The other strange coincidence it opened similar to Maid in Manhattan and The Bodyguard two other films that had female singers in leading roles (Jennifer Lopez and Whitney Huston) and also Moulin Rouge. It was surprising House of Gucci didn’t open on Wednesday as it would have benefited far more having a five-day opening than Encanto did. UK BO for 2021 is expected to be about £600m with about 20% from No Time To Die while they are estimating 2022 will take £900m 30% down from 2019 surely after No Time To Die has shown that audiences have returned to cinemas and admissions for October were the highest since 2012 why aren’t audiences returning to pre-pandemic numbers for other films? As exhibitors talk about a “strong and stable film slate” now but if these films don’t perform as they expect they will blame the poor BO on weak content. Its opening has been seen as strong but it’s only when you see the films it shares opening with seeing that its opening isn’t as strong as it looks as in a strange coincidence House of Gucci opened similar to First Man (£2,415,330) which opened disappointingly the week after A Star Is Born in 2018.Īlso opened similar to Annie, Ghost in the Shell, Dark Shadows, The Predator, Knight & Day and Passengers all films that were seen as disappointing when they opened but since cinemas reopened analysts have seemed to have lowered their expectations on what these films should do, but after No Time To Die taking almost what it would have done two years ago why are all other films coming short?Īs all of the films that have opened since May have opened about a third less than they should have done and taken a third less.
640 th biggest opening in the UK between Coraline and Maid In Manhattan (close to The Shape of Water, The Social Network, First Man and Apollo 13) and 907 th biggest inflation inflated opening between You, Me and Depree and Slumdog Millionaire (close to Casino, Valkyrie, Jojo Rabbit and Jackie Brown).ħ7 th biggest Universal Pictures film between Coraline and First Man (close to Straight Outta Compton, American Gangster, Public Enemies and Get Out) and 88 th biggest inflation inflated between Step Up 3 and Couples Retreat.