UK box office breakdown Nov 6-8 2015

UK Box office:
1) Spectre - week 2 - £13.1
2) Hotel Transylvania 2 - week 4 - £1.1
3) Brooklyn - new - £1.0
4) Pan - week 4 - £0.5
5) Burnt - new - £0.4

Spectre had massive drop off at 68.8% that is much more then normal but still a strong performance. Also Hotel T is once again decreasing with a drop off at 55.1% I guess last week was due to counter programming from Spectre.
Brooklyn had a good opening I expect they are content with that but Bradley coopers Burnt on the other hand really suffered from bad reviews, once again proving star power isn't a drawing force in cinema these days. An even bigger flog was Nicholas Holt's Kill your friends coming in 11th with only £102 thousand maybe this is partly due to only being in under 200 theaters but still disappointing. And scouts guide to the zombie apocalypse I wont even grase with capital letters!

US Box Office:
1) Spectre - new - $70.4
2) The Peanuts Movie - new - $44.2
3) The Martian - week 6 - $9.1
4) Goosebumps - week 4 - $6.8
5) Bridge of Spies - week 4 - $5.8

Spectre opens respectfully with more than MI5 but less than Skyfall did in the US ($88.3). The martian holding in in week 6 is really impressive as well.

Opening this week UK:
Steve Jobs
Metacritic: 82
Rotten Tomatoes: 85%
Although it has done bad at the US box office critics love this and could be possible Oscar nomination for Fassbender. Biopic about Steve Jobs taking place behind the scenes of some of his most influential press conferences, based on Walter Issacsons's biography of the same name. Directed by Danny Boyle.


Lady In the Van
Metacritic: 69
Rotten Tomatoes: 100%
Maggie Smith is a crazy old lady in a van. So a documentary ? ...

UK Box Office breakdown Oct 30-Nov 1

UK Box office:

1. Spectre - New - £41.3
2. Hotel Transylvania 2 - week 3 - £2.4
3. Pan - week 3 - £0.8
4. Paranormal Activity: The Ghost Dimension - week 2 - £0.7
5. Suffragette - week 3 - £0.6

Spectre crushed at the box office breaking records crushing Harry Potter's £25.2m opening (the last one) for all time opening weekend and Skyfalls £21.4m, we will have to see how it does in america next week but Skyfall made $1.1 billion for total box office, Spectre could match or beat this becoming the fifth movie this year to hit $1 billion, and star wards hasn't come out yet. ( maybe mokingjay too but prob not). If a movie in the US made $410 opening weekend that would be utterly impossible, Jurassic world holds the record there at $210.
Also Hotel Transylvania has a +7% increase from last week. Thats insane most films will drop between 40-60% between weeks for at least the first 4 or 5 weeks. 

Pan coming back to third but only because nobody is seeing anything but bond.

It's worth mentioning Inside out still in the top 10 after its 15th week !

Finally UK spent more money in the cinema this week then america ! that's rare!

USA box office:

1. The Martian - week 5 - $11.7
2. Goosebumps - week 3 - $9.9
3. Bridge of Spies - week 3 - $8.4
4. Hotel Transylvania 2 - week 6 -$5.9
5. The Last Witch Hunter - week 2 - $5.2

Very low box office for America. Scouts Guide to the Zombie Apocalypse opening in 12th with only $1.8 which is dreadful and Our Brand is Crisis also tanking with $3.2. The Martian is in the number 1 for the 4th time.

Opening this week in UK:

Brooklyn

Metacritic: 88

Rotten Tomatoes : 98%

Romance about an Irish girl that goes to New York and finds love on both side of the Atlantic. People love it possible Oscar nominations

Burnt

Metacitic: 42

Rotten Tomatoes: 29%

Bradly Cooper Cooking movie. In general people like it better then the reviews above suggest but if you want a cooking movie watch last years chef.

Kill your friends

Metacitic: 42

Rotten Tomatoes: 50%

Nicholas Holt movie about the boss of a record company murdering his way to the top. 

The Runner

Metacitic: 39

Rotten Tomatoes: 28%

Nicholas Cage move probably utter trash i dunno.

UK box office: 23-25 Oct 2015

1) Hotel Transylvania 2 - week 2 - £2.3
2) The Martian - week 4 - £1.7
3) Paranormal Activity: The Ghost Dimension- New - £1.5
4) Suffragette - Week 2 - £1.3

5) The Last Witch Hunter - New - £1.2

Happy for Sicario still doing ok at 7th. Paranormal activity did much better in the UK then in america (relative to expected). Hotel Trans holding strong at No' 1.

Opening this week:

Spectre

Metacritic - 69

Rotten Tomatoes - 78%

The new James bond film is the only film released this week and will take the no'1 spot next week. It's the last for before the rights go up for sale and the last for Daniel Craig wrapping up his era of bond. 

