Bulgaria: Box Office Thread | National Cinema Days went gangbusters, biggest weekend since COVID (2024)

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1NEWIndiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny121601290480 BGN-263541820 BGN24236332300 BGN
21Elemental3373445982 BGN-37%11559133515 BGN36959432337 BGN
3NEWRuby Gillman, Teenage Kraken1331033588 BGN---331033588 BGN
42No Hard Feelings2174422756 BGN-46%641475189 BGN815897946 BGN
56Mavka: The Forest Song (Мавка. Лісова пісня)2159817119 BGN-37%475148447 BGN634965566 BGN
65Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse5124415377 BGN-52%490655845 BGN55010636915 BGN
73Transformers: Rise of the Beasts498615250 BGN-59%480866981 BGN35090473852 BGN
84Flash, The396112450 BGN-65%473160854 BGN16972219137 BGN
99Boogeyman, The56668310 BGN-48%248529152 BGN26815311368 BGN
107Fast X74987970 BGN-64%288540431 BGN2014562774039 BGN

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11Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny212901177444 BGN-38%39473492175 BGN55009711439 BGN
2NEWInsidious: The Red Door1562365478 BGN---562365478 BGN
32Elemental4362843484 BGN-5%715882698 BGN44011512537 BGN
43Ruby Gillman, Teenage Kraken2274728133 BGN-16%635561780 BGN910289913 BGN
54No Hard Feelings3159120592 BGN-9%386945608 BGN11874141390 BGN
65Mavka: The Forest Song (Мавка. Лісова пісня)3141815906 BGN-7%303030916 BGN919995269 BGN
76Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse6127415621 BGN2%264530444 BGN57685667603 BGN
87Transformers: Rise of the Beasts581412330 BGN-19%222131453 BGN37139502384 BGN
98Flash, The47749484 BGN-23%197223736 BGN18757239908 BGN
1012Little Mermaid, The76387494 BGN15%98111415 BGN71033848318 BGN

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1NEWMission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning - Part One111778161265 BGN-402065156 BGN15798226421 BGN
21Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny3608080087 BGN-54%22629287449 BGN70817901531 BGN
33Elemental5287534035 BGN-21%608869213 BGN49346572301 BGN
42Insidious: The Red Door2253130734 BGN-53%10367114867 BGN12898145600 BGN
54Ruby Gillman, Teenage Kraken3137114801 BGN-47%523951348 BGN12965127929 BGN
65No Hard Feelings4109014644 BGN-28%297535584 BGN14348171026 BGN
7NEWAlbert1126312717 BGN---126312717 BGN
87Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse783110106 BGN-35%213524915 BGN59377687003 BGN
96Mavka: The Forest Song (Мавка. Лісова пісня)48158980 BGN-43%244825984 BGN11044114327 BGN
1010Little Mermaid, The83974758 BGN-36%108612433 BGN71878858015 BGN

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1NEWBarbie138107452186 BGN---38107452186 BGN
2NEWOppenheimer130019403925 BGN---30019403925 BGN
31Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning - Part One2672493067 BGN-42%23026292522 BGN33770450745 BGN
42Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny4428956441 BGN-29%12632152173 BGN816581030059 BGN
53Elemental6237229588 BGN-13%589765617 BGN54740633470 BGN
64Insidious: The Red Door3120615256 BGN-50%577664805 BGN17349194928 BGN
75Ruby Gillman, Teenage Kraken4112112512 BGN-15%275828076 BGN15473153716 BGN
87Albert28858850 BGN-30%264325383 BGN352834233 BGN
99Mavka: The Forest Song (Мавка. Лісова пісня)56497015 BGN-21%169317198 BGN12571129560 BGN
106No Hard Feelings52723582 BGN-75%219126449 BGN15721186412 BGN

Here are the charts from the last month.

The last month was quite underwhelming at the local box office but thanks to Barbenheimer some much needed life was given to it. We just had one of the most attended weekends as a whole in the last 20 years and both films totally blew all expectations.

As I mentioned in my last review of the box office here the general audience will still go to the cinema but they'll do it for an event. The combined attendance of the two openers is the best OW since COVID started moving just ahead the debut of Fast X (without the previews, of course).

