- IF £1,570,568 – £9,607,001
Down 3.76% in its third weekend
Took £684k 43.54% (+145.16% £279k) Friday; £538k 34.25% (+7.82% £499k) Saturday; £349k 22.22% (-58.8% £847k) Sunday
332nd biggest third weekend between Kingdom Of The Planet Of Thea Apes and Maleficent (close to Fantastic Beasts 3, Doctor Dolittle, Venom and Clash Of The Titans) and 589th biggest inflated between The Panic Room and Walk The Line (close to Beethoven’s 2nd, Open Season, Rise Of The Guardians and Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile).
Over the lucrative half-term week took £4.961m over the last 7 days; £3.39m 68.33% Mon-Thurs and £1.571m 31.67% Fri-Sun; taking Monday £0.91m; Tuesday £0.938m; Wednesday £0.732m; Thursday £0.810m. As with all films Sunday BO for IF dropped much heavier than expected, could be the sun came out for the first time in several weeks.
If and The Garfield Movie will be limited to Sat/Sun box office and then faces competition from Inside Out 2 in a week.
Despite receiving mixed reviews audience reaction has been far more positive as they have compared to many Pixar films including Toy Story, Inside Out and Monsters Inc. Being an original live-action family film it is harder to compare with other family films as there have been very few that aren’t based on an existing property, like 2003’s Elf, 2001’s Cats and Dogs and 2006’s Happy Feet.
Surprisingly most films about imaginary friends aren’t children’s films as there are many horrors like recent Imaginary, Donnie Darko, A Monster Calls (taking £2,865,362) and Drop-Dead Fred (taking £1,794,121). Directed by John Krasinski it’s a long way from the two A Quiet Place films. more in common with the Some Good News web series he made in 2020 during COVID.
Its Ryan Reynolds’s first major cinema release since 2021’s Free Guy (dropped 29% £1,607,761 #1 £10,597,750 of £16,786,848)) having starred in several Netflix films including Red Notice and The Adam Project and before voiced Detective Pikachu in 2019’s Pokemon Detective Pikachu (dropped 63% £1,009,717 and £10,544,424 of £13,368,175). He will of course have much bigger BO success in two months with Deadpool and Wolverine.
752nd biggest between Yes Man and Me Before You (close to Into the Woods, Three Men And A Baby, As Good As It Gets and Honey, I Shrunk the Kids) and 1,217th biggest inflated between 27 Dresses and Hotel Transylvania (close to Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties, The Magic Roundabout, Innerspace and Mean Girls (2004).
- 2. The Garfield Movie – £1,349,975 – £6,282,724
Down 36.4% in its second weekend
Took £547k 40.52% (+112.02% £258k) Friday; £475k 35.19% (+1.71% £467k) Saturday; £328k 24.3% (-55.25% £733k) Sunday
Took £4.15m over half-term week £2.8m Mon-Thurs (67.51%) and £1.35m Fri-Sun (32.49%); Mon £0.714m; Tues £0.794m; Weds £0.611m; Thurs £0.686m
752nd biggest second weekend between The Maze Runner: The Death Cure and Ghost (close to Yogi Bear, Space Jam, The LEGO Ninjago Movie and The Boss Baby 2) and 1,239th biggest inflated between Days Of Thunder and Salmon Fishing in the Yemen (close to Grown Ups 2, Cruella, Beverly Hills Cop III and Pan).
10th biggest 2024 second weekend between Mean Girls and One Life (close to Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire, Back to Black, Civil War and Argylle)
121st biggest animation second weekend between Coraline and The LEGO Ninjago Movie (close to The Addams Family 2, Aladdin (1993), The Boxtrolls and Turbo) and 160th biggest inflated animation between The Smurfs 2 and Encanto (close to A Peanuts Movie, Monster House, Oliver & Company (1989) and The Emoji Movie).
The previous two Garfield films received poor reviews 2004’s Garfield dropped 35% £741,371 #5 371 screens (£1,315,975 inflated) and £3,363,449 of £9,352,051 (£16,600,411 inflated)
2006’s Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties dropped 24% £562,057 #6 336 screens (£919,835 inflated) and £2,068,905 of £5,969,059 (£9,768,665 inflated); both films opened at the start of the summer holidays. The marketplace was much more crowded Garfield had I, Robot, 13 Going On 30, King Arthur, Spider-Man 2, Shrek 2, The Stepford Wives and Thunderbirds, while Garfield 2 had Cars, Pirates of the Caribbean 2: Dead Man’s Chest, The Break-Up, Superman Returns, Stormbreaker and Over the Hedge.
Many were surprised when Bill Murray was cast to voice Garfield in the 20th Century Fox films as he mistakenly believed Joel Coen was the director (Coen Brothers) it was directed by Joel Cohen who wrote the screenplay for Toy Story.
In the Sony version, Chris Pratt voices Garfield, it’s the fourth major animated character he has voiced over the last decade after Emmet in 2014’s The Lego Movie, Barley Lightfoot in Onward and Mario in The Super Mario Bros Movie.
This version has very little to do with Garfield from the comic strip but more with the animated films 2015’s Pixels dropped 69% (38% without previews) £820,456 #6 and £4,730,907 56.7% of £8,334,036 and 2017’s The Emoji Movie dropped 56% (33% without previews) £1,189,438 #4 and £6,115,971 41.8% of £14,612,815 as the marketing campaign overshadowing the film with so many product placements.
The second weekend was also similar to 2015’s A Peanuts Movie also based on the comic strip dropped 64.38% (up 117% without previews) £1,296,199 #5 and £7,137,976 71.3% of £10,007,658 and 2020’s Onward dropped 62.78% £1,272,748 #1 despite COVID (lockdown was days afterwards) and £7,308,920.
168th biggest animated film between Monster House and The Little Mermaid (1990) (close to Storks, Rango, Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs and ParaNorman) and 196th biggest inflated animated between Tinker Bell And The Pirate Fairy and Smurfs: The Lost Village (close to The Nightmare Before Christmas, The Aristocats (1994 RE), The Rescuers Down Under (1991) and The Land Before Time).
