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More evidence that @GustavGraves was right all this time. ^:)^
http://www.forbes.com/sites/scottmendelson/2015/11/01/box-office-spectre-spies-80-4-million-debut/
In total, "SPECTRE" has grossed £41.7 Million ($63.8 Million) from Monday to Sunday in the UK, easily surpassing the previous 'seven-day gross record' of "Skyfall" (£37.2 Million). "SPECTRE" global box office figure now stands at $80.4 Million.
The news now also hits the frontpage of BoxOfficeMojo.com:
http://www.boxofficemojo.com/news/?id=4118&p=.htm:
Especially....Denmark is remarkable. That little country dwarfs Netherlands population-wise, but still beats Netherlands.
One thing to note, is that these figures are early estimates, coz Sunday isn't actually over yet in Europe, and film is still playing as of this moment, but $63.8 mil for the opening week in the UK for SP is bloody good isnt it?.........well its actually for the first 6.75 days............coz film didnt start playing until last Monday evening!
http://www.forbes.com/sites/scottmendelson/2015/11/01/box-office-spectre-spies-80-4-million-debut/
And considering the final grosses for Sunday won't be counted until some time tomorrow, that number will undoubtedly increase.
...but not for the Friday and Saturday. Hmmm. So are we to conclude besides the mid week half term boost the weekend wasn't all that exceptional?
Halloween has really taken off in the UK now and one has to wonder if people preferred partying to the cinema last night.
It's the highest 7 day gross in the UK, surpassing the third Harry Potter film.
It's quite a big thing if, after being in cinema's for several days, you're still able to equal the $32 Million opening weekend in the UK. And that's the case with "SPECTRE".
Regardless of flawed comparisons, it was a genius master stroke to let "SPECTRE" premiere on that Monday.
No, that was to be expected........because the film had been playing for 3 full days, and one evening before the first weekend......therefore by the weekend a large percentage of people in the UK had already seen the film!
Normally, a film may have preview screenings for one night or day on a Thursday, just before its big weekend.
These figures are actually fantastic, so far!.....ie biggest opening week ever in the UK.
please do not poke the bear :D
Seriously though, SP is doing remarkably well and I really hope it's BO success continues and with quick succession too.
Competing with SW isn't really worth dwelling on because, well, it's SW and it'll destroy anything that goes up against it. The best we can hope for is for SP to have a good strong word of mouth for repeat viewings and for it to hit $billion. It doesn't have to out-gross SF but it would be great for it to hit that $billion mark.
Yes, It seems obvious now that SPECTRE will crush Skyfall at the Boxoffice. The most recent figures show SPECTRE outperforming Skyfall in every market that it is currently released in. :)]
or even the crapfest that was terminator. Still, lets not trivialise the importance of the contribution of the US market. We NEED them.
Ah but I'm greedy. I wanted it break the Friday and Saturday record too.
But that's not true. It set a new opening weekend record in the UK as well, although barely. £21.1 Million in the UK -Friday, Saturday, Sunday- compared to £20.1 Million for "Skyfall". Also, we need to wait for the final Monday evening figures regarding the 1st opening weekend for "SPECTRE".
Ah thanks GG so it did after all. Only a slight improvement over SF but still gratifying.
Eh!......which bit is not true?.......i never said SP didn't break opening weekend, over SF.
All i was pointing to, was that the opening weekend would be slightly blunted, coz film had already been playing for a few days! If SP had opened Friday, then the weekend figures would of been truly massive! :)
Ahhh ok hehe. Sorry for the mistke then ;-). Still, this was to be expected. Usually weekends that follow-up 5 days of holidays....are a bit more disappointing when looking at box office figures. Families then say "time to go to bed a bit more early, because Monday back to school/work!" :-). So even looking at that, the opening weekend for "SPECTRE" is a triumph.
Yep.......i'll donate another £10 to see SP again, then that should be enough viewings at the cinema for me to of absorbed all the details of the film.
These are stats every other film franchise would kill for!
I've seen it 3 times already and have to see it another 4 times at least. Minimum of 7 viewings for a Bond film I like and enjoy.
I don't usually get hung up on box office take- especially given that OHMSS and LTK are my two favourite films in the series! - but it's heartening to see that like with the 60s Bonds lightning can indeed strike twice.
Will SP do well because of Skyfall or were the Olympics and 50th anniversary just co-incidental and the Bond franchise instead elevated to a whole new ball game? We'll soon find out.
Yes....onwards and upwards for Spectre!.......this time next weekend the film could of grossed $100 mil in the UK, if the percentage drop in takings is less than 50%.
But what will happen in week 3 and 4 when so many people have already seen it?
Not at all saying it will not make a billion, even 1.5 billion is a scenario that cannot be ruled out as Spectre could be the one Bond movie that unites all the newer fans of Craig-era style Bond and the middle-aged Bond fans that so love the Moore-Brosnan style movies and the older people that grew up to the Connery-era.
http://www.mi6community.com/index.php?p=/discussion/comment/503198/#Comment_503198
As from my post above on the 16th, it is next week where I look for sustainability of the gross in the UK. And the following week.
I am looking for $95m to $105m in the US this weekend and then I hope for sustainability of that gross into week 2 (at most 55% drop off to about $45m in weekend 2). If that occurs, then we are on our way to beating SF's total worldwide, regardless of what happens in other markets, imho.
Glad you pointed that out. But ehm....I was the first one pointing that out :-P. Theater count is decisive. Thing is, no one really mentioned it...until now.
That's a bit too easy @bondjames. "SPECTRE" could have easily underperformed past days.
Yes.....that's true as more cinemas are built each year, with more screens to see a film... and obviously ticket prices are constantly going up!
Basically, cinema has been on the increase since the mid 80's when admissions were at the lowest, but the introduction of the design of a new type of cinema i.e the multiplex has seen film admissions increase over the years!
Plus, films are shown in Russia and China now, where in he old communists days Bond films were not shown in those markets!
If my hypothesis of the parallels between Skyfall-Spectre and Goldfinger-Thunderball are to be supported, Spectre will need to become the largest grossing film in franchise history. That would indeed signal the return to global phenomena that EON originally captured with Connery.