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Full Weekend Numbers 6 - 8 May (£'s)

1 Kingdom of heaven 2,530,445 NEW
2 Hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy 1,785,683 46/34
3 xXx2:The Next level 555,358 -40
4 The Wedding date 529,085 -21
5 The Interpreter 508,727 -32
6 The Amityville horror 364,058 -34
7 Guess who 274,576 -34
8 Valiant 171,960 -28
9 Sahara 149,052 -48
10 Robots 120,648 -26
11 Waqt 95,912 -36
12 Hitch 78,036 -44
13 Downfall 74,709 -30
14 Kaal 37,495 -64
15 Beauty shop 36,049 -51


Kingdom of Heaven dropped slightly from the estimate and lands the 128th best opening of all time. Hitchhiker has a fairly average/decent drop of (34% or 46% including previews) and is easily on its way to a £10million total. Another great drop for The Wedding Date, the best drop in the top 15, there should be a good multiplier for this one. Surprisingly solid hold for xXx2, with only a 40% drop.

Screen Averages:

1 Kingdom of heaven 5,661
2 Hitchhiker's guide 3,865
3 Waqt 2,604
4 Kaal 1,785
5 The Wedding date 1,758
6 The Interpreter 1,466
7 xXx2:The Next level 1,395
8 The Amityville horror 1,194
9 Guess who 1,002
10 Beauty shop 736

Nothing spectacular really, Waqt and Kaal continue to have strong averages despite dropping this weekend.

2005 Openings (£'s)

1 Meet the fockers 7,917,661
2 Hitch 4,309,540
3 Ocean's 12 3,394,100
4 Hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy 3,298,262
5 Robots 2,622,253
6 Kingdom of heaven 2,530,445
7 Constantine 2,098,074
8 The Ring two 2,062,792
9 White noise 1,787,478
10 Hide and seek 1,594,508
11 The Interpreter 1,589,829
12 The Magic roundabout 1,569,843
13 Closer 1,569,526
14 The Aviator 1,545,475
15 Team america:World police 1,526,329
16 Sahara 1,370,577
17 The Amityville horror 1,389,417
18 Miss.Congeniality 2 1,302,070
19 Spongebob squarepants movie 1,252,322
20 Alexander 1,200,083

2005 Multipliers:
(all films opening on over 100 screens included)

Rank / Yrly Rank / Film / Multiplier

1 42 Pooh's heffalump movie 9.22
2 7 Valiant 7.18
3 58 Laura's star 6.89
4 15 Million dollar baby 6.71
5 6 The Aviator 5.36
6 5 Closer 5.34
7 13 Racing stripes 5.00
8 22 Hostage 4.99
9 44 A Very long engagement 4.64
10 4 Robots 4.58
11 14 Spongebob squarepants movie 4.46
12 26 Son of the mask 4.43
13 33 Ray 4.25
14 16 Miss.Congeniality 2 4.13
15 2 Hitch 4.02
16 37 Creep 3.85
17 11 The Interpreter 3.77
18 12 The Magic roundabout 3.74
19 23 Shall we dance 3.71
20 3 Ocean's 12 3.67
21 1 Meet the fockers 3.62
22 10 White noise 3.61
23 21 Be cool 3.53
24 27 Are we there yet? 3.50
25 28 The Wedding date 3.37
26 19 Sahara 3.35
27 40 Coach carter 3.33
28 49 Vaniy fair 3.24
29 20 The Amityville horror 3.23
30 18 Team america:World police 3.22
31 38 The Life aquatic with steve zissou 3.18
32 9 Constantine 3.17
33 39 Hotel rewanda 3.14
34 78 First daughter 2.84
35 36 Guess who 2.83
36 31 Boogeyman 2.74
37 66 Beauty shop 2.67
38 35 Assault on precinct 13 2.65
39 17 The Ring two 2.56
40 24 Hide and seek 2.39
41 70 Man of the house 2.31
42 29 Alexander 2.27
43 34 xXx2:The Next level 2.16
44 45 In good company 2.12
45 8 Hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy 2.10
46 75 Darkness 2.10
47 60 Cursed 2.06
48 54 Harold and kumar get the munchies 1.88
49 52 The Flight of the phoenix 1.86
50 43 Elektra 1.84
51 53 Spanglish 1.74
52 47 Ladder 49 1.71
53 30 Kingdom of heaven 1.00