1,167th biggest between Transformers: Rise Of The Beasts and Vertical Limit (close to Adams Family Values, 27 Dresses, Bad Neighbours 2 and Challengers) and 1,721st biggest inflated between The Taking of Pelham 123 and Cabin in the Woods (close to The Cable Guy, King Ralph, LA Story and Fantastic Four (2015).
- 3. Kingdom Of The Planet Of The Apes – £1,058,441 – £13,282,022
Down 32.9% in its fourth weekend
Took £371k 35.1% (-1.85% £378k) Friday; £405k 38.3% (-21.21% £514k) Saturday; £282k 26.6% (-58.6% £681k Sunday
305th biggest fourth weekend between Captain Phillips and What Lies Beneath (close to The Matrix Reloaded, The Flintstones, Men In Black 2 and Terminator 2: Judgement Day) and 540th biggest inflated between Juno and 21 Jump Street (close to The Bourne Identity, Beverly Hills Cop II, The Aviator and Die Hard 2 Die Harder)
20th Century Fox originally rebooted the classic 60’s sci-fi series in 2001 with Tim Burton directing starring Mark Wahlberg dropped 42% £782,750 #4 and £15,348,851 of £16,850,987 (£32,440,185 inflated). The studio had plans for a sequel, but Tim Burton said at the time, “I’d rather jump out a window.”
The studio decided to reboot it a second time in 2011 with Rise of the Planet of the Apes which took almost double BO of Planet of the Apes and received positive reviews, the two sequels Dawn and War were similarly as successful with the trilogy taking £85m+ in the UK (£100m+ inflated).
The fourth instalment in the second Planet of the Apes reboot franchise and sequel to 2017’s War for the Planet of the Apes.
Fourth weekends
2011’s Rise Of The Planet Of The Apes dropped 35% £1,083,091 #2 and £17,931,402 of £20,768,895 (£27,143,506 inflated)
2014’s Dawn of the Planet of the Apes dropped 41% £1,743,778 #3 and £27,053,291 of £32,873,910 (££38,744,251 inflated)
2017’s War For The Planet Of The Apes dropped 47% £881,374 #7 and £18,348,929 of £20,758,444 (£21,950,184 inflated)
Wes Ball previously directed The Maze Runner film trilogy; 2014’s The Maze Runner took £8,685,511; The Maze Runner: Scorch Trials £8,669,049; 2018’s The Maze Runner: The Death Cure £6,667,941. They targeted tweens while Kingdom targeted 25+.
515th biggest between Chicken Little and 8 Mile (close to Jumanji, Crocodile Dundee II, Dinosaur and The Meg 2) and 867th biggest inflated between Passengers and Mousehunt (close to Tron Legacy, Under Siege, Backdraft and The Meaning of Life).
- 4. Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga – £963,976 – £4,526,161
Down 51% in the second weekend
Took £317k 32.88% (-50.39% £639k) Friday; £372k 38.59% (-38.61% £606k) Saturday; £275k 28.53% (-61.86% £721k) Sunday
1,116th biggest second weekend between The Boat that Rocked and The Great Wall (close to Crimson Tide, John Carter, Fight Club and Daredevil) and 1,679th biggest inflated between Around the World in 80 Days and Robocop (1988) (close to Conspiracy Theory, Skyscraper, The Taking of Pelham 123 and Dredd).
15th biggest 2024 second weekend between Argylle and Civil War (close to One Life, Wicked Litle Letter, Madame Web and The Beekeeper)
18.5% (£838k) from 54 IMAX screens; the third biggest IMAX 2024 film ahead of Civil War (£764k) and Godzilla X Kong: The New Empire (£571k) and below Kingdom Of The Planet Of The Apes (£876k) and Dune: Part II (£8.8m almost a quarter of total UK BO). Furiosa loses almost all IMAX screens for Bad Boys: Ride or Die apart from BFI IMAX.
2015’s Mad Max: Fury Road £2,639,888 #2 dropped 42% (32% without previews) and £9,690,578 57.15% of £16,955,183; only £25,540 separated Pitch Perfect 2 and Mad Max: Fury Road (£2,665,428 Vs £2,639,888).
Much has been written about why Furiosa underperformed and why May BO was softer than expected blaming the strikes for delays. It can be traced back to November 2023 after Captain America: Brave New World was delayed from May 3rd days later Universal Pictures moved The Fall Guy to that date but what should have moved was either Furiosa or Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes. Of course, Warner by then had eyed the Cannes Film Festival for Furiosa hoping for a similar successful launch as Fury Road. Had Apes/Furious opened May 3 the other could have opened Memorial Day and they wouldn’t have cannibalized each other and possibly even helped the other.
While Kingdom Of The Planet Of The Apes took more than double in its second weekend £2,185,572 and £963,976 and has held well over the last two weekends, as the combination of Furiosa being a prequel and opening far too close to another post-apocalyptic film which was far more accessible. It
The previous Mad Max films weren’t massive hits, but they received rave reviews and became cult hits on video as with 1982’s Bladerunner they didn’t find big audiences in cinemas. Furiosa was a prequel and didn’t learn lessons from Solo: A Star Wars Story recasting the female lead, opening nine years after Fury Road, having a marketing campaign that looked remarkably similar to Fury Road.
2018’s Solo: A Star Wars Story dropped 48% (35% without previews) £3,147,338 #1 and £13,907,406 63.6% of £19,432,391
2017’s Blade Runner 2049 dropped 49% (41% without previews) 3,098,872 #2 and £12,184,828 64.7% of £18,820,009
It could have been worse for Furiosa as a year ago was due to open against Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes along with IF and The Garfield Movie on May 24th. When Disney delayed Captain America: Brave New World they brought forward Kingdom as Paramount brought forward IF.
The first three Mad Max films weren’t massive blockbusters they were B Movies and opened at a vastly different time for cinema.
