Why a black male actor?

Have Lucy Liu or Zhang Ziyi take care of Glenn Close or Helen Mirren. After all, US movies don't care much about all that (Heimdall, Kingpin, Spider-Man in comics, ...)

Germany:
1st weekend: 295,661 admissions - 328,742 total
2nd weekend: 478,727 admissions (+62 %) - 921,117 total
3rd weekend: 622,924 admissions (+30 %) - 1,751,546 total
4th weekend: 622,433 admissions (-0 %) - 2,631,006 total
5th weekend: 566.862 admissions (-9 %) - 3,458,472 total
6th weekend: 478,577 admissions (-16 %) - 4,133,130 total
7th weekend: 494,236 admissions (+3 %) - 4,831,067 total
8th weekend: 471,387 admissions (-5 %) - 5,533,509 total
9th weekend:343,805 admissions (-27 %) - 6,041,746 total
10th weekend: 340,380 admissions (-1 %) - 6,502,925 total
11th weekend: 242,367 admissions (-29 %) - 6,866,308 total
12th weekend: 135,898 admissions (-44 %) - 7,088,608 total
13th weekend: 149,816 admissions (+10 %) - 7,280,616 total
14th weekend: 186,284 admissions (+24 %) - 7,550,336 total
15th weekend: 125,000 admissions (-33 %) - Estimate based on Thursday sales

To put this into perspective:

INTOUCHABLES already beat 5 HARRY POTTER movies!

12.6m HP1
9.7m HP2
8.0m HP4
7.8m INTOUCHABLES
7.1m HP5
6.6m HP3
6.5m HP7-2
6.2m HP&
5.8m HP7-1

And by box office it is the 15th biggest film of all-time:
http://www.insidekino.com/DJahr/DAlltime100bo.htm

Honestly, my projection of 8.5 million seemed "ambitious" a while back, but I am now thinking something along the lines of 8.8-9 million. I think it will remain in the Top 10 until the beginning of July!

According to BOM, it is at $312,200,000 worldwide now. A $400+ million total seems like a near-certainty.

Germany:
1st weekend: 295,661 admissions - 328,742 total
2nd weekend: 478,727 admissions (+62 %) - 921,117 total
3rd weekend: 622,924 admissions (+30 %) - 1,751,546 total
4th weekend: 622,433 admissions (-0 %) - 2,631,006 total
5th weekend: 566.862 admissions (-9 %) - 3,458,472 total
6th weekend: 478,577 admissions (-16 %) - 4,133,130 total
7th weekend: 494,236 admissions (+3 %) - 4,831,067 total
8th weekend: 471,387 admissions (-5 %) - 5,533,509 total
9th weekend:343,805 admissions (-27 %) - 6,041,746 total
10th weekend: 340,380 admissions (-1 %) - 6,502,925 total
11th weekend: 242,367 admissions (-29 %) - 6,866,308 total
12th weekend: 135,898 admissions (-44 %) - 7,088,608 total
13th weekend: 149,816 admissions (+10 %) - 7,280,616 total
14th weekend: 186,284 admissions (+24 %) - 7,550,336 total
15th weekend: 134,899 admissions (-28 %) - 7,803,486 total
16th weekend: 96,034 admissions (-29 %) - 7,937,059 total

Well, it dropped below 100,000 for the first time, in its 16th weekend!

At the same time, however, it is still in the Top 5, up one spot to #4. It is also the 13th-biggest film ever in Germany box-office-wise and the 29th-biggest since 1968 admissions-wise.

It should pass 8 million admissions by the end of the next weekend, even if the weater hurts it.

With very little competition in June, I see a scenario in which it might remain in the Top 10 until July which would give it pretty much six months in the Top 10. Either way, I don't see how it could miss a 8.8 million admissions total at the moment with open air cinema playing it throughout the summer. That'd be enough for it to enter the all-time Top 20. It has got a good shot at 9 million admissions too.

It will be released by Gaga in Japan this September (no date yet, though).

Gaga is an independent distributor, though they've been having more success than some major studios the past few years (largely due to Toho squashing everyone).

The film won't be grossing any significant amount like it has in other countries, but with the box office success and critical acclaim the film has had worldwide so far, I think interest will be there where it could pull in respectable numbers.

Very mixed reports from first day in Russia. Nearly sold out shows in some theaters and well below average in others. Also very bad time for shows in many theaters, particularly in regions.

So Russia is the first market where INTOUCHABLES didn't work...

It opened at No. 7 with $281,100 in 200 theaters...

I am still convinced it is hitting 8.8 million admissions here at least.

Number of shows in 6 major theater chains last Thursday.

