- Nope – £1,147,638 – £4,569,864
Down 38% in its second weekend
Took 40% less on its second Friday (£432k)
814th biggest second weekend in the UK between Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story and Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (close to Hollow Man, Shallow Grave, Jeepers Creepers and Shaun of the Dead) and 1,165th biggest inflation inflated between Insidious: The Last Key and Flight (close to The Hills Have Eyes, Snakes on a Plane, Real Steel and The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It).
73rd biggest horror between Halloween Kills and Piranha 3-D (close to Candyman, Jigsaw, Dracula Untold and The Black Phone) and 89th biggest inflation-inflated horror between Underworld: Evolution, Candyman (1993), Poltergeist and Evil Dead).
1,321st biggest in the UK between Why Him? and The Predator (close to John Carter, Unstoppable, Layer Cake and Lucky Number Slevin) and 1,510th biggest inflation inflated between Geostorm and Rambo (close to The Northman, The Great Wall, Candyman (1993) and Insidious Chapter 3).
Jordan Peele’s first UK #1 film, Get Out opened the same weekend as Beauty and the Beast in March 2017 and Us opened the weekend after Captain Marvel in March 2019, but both films were seen as alternatives to the major release but with Nope it was the major release but still is performing like an alternative. In this quiet marketplace, Nope should be taking much more than the films charting below it, but instead, only £700k separates #1 with Orphan: First Kill #10. August often sees multiple films holding strongly but they are normally taking much more as was the case in August 2013 when 9 films took £1m+ and 11 £900k+.
2019’s Us dropped 40% taking £1,692,205 #3 and £6,080,520 60.5% of £9,071,603; #1 Dumbo £6.07m 1st week
2017’s Get Out dropped 17% taking £1,366,829 #3 and £4,864,838 48.4% of £10,053,463; #1 Beauty and the Beast £12.33m 2nd week
- 2. Bullet Train – £837,799 – £6,876,142
Dropped 7.9% in its third weekend; would be a more impressive hold had it not dropped almost 70% in its second weekend, but cooler temperatures saw all films have smaller drops, but most all start at a lower level than they should be at.
106th biggest action film between The Equalizer 2 and RED (close to Rush Hour, Lethal Weapon 4, Lethal Weapon 2 and Taken) and 146th biggest inflation inflated between Get Smart and This Means War (close to Olympus Has Fallen, The Expendables 2, Ride Along 2 and Executive Decision).
2017’s Atomic Blonde took £3,063,918 (stayed in the top 15 for 2 weeks)
Third weekends
2017’s John Wick: Chapter Two dropped 62% £437,704 #9 and £5,370,534 93.1% of £5,766,633
2019’s John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum #6 dropped 55% £641,642 and £8,002,938 83.5% of £9,587,828
2010’s Kick-Ass dropped 24% £910,453 #4 and £9,040,664 78.4% of £11,528,933 (£15,656,097 inflation inflated)
2014’s Lucy dropped 39% £1,197,432 #2 and £10,445,937 74% of £14,129,734
2003’s Kill Bill Volume 1 dropped 37% £1,118,581 #3 and £8,581,458 75% of £11,453,044 (£21,149,511 inflation inflated); the film never was #1 due to Finding Nemo
2004’s Kill Bill Volume 2 dropped 47% £774,313 #3 £7,440,203 82.4% of £9,024,046 (£16,239,263 inflation inflated)
980th biggest film between Bride Wars and The Hateful Eight (close to Sin City, Super 8, Miami Vice and In the Line of Fire) and 1,337th biggest inflation inflated between Total Recall and Just Go With (close to Malice, The Tourist, Ad Astra and The Mexican).
Down 2.6% in the fourth weekend; after a softer than expected opening DC League of Super-Pets is holding well as it is only one of a few films aimed at children
Fourth weekend
2022’s The Bad Guys dropped 9% £738,011 #5 from 632 screens and £9,362,010 69.5% of £13,478,928
2021’s Space Jam: A New Legacy dropped 17% £1,070,174 from 620 screens and £8,789,359 68.4% of £12,856,287; took 9.43x opening
2021’s The Croods 2: A New Age down 3% £867,255 from 623 screens and £5,932,160 59.3% of £10m; took 14.36x opening
2018’s Smallfoot £1,145,377 down 28% #4 from 593 screens and £10,174,311 90.4% of £11,250,608
2016’s Storks down 42% £366,888 #9 from 523 screens and £5,871,165 87.6% of £6,703,174
110th biggest animated film between The Hunchback Of Notre Dame and Angry Birds (close to Smallfoot, Pokemon: The First Movie, Lightyear and Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse) and 14th biggest inflation inflated between Planes and Sherlock Gnomes (close to Cars 3, The Croods 2: A New Age, The LEGO Ninjago Movie and Hotel Transylvania).
It’s hard to make direct comparisons with other animated films as being DC it won’t play to a similar audience as other animated films, that said The LEGO Batman Movie played across audiences, but that was of course helped by the hugely popular The LEGO Movie opening a couple of years earlier.