1980’s Mad Max wasn’t in the top 20 biggest films in the UK; 1982’s Mad Max 2 #11 between Who Dares Wins and The Empire Strikes Back (re-issue); #1 Arthur #2 Porky’s; 1985’s Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome #11 between Desperately Seeking Susan and The Killing Fields; #1 A View to a Kill; #2 Gremlins; #3 Rambo: First Blood Part 2; #4 Beverly Hills Cop. 2015’s Made Mad Fury Road #20 biggest between Pitch Perfect 2 and Daddy’s Home.
1,540th biggest between The Madness Of King George and Power Rangers (close to Unstoppable, The Predator, End of Days and Beverly Hills Cop) and 2,080th biggest inflated between The Three Musketeers (2011) and My Cousin Vinny (close to The Abyss, The Iron Giant, Geostorm and Highlander 3: The Sorcerer).
Losing IMAX screens to Bad Boys: Ride or Die on Wednesday Furiosa will drop another 50%+ in its third weekend.
Furiosa is due for VOD release at the end of the month.
Down 30.3% in its fifth weekend
Took £193k 36.83% (+8.43% £178k) Friday; £209k 39.89% (-14.69% £245k) Saturday; £122k 23.28% £324k -62.35%) Sunday
464th biggest fifth weekend between The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 2 and Venom: Let There Be Carnage (close to 21 Jump Street, Jumanji, Apollo 13 and Baby Driver) and 693rd inflated between Reservoir Dogs and Due Date (close to Groundhog Day, Star Trek V The Undiscovered Country, Much Ado About Nothing and Clueless).
There are several comparable sets of films The Fall Guy could be compared to; first, the films based on US TV, The Fall Guy is less well-known internationally than Baywatch or The A-Team, it was first broadcast on ITV early Saturday evenings in the same slot as The A-Team.
Fifth weekend other films based on TV shows.
2012’s 21 Jump Street dropped 38% £528,122 #7 321 screens and £8,751,816 of £9,863,555 (£12,341,057 inflated)
2014’s 22 Jump Street dropped 45% £663,228 #3 403 screens and £16,554,354 of £18,322,998 (£21,594,962 inflated)
2004’s Starsky & Hutch dropped 48% £606,461 #7 335 screens and £ 11,555,543 of £12,284,956 (£21,669,677 inflated).
2017’s Baywatch dropped 61% £175,955 #9 254 screens and £9,374,650 of £9,511,833
2010’s The A-Team took £9,835,019 (13,173,967 inflated)
2015’s The Man From U.N.C.L.E. dropped 59% £132,327 #11 178 screens and £6,219,127 of £6,455,363 (£7,135,817 inflated)
1993’s The Fugitive dropped 15.8% £820,000 (£2,035,950 inflated) and £9,462,380 66.2% of £14,202,602 (£35,263,158 inflated)
2006’s Miami Vice took £6,873,370 (£11,248,616 inflated)
2008’s Get Smart took £4,621,510 (£7,083,353 inflated)
1996’s Mission Impossible dropped 25.2% £742,403 (£1,453,797 inflated) and £14,823,018 80.7% of £18,351,333 (£35,936,148 inflated)
2022’s The Lost City dropped 27% £347,753 #6 500 screens and £9,282,945 of £10,606,648.
Films about the cinema industry include.
1999’s Bowfinger took £3,520,163 (£6,622,254 inflated); 1992’s The Player £2,687,526 (£6,630,905 inflated); 1991’s The Hard Way took £988,326 (£2,583,347 inflated)
2008’s Tropic Thunder dropped 50% £273,070 #10 252 screens and £8,387,745 of £8,387,745 (£12,775,181 inflated)
There are also similarities to 1993’s Last Action Hero dropped 50.2% £96,199 (£238,849 inflated) and £3,373,549 94.2% of £3,580,336 (£8,889,495 inflated)
David Leitch previously directed.
2022’s Bullet Train dropped 7% £554,100 #4 487 screens and £9,240,002 of £10,766,199.
2017’s Atomic Blonde took £3,063,918 (two weeks in the top 15)
2018’s Deadpool 2 dropped 26% £874,668 #4 527 screens and £30,619,381 of £32,501,893
2019’s Hobbs & Shaw dropped 4% £610,479 #5 426 screens and £19,078,869 of £20,448,914
Despite the enormous success of Barbie Ryan Gosling struggles to open films on his own as seen with 2016’s The Nice Guys dropped 51% £100,055 #7 and £3,694,695 of £3,792,002 and 2004’s The Notebook took £1,109,047.
756th biggest between Alice Through the Looking Glass and As Good As It Gets (close to Three Men And A Baby, Wanted, Baywatch and Cool Runnings) and 1,231st biggest inflated between Mean Girls (2004) and Rampage (close to Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, Innerspace, Hot Shots: Part Deux and Fight Club).
Also opened
- Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban (20th-anniversary) – Warner Bos
Opened £394,066 from 520 screens #6 taking £144k Friday.
Similar to 2022’s Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets (20th Anniversary) #7 £454,250 449 screens but almost half of 2021’s Harry Potter & The Philosopher’s Stone: 20th Anniversary re-release £965,008 #6 494 screens; both opened at the end of October half-term.
The Prisoner Of Azkaban originally opened the first weekend in June 2004 £23,882,688 (£42,127,147 inflated) #1 535 screens (including £14,374,339 from previews) £9,508,349 Fri-Sun) taking £46,259,002 (£81,597,171 inflated).
Warner will probably re-release The Goblet of Fire over the October 2025 half-term.
- Haikyu!!: The Dumpster Battle
opened £270,095 #7 232 screens: taking £104k Friday
- Sting – Studiocanal
opened £231,113 #8 from 481 screens, taking 377k Friday
Despite receiving positive reviews, it is another horror film that has struggled to find an audience this year after The Strangers: Chapter 1 opening £452,506; Abigail £596,590; The First Omen £521,572; Immaculate £522,583; Imaginary £652,808; Night Swim £590,691.
