Singapore - Ponniyin Selvan: Part 2 is the widest release this week, including IMAX screens. The Indian period action adventure film is available in both Tamil and Hindi versions and starts on Friday.
Other wide debuts include the disaster rescue film, Flashover from Oxide Pang and Guy Ritchie's The Covenant. Also new is the thriller, To Catch a Killer starring Shailene Woodley, Indonesian horror Khanzab, Finnish action film Sisu and The Malay horror comedy, Sumpahan Malam Raya.
by Lau Chee Nien / April 20, 2023
Singapore - Evil Dead Rise opens in selected theatres across the island. Other horror flicks also rising in cinemas this week include Thailand's Inhuman Kiss 2 and two films from Indonesia: Sewu Dino and Iblis Dalam Darah.
Romance One True Loves, South Korean sports drama Rebound and the Malay animated Didi & Friends The Movie are the other new releases.
by Lau Chee Nien / April 13, 2023
Singapore - Renfield and Ride Open open island wide.
Other debuts include Motel Melati, Lost Love and Riceboy Sleeps.
Singapore - Shazam! Fury of the Gods opens island wide.
Other debuts include the Irish folk horror, Unwelcome; the Malaysian cursed island horror, Pulau; Oscar nominee EO and British drama, Blue Jean.
by Lau Chee Nien / March 13, 2023
Singapore - Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania stays at no. 1 for a 4th weekend. Its cumulative now stands at US$3,070,356 (S$4,142,371).
65 is the highest debut at no. 2, while Scream VI and The House of No Man debut at no. 4 and 6 respectively.
The Projector exclusive, Women Talking starts with US$3,964 (S$5,348) from 2 screens.
Singapore - 65, Scream VI and Suzume are the new releases opening wide this week, which is also the start of the school holidays.
Other debuts include the animated films Rock Dogs 3: Battle the Beat and Mechamoto; Vietnamese comedy The House of No Man; Malaysian horror Sumpahan Syaitan; Korean thriller The Devil's Deal; Oscar nominated films To Leslie and Women Talking; and the youth adventure film, The Tiger's Nest.
Also new is Hindi romance Tu Jhoothi Main Makkaar and Tamil action film, Agilan.
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]