The combination of superheroes and pets should have been a winning combination before as has been family films about pets many times before in the UK BO. But the issue was it targeted the same audience as Minions The Rise of Gru, this was also one of the reasons why Lightyear was disappointed at the BO, why release three animated films targetting boys so close to each other?
While Warner brought forward the release of the film after production delays on Black Adam which was originally due to open at the end of July. What didn’t help DC League of Super-Pets is that it was targeting the same audience as Minions: The Rise of Guru
Down only 0.3% in its eighth weekend despite being available to watch at home showing again that family films still find an audience after being released on VOD.
took £103,777 more than Minions (£1,007,186) and £78,477 less than Despicable Me 3 (£1,189,440) and £178,487 less than Despicable Me 2 (£1,289,450).
4th biggest film of 2022 is The Batman and Jurassic World Dominion; the 7th 2022 release takes £30m+ and the 8th film this year to take £30m+ as in 2022 Spider-Man No Way Home took £44m of its BO 2022.
75th biggest film (78th film to take £40m+) between The Batman and Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (close to Peter Rabbit, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2, Captain Marvel and Star Wars; Revenge of the Sith) and 176th biggest inflation inflated between Sex and the City and I am Legend (close to Batman, X-Men 2, Goldeneye and Jumanji: The Next Level).
11th biggest Universal Pictures film between Les Miserables and Fast & Furious 7 (close to Despicable Me 2, Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom, Jurassic World Dominion and Sing 2) and 13th biggest inflation-inflated Universal Pictures film between Fast & Furious 7 and The Secret Life of Pets.
12th biggest animated film between Frozen and Inside Out (close to Toy Story 2, Finding Dory, Shrek The Third and Finding Nemo) and 30th biggest inflation-inflated animated film between Shark Tale and The Lego Movie (close to Finding Dory, Shrek Forever After, Ratatouille and Madagascar).
Eighth weekends
2017’s Despicable Me 3 dropped 16% taking £633,634 #6 from 563 screens and £43,212,759 90.8% of £47,562,575; #1 The Hitman’s Bodyguard £1,982,951 1st week; #4 The Emoji Movie £1,028,182 3rd week; 9 films took £500k+
2015’s Minions up 13% taking £581,573 #8 from 524 screens and £43,237,367 90.7% of £47,645,626; #1 Pixels £2,660,772 1st week; #2 Inside Out £1,912,671 4th week; 8 films took £500k+
2013’s Despicable Me 2 dropped 17% taking £768,575 #10 from 468 screens and £42,676,372 90% of £47,436,199; #1 Kick-Ass 2 £2,482,187 1st week; strong weekend with 12 taking £500k+
2010’s Despicable Me dropped 30% taking £136,358 #8 from 340 screens and £19,586,224 99.6% of £19,670,786; #1 Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 1 £3,739,781 3rd week
All except Despicable Me opened the same weekend the last in June so it was a similar mid-August weekend as Minions: The Rise of Gru with all films holding strongly
If Minions: The Rise of Gru holds like Minions and Despicable Me 3 it should take about £45m
- 5. Dragon Ball Super: SUPER HERO – £663,290 – NE
Took £263k from previews on Wed/Thurs without previews would have opened #10 behind Orphan: First Kill (£434,601) but as preview, BO is always included with films it needs to be positioned in #5 and without previews Fisherman’s Friends: One And All would have opened #5.
Dragon Ball films have become popular over the years several Dragon Ball films have been released over the last decade but after the strong BO of Demon Slayer -Kimetsu no Yaiba-The Movie: Mugen Train in May 2021 (£693,081 including £389,220 from previews) #4 from 336 screens (10 days after cinemas reopened) taking £1,357,821.
Dragon Ball Super: SUPER HERO will have the widest opening to date and will play in many IMAX cinemas in the UK.
Jujutsu Kaisen 0 opened with £825,529 in March while 2003’s Spirited Away took £919,307 after opening #13 with £152,504 from 51 screens (didn’t expand further).
As with Paw Patrol films over recent years with 2015’s Dragon Ball Z: Resurrection ‘F’ released by National Amusements opening #11 taking £151,087 from 74 screens and National Amusements released several Anime films in 2017; 2019’s Dragon Ball Super: Broly opened #7 with £851,508 from 188 screens.
2020’s re-release of Akira opened #3 with £201,124 from 109 screens only weeks after UK cinemas reopened after the first lockdown, its re-release had been planned to have a 300+ opening but Cineworld/Picturehouse closed their 127 cinemas days before it was to open.
While National Amusements released Belle in February 2020 opened #9 with £152,287 from 147 screens.
It opened in June in Japan delayed from April after the film was affected by ransomware released by Crunchyroll and Sony Pictures outside Japan.
As seen by taking 40% of opening over two days of previews these films are very front-loaded as they still have a small fanbase so open big and then drop heavily in their second weekend.