- Young Woman And The Sea – Disney
Opened £64,138 #13 from 81 screens; took £21k from Friday
It was predictable Young Woman And The Sea was going to struggle to find an audience, Disney used to have tremendous success in sporting drama over the years, but this will open similar to 2014’s Million Dollar Arm £150,050 #15 236 screens, as Disney over the last decade has struggled to open anything that’s not a property anymore.
In September it will be the 35th anniversary of the Dead Poet’s Society in the UK (after opening in June in the US) opened £605,680 (£2,058,792 inflated) 192 screens taking £5,871,252 (£19,957,217 inflated) having very long legs.
Over a quiet weekend had it opened wider, and Disney got behind it could have opened similar to the recent The Boys In The Boat £270,297 #10 from 418 screens.
While audiences rush out to see the latest Marvel film and then are instantly forgotten till the next one opens films like Dead Poets Society that have a much longer lifespan play to a wider audience over decades and will be them countless times. Over the
Development started in 2015 after Jerry Bruckheimer acquired the film rights originally planned to be released on Disney+ but after positive test screenings, Disney opted to give it a theatrical release. This was surprising as they have struggled with original films over the last decade.
While Jerry Bruckheimer is famous for his big action films he has also produced many female-led films including Flashdance, Dangerous Minds, Coyote Ugly, Veronica Guerin and Confessions of a Shopaholic. It’s his first Disney film since Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales as afterwards he moved to Paramount where he produced Gemini Man, Top Gun: Maverick and Secret Headquarters.
Young Woman And The Sea was likely given a token theatrical release by Disney to keep director Joachim Rønning happy who is currently directing Tron: Ares for Disney, he previously directed 2019’s Maleficent: Mistress of Evil and 2017’s Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales for Disney and is attached to direct Pirates of the Caribbean 6 Jerry Bruckheimer will produce.
In an interview with Yahoo UK Joachim Rønning said “Making good movies,” is how to get audiences into cinemas… “Maybe that’s naive, but I feel that we have to keep making good movies of all types. ”.. “Right now, it can feel a little brutal,” he continues. “We have to get back. We’ve had the pandemic; we’ve had the strikes… “Last summer, we saw a glimpse of what it can be with Barbie and Oppenheimer, vastly different movies. It felt so good to go to the Cineplex and see a packed Cineplex. “There’s a lot of amazing movies on the horizon and I hope people will go and see Young Woman and the Sea and keep going to the cinema. It’s something we have to keep doing.”
While Jerry Bruckheimer said he has a simple philosophy. “[I ask myself,] ‘Do I want to see it?’ I don’t know what you like. I don’t know what the audience likes. I know what I like.”
Disney has had no interest in original films for over a decade and has become their Achilles’ heel why did feel the acquisition of 20th Century Fox would change this instead 20th Century Studios’ output has been mostly sequels, spinoffs, reimaginations and Avatar sequels. While Searchlight Pictures has come short of the success Fox Searchlight had, their biggest since 2020 The Menu $41.28m and Poor Things $34.5m.
Jerry Bruckheimer said Young Woman and the Sea was the highest-tested film he has made; the problem is it’s not a film audiences will rush out to see over the opening weekend it’s a word-of-mouth film what doesn’t help there is an embargo until after its UK premiere, why have an embargo for a film based on real-life events?
Disney did similar with 2003’s Veronica Guerin £271,996 #4 from 53 screens; expanded to 254 screens after 4 weeks taking £2,942,645 after 7 weeks
Young Woman and the Sea is the first of three Jerry Bruckheimer films released this summer with his second Bad Boys: Ride Or Die opening next Wednesday, it received rave social media reactions. His third is Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F, the long-in-development sequel that was acquired by Netflix, its trailer was released last week.
The film had a limited opening in the US and Disney didn’t report BO for it.
Predictably Young Woman and the Sea will lose almost all of its screens on Thursday and then be released on Disney+ within a few weeks.
UK box office in detail
The weekend’s top 10 box office took £6,644,039 down 25.9% from last weekend’s £8,968,008: 838,894 admissions down 25.9% from 1,132,324 admissions.
48th biggest weekend of the last 52 weeks between 08 September 2023 #1 The Nun 2 £1,743,903 (26.2%) and 15 September 2023 #1 A Haunting in Venice £2,186,930 (33.84%)
133rd biggest since cinemas reopened out of 185 weeks between 08 September 2023 #1 The Nun 2 £1,743,903 (26.2%) and 04 November 2022 #1 Black Adam £2,006,821 (30.9%)
974th biggest top 10 of the last 22 years (out of 1,156) between 19 September 2008 #1 Tropic Thunder £2,483,271 (37.3%) and 08 October 2010 #1 Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps £1,784,309 (26.9%) and 1,093rd inflated between 08 September 2023 #1 The Nun 2 £1,743,903 (26.2%) and 01 September 2017 #1 American Made £968,068 (15.63%)
The top 3 took (£3,978,984) 59.9% of the top 10; IF 23.64% (£1,570,568); The Garfield Movie 20.32% (£1,349,975); Kingdom Of The Planet Of The Apes 15.93% (£1,058,441)
929th highest #1 percentage (23.64%) between 24 May 2024 #1 Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga (23.65%) and 23 January 2015 #1 American Sniper (23.62%)