Almost all of the remaining premiers in the last month debuted well below expectations but I'll get to them in a bit.

2023 - Top 20:

#TitleAdmissions#TitleGross
1Fast X2033691Fast X2800407 BGN
2Super Mario Bros. Movie, The1292122Super Mario Bros. Movie, The1525297 BGN
3Чалга1091383Чалга1239069 BGN
4John Wick: Chapter 4818444John Wick: Chapter 41081528 BGN
5Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny816585Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny1030059 BGN
6Little Mermaid, The723756Little Mermaid, The862997 BGN
7Creed III616257Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3835572 BGN
8Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse605728Creed III738818 BGN
9Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3583119Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse700707 BGN
10Operation Fortune: Ruse de guerre5706910Operation Fortune: Ruse de guerre676104 BGN
11Elemental5474011Elemental633470 BGN
12Transformers: Rise of the Beasts3842212Transformers: Rise of the Beasts519668 BGN
13Barbie3810713Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania491808 BGN
14Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves3802614Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves487407 BGN
15Игра на доверие3663415Barbie452186 BGN
16Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania3506716Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning - Part One450745 BGN
17Scream VI3471817Игра на доверие415987 BGN
18Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning - Part One3377018Scream VI407421 BGN
19Finnick (Финник)3240619Oppenheimer403925 BGN
20Oppenheimer3001920Babylon362509 BGN

Barbiehad one of the best July debuts and probably the best opening for a live-action comedy movie (outside Deadpool). It remains to be seen how frontloaded the premiere was but due to huge total attendance I expect that there will be a lot of spillover for the next few weeks and it should reach at least a 4x multiplier. If everything goes well it can also reach a 5x multiplier, which is what I would have expected if it didn't open almost 4 times greater than my prediction a few weeks ago. For now, I'll put the final range as 150-200k admissions and 1.8M-2.3M BGN.

Oppenheimerhad the second most attended debut not on number one - as far as I could see only Sherlock Homes managed to outdo it but that was on Christmas (the most lucrative release season). If we're talking about pure gross it defintely had the best debut not at first place. It also blew every other Nolan OW out of the water - in both attendance and gross. It may be frontloaded due to whole Barbenheimer trend but since it's summer and it's a Nolan movie it has a high chance to go well beyond a 5x multiplier.For now, I'll put the final range as 130-170k admissions and 1.8M-2.3M BGN.

Chistopher Nolan's Filmography:

TitleOW
(Attendance)
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(Gross)
Total
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Total
(Gross)
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Memento247213634 BGN580027826 BGN2,352002
Insomnia280013969 BGN1485168986 BGN5,302004
Batman Begins572326900 BGN28389120245 BGN4,962005
Prestige, The623537896 BGN18387104945 BGN2,952007
Dark Knight, The17979157249 BGN61664445034 BGN3,432008
>>> Inception <<<16952170064 BGN113891863489 BGN6,722010
Dark Knight Rises, The20898183273 BGN100453756444 BGN4,812012
Interstellar21413183074 BGN1265781012922 BGN5,912014
Dunkirk609360743 BGN35987322134 BGN5,912017
Tenet561162348 BGN44067460559 BGN7,852020
Oppenheimer30019403925 BGN30019403925 BGN1,002023

Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning - Part Oneis having a disastrous performance. It had the worst known debut in the franchise when talking about admissions and it should end up as the second or thirf least attended film in the series. Right now, it's looking at a final total around 60k admissions and 900k BGN - a significant underperfomance but this seems to be the trend for long-running franchises this summer.

Mission: Impossible Franchise:

TitleOW
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Mission: ImpossibleN/AN/A57119237000 BGN-1996
Mission: Impossible IIN/AN/A90204375000 BGN-2000
Mission: Impossible III1216665962 BGN49860243041 BGN4,102006
Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol19031162290 BGN128827917040 BGN6,772011
Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation22085198305 BGN109895898976 BGN4,982015
Mission: Impossible - Fallout17275204530 BGN86969959192 BGN5,032018
Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning - Part One11778161265 BGN33770450745 BGN2,872023

Insidious: The Red Dooris having a nice little run - nothing spectacular but a grat overperfomance when compared to the other installments. Only the second and fourth films were released in cinemas here and it's already outdid them combined. It should end up around 20k admissions and 240k BGN.