Also opened
- Fisherman’s Friends: One And All – Entertainment Film Distributors
Opened #6 with £656,293 from 640 screens
Had a disappointing opening with almost half the opening of the first film in 2019, could question why the film opened in August rather than April or September as it had been previously dated, but mid-August has been a very lucrative time to open feel-good British films.
In 2019 Fisherman’s Friends opened #2 with £1,154,865 from 506 screens behind the second weekend of Captain Marvel £6,643,217 holding strongly in its second weekend taking £972,996 #3 down 16% from 537 screens and £3,361,336 45.4% of £7,380,488 (6.4x opening) and £629,247 in its third weekend taking £4,842,734 staying in the top 10 for 4 weeks.
As with all of the Entertainment Film releases Fisherman’s Friends: One and All has received strong marketing and media coverage being a British film. Reviews have been positive saying if you enjoyed the first film then will enjoy the sequel as it’s more of the same continuing the story from where the first film ended.
Mid to late August has been a very lucrative time to release a British comedy as the marketplace is less crowded due to a slowdown in US releases and next weekend is the 25th anniversary of the biggest feel-good British comedy The Full Monty, it opened with £1.6m and ran for a year in UK cinemas becoming the biggest film ever in the UK beaten by Titanic a year later.
Entertainment Film Distributors had huge success opening two Inbetweeners movies in August; 2011’s The Inbetweeners Movie opened £13,216,736 taking £45,030,412 (£60,040,549 inflation inflated) and 2014’s The Inbetweeners Movie 2 opened £12,538,114 taking £33,386,962 (£40,143,847 inflation inflated).
The opening was similar to 2013’s Sunshine on Leith opened #3 with £770,239 from 400 screens in October 2013, down only 5% in its second-weekend #2 taking £732,296 from 426 screens and £2,165,216 taking £4,550,851.
Entertainment Films always heavily market their films and over the last 30 years have regularly invested in making British films alongside acquiring films and are the one British independent distributor that has managed to outlast so many others over the last 40 years. So many companies have opened UK operations over the years often spending huge on acquiring a film in the hope they can crack the UK market but there have been so many casualties along the way the latest being STX closing UK operations only 5 years after opening.
Also released
Top Gun Maverick increased 27.8% in its 13th weekend £517,433 #7 taking £79,566,898 and Elvis also increased 17.5% in its 9th weekend £494,039 #8 taking £24,958,991 despite being available on VOD showing again that if it’s a film people want to see in the cinema they will still see it in the cinema. Top Gun Maverick was released on VOD on August 24th and will still likely hold well in its 14th weekend.
Cinema News
Last week was overshadowed by the news that had been expected for several years Cineworld going into Chapter 11 in the US. What was also predictable as they would blame the expected soft next three months due to a lack of sure-thing blockbusters rather than the real issue was their mounting debt from the purchase of Regal for $3.6bn in 2017.
Cineworld became a successful medium-sized UK exhibitor over the decade after opening its first multiplex in Stevenage in 1996. Their global success was due to not having US exhibitors, but over the years before Cineworld brought Regal they had seen AMC acquire many US and international cinema chains and Cineworld management was desperate to be similarly sized.
Cineworld’s purchase of Regal tripled the size of the company going from 246 cinemas to 751 and tripled the staff from 15,000 to 45,000 (now reduced to 28,000) but unlike AMC who had the backing of Wanda, Cineworld didn’t have the infrastructure in place to support the size of the company it had become.
The problem was Cineworld wasn’t finished with their acquisitions as in 2019 they announced they would buy Cineplex, this was received very negatively by the industry and analysts and a year later they decided to walk away from the acquisition and Cineplex sued them for $1bn, Cineworld lost the trial and are currently waiting for the appeal result, which they will surely lose as they had buyer’s remorse, realising many months later what everyone else knew when they announced the purchase.
Much has been made that Cineworld issues were caused by COVID, but they didn’t help themselves by the way they handled COVID immediately announcing in March 2020 that they were sacking 30,000 employees and then sacking them a second time via a Sunday Times article in October, while announcing a few months later a £208m bonus scheme if share increased to 190p/380p within 3 years, on Friday they dropped to 1.8p.
In January 2021 when they announced this bonus scheme they were 64p, while 6 months before announcing the Regal acquisition they were 320p. On Monday 30m shares of Cineworld were sold for £1m this would have been worth £2n in January 2021 and £10bn in May 2017. Over the last few days, there have been many smaller purchases of shares as some hope that they can “save” Cineworld as they did with AMC last year.
The industry should be very angry with Cineworld for putting a negative spotlight on cinema blaming poor admissions as that has yet to happen while there might not be any sure thing films opening until Black Panther Wakanda in November there are still many films that could find an audience, but these films take work with exhibitors working with distributors.