1,089th biggest admissions #1 (198,304) between 19 September 2014 #1 The Boxtrolls (198,383) and 04 April 2008 #1 27 Dresses (197,819)
Down 59.9% from 2023; (£16,560,628); Spider-Man: Across The Spider-Verse (£9,159,823); The Boogeyman (£492,071); SUGA – Agust D TOUR ‘D-DAY’ In JAPAN: LIVE VIEWING (£119,465); Die Zauberflote – Met Opera 2023 (£104,669); Reality (£62,987); The Machine (£36,377); Thelma & Louise (4K Restoration) (£5,977); #1 Spider-Man: Across The Spider-Verse £9,159,823 1st week 676 screens (55.31%)
Down 53.2% from 2022 (£14,210,581); Men (£519,907); Hamlet – Met Opera 2022 (£27,446); Dashcam (£9,060); #1 Top Gun: Maverick £10,325,500 756 screens 2nd week 35% drop (8% without previews) (72.7% of top 10)
Down 13.6% 2021 from (£7,692,672); The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It (£2,708,455); Cruella (£1,453,635); Demon Slayer: Mugen Train (£693,081); First Cow (£21,862); #1 The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It £2,708,455 1st week 473 screens (35.21%)
2020: Lockdown 1
Down 60.6% from 2019; (£16,880,406); Godzilla: King of the Monsters (£3,507,717); Ma (£509,624); Thunder Road (£44,065); #1 Aladdin 2nd week £4,888,931 31% drop 645 screens (28.96% of top 10)
Down 32.2% from 2018: (£9,802,656); Book Club (£720,858); My Friend Dahmer (£37,940); #1 Solo: A Star Wars Story £3,147,338 684 screens 48% drop 2nd week (32.1% of top 10)
Down 58.8% from 2017: (£16,108,699); Wonder Woman (£6,179,616); Baywatch (£4,631,244); My Life as a Courgette (£55,566); Dough (£51,426); #1 Wonder Woman £6,179,616 1st week 599 screens (38.3% of top 10)
Down 54.4% from 2016: (£14,572,147); Warcraft: The Beginning (£3,623,725); Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows (£3,495,445); Me Before You (£1,790,657); The Nice Guys (£1,004,622); Race (£39,990); #1 Warcraft: The Beginning £3,623,725 500 screens 1st week (24.8% of top 10)
Down 46.4% from 2015; (£12,383,288); San Andreas (£4,628,394); Man Up (£528,748); Danny Collins (£225,308); The Connection (£82,486); #1 San Andreas £4,628,394 505 screens 1st week (37.3% of top 10)
Down 58.1% from 2014: (£15,825,863); Maleficent (£6,590,071); Edge of Tomorrow (£1,886,096); A Million Ways to Die in the West (£1,240,465); Jimmy’s Hall (£131,703); Heaven is for Real (£7,762); #1 Maleficent £6,590,071 486 screens 1st week (41.6% of top 10)
Down 45.3% from 2013: (£12,145,608); The Purge (£1,019,877); The Big Wedding (£595,956); Byzantium (£114,339); Populaire (£106,192); #1 The Hangover Part III £2,917,887 498 screens 51% drop 2nd week (24.1% of top 10)
Down 59.2% from 2012 (£16,285,480); Prometheus (£6,236,580); Snow White and the Huntsman (£3,589,027); Top Cat – The Movie (£457,287); The Angels’ Share (£256,446); LOL (£114,545); #1 Prometheus £6,236,580 1st week 514 screens (38.2% of top 10)
Down 50.3% from 2011; (£13,361,869); X-Men: First Class (£5,438,386); Eyes Wide Open 3D (£463,914); Senna (£375,173); Last Night (£51,245); Prom (£34,885); Screwed (£9,297); #1 X-Men: First Class £5,438,386 1st week 507 screens (40.7% of top 10)
Down 12.6% from 2010: (£7,601,859); Death at a Funeral (£696,280); 4.3.2.1 (£433,218); She’s Out of My League (£400,554); The Killer Inside Me (£124,006); #1 Sex and the City 2 £2,473,043 2nd week 521 screens 60% drop (32.5% of top 10)
Down 8.1% from 2009; (£7,228,664); Drag Me to Hell (£1,907,731); 12 Rounds (£326,804); Obsessed (£154,344); Jonas Brothers 3D Concert Experience (£117,060); Fireflies in the Garden (£20,828); #1 Night at the Museum 2 £2,054,769 520 screens 51% drop 2nd week (28.4% of top 10)
Down 59.5% from 2008; (£16,421,392); Sex and the City (£8,767,265); Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay (£265,346); Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins (£40,380); #1 Sex and the City £8,767,265 460 screens 1st weeks (53.4% of top 10)
Down 18.7% from 2007: (£8,174,672); Wedding Daze (£803,471); Paradise Lost (£406,822); The Hitcher (£217,973); Flyboys (£38,531); #1 Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End £5,381,920 2nd week 550 screens 60% drop (65.8% of top 10)
Down 12.9% from 2006; (£7,629,707); Poseidon (£1,349,080); United 93 (£616,882); Wah-Wah (£46,159); Benchwarmers (£40,366); #1 X-Men: The Last Stand £ 2,310,683 2nd week 448 screens 67% drop (30.3% of top 10)
Down 25.9% from 2005: (£8,963,845); Sin City (£2,452,299); The League of Gentlemen’s Apocalypse (£555,996); #1 Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith £3,313,328 3rd week 490 screens 39% drop (36.9% of top 10)
Down 42.5% from 2004 (£11,556,263); The Day After Tomorrow (£7,321,633); #1 The Day After Tomorrow £7,321,633 1st 429 screens (63.3% of top 10)
Up 3.1% from 2003 (£6,447,499); Bringing Down the House (£1,133,139); Ripley’s Game (£244,457); #1 The Matrix Reloaded £3,783,905 2nd week 481 screens 69% drop (58.6% of top 10)
Up 10.6% from 2002 (£6,007,556); 40 Days and 40 Nights (£1,027,578); The Time Machine (£808,389); Snow Dogs (£331,432); #1 Star Wars Ep II – Attack of the Clones £2,442,698 471 screens 3rd week 40.6% drop (61.9% of top 10)
2023 Next week: (£10,750,760); Transformers: Rise Of The Beasts (£2,973,478); Chevalier (£124,432); Hairspray (35th Anniversary) (£2,306); #1 Spider-Man: Across The Spider-Verse £4,062,817 2nd week 690 screens 56% drop (37.79%)
US Box Office
- The Garfield Movie – Sony Pictures
Dropped 42% in the second weekend taking $14m #1 and $51.57m
801st biggest second weekend between Charlie’s Angels: Full Throttle and Bad Moms (close to Power Rangers (2017), Where the Wild Things Are, 101 Dalmatians (1996) and Dolphin Tale)
EntTelligence reported Garfield had 1.3m admissions to 700k admissions for Furiosa; Garfield’s average ticket price was $10.75 Versus Furiosa’s $15.