So analysis:
US population: 318.9million
UK population: 64.1million
£1 = $1.54
therefore box office: $US => 7.66 * £UK
however I have found it is closer to 10 *£10 i guess less people on average go to the cinema in UK then america or maybe ticket prices are different.

Your guide to box office numbers:
expect around £6m for mid budget films like mission impossible and simular if a movie gets above £10 its done really great.

Your guide to metacritic and rotten tomatoes scores. Good movies are above 60 on both great movies are above 80. Metacritic lets critics score 1 to 100 however rotten tomatoes only allows critics to say weather they like or dislike it. This leads to a nice comparison between them. I find these to be the most reliable rating on the internet as only critics count and many people contribute to them. Critics are better because they dont have selection bias as they see all films and have a better base for comparison between films.

UK Box office break down - 17/18 Oct 2015

1. Hotel Transylvania 2 - Week 1 - £6.3m
2. Suffragette - Week 1 - £2.9m
3. Pan - Week 1 - £2.7m
4. The Martian - Week 3 - £2.4m
5. Crimson Peak - Week 1 - £1m

Points of interest: Poor opening for Pan and Crimson Peak, what is really surprising is the walk only getting £135 thousand in its second week 3 times less then Ledgend made in its 6th week !

Opening this week:

The Last Witch Hunter:

Metacritic: 34

Rotten Tomatoes: 14%

Vin Diesel has brought his D&D character to life and after being cursed with immortality in the past he has lived to the present and is hunting down evil witches that are trying to take over New York with Lord of the Rings Elijah Wood and Game of Thrones Rose Leslie. I don't have high hopes for this one!

Paranormal Activity: The Ghost Dimension

Metacritic: 34

Rotten Tomatoes: 13%

Yer I don't even give enough of a shit to even look up what the synopsis is 

If you want a good movie this week watch Beasts of no Nation on Netflix it's about a child solder in Africa, Idris Elba is in it, its GREAT! but obviously not expecting much on the box office as its only in very limited theaters and you can just watch it on Netflix now ! 

Also Spector opens on Monday ... thats weird, I think they are going fro biggest opening week record ... ill mention it next week

Estimating the 60 Highest Grossing 2015, 2016, 2017,2018 and 2019 Films

Highest Grossing 2015 Estimate:
(The Theory of Everything, Birdman, John Wick and Big Hero 6, included in 2014 but released in 2015 in UK)

1. Star Wars: The Force Awakens > $1b
2. The Avengers: Age Of Ultron > $1b
3. The Hunger Games: Mokingjay part 2 ~$900m
4. Spectre ~$900m
5. Fast and Furious 7 ~$800m
6. Ant-man ~$750m
7. Jurassic World ~ $750m
8. Mission Impossible 5 ~$700m
9. Terminator: Genisys ~ $700m
10. Pan ~ $700m


11. Inside Out
12. Minions
13. The Fantastic 4
14. Cinderella
15. Insergent
16. Taken 3
17. Kingsman: The Secret Service
18. Pitch Perfect 2
19. Tomorrowland
20. Jupiter Asending


21. Ted 2
22. Kung Fu Panda 3
23. The Good Dinosaur
24. Spongebob Square Pants
25. The Jungle Book
26. 50 Shades of Grey
27. Point Break
28. Spy
29. Magic Mike XXL
30. The Transporter Legacy


31. San Andreas
32. Chappie
33. Grimsby
34. Mad Max: Fury Road
35. London Has Fallen
36. Goosebumps
37. Hotel Transylvania 2
38. Maze Runner: Scorch Trials
39. Peregrine's Home for Perculars
40. Monster Trucks


41. The Man from U.N.C.L.E
42. Paper Towns
43. B.O.O.: Bureau of Otherworldly Operations
44. Strange Magic
45. The Peanuts Movie
46. Hitman Agent 47
47. The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
48. Ex Machina
49. Entourage
50. Train Wreck


51. Victor Frankenstein
52. The Martian
53. Crimson Peak
54. The Wedding Ringer
55. Pixels
56. Get Hard
57. Mordecai
58. Black Hat
59. Into the Heart of the Sea
60. Seventh Son

and these:

The Woman in Black 2

Hot Tub Time Machine 2

Everest

Selfless

Insidious: Chapter 3

Poltergeist

The Boy Next Door

The Guman

Amityville: The Awakening

The Kitchen Sink

Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2

Focus

Passengers
The Walk
The Little Prince

Highest Grossing 2016 Estimate:

1. Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice
2. Captain America: Civil War
3. Star Wars Spin Off
4. Transformers 5
5. X-Men: Apocolypse
6. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
7. Planet of the Apes 3
8. Avatar 2
9. Finding Dory
10. Alice in Wonderland: Through the Looking Glass


11. Star Trek 3
12. Suicide Squad
13. Dr Strange
14. The Bourne Betrayal
15. Skull Island
16. The Sinister Six
17. Deadpool
18. Warcraft
19. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2
20. Now You See Me: The Second Act


