by Lau Chee Nien / December 19, 2022
Singapore - Avatar: The Way of Water opens at no. 1 with US$1,948,937 (S$2,647,709).
Based on publicly published figures from Box Office Mojo, it's one of the biggest opening of the year ahead of Top Gun: Maverick (US$1,504,057 / S$2,058,016).
It trails Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness (US$3,119,286 / S$4,318,589), Thor: Love and Thunder (US$2,245,176 / S$3,136,780), Jurassic World: Dominion (US$2,235,000 / S$3,099,297) and Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (US$2,168,722 / S$2,973,838).
Puss in Boots: The Last Wish drops to no. 2 and has accumulated US$784,359 (S$1,065,583) after two weeks.
Notre-Dame on Fire debuts at no. 10.
Singapore - Puss in Boots: The Last Wish debuts at no. 1 with US$276,771 (S$374,347). The total goes up to US$586,419 (S$793,161) when previews are included.
Black Panther: Wakanda Forver dips to the runner-up spot with a cume of US$5,629,275 (S$7,613,876).
Box Office (Dec 8 - 11)
1 (-) Puss in Boots: The Last Wish (PG)
2 (1) Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (PG13)
3 (2) Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile (PG)
Singapore - Black Panther: Wakanda Forever stayed
at no. 1 for a fourth weekend, grossing US$363,816
(S$491,635) for a US$5,308,954 (S$7,174,149) cume.
Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile, Decibel and Violent Night debut at positions no. 2, 3 and 5 respectively. Violent Night grossed US$28,633 (S$38,692) in its debut weekend.
Also new is The Antique Shop at no. 9 and Sadako DX at no. 10.
Box Office (Dec 1 - 4)
1 (1) Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (PG13)
2 (-) Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile (PG)
by Lau Chee Nien / December 1, 2022
Singapore - Black Panther: Wakanda Forever debuts at no. 1 with US$2,168,722 (S$2,973,838).
Box Office (Nov 10 - 13)
1 (-) Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (PG13)
2 (1) Black Adam (PG13)
3 (2) Ajoomma《花路阿朱妈》(NC16) [Mandarin, Korean, English]
4 (3) Deleted《越界》(NC16) [English, Mandarin, Malay]
5 (4) Talbis Iblis (NC16) [Malay]
by Lau Chee Nien / August 18, 2022
Singapore - Nope lands in cinemas this week. Also opening island wide are Hansan: Rising Dragon and Thiruchitrambalam.
Other debuts include Almost Love, Moloch, Girls to Buy, Kisaragi Station and The Doll 3.
Opens Aug 18 (Thu)
NOPE (NC16)
G23 / C8 / S9 / IMAX5 / F2 / W2 / P3
[52 cinemas]
by Lau Chee Nien / August 8, 2022
Singapore - Bullet Train debuts at no. 1. Other debuts include Emergency Declaration at no. 3, Jerangkung Dalam Almari at no. 5 and Orphan: First Kill at no. 8.
Thor: Love and Thunder drops to no. 2 after four weeks at the top. It has grossed US$5,265,252 (S$7,270,734) to date. Another former chart topper, Minions 2: The Rise of Gru slides from no. 2 to no. 4. Its cumulative is US$3,388,172 (S$4,678,693).
Box Office (Aug 4 - 7)
1 (-) Bullet Train (M18)
by Lau Chee Nien / August 4, 2022
Singapore - Bullet Train and Emergency Declaration open island wide.
Other new releases include Orphan: First Kill and Jerangkung Dalam Almari. The extended cut of Everything Everywhere All at Once, which includes an introduction by the Daniels and eight minutes of post-credits outtakes also opens at selected theatres.
Opens Aug 4 (Thu)
BULLET TRAIN (M18)
G25 / C8 / S11 / IMAX5 / F2 / W2 / EC / P2
[56 cinemas]
by Lau Chee Nien / July 28, 2022
Singapore - Japanese sports film Alive Drift opens island wide.
Other debuts include Indonesian horror Iblis Dalam Kandugan, Ode to the Spring, an anthology about the Covid-19 outbreak and Stop!-Zemlia, screening exclusively at the Projector.
by Lau Chee Nien / July 25, 2022
Singapore - Thor: Love and Thunder adds a third week at no. 1 with a US$4,591,095 (S$6,369,180) cumulative to date.
Detective Vs. Sleuth is the highest debut at no. 4, followed by The Black Phone at no. 5, Paws of Fury: The Legend of Hank at no. 6 and The Killer at no. 10. Phone is the only debut with figures available publicly. It grossed US$82,115 (S$113,917), including the previous weekend's previews.
