This weeks film schedule updates:
This weeks film schedule updates:
The film schedule has been updated to reflect these changes.
This weeks film schedule updates:
The film schedule has been updated to reflect these changes.
The Hangover Part II opened to an amazing weekend gross of £8.4m, the second best opening of 2011 to date, just short of Pirates 4 £8.6m debut last weekend. It smashed the opening weekend of the first Hangover which took in £2.7m excluding previews in 48 fewer locations. Not only is it the biggest three-day opening for a 15-rated comedy of all time, it’s the second biggest opening ever for a 15-rated film.
The summer has officially begun with Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides arriving on UK shores last Wednesday. Its five-day gross is an impressive £11.6m. Excluding previews (£8.6m), Pirates has had the biggest 3-day opening weekend of 2011 to date.
Pirates has pushed the weekend top 15 up to £15.2m, more than doubling the same weekend last year when Prince of Persia opened. Other new openers over the weekend included Jason Statham’s Blitz, with an opening gross of £266K. Limited releases also came from Win Win starring Paul Giamatti (£155K), the cricket documentary Fire in Babylon (107K) and Spanish horror Julia’s Eyes (£49K).
This weeks film schedule updates:
The film schedule has been updated to reflect these changes.
April’s industry impacts totalled 11.2m, a strong result to date and is the fourth best Jan-Apr result of all time. Year to date 2011′s cinema impacts now stand at 54.7m.
With the kids not off until a little later this year, combined with the Royal Wedding Bank Holiday and the hot weather, the industry faced some unusual challenges this April resulting in the levels of cinemagoing to drop below the norm for this time of year. That being said, the April films delivered some good results.
For the third weekend in a row Thor remained on top of the weekend chart, the superhero film managed to fight off competition on both sides of the Atlantic to remain triumphant.
Fast & Furious 5 maintained its second place position with new opener Attack the Block reaching third place grossing a solid £837K in its debut weekend (excluding previews), beating recent 15-rated Brit flicks Anuvahood (£537K) and Four Lions (£609K).
Across the pond, business in the US remained strong, down just -3% YoY. Thor continued to hold tight with a total box office to date now at $119.5m. Beating expectations, Bridesmaids opened to number two with a great result of $26.2m. This is the best start for an R-rated comedy since Due Date ($32.7m) last November and is the best opening for producer Judd Apatow since Step Brothers ($30.9m) back in 2008. With great reviews and hype (dubbed as the female Hangover), this is a great career boost for Kristen Wiig, who both stars in and co-wrote the movie. Its audience was 67% female and 63% aged over 30.
This weeks UK film schedule updates:
The film schedule has been updated with these changes.
This weeks film schedule updates:
The film schedule has been updated to reflect these changes.
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