UK box office in detail
This weekend’s top 10 box office took £6,814,293 up 5% from last weekend’s £6,488,377
876th biggest top 10 of the last 21 years (out of 1,062) between 18 March 20 #1 The Batman £3,351,288 (49.1% of top 10) and 30 November 2007 #1 Fred Claus £1,937,042 (28.4% of top 10) and 1,008th biggest inflation inflated between 18 March 2022 #1 The Batman £3,351,288 (49.1% of top 10) and 01 September 2017 #1 American Made £968,068 (15.6% of top 10)
The weekend admissions were 843,353 up 6% from last week’s 796,088
Top 3 took £2,796,713 41.1% of the top 10; Fisherman’s Friends: One And All xx% (£xx); Nope 28.7% (£1,859,337); DC League of Super-Pets 12.8% (£831,799);
Down 9% from 2021 (£7,486,527); People Just Do Nothing: Big In Japan (£896,992); Snake Eyes (£542,265); The Night House (£315,610); Reminiscence (£260,272); Around The World In 80 Days (£120,726); Pig (£47,976); #1 Free Guy £2,267,660 2nd week 11% drop 652 screens (30.3% of top 10)
Up 515.5% from 2020 (£1,107,153); The Karate Kid (Re: 2020) (£32,117); Get Out (Re: 2020) (£3,392); #1 Unhinged £178,821 3rd week split over 4 weeks 380 screens up 32% (16.1% of top 10)
Down 21.1% from 2019 (£8,636,602); top three took 71.3% (£5,325,890) of the top 10; Angel Has Fallen 39.8% (£2,122,408); Once Upon A Time In Hollywood 39.6% (£2,109,591); The Lion King 20.5% (£1,093,891); #1 Angel Has Fallen 1st week (£2,122,408) 537 screens (24.5% of top 10)
Down 57.4% from 2018: (£15,986,556); Disney’s Christopher Robin (£2,553,810); The Equalizer 2 (£1,980,754); The Festival (£1,423,410); #1 Disney’s Christopher Robin £2,553,810 1st week 649 screens (15.9% of top 10)
Down 39.1% from 2017: (£9,602,351); The Hitman’s Bodyguard (£1,982,951); The Dark Tower (£910,529); Everything, Everything (£453,401); An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power (£201,130); #1 The Hitman’s Bodyguard £1,982,951 1st week 467 screens (20.6% of the top 10)
Down 29.1% from 2016: (£13,012,003); David Brent: Life on the Road (£1,460,290); Lights Out (£1,126,543); Swallows and Amazons (£676,175); Nine Lives (£636,804); Tickled (£25,602); #1 Finding Dory £2,868,459 4th week (2nd #1) 627 screens up 12% (22.1% of the top 10)
Down 27.4% from 2015; (£9,389,554); Paper Towns (£2,072,789); Sinister 2 (£1,069,261); Vacation (£608,748); The Bad Education Movie (£594,861); Strange Magic (£56,127); Good People (£25,454); #1 Paper Towns £2,072,789 1st week 472 screens (22.1% of top 10)
Down 39.2% from 2014: (£11,216,125); Lucy (£3,076,997); Into the Storm (£1,147,657); Deliver Us from Evil (£629,554); What If (£592,501); Doctor Who: Deep Breath (£522,908); 2 Days, 1 Night (£165,278); Thomas and Friends: Tale of the Brave (£60,328); Sin City: A Dame to Kill For (£12,117); Sin City (Re: 2014) (£10,244); #1 Lucy £3,076,997 1st week 486 screens (27.4% of top 10)
Down 42.8% from 2013: (£11,919,587); Kick-Ass 2 (£2,482,187); Planes (£1,735,940); 2 Guns (£1,423,738); Bachelorette (£19,396); #1 Kick-Ass 2 £2,482,187 1st week 483 screens (20.8% of top 10)
Down 61.1% from 2012 (£17,483,535); Brave (UK expansion) (£5,269,402); The Bourne Legacy (£4,620,289); The Expendables 2 (£1,985,082); The Wedding Video (£333,079); Take this Waltz (£70,358); #1 Brave £5,269,402 3rd week (1st #1) 553 screens 818% increase (30.1% of top 10)
Down 69.1% from 2011 (£22,058,353); The Inbetweeners Movie (£13,216,736); Cowboys & Aliens (£1,777,320); Spy Kids: All the Time in the World 4D (£703,078); Glee: The 3D Concert Movie (£356,271); The Guard (UK release) (£163,751); #1 The Inbetweeners Movie £13,216,736 1st week 453 (59.9% of top 10)
Down 52.1% from 2010: (£14,228,206); The Expendables (£3,935,700); Piranha 3-D (£1,325,324); Marmaduke (£1,243,789); The Illusionist (£164,950); The Human Centipede (£6,145); #1 The Expendables £3,935,700 1st week 453 screens (27.6% of top 10)
Down 18.7% from 2009; (£8,384,307); Inglourious Basterds (£3,596,415); Dance Flick (£462,825); Shorts (£171,876); I Love You, Beth Cooper (£123,519); #1 Inglourious Basterds £3,596,415 1st week 444 screens (42.8% of top 10)
