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Avengers: Doomsday takes UK demand lead with an FDI of 15.7

Wicker opened on top last weekend with Unlock tickets as Ghosts: The Possession of Button House slipped.

  • Avengers: Doomsday rose 10.9 points in a week.
  • Wicker led last weekend with Unlock tickets.
  • George Michael: The Faith Tour has Unlock advance tickets.

Avengers: Doomsday has seized the United Kingdom demand lead 42 days before release, climbing from sixth to first and overtaking Ghosts: The Possession of Button House, Clayface, Forgotten Island, Wildwood and Street Fighter. The SEATmio Film Demand Index (FDI) is a film’s share, in percent, of all tickets SEATmio tracks in that country: tickets for the last 7 days of screenings plus advance tickets for screenings still to come. Joe and Anthony Russo’s science-fiction adventure has an FDI of 15.7 after rising 10.9 points in a week, with Unlock advance tickets. The directors’ earlier work includes Avengers: Endgame and Captain America: Civil War, and the cast includes Robert Downey Jr., Chris Evans and Pedro Pascal.

Wicker is the closest film already in cinemas. Eleanor Wilson and Alex Huston Fischer’s romance-fantasy comedy climbed from 16th to second, passing Ghosts: The Possession of Button House, Clayface and Primetime among others. It has an FDI of 8.8 after rising 7.6 points, with Unlock tickets sold in the last 7 days and Unlock advance tickets. Olivia Colman, Alexander Skarsgård and Peter Dinklage star in the story of a ridiculed fisherwoman whose handmade husband brings chaos to a conservative seaside village.

Ghosts: The Possession of Button House, last week’s leader, fell to third as its FDI dropped 7.8 points to 7.5. Simon Hynd’s fantasy comedy sold Unlock tickets in the last 7 days and has Unlock advance tickets. Primetime rose from 11th to fourth, scoring 6.4 after gaining 4.3 points, while the Robert Pattinson thriller sold Unlock tickets in the last 7 days. Clayface slipped from second to fifth with an FDI of 5.4 after falling 3.5 points, even as it sold Unlock tickets in the last 7 days.

Last weekend, from October 30 to November 1, Wicker opened in first place with Unlock tickets, all ticket figures being rounded SEATmio estimates. Ghosts: The Possession of Button House followed with Unlock tickets after falling 39% from the previous weekend. Primetime opened with Unlock tickets, and Clayface took Unlock after a 41% weekend fall. Forgotten Island was fifth with Unlock tickets, down 31%.

The strongest local production remains Ghosts: The Possession of Button House, still third in demand despite its week-on-week drop. The local lineup also includes Shaun the Sheep: The Beast of Mossy Bottom, which has an FDI of 1.4 after falling 2.4 points and sold Unlock tickets in the last 7 days. George Michael: The Faith Tour, another local production, opens November 5 with Unlock advance tickets and an FDI of 1.3.

The next 21 days are led by The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping, which opens November 18 with an FDI of 3.7 and Unlock advance tickets. Francis Lawrence’s science-fiction adventure, set around the Second Quarter Quell, rose 3.2 points and climbed from 29th to seventh. You Can See Everything opens November 20 with an FDI of 1.5 and Unlock advance tickets. Ramayana: Rise of a Legend and Godzilla Minus Zero both open November 6, with Unlock and Unlock advance tickets, respectively.

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#FilmFDI7 days
1Avengers: Doomsday15.7+10.9
2Wicker8.8+7.6
3Ghosts: The Possession of Button House Local production7.5-7.8
4Primetime6.4+4.3
5Clayface5.4-3.5
6Dune: Part Three4.0+3.3
7The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping3.7+3.2
8Wildwood3.5-2.5
9Forgotten Island3.0-5.3
10Street Fighter2.1-3.7

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