Bulgaria: Box Office Thread | Deadpool & Wolverine still on top after MCU's second best debut (in gross) (2024)

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:

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:

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:

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:

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:

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:

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:

Elemental is holding pretty great after the lackluster sophom*ore 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:

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:

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.

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:

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:

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.