TERMINATOR GENISYS captures no. 1 spot!

1 Jul 2015

Singapore - In what appeared to be a tight race, TERMINATOR GENISYS claimed the no.1 spot from former champ MINIONS this past weekend. The John Connor pic grossed US$1,379,042 from 84 screens (including 3D and IMAX 3D) while Stuart, Kevin and Bob dropped 50.28% in their second weekend to steal US$1,111,392 from 76 screens. This is one of those rare weekends where both the top two films grossed more than US$1m each.

GENISYS' debut was an improvement over TERMINATOR SALVATION which started with US$982k from 62 screens for a US$2.06m finale 6 years ago.

The Despicable Me prequel has now grossed US$4,037,045 after 11 days. In comparison, DESPICABLE ME 2 grossed US$1,048,485 from 70 screens in its second weekend, and had a cume of US$4.24m about two years ago. Screen average comparisons were US$14,624 and US$14,978 for MINIONS and DESPICABLE ME 2 respectively. The latter ended its run with US5.65m and MINIONS may find itself achieving a total in the same region.

Other debuts include Korean drama TWENTY (4 screens), Thai horror THE BLACK DEATH (7 screens) and AMERICAN HEIST (4 screens).

Amongst holdovers, JURASSIC WORLD grossed another US$727,683 for a US$7,798,861 total. It's now the 7th biggest film of all time in Singapore and joins an exclusive club that has crossed S$10m at the local box office.

Box Office (25 - 28 Jun)

1 (-) Terminator Genisys (PG13)
US$1,379,042 / US$1,379,042 

2 (1) Minions (PG)
US$1,111,392 / US$4,037,045 *

3 (2) Jurassic World (PG13)
US$727,683 / US$7,798,861 *

4 (3) Poltergeist (PG13)
US$76,461 / US$328,941

5 (-) Twenty (NC16)
US$17,224 / US$17,224

6 (5) San Andreas (PG13)
US$16,866 / US$2,317,226

7 (-) The Black Death (M18)
US$14,440 / US$14,440

8 (-) American Heist (M18)
US$11,616 / US$11,616

9 (4) Insidious: Chapter 3 (PG13)
US$10,153 / US$1,090,028

10 (7) Spy (M18)
US$8,017 / US$1,211,455

Legend: 
This Week / Last Week / Film Title / Rating 
Weekend Gross / Total Gross

Prediction Results: I got 4 out of 10 correct. My guess for TERMINATOR GENISYS' debut gross was pretty much on target while MINIONS' drop was pretty close as well.

Sources:
Box Office: Cinematograph Film Exhibitors Association
Figures: Box Office Pro (* indicate figures differ on The Numbers)