Bold = Current top 15 release, multiplier likely to increase

After an amazing 10 weeks in the top 15 Hitch finally breaks a multiplier of 4, which is great for a blockbuster. Pooh stretches his lead at the top, can it top 10? that would be amazing. The Wedding Date jumps 15 places from last weekend and is heading for a top ten finish.

Weekend Numbers 13-15 May(£'s)

1 Kingdom of heaven Fox 1,385,529 -45
2 Monster in law Ent 1,312,679 NEW
3 Hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy BV 1,038,352 -42
4 The Interpreter UIP 303,290 -40
5 xXx2:The Next level Sony 264,298 -52
6 The Wedding date Ent 260,691 -51
7 The Amityville horror Fox 181,879 -50
8 The Jacket WB 175,773 NEW
9 A Good woman Vertigo 130,193 NEW
10 Seed of chucky Mome 109,110 NEW
11 Valiant Ent 107,749 -37
12 Ong-bak Contend 101,634 NEW
13 Guess who Fox 89,649 -67
14 Robots Fox 73,902 -39
15 Waqt Eros 60,422 -37

Another boring weekend really, Kingdom of Heaven just holds off Monster in Law for a second week at number 1. Roll on next weekend when ROTS will light up the UK box office.

Top May Openings(£'s)

1 The Matrix:Reloaded 12,165,276
2 Attack of the clones 11,386,209
3 The Day after tomorrow 7,321,633
4 X2 7,037,861
5 Troy 6,151,581

I see no reason why ROTS should open lower than Attack of the Clones, but can it open higher than Matrix: Reloaded and take the biggest ever opening in may??

All the top 10 openers performed solidly.

The Jacket made £175,773 from only 130 screens for a £1,352 pta, 5th best of the week.

A Good woman grossed a solid £130,193 from a smaller 105 screens for the 6th best pta of the week.

Very surprisingly Seed of chucky performed at £109,110 on just 92 screens for the 7th best pta of the week.

All 3 movies had ZERO marketing from what i seen.

Nice for MONSTER IN LAW.

MIL opened just a tiny bit above 13 GOING ON 30 Here [excluding 13's previews which i think puts it ahead] but at 110 more screens which is huge in terms of UK screencounts [100 = what like 800 is in America] That dosen't bode well for M-I-L with the lack of real buzz here and Sith opening imminently. I don't see it dropping massively, but big holds like 13 [which had a near 5x multiplier] is pretty much out id say.

http://www.moviecitynews.com/columnists ... 50522.html


Internationally the results were comparably potent. The picture bowed in 105 territories with the only notable absentees being Korea and Japan that open respectively next week and in July. The Sunday morning international estimate was $144.7 million with Sith breaking records in many countries but certainly among the top five debuts regardless of location. Great Britain led the charge with $26.8 million followed by France at $22.3 million.

Thats £15,050,000

To compare:

Attack of the clones 11,386,209
The Phantom menace 9,512,295

Fantastic opening, biggest in may ever, and 5th best of all time!

=D>

Hey but it's still from Sunday morning so we still have a whole Sunday

Ooooh, thats hot.

Nice opening.

So a 26.8 UK and 22 in France...What do you guys expect the final grosses in those countries will be when all is said in done.

I'll go with a 75-55 finish for UK and france respectively.

No, Sunday (projected) is included in those figures.

Nice openings, I am guessing the four films above it are Harry Potter 1-3, and Titanic, right?

Actually, I think last year HP3 made about $43million in may last year

It was actually the very beginning of June, but your right it did make 43m.

Well, May 31st, so in May.