2004’s Garfield: The Movie dropped 47.8% $11.34m #5 and $42.35m of $75.36m and $203.17m WW
2006’s Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties dropped 28.5% $5.2m #8 and $16.48m of $28.42m and $143.32m WW
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2015’s Pixels dropped 56.3% $10.5m #5 and $45.71m of $78.74m and $244.87m
2017’s The Emoji Movie dropped 51.1% $12m #3 and $49.1m of $86.08m and $217.77m WW
Took $27.1m from 51 territories $100.7m total and $152.2m worldwide; Mexico $19m; UK $8.1m; China $8.2m; Germany $7.6m.
- Furiosa – Warner Bros
Down 59% in its second weekend taking $10.78m #2 and $49.7m
Has taken $18m worldwide from IMAX $9.5m US and $8.5m internationally
2015’s Mad Max: Fury Road dropped 45.8% $24.63m #3 and $88.07m of $154.28m and $380.41m WW
2017’s Blade Runner 2049 dropped 52.7% $15.49m #2 and $60.97m of $92.07m and $267.69m WW 2018’s Solo: A Star Wars Story dropped 65.2% $29.39m and $148.98m of $213.76m and $392.92m.
The previous four films took $220m+ in the US with the original trilogy taking $68.67m in the US and $159.65m WW with Mad Max opening in 1980, Mad Max II 1982 and Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome in 1985 makes it impossible to make any BO comparisons.
The original Mad Max film took $100m worldwide and held the Guinness World Record for the highest box-office-to-budget ratio of any film until the release of 1999’s The Blair Witch Project.
Took $21m and $64.7m from 77 territories and $114.4m worldwide; $4.3m from IMAX; South Korea $4.5m; France $2.6m; UK $2.5m; Mexico $2.4m; Australia $2.2m.
- IF – Paramount Pictures
Dropped 35% in the third weekend $10.5m #3 and $80.13m
While IF received mixed reviews audience reaction has been far more positive with 74% of children saying the film exceeds their expectations.
638th biggest third weekend between The Big Short and War for the Planet of the Apes (close to Enchanted, Fred Claus, Rise of the Guardians and Ghostbusters: Afterlife).
Hard to make any comparisons as there are so few live-action original family films that aren’t based on an existing property similar to 2011’s Hop dropped 49.7% $10.71m #3 and $82.15m of $108.49m and $184.36m WW. While Ryan Reynold’s last theatrical release 2021’s Free Guy dropped 28.9% $13.16m #2 and $78.91m of $121.62m and $331.52m WW.
John Krasinski previously directed 2018’s A Quiet Place taking $188.02m and $340.95m WW and 2020’s A Quiet Place Part II taking $160.07m and $297.37m WW but of course, was playing to a different demographic.
1,077th biggest Jumper and The Mummy (2017); 2,115th biggest inflated between Insidious: The Last Key and Star Trek: Nemesis; 11th biggest 2024 film between The Fall Guy and Mean Girls; 169th biggest children’s film between Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius and Goosebumps; 148th biggest Paramount Pictures between Nacho Libre and Jack Reacher.
Took $11m from 69 territories $57m total and $138m worldwide; France $6.8m; Mexico $5.5m; UK $5.4m; Australia $3.4m; Germany $2.4m.
- Kingdom Of The Planet Of The Apes – Disney
Dropped 33% in its fourth weekend $8.96m #4 and $140.16m.
402nd biggest fourth weekend between Miss Congeniality and Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales (close to A Quiet Place Part II, Batman v Superman, War of the Worlds and Clash of the Titans); Dawn of the Planet of the Apes #427 $8.69m; War for the Planet of the Apes #792 $6.16m; Rise of the Planet of the Apes #415 $8.86m; Planet of the Apes #628 $7.14m
467th biggest between Ocean’s 8 and Rush Hour 3; 1,120th biggest inflated between Doc Hollywood and Open Season; 4th biggest 2024 between Kung Fu Panda 4 and Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire; 74th biggest sci-fi film between Deep Impact and The Matrix Revolutions.
30+ years ago when a film took $1bn globally it was the sign of a hit; Jurassic Park was $1.11bn in 1993 260m+ global admissions now $1bn is less than 100m admissions.
Fourth weekends
2017’s War for the Planet of the Apes dropped 41.1% $6.16m #9 and $130.44m of $146.88m and $490.71m WW
2014’s Dawn of the Planet of the Apes dropped 48.2% $8.69m #5 and $189.31m of $208.54m and $710.64m WW
2011’s Rise of the Planet of the Apes dropped 45% $8.86m #3 and $148.67m of $176.76m and $481.8m WW
2001’s Planet of the Apes dropped 46.3% $7.14m #7 and $161.23m of $180.01m and $362.21m WW
The three films took $533m in the US and $1.67bn worldwide, and 2001’s film took $180m in the US and $362m worldwide, so had Disney not brought Fox in 2019 they would have made a fourth film, but it would have been released much sooner.
Took $15.2m (down 28%) from 52 territories $197.2m total and $337.1m worldwide; China $28m; France $20.3m; Mexico $18m; UK $16.8m; Brazil $9.2m; Australia $7m; Korea $6.7m; Spain $6.4m.
Took $21.8m worldwide from IMAX $11.3m US and $10.5m internationally.
472nd biggest worldwide between Tomorrow Never Dies and Batman Forever; 7th biggest 2024 between Kung Fu Panda 4 and Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire; 97th biggest Sci-Fi worldwide between Close Encounters of the Third Kind and Star Trek Beyond.