1. Battleship 1500
2. Safe 1186
3. Pirates 950
4. Street Dance 2 850
5. Intouchables 226

Russia gross after the long weekend: $552,428
Actually it's not that bad for a french movie without big names and poor advertising.

This movie is doing suprisingly well in Poland. I wouldn't be suprised if it managed to reach 500k admission in the end.

Some numbers from the Netherlands:
Weekend #13 (22-25 March): € 100.651 [full week: € 233.792]
Weekend #14 (29 March-1 April): € 280.660 [full week: € 400.534]
Weekend #15 (5-8 April): € 277.197 [full week: € 558.825]
Weekend #16 (12-15 April): € 269.045 [full week: € 392.888]
Weekend #17 (19-22 April): € 312.202 [full week: € 556.577]
Weekend #18 (26-29 April): € 321.077 [full week: € 570.877]

Total box office: € 2.713.493 ($ 3.588.185)

Some numbers from the Netherlands:
Weekend #13 (22-25 March): € 100.651 [full week: € 233.792]
Weekend #14 (29 March-1 April): € 280.660 [full week: € 400.534]
Weekend #15 (5-8 April): € 277.197 [full week: € 558.825]
Weekend #16 (12-15 April): € 269.045 [full week: € 392.888]
Weekend #17 (19-22 April): € 312.202 [full week: € 556.577]
Weekend #18 (26-29 April): € 321.077 [full week: € 570.877]
Weekend #19 (3-6 May): € 418.728

Total box office: € 3.132.221 ($ 4.141.889)

Germany:
1st weekend: 295,661 admissions - 328,742 total
2nd weekend: 478,727 admissions (+62 %) - 921,117 total
3rd weekend: 622,924 admissions (+30 %) - 1,751,546 total
4th weekend: 622,433 admissions (-0 %) - 2,631,006 total
5th weekend: 566.862 admissions (-9 %) - 3,458,472 total
6th weekend: 478,577 admissions (-16 %) - 4,133,130 total
7th weekend: 494,236 admissions (+3 %) - 4,831,067 total
8th weekend: 471,387 admissions (-5 %) - 5,533,509 total
9th weekend:343,805 admissions (-27 %) - 6,041,746 total
10th weekend: 340,380 admissions (-1 %) - 6,502,925 total
11th weekend: 242,367 admissions (-29 %) - 6,866,308 total
12th weekend: 135,898 admissions (-44 %) - 7,088,608 total
13th weekend: 149,816 admissions (+10 %) - 7,280,616 total
14th weekend: 186,284 admissions (+24 %) - 7,550,336 total
15th weekend: 134,899 admissions (-28 %) - 7,803,486 total
16th weekend: 96,034 admissions (-29 %) - 7,937,059 total
17th weekend: 51,888 admissions (-46 %) - 8,022,217 total
18th weekend: est. 60,000 admissions (+16 %)

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After 18 weekends the movie is sitll in the Top 5 here. It is impossible to describe this kind of success and longevity. I don't think we have seen that in the past ten years.

I mean in the US, that'd put it at #6 for the longest streak in the Top 5 ever. I am pretty sure it'll drop out of the Top 5 next weekend which will see three relatively strong releases.

However, don't be surprised if it makes back into the Top 5 in June during the EC. 9,000,000 keeps looking more and more probable.

Distributor dropped a ball on this one. The movie leaked online in February (!) and was downloaded from #1 torrent Rutracker.org for 337,000 times since then. Billy is right - there was no advertising, and yet WOM worked really well, except didn't bring any money.
Making this kind of films available on official sites ASAP may be a much better strategy. Clearly a case of no reason to pay for a ticket.

Actually the movie is available from the very first day of theatrical release on legal Russian stream service now.ru. But I really doubt they made a lot of money from this.

Which means they were over 2 months behind torrents - and I said ASAP. What I suggest is to focus on Internet release, make it early and advertise it really well, as they are directly competing with torrents.
I doubt they made a lot of money from theatrical release either.

On week 3 it dropped only by 6.6% despite losing 69 screens out of 200.
Moved from 10th to 9th place with $179,041
$1,160,830 total with 134,008 admissions.

ERC:Just 4?!

8,293,340 admissions in Germany and still #11 of the box-office after 22 weeks.

Overseas it is at $343.6 million.

Last weekend INTOUCHABLES became the 10th biggest b.o. grosser of all-time in Germany...

http://www.insidekino.com/DJahr/DAlltime100bo.htm

Last weekend INTOUCHABLES became the 9th movie ever to cross the €60m mark in Germany...
Plus, it's ranked No. 7 in its 29th week...

http://www.insidekino.com/DJahr/DAlltime100bo.htm
http://www.insidekino.com/DTop10/12/DTop12JUL19.htm