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Heart of the Beast leads Ukraine with an FDI of 10.1
Rise of the Empire climbed from 19th to third after rising 6.2 points in a week.
Heart of the Beast
Rise of the Empire
Forgotten Island
The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping
David
Michael
Verity
Primetime- Heart of the Beast sold Unlock tickets over the past week.
- Forgotten Island fell 7.3 points over the week.
- The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping has Unlock advance tickets.
Heart of the Beast has moved to the front of Ukraine’s film-demand race, overtaking Forgotten Island with an FDI of 10.1 against the animation’s 8.2. The SEATmio Film Demand Index (FDI) is a film’s share, in percent, of all tickets SEATmio tracks in Ukraine, including recent sales and advance tickets for upcoming screenings. Ticket counts are rounded SEATmio estimates.
David Ayer’s adventure thriller, from the director of The Beekeeper and Fury, stars Brad Pitt and J.K. Simmons in a survival story about a Special Forces officer and his combat dog stranded in the Alaskan wilderness. It sold Unlock tickets over the last 7 days and has Unlock advance tickets, even as its FDI fell 0.5 points over the week.
Forgotten Island, the fantasy adventure about two friends trying to escape a world where their memories are the price of leaving, slipped from first to second. It sold Unlock tickets in the last 7 days, but its FDI fell 7.3 points, leaving it vulnerable to the films rising behind it. Michael Showalter’s mystery thriller Verity, from the director of The Idea of You, also lost ground, falling to fourth with an FDI of 6.8.
The biggest move belongs to Rise of the Empire, which climbed from 19th to third after overtaking Verity, Primetime and Clayface among a long list of titles. Andrei Kravchuk’s historical war drama has an FDI of 7.1 after rising 6.2 points in a week. It sold Unlock tickets over the last 7 days and has Unlock advance tickets, putting it directly into the contest behind the two leaders.
Last weekend, from October 30 to November 1, Heart of the Beast sold the most tickets, leading with Unlock and improving 9% from the previous weekend. Forgotten Island followed with Unlock after falling 21%, while The Cat in the Hat placed third with Unlock. Rise of the Empire was the top opener in the weekend top five, starting with Unlock tickets.
Local production remains visible just outside the top tier. Саша Литвиненко’s action-crime comedy It’s a Good Thing Mom Doesn’t Know, about siblings pulled into a cartel fight before their mother’s birthday, is the strongest Ukrainian title with an FDI of 1.6 after rising 1.5 points. Dovzhenko. First Sight has an FDI of 1.4, while Dances with Weights has an FDI of 1.0.
The next 21 days bring several smaller openings before a larger franchise title enters the market. Wicker and Wild Horse Nine open on November 5 with an FDI of 0.2 each, while Ebenezer arrives on November 12 with an FDI of 0.4. The strongest upcoming title is The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping, from Francis Lawrence, which opens on November 19 with an FDI of 0.7 and Unlock advance tickets.
Most wanted films
| # | Film | FDI | 7 days |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Heart of the Beast | 10.1 | -0.5 |
| 2 | Forgotten Island | 8.2 | -7.3 |
| 3 | Rise of the Empire | 7.1 | +6.2 |
| 4 | Verity | 6.8 | -1.9 |
| 5 |  The Cat in the Hat | 5.5 | +5.4 |
| 6 |  Resident Evil | 4.8 | +1.3 |
| 7 |  Wonder Beast | 4.8 | -0.1 |
| 8 | Primetime | 4.3 | -3.1 |
| 9 |  Clayface | 4.2 | -3.0 |
| 10 |  A Tale of Lost Times | 4.0 | -2.1 |
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This story was produced automatically from index data and checked against it by software. Figures are SEATmio estimates.
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