Down 37.8% from 2008; (£10,950,396); You Don’t Mess with the Zohan (£1,520,637); Wild Child (£1,177,472); Star Wars: The Clone Wars (£895,300); Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day (£90,878); #1 The Dark Knight £2,302,866 4th week 499 screens (3rd week #1) 44% drop (21.1% of top 10)
Down 53.1% from 2007:(£14,527,913); The Bourne Ultimatum (£6,553,704); Bratz: The Movie (£1,247,588); Eagle vs. Shark (£47,845); #1 The Bourne Ultimatum £6,553,704 1st week 458 screens (45.1% of top 10)
Up 1.3% from 2006; (£6,725,494); Snakes on a Plane (£1,069,608); John Tucker Must Die (£845,633); Harsh Times (£281,609); A Scanner Darkly (£242,990); #1 Snakes on a Plane £1,069,608 1st week 354 screens (15.9% of top 10)
Up 3.4% from 2005 (£6,589,529); Bewitched (£1,053,432); Unleashed (£498,058); The Perfect Man (£186,460); #1 Charlie and the Chocolate Factory £1,691,431 4th week 516 screens 41% drop (25.6% of top 10)
Down 20.2% from 2004 (£8,540,203); The Village (£2,945,763); A Cinderella Story (£611,209); #1 The Village £2,945,763 1st week 433 screens (34.5% of top 10)
Down 18.8% from 2003 (£8,393,708); Tomb Raider 2 (£1,524,676); Confidence (£325,685); The Man Who Sued God (£195,418); Swimming Pool (£119,092); #1 American Pie: The Wedding £2,180,783 2nd week 425 screens 47% drop (26% of top 10)
Up 6.1% from 2002 (£6,423,296); The Sum Of All Fears (£1,144,501); Spy Kids 2 (£1,069,090); #1 Men In Black 2 £3,106,105 3rd week 489 screens 55% drop (21.8% of top 10)
Down 38.5% from 2001 (£11,086,365); Planet of the Apes (£5,445,983); #1 Planet of the Apes £5,445,983 1st week 446 screens (49.1% of top 10)
Next weekend 2021 (£5,427,888); Candyman (£1,112,674); Andre Rieu’s 2021 Summer Concert: Together Again (£420,056); Our Ladies (£124,295); The Nest (£121,186); #1 Free Guy £1,607,761 3rd week (29.6% of top 10)
US Box Office
- Dragon Ball Super: Super Hero – Crunchyroll
Opened with $21.05m; received positive reviews (92% Rotten Tomatoes) and x CinemaScore
Including $4.3m from two days of previews
Opened in 4DX, Imax, Dolby and D-box cinemas
2019’s Dragon Ball Super: Broly opened with $11.95m; these films are very front-loaded dropping 69.4% in its second weekend taking 40% off $30.71m from the opening weekend so Dragon Ball Super: Super Hero will likely drop 70% in its second weekend.
Took $12m from 29 territories with a worldwide total, not including Asia $32m
- Beast – Universal Pictures
Opened with $11.57m; received mixed reviews (68% Rotten Tomatoes) and B CinemaScore
Took $925k from Thursday previews
Likely to be very front-loaded dropping upwards of 60% this weekend despite no competition
Took $2.8m from 38 territories total $10.3m and $21.9m worldwide
- Bullet Train – Sony Pictures
Dropped 40% in its third weekend taking $8.02m and $69.01m
903rd biggest third weekend between Batman & Robin and The Wolverine (close to Days of Thunder, Sleepers, The Mexican and Blue Streak).
1,219th biggest between Seven Pounds and Private Benjamin; 2,013th biggest inflation inflated between Resident Evil: Afterlife and Harry and the Henderson’s; 158th biggest Sony Pictures between Seven Pounds and White Chicks; 19th biggest 2022 film between Morbius and Everything Everywhere All At Once.
Took $7.1m worldwide from IMAX
Took $12.1m (dropped 29%) from 61 territories $81m total and $150m worldwide; 1,205th biggest film worldwide between Vantage Point and Darkest Hour; 22nd biggest 2022 worldwide between The Black Phone and Scream; 153rd biggest Sony Pictures film between Vantage Point and Jack and Jill.
- DC League of Super-Pets – Warner Bros
Dropped 19% in its fourth weekend taking $5.68m and $67.39m
148th biggest animated film between Storks and Spies in Disguise; 1,251st biggest film between Blue Streak and Octopussy; 2,070th biggest inflation inflated between Insidious: The Last Key and Star Trek: Nemesis; 21st biggest 2022 between Everything Everywhere All At Once and Dog; 204th biggest Warner Bros film between Purple Rain and Outbreak.