Insidious Franchise:

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Insidious-----2011
Insidious: Chapter 2139010273 BGN413028349 BGN2,972013
Insidious: Chapter 3-----2015
Insidious: The Last Key282123286 BGN710157459 BGN2,522018
Insidious: The Red Door562365478 BGN17349194928 BGN3,092023

Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny also underperformed here but when compared to the other big budget franchises it's not so bad. It still has a chance to pass 100k admissions but this is still 30k admission belowKingdom of the Crystal Skull. However, it has already passed it in gross due to the huge inflation when compared to 2008. It should end up around 100k admissions and 1.25M BGN.

Indiana Jones Franchise:

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Raiders of the Lost Ark-----1981
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom-----1984
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade-----1989
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull31992245245 BGN132728924810 BGN4,152008
Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny21601290480 BGN816581030059 BGN3,782023

Ruby Gillman, Teenage Krakenhad the chance to give The Flash a run for the biggest bomb this summer but due to some spectacular legs it may even surpass it at the end. This is still a terrible performance for a DreamWorks movie here even if it gets above the 20k admissions mark.

DreamWorks Animation:

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AntzN/AN/A876736000 BGN-1998
Prince of Egypt, TheN/AN/A1840276000 BGN-1998
Road to El Dorado, TheN/AN/A19808000 BGN-2000
ShrekN/AN/A1560565000 BGN-2001
Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron-----2002
Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas7003000 BGN27888759 BGN3,982003
Shrek 2718930082 BGN2370487789 BGN3,302004
Shark Tale259111183 BGN948939148 BGN3,662005
Madagascar14216996 BGN1181654597 BGN8,322005
Over the Hedge9944540 BGN473518010 BGN4,762006
Shrek the Third1273789357 BGN58625344016 BGN4,602007
Bee Movie7154257 BGN868849213 BGN12,152007
Kung Fu Panda867870559 BGN45871291955 BGN5,292008
Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa13409105611 BGN56780385040 BGN4,232008
Monsters vs Aliens584956439 BGN41832408370 BGN7,152009
How to Train Your Dragon11807124273 BGN41952436754 BGN3,552010
Shrek Forever After21488255658 BGN950111056399 BGN4,422010
Megamind509051972 BGN42098407561 BGN8,272010
Kung Fu Panda 212887128267 BGN80932742641 BGN6,282011
Puss in Boots22024221344 BGN1421811331131 BGN6,462011
Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted948792722 BGN72305671344 BGN7,622012
Rise of the Guardians16163164178 BGN103088968686 BGN6,382012
Croods, The14987141371 BGN73921673726 BGN4,932013
Turbo610758121 BGN44108380943 BGN7,222013
Mr. Peabody & Sherman16760151709 BGN64086556783 BGN3,822014
How to Train Your Dragon 222118203590 BGN1340341159264 BGN6,062014
Penguins of Madagascar34937319425 BGN1583881401195 BGN4,532014
Home23247216520 BGN93412824696 BGN4,022015
Kung Fu Panda 325032232393 BGN91948834270 BGN3,672016
Trolls20781188100 BGN113776976610 BGN5,482016
Boss Baby, The32017284942 BGN1334571160419 BGN4,172017
Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie-----2017
How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World32377337274 BGN1329361333923 BGN4,112019
Abominable11580109927 BGN46085439354 BGN3,982019
Trolls World Tour265821922 BGN17992159323 BGN6,772020
Spirit Untamed431537942 BGN15736135916 BGN3,652021
Boss Baby, The: Family Business14158130964 BGN80855713644 BGN5,712021
Croods, The: A New Age816971107 BGN48796394589 BGN5,972021
Bad Guys, The16260156579 BGN74284706539 BGN4,572022
Puss in Boots: The Last Wish12086136905 BGN1681181910498 BGN13,912022
Ruby Gillman, Teenage Kraken331033588 BGN15473153716 BGN4,672023

When we talk about bombs here,Transformers: Rise of the Beastsis another strong contender. It'll end up as the least attended film in the series which I totally didn't expect at the start of the summer.

