52th Portuguese Box-Office Analysis

And the number is 52.
And still around at least for a week more. Before going on another adventure i don´t know where.

The week has some big news a new number one. It his a expected one but it still is a little bit of a dispointment since it didn´t get as big as desired i am sure.
As for the Pirates they dropped to number 3 and are starting they´re downspiral. But what a downspiral. A very strong fourth week. And the 600.000 total are not that far away.
As for new openings besides the new number one, we have just another one and at 13th. So despite the big name and almost alone in the run it didn´t translate to spectators to go see it.
As for an overall perfomance this was a a strong week with a 1% increase to 375699 spectators for the top ten movies.

And so let´s continue and see how they break up in numbers all films.
This concerns the week between 10 to 16 of August.

Legend

Position/Movie
Theather Count
Spectators (Week)
Average Per Room/Week
Percentage of Spectators Rise(+) or Drop (-)(-)
Spectators (Total)
Week of Release (New Film)

1. Superman Returns
76
94502
1243
-
95362
1st Week

2. Miami Vice
51
71109
1394
-18%
157595
2nd Week

3. Pirates of the Caribean:Dead Man´s Chest
78
66008
846
-34%
531488
4th Week

4. Over the Edge
48
39385
821
-26%
354799
5th Week

5. Hoodwinked
35
35278
1008
-1%
71067
2nd Week

6. The Lake House
35
28452
813
-7%
95290
3rd Week

7. Lucky Number Slevin
21
13512
643
-5%
46310
3rd Week

8. The Break-Up
23
12091
526
-42%
207485
6th Week

9. Stay Alive
24
7854
327
-23%
32127
3rd Week

10. Cars
23
7508
326
-28%
201113
8th Week

The Champion:

And the bew champion is one that was forgotten for the new generation. Even for mine it would be if someone didn´t see the first one in 1978. What´s that? A Bird? A Plane? No it´s "Superman Returns".
This classic quote always impresses me everytime. I just think it´s perfect. And it´s also present in a very funny scene in this last one. Just check it out. It´s hilarious. Climbing to number one with 94502 spectators in the first week would be impressive but not for superman and it´s 200 million dollar invstment. The average of 1243 doesn´t impress either comparing it with the more than 2300 average of this year´s Pirates of the Caribean. SInce i seen the numbers for it´s second i can also say that it isn´t good news for our hero. But that´s another story.

The New Players:

"Ask the Dust" hit number 13th with an estimate of 3094 spectators and that meaning a 619 average per theather/week. Not very impressive for Mr.Farell. Expect it to disapear very quickly. And without much delay in three weeks.

This Week Winner Film:

And the award goes to Hoodwinked" that in it´s second week managed a smallish 1% drop. Impressive week indeed and another homerun for animation in Portugal. As i said before we just can´t stop seeing them even if they suck.

This Week Looser:

And the award goes to "The Break-Up". Once a winner today a looser. Happens to everybody.
And this will be a normal feature now in the box-office.

So see you next week.