Oficial release date was Fri June 4th 2004, but preview screenings started on the Monday 31st May (bank holiday) so is classed as a June opening.

All time UK openings (£'s) if these estimates hold:

1 The Prisoner of azkaban 23,882,688
2 The Chamber of secrets 18,871,829
3 The Philosopher's stone 16,335,627
4 Shrek 2 16,220,752
5 Star Wars: Revenge Of The Sith 15,050,000
6 The Return of the king 15,021,761
7 The Two towers 13,063,560
8 The Matrix:Reloaded 12,165,276
9 Attack of the clones 11,386,209
10 The Fellowship of the ring 11,058,045



2005 to Date (£'s):

1 Meet the fockers 28,659,594
2 Hitch 17,358,703
3 Star Wars: Revenge Of The Sith 15,050,000
4 Ocean's 12 12,448,436
5 Robots 12,081,152
6 Hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy 8,682,307
7 Closer 8,377,808
8 The Aviator 8,276,951
9 Valiant 7,873,563
10 Constantine 6,659,200



2005 Openings (£'s):

1 Star Wars: Revenge Of The Sith 15,050,000
2 Meet the fockers 7,917,661
3 Hitch 4,309,540
4 Ocean's 12 3,394,100
5 Hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy 3,298,262
6 Robots 2,622,253
7 Kingdom of heaven 2,530,445
8 Constantine 2,098,074
9 The Ring two 2,062,792
10 White noise 1,787,478

:???: ](*,) That was the US official

Well its listed as a June release here http://www.sky-is-falling.co.uk/opening ... month.html

And here http://www.zanzaro.com/azkaban/dates.htm
and here http://www.thezreview.co.uk/comingsoon/ ... tter3.shtm

There are also a couple that list it as 31st May, but does it really matter? its only another statistic.

Anyway, without the 4 days of previews mon - thu Prisoner of Azkaban only made £9.3Million over the three day opening weekend Source

ROTS has a slim chance to take the top weekend ever without previews depending on its thursday gross.

It should come in 3rd on the weekend without previews. HP1 and HP2 both opened on fridays without previews. In $$ it maybe #1 though im not sure.

Weekend Actuals May 20 - 22 (£'s)

1 Revenge of the sith Fox 14,361,469 NEW
2 Monster in law Ent 1,138,777 -13
3 Kingdom of heaven Fox 644,087 -54
4 Hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy Bv 513,991 -50
5 The Interpreter UIP 191,900 -37
6 The Wedding date Ent 134,253 -49
7 The Jacket WB 120,735 -41
8 xXx2:The Next level Sony 107,571 -59
9 The Amityville horror Fox 97,620 -46
10 A Good woman Vertigo 96,428 -26
11 Valiant Ent 88,275 -18
12 Seed of chucky Mome 65,600 -40
13 Robots Fox 58,346 -21
14 Ong-bak Contend 47,880 -53
15 Mysterious skin Tartan 39,382 NEW

Still a great opening by Star Wars, overestimated, but lands on the all time opening chart at number 6, behind Lord of the Rings: The Return of The King and is already #3 on the 2005 list. Simply fantastic hold for Monster in Law, the only film to hold up really well against ROTS. Pretty much all the over films were hit hard as expected.

Openings - All Time (£'s)

1 The Prisoner of azkaban 23,882,688
2 The Chamber of secrets 18,871,829
3 The Philosopher's stone 16,335,627
4 Shrek 2 16,220,752
5 The Return of the king 15,021,761
6 Revenge of the sith 14,361,469
7 The Two towers 13,063,560
8 The Matrix reloaded 12,165,276
9 Attack of the clones 11,386,209
10 The Fellowship of the ring 11,058,045

Fantastic for MONSTER IN LAW. Should pass the forementioned 13 Going on 30 in about 2 weeks.

C'mon HOUSE OF WAX, i know you can open well!

Please be over £600,000

Any news on a screen count? i've not heard anything about it. I think it should be able to manage £600k, i've seen quite a few ads.