Transformers Franchise:

TitleOW
(Attendance)
OW
(Gross)
Total
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MultiRelease Date
Transformers1019174265 BGN44799264635 BGN4,402007
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen21185149187 BGN51948346756 BGN2,452009
Transformers: The Dark of the Moon31001326316 BGN1169991088182 BGN3,772011
Transformers: Age of Extinction24444249264 BGN1136601097037 BGN4,652014
Transformers: The Last Knight13546151642 BGN52397547652 BGN3,872017
Bumblebee10027114550 BGN42882478161 BGN4,282018
Transformers: Rise of the Beasts10483148582 BGN38422519668 BGN3,672023

Elemental is holding pretty great after the lackluster sophomore weekend. It doesn't have any direct competition for 2 more weeks so it has a chance to go near 70k admissions if it doesn't get buried when TMNT opens.

PIXAR Animation:

TitleOW
(Attendance)
OW
(Gross)
Total
(Attendance)
Total
(Gross)
MultiRelease Date
>>> Toy Story <<<N/AN/A28119142668 BGN-1996
Bug's Life, AN/AN/A1147948000 BGN--
>>> Toy Story 2 <<<N/AN/A15748104047 BGN-2000
>>> Monsters, Inc. <<<500017312 BGN62486346949 BGN12,502002
>>> Finding Nemo <<<537320118 BGN69403401560 BGN12,922002
Incredibles, The21197218 BGN1854962859 BGN8,752004
Cars350917624 BGN28939132300 BGN8,252006
Ratatouille878257052 BGN56786326308 BGN6,472007
WALL·E584348153 BGN31658205616 BGN5,422008
Up9393103902 BGN33226348998 BGN3,542009
Toy Story 3582658881 BGN30599314694 BGN5,252010
Cars 213050128671 BGN82712720035 BGN6,342011
Brave15750149995 BGN1198721063648 BGN7,612012
Monsters University15462139889 BGN85073718106 BGN5,502013
Inside Out27730253776 BGN1326771123072 BGN4,782015
Good Dinosaur, The16425147791 BGN69774613358 BGN4,252015
Finding Dory13720121504 BGN82627680996 BGN6,022016
Cars 323800219593 BGN70069596280 BGN2,942017
Coco13770127848 BGN55708501065 BGN4,052017
Incredibles 220021198663 BGN107499980382 BGN5,372018
Toy Story 4621861189 BGN38972351886 BGN6,272019
Onward854188505 BGN20547176333 BGN2,412020
Soul272129106 BGN16583165041 BGN6,092021
Luca1019690538 BGN58326499764 BGN5,722021
Turning Red21375203158 BGN86457819640 BGN4,042022
Lightyear546352984 BGN20882190080 BGN3,822022
Elemental14569178098 BGN54 740633 470 BGN3,762023

The Flashis defintely the bomb of the year so far. It managed to pass 20k admissions but this should have been what it opened to given all the promotion. A truly terrible performance without any saving grace.

DCEU Franchise:

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(Attendance)
OW
(Gross)
Total
(Attendance)
Total
(Gross)
MultiRelease Date
Man of Steel9920106478 BGN33328334425 BGN3,362013
Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice30295319503 BGN93456961964 BGN3,082016
Suicide Squad25753262867 BGN1372211302086 BGN5,332016
Wonder Woman10141116882 BGN44208464075 BGN4,362017
Justice League23710265789 BGN67525724787 BGN2,852017
Aquaman42931494555 BGN1519741724035 BGN3,542018
Shazam14425173644 BGN42598495594 BGN2,952019
Birds of Prey and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn739674728 BGN21417206631 BGN2,902020
Wonder Woman 1984192522832 BGN8973102860 BGN4,662021
Suicide Squad, The588961345 BGN22599211145 BGN3,842021
Black Adam22698289339 BGN823991001658 BGN3,632022
Shazam! Fury of the Gods711193789 BGN18174227020 BGN2,562023
Flash, The7394100104 BGN20 058254 234 BGN2,712023

No Hard Feelingsmanaged a decent multiplier and passed 15k admissions.