21. Allegiant Part 1
22. Assasins Creed
23. Prometheus 2
24. Mechanic: Resurrection
25. Jungle Book: Origins
26. Ice Age 5
27. The Huntsman
28. The Adventures of TinTin: Red Rackham's Treasure
29. Lego Nijago
30. The BFG


31. Tarzan
32. Independence Day 2
33. Uncharted
34. The Mummy
35. The Fifth Wave
36. Knights of the Roundtable: King Arthur
37. Hail, Cesar!
38. The Nut Job 2
39. Ride Along 2
40. Angry Birds


41. Resident Evil: The Final Chapter
42. The Conjuring 2: The Enfield Poltergeist
43. Mighty Morphin Power Rangers
44. N/A

Highest Grossing 2017 Estimate:

1. Star Wars Episode VIII
2. Justice League Part One
3. Guardians of the Galaxy 2
4. Thor: Ragnarok
5. Black Panther
6. Wolverine 3
7. Toy Story 4
8. Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tails
9. Wonder Woman
10. Avatar 3


11. Allegiant Part 2
12. Terminator
13. Fantastic Four 2
14. Pacific Rim 2
15. Despicable Me 3
16. Lego Batman
17. How to Train Your Dragon 3
18. The Croods 2
19. Medusa
20. Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas


21. Captain Underpants
22. N/A

Highest Grossing 2018 Estimate:

1. Avengers: Infinity War Part I
2. Star Wars Spin Off
3. X-Men
4. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them 2
5. Avatar 4
6. Captain Marvel
7. The Flash
8. Aquaman
9. Inhumans
10. Managascar 4


11. The Lego Movie 2
12. Godzilla 2
13. Terminator
14. Puss in Boots 2: Nine Lives & 40 Thieves
15. N/A

Highest Grossing 2019 Estimate:

1. Avengers: Infinity War Part II
2. Star Wars Episode IX
3. Justice League Part Two
4. Shazam
5. N/A

MUSIC NEWS - Oui Oui Si SI Ja Ja Da Da...The Greatest Album Name Ever

Ok, after the music overload of last week, I have found a whacking great number of news stories. 1, to be precise...

Madness Preview Oui Oui Si Si Ja Ja Da Da
Very soon, Madness will be releasing their awesomely named new album Oui Oui Si Si Ja Ja Da Da. To drum up a bit of excitement for the album, you can now listen to 5 tracks from the upcoming album if you have spotify. Click here to have a look.

Will see you next week, hopefully with a bit more to talk about...
Tom

MUSIC NEWS - Mahoosive Round-Up

Long time, no music! I'm sorry we haven't been keeping Crash Hub up to date over the past few weeks, we've been busy...being busy! But hey, we're back, and we're hoping to broaden Crash Hub out a bit and bring you a bit more exciting info, reviews and general opinions.
Anyways, music. Now for a blitz of everything I've missed over the donkey year we haven't been blogging...

Adele Does Bond
While writing this I'm listening to Adele's knew single Skyfall, which is to be the theme tune for the upcoming  Bond film of the same title. I'd say the best word to describe it is probably "fine". It's a pretty average Bond anthem, and does nothing new to try and be a bit more creative as Jack White and Alicia Key's Another Way To Die did for Quantum of Solace. However, it's very traditional, and is a welcome addition to the 007 playlist.

Let us know your thoughts in the comments!

Labrinth and Emili Sandé Duet
Labrinth's new single featuring Emili Sandé, Beneath Your Beautiful, has landed. And again, it is something radically different from what Lab has done before. I personally really like it, and the addition of Emili Sandé is an absolute treat. My only criticism would be that the video is pretty dull, but this doesn't hinder the music at all.

Brian May and Kerry Ellis Go Unplugged

Legendary Queen axe-man Brian May and West End star Kerry Ellis are embarking on another tour together this November. The duo will be performing 11 intimate, acoustic gigs across the country to raise money for the Born Free Foundation.

May and Ellis will also be releasing a cover of the classic song Born Free, the theme tune written by John Barry from the 1966 film of the same name.

For more on this story, click here.

Masses and Masses and Masses of Albums OUT NOW

While I was away, alot of new stuff has hit the shelves. The biggest one has probably been Muse's rather unpredictable The 2nd Law; but lots of other cool stuff has appeared including Ellie Goulding's Halcyon, Diana Krall's Glad Rag Doll, Van Morrison's Born To Sing: No Plan B, The Overtones' Higher,  Richie Sambora's Aftermath of the Lowdown, The Killers' Battle Born and Green Day's ¡Uno!.

Madness New Album Release Date

Madness' new album Oui Oui Si Si Ja Ja Da Da has now got a release date. The album, which features the single Death of a Rude Boy, will be released on the 29th October.

Ok, I think I've covered everything, even if it is all a bit a brief. If you feel I've missed something, let us know in the comments...

Tom :)