Box Office (Jul 21 - 24)
1 (1) Thor: Love and Thunder (PG13)
by Lau Chee Nien / July 21, 2022
Singapore - The Black Phone from Blumhouse and the director of Doctor Strange opens island wide.
Other debuts include the animated Paws of Fury: the Legend of Hank and the current Chinese box office champion, Detective Vs. Sleuths.
The Hindi-language Shamshera opens on all IMAX screens. It's the second Indian film to be screened in IMAX in Singapore after RRR.
The Killer, an action film from South Korea, and Compartment No. 6, a Projector exclusive also debut on limited screens.
by Lau Chee Nien / July 18, 2022
Singapore - Thor: Love and Thunder remains at no. 1 with a total cume of US$3,922,017 (S$5,484,823).
Among holdovers, Minions 2: The Rise of Gru has grossed US$2,792,089 (S$3,904,653 / week 3), and Jurassic World: Dominion has reached US$5,100,756 (S$7,133,254 / week 6)
Decision to Leave, the Cannes winner is the highest debut at no. 4. Musyrik Api Neraka Menantimu and Chilli Laugh Story are new at no. 7 and 8 respectively.
The Black Phone collected US$19,850 (S$27,759) from its weekend sneaks.
by Lau Chee Nien / July 4, 2022
Singapore - Minions 2: The Rise of Gru is the top release of the week at no. 1. Other debuts include The Witch: Part 2. The Other One at no. 7 and Breakout Brothers 3 at no. 9.
by Lau Chee Nien / June 23, 2022
Singapore - Elvis from director Baz Luhrmann opens island wide. Also new in theatres are Broker, Mat Kilau, Teluh, Doraemon: Nobita's Little Star Wars, What to Do with the Dead Kaiju? and the faith-based Once Upon a Time in Mongolia.
Opens Jun 23 (Thu)
ELVIS (PG13)
G21 / C4 / S11 / IMAX3 / F2 / W1 / EC / P1
[44 cinemas]
BROKER (PG13) [Korean]
G10 / S6 / F1 / W1 / P2
[20 cinemas]
by Lau Chee Nien / June 20, 2022
Singapore - Jurassic World: Dominion remains at no. 1 for a second weekend. It grossed a further US$983,121 (S$1,366,715) for a US$3,888,466 (S$5,405,668) total.
Ah Girls Go Army Again is the highest debut at no. 3, whilst Lightyear debuts with US$107,956 (S$150,078) at no. 4. Urban Myths debuts at no. 8.
Box Office (Jun 16 - 19)
1 (1) Jurassic World: Dominion (PG13)
5 (4) The Roundup (NC16)
by Lau Chee Nien / June 8, 2022
Singapore - Jurassic World: Dominion stomps into cinemas island wide as the sole major release this week. Official Competition debuts on two screens.
Opens Jun 8 (Wed)
JURASSIC WORLD: DOMINION (PG13)
G32 / C17 / S12 / IMAX5 / F2 / W2 / EC / P2
[73 cinemas]
Opens Jun 9 (Thu)
OFFICIAL COMPETITION (M18)
S1 / P1
[2 cinemas]
by Lau Chee Nien / June 6, 2022
Singapore - Tamil action thriller Vikram is the widest new release this week across all the major cinema chains.
Other debuts include Shark Bait, Chickenhare and the Hamster of Darkness, Daeng, The Northman, Elizabeth: A Portrait in Part(s) and Detective Conan: The Bride of Halloween.
Opens Jun 2 (Thu)
SHARK BAIT (NC16)
G2 / C8 / S8 / W1
[19 cinemas]
by Lau Chee Nien / May 26, 2022
Singapore - Top Gun: Maverick flies into theatres this week. Other debuts include The Roundup, Even Mice Go to Heaven, Araf 4: Meyrem and The God Committee.
Opens May 25 (Wed)
TOP GUN: MAVERICK (PG13)
G33 / C17 / S11 / IMAX5 / F2 / W2 / EC / P2
[73 cinemas]
Opens May 26 (Thu)
THE ROUNDUP (NC16) [Korean]
G13 / C4 / F1 / W1
[19 cinemas]
3 (3) Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore (PG13)
by Lau Chee Nien / May 19, 2022
Singapore - Malaysian action thriller The Assistant is the widest new release this quiet week before Top Gun: Maverick takes flight the following week.
Other debuts include Operation Mincemeat, Menjelang Magrib, Boiling Point and Gameboys: The Movie.
Opens May 19 (Thu)
THE ASSISTANT(NC16) [Malay]
G7 / C7 / W1
[15 cinemas]
