexico $99.9m; Brazil $76.7m; UK $63.9m; S. Korea $57.7m; France $54.5m; Italy $46.8m; China $45.6m; Germany $44m; Spain $43.4m; Australia $35m; Argentina $29m.
Biggest animated worldwide ahead of Frozen II ($1.451bn); 12th biggest worldwide between Furious 7 and Top Gun: Maverick; Biggest 2024 worldwide ahead of Dune: Part Two $711.2m; 6th biggest Disney between The Avengers and Frozen II.
- Longlegs – Neon
Dropped 43% in the third weekend taking $6.77m #5 and $58.63m
Comparisons have been made with
1991’s The Silence of the Lambs dropped 11.1% $10.61m #1 and $45.45m of $130.74m/$334.8m inflated and $272.74m/$698.4m inflated worldwide
1995’s Se7en dropped 11.3% $12.37m #1 and $30.8m of $100.12m/$244.2m inflated and $327.33m/$798.4m inflated worldwide
Comparisons have also been made with 2022’s Smile dropping 18% $18.54m #1 and $50.83m of $105.93m and $217.4m worldwide; it had a similarly strong marketing campaign.
Many films receive critical acclaim but don’t find an audience so why did Longlegs? It also had a strong marketing campaign similar to Five Nights at Freddy’s last year, Neon released 11 videos over the last 90 days receiving over 30m views, helping Longlegs find an audience unlike many other horrors this year.
It’s hard to say Nicolas Cage was responsible for its strong opening as he has starred in many films over the last decade that struggled to find an audience 2023’s 2022Renfield opened $8.02m taking $17.29m and 2022’s The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent opened $7.13m taking $20.3m despite similarly having a strong marketing campaign as he was playing himself. All of his BO hits over the last decade have been animated films.
It’s Nicolas Cage’s biggest live-action opening since 2007’s National Treasure: Book of Secrets $44.78m (taking $219.96m and $459.24m worldwide). He has made a lot of films since, but they have struggled to find a wide audience. But before National Treasure 2 he had a lot of success with action films including The Rock, Con Air, Face/Off and Gone in 60 Seconds.
Neon compared its opening with The Blair Witch Project opening 25 years ago over the same weekend as an indie horror that over-performed and ‘came out of nowhere.’”; Blair Witch opened on platform release $1,512,054 from 31 screens and then expanded into 1,101 screens $29.2m and 2,142 screens $24.34m over the next two weeks taking $140.53m/$298.23m inflated and $240.63m/ $527.62m inflated worldwide Longlegs has a long way to go to match its success.
Taken $8.26m internationally from 8 territories.
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UK Box Office Preview
Deadpool and Wolverine will drop about 70% in its second weekend taking £5.5m-£6.5m
2018’s Deadpool 2 dropped 71%/51% without previews £3.77m/£4.13m inflated 615 screens and £20.68m 63.63% of £32.5m/£35,65m inflated
2016’s Deadpool dropped 59%/43% without previews £5.69/£6.1m inflated 471 screens and £25.86m 68.76% of £37.61m/£40.2m inflated
Despicable Me 4 will hold in second in its fourth weekend down 30% taking £2m-£2.5m.
Harold And The Purple Crayon opened Wednesday with a five-day opening, having trailers with If, Inside Out 2 and Despicable Me 4 should see it open between 2021’s Clifford the Big Red Dog opened £1,293,354 taking £10,057,905 and 2022’s Lyle, Lyle Crocodile (opened £2,783,562 taking £12,724,435.
The first weekend of August has been a good date for the smaller family films.
2023’s Haunted Mansion opened £990,084 taking £3,183,228
2018’s Christopher Robin opened £2,553,810 taking £14,875,899
2019’s Dora and the Lost City of Gold opened £1,165,865 taking £6,655,422
2017’s The Emoji Movie opened £2,702,809 taking £14,612,815
2015’s Pixels opened £2,660,772 taking £8,334,036
Directed by Carlos Saldanha he previously directed two Rio and three Ice Age animated films.
After having a big second weekend drop Twisters will hold better in its third weekend as Inside Out 2 will hold well in its eighth weekend.
Opening in two weeks
- Blink Twice – Warner Bros
Thriller starring Naomi Ackie, Channing Tatum, Christian Slater, Adria Arjona, Haley Joel Osment, Kyle MacLachlan and Geena Davis and directed by Zoë Kravitz (directorial debut).
Zoë Kravitz started in development of the film in 2017 then called Pussy Island. She said, “The title means a lot of things,” “I started writing this story in 2017. As a woman in general and a woman in this industry, I’ve experienced some pretty wild behaviour from a different sex. The title was a joke at first, this place where people would go, bring women, party and hang out. The story evolved into something else, but the title wound up having multiple meanings. And it alludes to this time and place we claim to not be in anymore, in terms of sexual politics. People are evolving and changing but there is still a bad taste in a lot of people’s mouths from past behaviour. It’s a nod to that, but it’s also playful, and a really playful film in a lot of ways. I like that the title leads with that and has some heavy meaning beneath it.”
MGM acquired rights in 2021.
- The Crow – Entertainment Films
The comic-book reboot of the 1994 film and the fifth film in the franchise based on the 1989 comic book series starring Bill Skarsgård, FKA Twigs and Danny Huston and directed by Rupert Sanders
Started development in December 2008 with Stephen Norrington attached to direct and then Juan Carlos Fresnadillo, F. Javier Gutiérrez, and Corin Hardy were signed before Rupert Sanders was attached to direct. Bradley Cooper, Luke Evans, Jack Huston, and Jason Momoa were all cast as Eric Draven before Bill Skarsgård was announced as Draven in April 2022 and filming started in July 2022.
1994’s The Crow opened £590,346/£1,438,628 inflated; 155 screens taking £2,886,860/£7,035,056 inflated
- Cuckoo – Universal; Pictures.
Horror-thriller starring Hunter Schafer, Jan Bluthardt, Marton Csokas, Jessica Henwick, and Dan Stevens and written and directed by Tilman Singer.
Had its world premiere at the Berlin International Film Festival in February 2024 receiving positive reviews and received a US premiere at SXSW and UK premiere at Raindance Film Festival
- Between The Temples – Sony Pictures
Comedy starring Jason Schwartzman, Carol Kane, Dolly de Leon, Caroline Aaron, Robert Smigel and Madeline Weinstein and directed by Nathan Silver.
It premiered at the 2024 Sundance Film Festival where Sony Pictures Classics acquired the film and then received the European premiere at the Berlin International Film Festival.
Received positive reviews highlighting the chemistry between Carol Kane and Jason Schwartzman.