Ateroid Citycouldn't pass the 5k admissions mark.

Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Versehad some nice hold in the last month and managed to pass the 60k admissions mark. Nevertheless, it ended up as the second biggest June release and still doubled the first movie in gross.

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(Attendance)
OW
(Gross)
Total
(Attendance)
Total
(Gross)
MultiRelease Date
Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse899788051 BGN36835356329 BGN4,092018
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse14740181506 BGN60 572700 807 BGN4,112023

Fast Xmanaged to pass the 200k admissions and also passed Furios 7 in gross to become the highest grosser in the long running series. When compared to other long-running franchises is quite good but it has a really unremarkable run after the great OW. It'll also most likely win the year in both admissions and gross unless something truly surprises or Barbie/Oppenheimer develop spectacular legs. Otherwise, the only movie I see with a chance to beat it is Aquaman 2.

Fast & Furious Franchise:

TitleOW
(Attendance)
OW
(Gross)
Total
(Attendance)
Total
(Gross)
MultiRelease Date
Fast and the Furious, TheN/AN/A34422173443 BGN-2001
2 Fast 2 Furious883434519 BGN42311129011 BGN4,792003
Fast and the Furious, The: Tokyo Drift552427745 BGN22770103378 BGN4,122006
Fast & Furious18576142918 BGN74726536002 BGN4,022009
Fast Five23826198963 BGN1508541081729 BGN6,332011
Fast & Furious 653718440891 BGN2297531770490 BGN4,282013
Furious 787196729986 BGN3419142771813 BGN3,922015
Fate of the Furious, The90212837885 BGN2761072516226 BGN3,062017
Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw37641432511 BGN1778231947996 BGN4,722019
F9: The Fast Saga50089559633 BGN1869142069967 BGN3,732021
Fast X67052935529 BGN203 3692 800 407 BGN3,032023

The Little Mermaidhad a good last month in cinemas and managed to pass the 70k admissions mark. However, it'll fall short of all of 90s remakes (except Mulan but it was duirng COVID).

List of Disney Live-Action adaptations:

TitleOW
(Attendance)
OW
(Gross)
Total
(Attendance)
Total
(Gross)
MultiRelease Date
Jungle Book, The-----1994
101 DalmatiansN/AN/A56532235000 BGN-1996
102 DalmatiansN/AN/A31793132000 BGN-2001
Alice in Wonderland25874284258 BGN1154701263467 BGN4,462010
Maleficent32894330576 BGN1469941388736 BGN4,472014
Cinderella31049239459 BGN97274722608 BGN3,132015
Jungle Book, The26666271198 BGN1405431366972 BGN5,272016
Alice Through the Looking Glass869189132 BGN37642372268 BGN4,332016
Beauty and the Beast56790573781 BGN1969581930543 BGN3,472017
Christopher Robin289926027 BGN16743141139 BGN5,782018
Dumbo12868137991 BGN56043554166 BGN4,362019
Aladdin31203353182 BGN1608481651222 BGN5,152019
Lion King, The49571534215 BGN2921492886316 BGN5,892019
Maleficent: Mistress of Evil31740349165 BGN1442791489485 BGN4,552019
Lady and the Tramp-----2019
Mulan688478165 BGN40568443584 BGN5,892020
Cruella593859623 BGN36573345422 BGN6,162021
Pinocchio-----2022
Peter Pan & Wendy-----2023
Little Mermaid, The17536219212 BGN72 375862 997 BGN4,132023

The Boogeymanended up just below 30k admissions - quite good for the genre.

The upcoming weekend has 2 new wide entries - Haunted Mansionand Talk to Me. The Disney film should end up near 10k admissions and I expect the new horror entry to end up around 5k admissions. The battle for the top spot will be fiercely fought between Barbie and Oppenheimer.

P.S. All the relevant charts have been updated.

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