Fourth weekends
The Bad Guys dropped 26.5% taking $7.03m and $66.41m of and $96.67m and $245.67m worldwide
2001’s Cats and Dogs dropped 32.2% taking $4.61m and $81.62m of $93.38m and $200.68m worldwide
2016’s Storks dropped 31.5% taking $5.68m and $59.22m of $72.67m and $183.38m worldwide
2018’s Smallfoot dropped 27.5% taking $6.57m and $57.37m of $83.31m and $214.11 worldwide
Took $6m (dropped 23%) taking $62.9m internationally from 69 territories and $130.4m worldwide;
189th biggest animation film worldwide between Hoodwinked and Planet 51; 1,584th biggest film worldwide between Sideways and Porky’s; 28th biggest 2022 worldwide between Nope and Everything Everywhere All At Once; 240th biggest Warner film worldwide between The Dukes of Hazzard and Fool’s Gold.
- Nope – Universal Pictures
Dropped 33% in its fifth weekend taking $3.56m and $113.79m
940th biggest 5th weekend between Planet of the Apes and Scream 2
682nd biggest film between Baby Driver and A League of Their Own; 1,267th biggest inflation inflated between Halloween: H2O and White Nights; 19th biggest horror between Paranormal Activity and Interview with the Vampire; 100th biggest Universal Pictures film between Hop and Robin Hood; 11th biggest 2022 film between Lightyear and The Lost City.
Get Out $4.5m budget, Us $20m and Nope $68m, Us made a $119m profit and Get Out $124.8m, Nope will make far less profit than the other two films.
Fifth weekends
2017’s Get Out dropped 34.1% taking $8.85m and $147.66m 83.8% of $176.19m and $255.74m worldwide
2019’s Us dropped 38.9% taking $4.15m and $170.34m 97.3% of $175.08m and $255.18m worldwide
Jordan Peele films don’t travel well taking 70% of their global BO in the US and that will be likely for Nope.
Took $12.1m worldwide from IMAX
Took $5.5m from 38 territories $19.9m internationally total $123m worldwide showing again that Jordon Peele films don’t travel internationally and Nope wasn’t helped opening three weeks after the US allowing spoilers to ruin the “twist” hidden from the trailers talking $113.9m worldwide; UK $5.5m; Australia $2.3m; France $2.4m; will open in more territories over the next few weeks
- Thor: Love and Thunder – Disney Crazy Rich Asians
Dropped 24% in the seventh weekend taking $4.06m and $332.14m
272nd 7th biggest weekend between The Hand that Rocks the Cradle and Get Out (close to Crazy Rich Asians, Sonic the Hedgehog 2, Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom and A Quiet Place).
73rd biggest film between Guardians of the Galaxy and Batman v Superman; (overtaking Thor: Ragnarok #85 $315m and Iron Man 2 #86 $312.4m); 186th inflation inflated between It and True Lies; 6th biggest 2022 film between Minions: The Rise of Gru and Sonic the Hedgehog 2; 24th biggest comic-book film between Guardians of the Galaxy and Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice; 32nd biggest Disney film between Guardians of the Galaxy and Thor: Ragnarok.
2017’s Thor Ragnarok took $301.13m 95.6% of $315.06m; $538.91m internationally (63.1%) and $853.97m worldwide;
2013’s Thor: The Dark World took $206.3m; $438.42m internationally 68% and $644.78m worldwide
2011’s Thor took $181.03m; $238.29m internationally 60% and $449.32m worldwide
Took $4.9m from 46 territories and $405m and $737.1m worldwide; 120th biggest worldwide between The Matrix Reloaded and Up; 6th biggest 2022 worldwide between The Batman and Fantastic Beasts 3; 31st biggest comic-book film between Suicide Squad and Captain America: The Winter Soldier; 39th biggest Disney film worldwide between Monsters University and Up.
- Minions: The Rise of Guru
Dropped 26% in the eighth weekend taking $3.72m and $350.24m
175th biggest 8th weekend between Avengers: Endgame and Look Who’s Talking (close to The Secret Life of Pets, Monsters, Inc, The Croods and Liar Liar).
13th biggest animated film between Inside Out and Zootopia; 61st biggest film between Transformers: Dark of the Moon and American Sniper; 160th biggest inflation inflated between Skyfall and Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice; 9th biggest Universal Pictures film between Furious 7 and Minions (overtaking Despicable Me 3 #14 and Despicable Me #17)
EntTelligence had the highest average ticket price for an animated movie at $12.82; Lightyear ($12.45), Sonic the Hedgehog 2 ($11.76), The Bad Guys ($11.32) and Sing 2 ($10.69).
Despicable Me franchise has taken over $4bn worldwide since the first film was released in 2010
2015’s Minions took $336.04m and $1.15bn worldwide 71% $823.39m internationally
2017’s Despicable Me 3 took $264.62m and $1.03bn worldwide 74% $770.17m internationally
2013’s Despicable Me 2 took $368.06m and $970.76m worldwide 62% internationally $602.7m
2010’s Despicable Me took $251.55m and $543.15m worldwide 53% internationally $291.6m
The 12 Illumination Entertainment films have taken over $3bn in the US and over $7.8bn
Universal Pictures is the #1 studio in the US taking 23.6% and $1.21bn; Paramount #2 22.2% $1.14bn; Disney #3 16.8% $868m (with Black Panther 2 and Avatar 2 still to be released Disney could take upwards of $2bn for the year); #4 Warner Bros 13.4% $690m; #5 Sony Pictures 11.5% $595m.
