damianThis Weeks Top Twenty Movies
August 8th 2006 23:57
Big week as three local films make it to the top twenty. That’s right, three Aussie movies!
Top 20 Weekend Cinema Box Office Takings 27th - 30th July
Local Content Score- 3
Not often that we have three movies in the Top Twenty at the same time but with quite a few local films being released over the next few months this week could be a taste of what’s to come.
Jindabyne had another good week, coming in at sixth with a weekend haul of $538,586. After its steep fall last week it settled into a more typical local movie groove, this week falling only 15% which is quite a good effort. The drama about the after effects of a fishing trip gone weird has now reached a total haul of $2,615,921 after only three weeks which is very good for a local and sets it up to be the first to crash through the $4 million mark this year. Whether it can make it to the magical $5 million mark is another question but a good indicator of the films word of mouth is the fact that 12 more cinema screens were added to its screen count this week so cinema owners obviously think it’s on to a winner.
In ninth was new kid on the block, Footy Legends which debuted with $195,429, a seriously disappointing total when you realise it was screened on a truly massive 121 screens. Considering the fairly positive reviews and the good publicity the film has been getting (David Stratton, the bearded Movie Show guy, actually liked it. He liked a movie about sport!) a take of less than $300,000 has to be a kick in the guts. As always local films are hard to predict when it comes to looking at first week totals but Footy Legends is really going to need a push along if it wants to be successful and by that I mean a gain in it’s next week haul. If it doesn’t there’ll be little hope for this one making it past $1.5 million and once again cinema owners will have been burnt by another local flop.
One movie that hasn’t been a flop is Ten Canoes which continued its good form this week in at twelfth by adding another 7 cinemas to its screen count and going on to make another $149,975. It’s been an impressive display by this little film which should end up a bit above the $2.5 million mark. With the budget being reported as $2.2 million Ten Canoes could very well be the most successful film of the year from a financial perspective as DVD sales should drag it into profit, an altogether rare event for local films (Producers only get about half, or even a third, of box office revenue due to cinemas taking their cut, advertising costs, etc. Making three times the budget at box office is usually the sign that the film will profit before DVD and overseas sales).
So with three films on offer the local industry managed to net $883,990 for the weekend which is a pretty good haul. One thing that didn’t show up this week was the other local comedy due for release Kenny which has been delayed for another fortnight in what was probably a very smart move to avoid it clashing with Footy Legends. Hopefully it can drum up some good publicity as a movie about the wonderful world of ‘sewerage redistribution’ could be a really good battler movie. We’ll find out in a few weeks...
Aussie..Movies............Box..Office......C.S.......AVG.......WOC….... %.........…...Total
#6....Jindabyne............$538,586........80.......$6,732..........3........-15...........$2,615,921
#9....Footy.Legends.....$195,429.......121...…$1,615........1......…n/a.......…..$231,960
#12..Ten..Canoes.....…$149,975.......54.....…$2,777........6......…-17......…$2,249,686
(C.S. = Cinema Screens, WOC = Weeks On Chart, % = % change since last week)
Head over to Movie Marshal for the full chart.
Top 20 Weekend Cinema Box Office Takings 27th - 30th July
Local Content Score- 3
Not often that we have three movies in the Top Twenty at the same time but with quite a few local films being released over the next few months this week could be a taste of what’s to come.
Jindabyne had another good week, coming in at sixth with a weekend haul of $538,586. After its steep fall last week it settled into a more typical local movie groove, this week falling only 15% which is quite a good effort. The drama about the after effects of a fishing trip gone weird has now reached a total haul of $2,615,921 after only three weeks which is very good for a local and sets it up to be the first to crash through the $4 million mark this year. Whether it can make it to the magical $5 million mark is another question but a good indicator of the films word of mouth is the fact that 12 more cinema screens were added to its screen count this week so cinema owners obviously think it’s on to a winner.
Footy Legends- a surprisingly low debut
In ninth was new kid on the block, Footy Legends which debuted with $195,429, a seriously disappointing total when you realise it was screened on a truly massive 121 screens. Considering the fairly positive reviews and the good publicity the film has been getting (David Stratton, the bearded Movie Show guy, actually liked it. He liked a movie about sport!) a take of less than $300,000 has to be a kick in the guts. As always local films are hard to predict when it comes to looking at first week totals but Footy Legends is really going to need a push along if it wants to be successful and by that I mean a gain in it’s next week haul. If it doesn’t there’ll be little hope for this one making it past $1.5 million and once again cinema owners will have been burnt by another local flop.
One movie that hasn’t been a flop is Ten Canoes which continued its good form this week in at twelfth by adding another 7 cinemas to its screen count and going on to make another $149,975. It’s been an impressive display by this little film which should end up a bit above the $2.5 million mark. With the budget being reported as $2.2 million Ten Canoes could very well be the most successful film of the year from a financial perspective as DVD sales should drag it into profit, an altogether rare event for local films (Producers only get about half, or even a third, of box office revenue due to cinemas taking their cut, advertising costs, etc. Making three times the budget at box office is usually the sign that the film will profit before DVD and overseas sales).
So with three films on offer the local industry managed to net $883,990 for the weekend which is a pretty good haul. One thing that didn’t show up this week was the other local comedy due for release Kenny which has been delayed for another fortnight in what was probably a very smart move to avoid it clashing with Footy Legends. Hopefully it can drum up some good publicity as a movie about the wonderful world of ‘sewerage redistribution’ could be a really good battler movie. We’ll find out in a few weeks...
Aussie..Movies............Box..Office......C.S.......AVG.......WOC….... %.........…...Total
#6....Jindabyne............$538,586........80.......$6,732..........3........-15...........$2,615,921
#9....Footy.Legends.....$195,429.......121...…$1,615........1......…n/a.......…..$231,960
#12..Ten..Canoes.....…$149,975.......54.....…$2,777........6......…-17......…$2,249,686
(C.S. = Cinema Screens, WOC = Weeks On Chart, % = % change since last week)
Head over to Movie Marshal for the full chart.
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Comment by Grant
I think Hoodwinked took a lot of Footy Legends thunder. If you had a family wanting to see a movie than an animation would be a lot more attractive for the kids.
I reckon there's a chance that the box office might go up a little next week or at least go sideways but it isn't looking good.