BRICK MANSIONS post no. 1 debut

28 Apr 2014

SINGAPORE - BRICK MANSIONS find itself at no. 1 with just US$369,517 from 35 screens. It's possibly the lowest grossing no.1 debut at the box office this year.

Other debuts come from the horror OCULUS (US$151,919 / 16 screens), MUPPETS MOST WANTED (US$54,470 / 21 screens) and Thai horror SHE-DEVIL (US$25,186 / 10 screens).

Meanwhile, British comedy CUBAN FURY has grossed US$37,944 by its 3rd weekend while Hong Kong thriller THAT DEMON WITHIN 魔警 has amassed US$93,343 as of its second weekend. Figures for both films were previously unavailable.

TRANSCENDENCE leads a pack of strong debuts!

21 Apr 2014

SINGAPORE - Most of the new entrants this week reap healthy sales with TRANSCENDENCE making a debut at no. 1. The Johnny Depp sci-fi flick grossed US$605,827 from 37 screens (including IMAX) for a strong US$16,374 screen average.

Donnie Yen's ICEMAN 冰封侠：重生之门 proves to be one of the biggest opening Mandarin films this year with US$508,891 from 32 screens (including a single 3D venue) for a mighty US$15,903 screen average. It's currently the 4th highest grossing Mandarin film this year, behind THE MONKEY KING 西游记之大闹天空, which also stars Donnie Yen.

RIO 2 lands in top spot

14 Apr 2014

SINGAPORE - RIO 2 debuts at no. 1 with US$725,046 from 47 screens, including 3D.

Last weekend's reigning champion CAPTAIN AMERICA: THE WINTER SOLDIER grossed another US$652,812 as it drops down to the runner-up spot. The Marvel Studios pic, which is also the year's top film by far has grossed US$5,175,086 to date. It's trailing 10.89% behind fellow post-Avengers sequel pic THOR: THE DARK WORLD, which had grossed US$5,807,849 by its third weekend on its way to a US$6,300,035 final. CAP 2 looks likely to finish near that final tally as well.

CAP 2 is #1 this week and for 2014!

7 Apr 2014

SINGAPORE - CAPTAIN AMERICA: THE WINTER SOLDIER spends a second weekend at no. 1 and is now the no. 1 film of 2014. It grossed another US$1,296,030 for a US$4,263,837 cume to date. That's already more than what CAPTAIN AMERICA: THE FIRST AVENGER grossed in its entire run in 2011 (US$3,556,772).

Late last year, similar sequel THOR: THE DARK WORLD grossed US$4,954,073 by its second weekend on its way to a US$6,300,035 final. Even though CAP 2 is trailing 13.93% behind THOR 2 at this point, its position as one of the year's top grossers is already secured.

CAPTAIN AMERICA: THE WINTER SOLDIER makes biggest debut of 2014!

31 Mar 2014

SINGAPORE - Steve Rogers and gang take command of the no. 1 spot as the various versions of CAPTAIN AMERICA: THE WINTER SOLDIER (3D, D-BOX, Dolby Atmos, etc but surprisingly no IMAX version) storm the chart.

It's the first blockbuster release of the year to open on more than a 100 screens (102), grossing US$2,399,271 with a mighty US$23,522 screen average. This easily makes it the biggest debut of 2014 and the 5th biggest film of the year to date. THE WINTER SOLDIER also scores the third highest screen average debut of the year behind FROM MACAU TO VEGAS 賭城風雲 (US$25,743) and ROBOCOP (US$23,816).