Took $13m worldwide from IMAX
Took $26.7m (up 37% due to China opening) from 83 territories and $485.1m and $835.4m worldwide; 18th biggest animated film worldwide between Inside Out and Shrek the Third (Minions $1.15bn #4; Despicable Me 3 $1.03bn #7; Despicable Me 2 $975m #11; 86th biggest film worldwide between Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen and The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn, Part 2; 4th biggest 2022 film between Doctor Strange 2 and The Batman; 11th biggest Universal Pictures film worldwide between The Secret Life of Pets and E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial; Minions #5; Despicable Me 3 #7; Despicable Me 2 #9; The Secret Life of Pets #10.
- Top Gun: Maverick – Paramount Pictures
Down 16% in 13th-weekend #2 taking $5.91m and $683.43m
Will be interesting to see how Top Gun Maverick performs this weekend after being released digitally on Tuesday, as with other films it’s unlikely to have much impact showing again that if it’s a film people want to see in the cinema they will see it on the cinema no matter being able to watch it home.
1986’s Top Gun took $3.42m ($8m inflation inflated) in its 13th weekend and $113.55m ($302m inflation inflated) of $176.8m ($450m inflation inflated)
6th biggest film between Black Panther and Avengers: Infinity War; 19th biggest inflation inflated between Close Encounters of the Third Kind and Avengers: Infinity War.
Top Gun Maverick has overtaken Titanic but it’s impossible to compare the two films as Titanic was released 25 years ago when the industry average ticket price was half of what it is now $4.59 Vs $9.18 but the real price is a third of what it is now. The average price for Top Gun Maverick was closed to $15 due to a large percentage of BO from IMAX/PLF/4DX/ScreenX so Titanic inflation inflated would be about $2bn.
After the huge success of Top Gun Maverick the big question will be can Tom Cruise repeat the success with Mission Impossible Dead Reckoning Part 1 next summer, which is unlikely as Top Gun Maverick was a one-off phenomenon, everything about the film’s release was perfectly and the audience was primed.
Tom Cruise’s 42 films have taken $5.1bn in the US and $12.1bn worldwide;
Took $8.7m (down 18%) taking $720m and $1.4bn from 63 territories; 12th biggest film worldwide Frozen II and Avengers: Age of Ultron; 2nd biggest Paramount Pictures film between Titanic ($2.2bn) and Transformers: Dark of the Moon ($1.12bn)
Has taken $103.4m IMAX worldwide and $50m worldwide from 4DX ($11m from the US)
Top Gun Maverick is the 50th film to take $1bn+ since Jurassic Park in 1993; its Paramount’s first $1bn+ film globally since 2014’s Transformers: Age of Extinction (inflated with China BO)
- Bodies Bodies Bodies – A24
Down 15% despite adding 1,251 screens #10 (to 2,541) taking $2.64m and $7.67m total
As is often the case a film performs strongly on the first expansion but then expands too quickly the second weekend and despite doubling screens in its second to the third weekend still dropped 15%. When Everything Everywhere All At Once expanded into 2000+ screens from 1,250 it increased by 2.1%.
The female-led slasher black comedy has received positive reviews (85% Rotten Tomatoes critic score and 90% audience score) since premiering at South By Southwest in March. It has been described as Scream for the Zoomer Generation and was inspired by Heathers.
A24 have had a very strong 2022 taking almost $100m this year similar to Focus Features and 20th Century Studios releasing 7 films this year with Everything Everywhere All at Once taking $69.6m in the US and $100.7m worldwide. A24 films have strong marketing campaigns giving audiences an alternative to the majority of the films being released by studios, showing that audiences do want different things to the sequels, remakes, reboots and comic-book movies.
Sony Pictures will release it in the UK on 9th September.
UK Box Office Top 10
UK Box Office Preview
Event Cinema could have their first post-COVID #1 after a quiet weekend for new releases with Andre Rieu’s 2022 Maastricht Summer Concert having screenings on 500+ screens on Saturday with encore screenings on Sunday with tickets about £20.
If Andre Rieu Maastricht Concert performs similar to previous concerts pre-COVID; 2019’s Andre Rieu Maastricht Concert – Shall We Dance? #4 £1,492,154 from 587 screens; 2018’s André Rieu’s Maastricht Concert, Amore £1,783,222; Andre Rieu’s 2017 Maastricht Concert £1,439,604; Andre Rieu’s 2016 Maastricht Concert £1,414,075; Andre Rieu’s 2015 Maastricht Concert (Concert) £1,107,000; Andre Rieu’s 2014 Maastricht Concert £830,586
Newcomer Beast will be battling second with Nope dropping 30%-40% along with horror The Invitation unlikely to find an audience.