- Young Woman and the Sea – Disney
BO Unreported by Disney estimated $500k; received mixed reviews (84% Rotten Tomatoes)
Disney used to have enormous success with feel-good sporting dramas from Rember The Titans to Cool Runnings, but their last real-life film 2016’s Queen of Katwe also flopped.
A decade ago, Alan Horn at CinemaCon said Million Dollar Arm had tested higher than any other film he had worked on which included Harry Potter, exhibitors reactions were very positive but then two months later opened $10.51m #4 taking $36.45m and $38.48m WW
Jerry Bruckheimer has had huge success with action films over the last 40 years he has also had huge success with female-led films including 1983’s Flashdance opened $4.07m taking $92.92m; 1995’s Dangerous Minds opened $14.93m taking $84.91m and $179.51m WW and 2000’s Coyote Ugly opened 17.31m and $60.78m and $113.91m WW.
Over the last 15 years, Disney has struggled with original films only success from output deals 2011’s The Help from Dreamworks and 2021’s Free Guy they inherited after acquiring 20th Century Fox in 2019.
In the ’80s to 00s Disney had a lot of success with many inspirational films both real-life and fictional, last weekend was the 35th anniversary of one of the biggest hits Dead Poets Society after opening on platform expanded in its second weekend $7.54m ($21m inflated) #3 taking $95,860,116 ($258,990,489 inflated) and $175m worldwide ($475m inflated).
- The Fall Guy – Universal Pictures
Dropped 30% in the fifth weekend $4.19m #5 and $80.286m
792nd biggest fifth weekend between The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 1 and Tropic Thunder (close to The Great Gatsby, Road to Perdition, Dungeons & Dragons and The Addams Family).
1,069th biggest between Zookeeper and AVP: Alien Vs. Predator; 2,109th biggest inflated between Against All Odds and After Earth; 7th biggest 2024 between Bob Marley: One Love and IF; 68th biggest based on TV between Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius and The Dukes of Hazzard; 144th biggest Universal Pictures between Fried Green Tomatoes and The Mummy (2017).
Fourth weekends
2022’s The Lost City dropped 30.3% $4.33m #7 and $85.35m of $105.34m and $192.9m WW
2012’s 21 Jump Street dropped 34.4% $6.55m #8 and $120.32m of $138.44m and $201.58m WW
2014’s 22 Jump Street dropped 33.7% $6.5m #4 and $171.76m of $191.71m and $331.33m WW
2004’s Starsky & Hutch dropped 48.1% $3.22m #12 and $81.9m of $88.23m and $170.26m WW
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1999’s Bowfinger dropped 38.1% $3.6m #5 and $60.4m of $66.38m and $98.62m WW
2008’s Tropic Thunder dropped 42.1% $4.18m #5 and $102.97m of $110.51m and $195.7m WW
David Leitch previously directed films
2022’a Bullet Train up 3.1% $5.78m #2 and $86.31m of $103.36m and $239.26m WW
2017’s Atomic Blonde dropped 60.6% $859,195 #21 and $49.02m of $51.68m and $100.01m WW
2018’s Deadpool 2 dropped 38.6% $8.68m #5 and $294.56m of $324.57m and $786.32m WW
2019’s Hobbs & Shaw dropped 19.9% $6.46m #4 and $157.27m of $173.95m and $760.73m WW
Ryan Gosling’s 2016’s The Nice Guys dropped 58% $822,340 #14 and $34.2m of $36.26m and $71.26m WW; 2004’s The Notebook dropped 22.4% $4.26m #8 and $62.31m of $81.41m and $118.26m WW.
Took $3.4m internationally from 81 territories total of $77.6m and $158m worldwide; UK $13.7m; Australia $8.7m; Germany $6.2m; France $5.1m; Mexico $4.2m.
1,218th biggest worldwide between Alien 3 and Happy Feet Two; 11th biggest 2024 between Bob Marley: One Love and The Beekeeper; 68th biggest based on TV between The Muppets and PAW Patrol: The Movie; 161st biggest Universal Pictures between Daylight and The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift.
UK Box Office Top 10
UK Box Office Preview
Bad Boys: Ride or Die opened Wednesday, after receiving rave social media reactions two weeks earlier the embargo was ended on Tuesday and received mixed reviews.
Having a 5-day opening weekend should open similar to the previous two films but presales look soft, in the US was expected to open with $50m+ but presales have also been soft with Deadline saying it could open $30m+ but likely open $40m+; opens in 800+ IMAX cinemas worldwide.
2020’s Bad Boys For Life opened £3,781,233 #2 (behind 1917) 535 screens taking £15,953,076
2003’s Bad Boys 2 opened £3,175,258 #1 383 screens (£5,663,974 inflated) taking £8,408,498 (£14,998,942 inflated)
1995’s Bad Boys opened £866,215 #1 299 screens (£1,971,386 inflated) taking £5,079,511 (£11,560,266 inflated)
2020’s Bad Boys For Life opened $62.5m ($38.6m from 39 territories and $97.8m worldwide) taking $206.3m and $426.5m WW; 2003’s Bad Boys 2 opened $46.52m taking $138.6m and $273.34m WW; 1995’s Bad Boys opened $15.52m taking $65.8m and $141.4m WW.
Immediately after the opening of 2020’s Bad Boys for Life Sony Pictures announced they were developing a fourth film; it was shortly put on hold after Will Smith slapped Chris Rock at the 2022 Oscars, in February 2023 Will Smith announced the fourth film was in pre-production. Filming started in April but stopped in July after the SAG strike started and filming restarted in December.
Will audiences opt to stay at home and watch the far superior action-comedy Hit Man directed by Richard Linklater and Glen Powell, which has received far more positive reviews (97% Rotten Tomatoes)? Netflix acquired the film for $20m after premiering at the Toronto Film Festival. It had a limited theatrical release in the UK.
