Tuesday, August 26, 2014

LUCY makes no. 1 debut

25 Aug 2014

Singapore - Luc Besson's LUCY starring Scarlett Johansson debuts at no. 1 with US$1,455,514 from 66 screens (including IMAX) for an amazing US$22,053 screen average. It's the 16th film to debut above US$1m this year; the 2nd highest amongst films that are not a sequel or a reboot; and is one of seven films to manage a screen average above US$20K (it ranks 6th on this list, and is the only one that's not a sequel or reboot).

Also making its debut is the Chinese martial arts pic THE FOUR 3 四大名捕大结局 (US$121,704 / 11 screens). The original flick THE FOUR 四大名捕 opened with US$207,004 on 23 screens on its way to a US$424,428 finish in 2012; while the sequel THE FOUR 2 四大名捕 II screened earlier this year with a US$134,132 start on 9 screens and a US$220,402 cume.

Other debuts include the young adult sci-fi drama THE GIVER (US$56,932 / 22 screens); Hong Kong comedy TEMPORARY FAMILY 临时同居 (US$20,981 / 10 screens); action pic TEKKEN 2: KAZUYA'S REVENGE (US$5,551 / 5 screens); Taiwanese romance ONE MINUTE MORE 只要一分鐘 (US$3,892 / 2 screens) and the Brunei martial arts drama YASMINE (US$1,768 / 2 screens).

Sneak previews include SIN CITY: A DAME TO KILL FOR (US$7,495 / 6 screens) and RUROUNI KENSHIN: KYOTO INFERNO (US$2,872 / 1 screen).

Indonesian biopic SOEKARNO has grossed US$2,407 as of its 2nd weekend on a single screen (figures unavailable last week).

Overall, the Top 10 films grossed US$2,453,643 - a 13% increase from the last weekend and a 30.2% increase from the same frame a year ago when THE MORTAL INSTRUMENTS: CITY OF BONES debut at no. 1.

Source: Box Office Mojo

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