Beast will likely open similar to 2019’s Crawl opened £458,796 from 483 screens similar to Idris Elba’s directed 2018’s Yardie opened £438,088 #13 from 225 screens. Likely to be front-loaded out of cinemas within a few weeks, the only reason why it could stay longer is the lack of wide releases over the next month.
DC League of Super-Pets and Minions: The Rise of Gru will continue to hold well despite Minions: The Rise of Gru being available on VOD due to the lack of children’s films.
Dragon Ball Super: SUPER HERO will likely drop 70% in its second weekend, the big question is word of mouth helps Fisherman’s Friends: One and All hold strongly in its second weekend, it was 4 on Monday.
The problem with the cinema industry is they would rather blame others than look for an alternative, if they think admissions will be soft over the next two months look at ways to tempt audiences to go to the cinema. Dynamic pricing only goes one way up, surely to get people into cinemas during the slower times cheaper prices could tempt people to see films they don’t normally see in the cinema anymore.
Re-releases of E.T, Jaws, Star Wars Rogue One, Spider-Man: No ay Home and Avatar are being given over the next month they aren’t primarily being released to generate box office but to build up awareness or help promote their anniversaries or as with Rogue One and Avatar further instalments. In December 2017 Disney released Olaf’s Frozen Adventure with Frozen in the UK (which was attached to Coco in the US) and all tickets were £1 and it opened with £1m+ so surely the same approach could be taken to get audiences to experience Avatar again in cinemas ahead of the second release in December.
The problem with the cinema industry is they don’t think out of the box and have a very blinkered antiquated approach, this was highlighted by the reopening of cinemas after COVID, it gave the industry a once-in-a-lifetime chance to relaunch cinema in the streaming era but cinemas reopened in July 2020 and nothing had changed, most cinemas were even showing the same films they showed the day they closed in March.
Over the months after cinemas reopened it was about building confidence and getting people back into the cinemagoing habit, exhibitors should have taken the long-term approach to do all they can to get people into cinemas, but predictably only cinephiles and Covidiots returned immediately to cinemas/ Industry heralds the summer of this summer and the success of NO Time To Die and Spider-Man No Way Home, I know I’m a broken record but had the industry had a plan and a strategy audiences would have returned to the cinema in much higher numbers sooner.
The last weekend in August has become one of the lowest grossing weekends of the year and this was even the case when Tenet opened this weekend two years ago taking £5,335,654 86% of £6,224,288
Opening next week
- Three Thousand Years Of Longing – Entertainment Film Distributors
Fantasy film starring Idris Elba and Tilda Swinton directed by George Miller based on the short story “The Djinn in the Nightingale’s Eye” by A. S. Byatt.
Had its world premiere at the Cannes Film Festival receiving a 6-minute standing ovation but also mixed reviews (62% on Rotten Tomatoes).
While Shang-Chi and Tenet may have been released over Labor Day weekend over the last two years it normally dumps weekend for studios and this film will struggle to find an audience.
Ths is a vanity project for the director and as the case with others it will struggle to find an audience
- The Forgiven – Universal Pictures
Drama starring Ralph Fiennes, Jessica Chastain, Matt Smith, Ismael Kanater, Alex Jennings, Saïd Taghmaoui, and Christopher Abbott and directed by John Michael McDonagh based on the 2012 novel by Lawrence Osborne.
Received world premiere at last year’s Toronto International Film Festival and international rights were acquired by Universal Pictures in November 2021. The film received average reviews (66% on Rotten Tomatoes) and will struggle to find an audience in cinemas despite the strong ensemble.
- E.T. (40th Anniversary) – Universal Pictures
Released in IMAX for the first time for its 40th anniversary, but the film was originally released in selective cinemas in 70mm in December 1982 and the cinema experience seeing in a 70mm cinema would be more than a match to seeing the film in IMAX.
The classic film was the first to take over £20m at the UK Bo in 1982, taking £21.69m which is £106m inflation inflated. It is the 19th biggest film in the UK inflation inflated between Spectre and No Time To Die.
The film struggled to find an audience for its re-release in the US a few weeks ago due to IMAX cinemas changing regular prices for it and it will likely be similarly the case with the IMAX release of Jaws next month. If exhibitors and studios want audiences to see these re-releases then they need to be priced accordingly. For the last few months, Park Circus has re-released all the James Bond films each week but they are only attracting a box office of about £10k each week from about 100 screens.
- Spider-Man: No Way Home: The More Fun Stuff Version – Sony Pictures
The extended cut has 11 minutes of extra footage and will likely attract the fanbase to see it one final time in cinemas, this is similar to Disney re-releasing Avengers Endgame in August 2019 with a new credit scene which was done for it to overtake Avatar’s global BO. Sony will be hoping the re-release of the film could take $99m and see Spider-Man_ No Way Home takes $2bn worldwide.