The Watched (The Watchers in the US) directed by M. Night Shyamalan’s daughter Ishana Night Shyamalan opens in the UK a week before the US. As it’s based on A. M. Shine book The Watchers why was its title changed for the UK?
Horror films have so far this year underperformed and The Watched is likely to follow in the footsteps of The Strangers: Chapter 1 opening £452,506; Abigail £596,590; The First Omen £521,572; Immaculate £522,583; Imaginary £652,808; Night Swim £590,691. The genre used to perform well, and success would breed success as they would attract similar demographics, that’s the reason why when one underperforms all that have followed do too.
If The Watched performs similarly to her dad’s recent films opening will be front-loaded
M. Night Shyamalan’s previous films
2023’s Knock at the Cabin opened £985,027 #3 taking £2,020,346
2021’s Old opened #4 £866,860 taking £3,181,707
2019’s Glass opened £3,423,380 35.5% of £9,646,964.
2017’s Split opened £2,548,516 23.1% of £11,018,069
2015’s The Visit opened £1,031,292 36.7% of £2,805,591.
2013’s After Earth opened £2,249,532 36.6% of £6,137,273
2010’s The Last Airbender opened £1,653,776 #3 39.1% of £4,225,793
2008’s The Happening £1,632,055 (£2,350,787 inflation inflated) 41.9% of £3,895,001 (£5,610,300 inflation inflated)
2006’s Lady in the Water opened £452,744 #9 (£671,214 inflation inflated) in the top 10 for only one week
2004’s The Village £2,945,763 (£4,913,979 inflation inflated) 29.5% of £9,980,280 (£16,648,619 inflation inflated)
2002’s Signs £3,767,713 (£6,578,128 inflation inflated) 23.4% of £16,084,656 (£28,082,535 inflation inflated)
2000’s £2,004,890 (£3,412,870 inflation inflated) 17.8% of £11,222,712 (inflation inflated £19,563,228)
1999’s The Sixth Sense £4,792,296 (£8,730,858 inflation inflated) 18.6% of £25,407,279 (£46,288,321 inflation inflated).
The arrival of these two films and the end of the half-term holidays will see IF and The Garfield Movie dropping about 40% in their fourth/third weeks. While Kingdom Of The Planet Of The Apes and Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga drop about 50%.
Opening in two weeks
- A Quiet Place: Day One – Paramount Pictures
Apocalyptic horror prequel and the third instalment in the A Quiet Place film series starring Lupita Nyong’o, Joseph Quinn, and Alex Wolff, with Djimon Hounsou and written and directed by Michael Sarnoski.
In 2020 Jeff Nichols was attached to write and direct a spinoff but in October 2021 dropped out of the film due to “creative differences” and was replaced by Michael Sarnoski (previously directed Pig).
It was originally set for release on March 31, 2023, September 22, 2023, and March 8, 2024, before moving to June 28th in October 23 after Mission Impossible 8 was delayed till 2025.
2018’s A Quiet Place opened £2,696,892 (£704,378 previews) #2 from 526 screens 22.85% of £11,801,912
2021’s A Quiet Place Part II opened £3,567,048 (£1,316,513 previews) #1 561 screens 30.89% of £11,547,774
Being a prequel as with so many others it’s unlikely to open as strongly as the previous two films as neither John Krasinski or Emily Blunt star in the film.
- Horizon: An American Saga Chapter One – Warner Bros
The first part of an epic Western starring Kevin Costner, Sienna Miller, Sam Worthington, Giovanni Ribisi, Jena Malone, Abbey Lee, Michael Rooker, Danny Huston, Luke Wilson, Isabelle Fuhrman, Jeff Fahey, Will Patton and Thomas Haden Church and directed by Kevin Costner.
It premiered at the Cannes Film Festival receiving mixed reviews; Chapter 2 will be released on August 16, Chapter 3 started shooting in May and Chapter 4 is in development.
Kevin Costner started developing Horizon in 1988 and it was originally based at Disney in 2003 when he made the film 2004’s Open Range (opened £424,954/£749,585 inflated) taking £872,843/£1,539,625 inflated) in February 2022 it was announced Warner Bros were attached to distribute all of the instalments; has an 181-running time with the four films having 12 hour running time.
Kevin Costner previously directed 1990’s Dances With Wolves (opened £353,490 79 screens (£923,974 inflated) taking £10,598,273 (£27,702,417 inflated); 1997’s The Postman and 2003’s Open Range and has had huge success from acting roles in the ’90s including Dances With Wolves, Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves, JFK and The Bodyguard but over the last 30 years has had mixed success and his fanbase will be 45+ those who grew up with his films.
The question is who the audience for these films the home is sadly now on streaming as they are unlikely to find the wide audiences, they need to be profitable. As seen by the recent Strangers Part 1, the first of three films planned for release this year if the first film comes short of expectations, what kind of release will the sequels have?
While the Western genre has struggled with the biggest over the last 15 years True Grit. Django Unchained, The Lone Ranger, The Magnificent Seven, The Hateful Eight and Killers of the Flower Moon. But there have also been many misses over the last 20 years.
- Kinds Of Kindness – Disney
Dark comedy starring Emma Stone, Jesse Plemons, Willem Dafoe, Margaret Qualley, Hong Chau, Joe Alwyn, Mamoudou Athie, and Hunter Schafer and directed by Yorgos Lanthimos.
Had its world premiere at the Cannes Film Festival receiving positive reviews (80% on Rotten Tomatoes)
Yorgos Lanthimos’s previous films
2024’s Poor Things £1,819,563 (Includes £254,972 previews) taking £7,566,251
2019’s The Favourite opened £3,973,975 including £1,775,372 previews) £2,198,603 (Fri-Sun) #2 538 screens taking £16,972,417; Poor Things is an 18 while The Favourite 15.
2017’s The Killing of a Sacred Deer opened £286,448 #10 from 100 screens taking £862,085
2015’s The Lobster opened £229,619 #9 from 75 screens taking £1,521,066
2009’s Dogtooth opened £26,149 from 16 screens taking £189,815