Open Channel D: The Man From UNCLE Affair

by Vladimir Kozlov 8/19/2015 10:16am PDT The previous weekend's champ, 'Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation' was in second place. The Man From U.N.C.L.E.  became this past weekend's box office champ in Russia, grossing 201 million rubles ($3.1 million), according to data from the research company Movie Research. The spy story's take exceeded the forecast from Russia's leading industry journal,  Exhibitors' Bulletin , which predicted that the movie would gross 180 million rubles ($2.7 million). The previous weekend's champion  Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation  was in second place, adding 90 million rubles ($1.4 million) to its gross on its second weekend in theaters. The Gift  debuted in third place with 21 million rubles ($319,500), followed by the year's  highest grossing  movie to date,  Minions . The spinoff of  Despicable Me  added another 18.7 million rubles ($284,500) to its total gross. To read the complete ar...

This is the first IMDb Top Box Office chart that includes The Man From UNCLE movie. First place is a surprise: Straight Outta Compton , with a solid 56 Million Dollars in the first week. In the second place is UNCLE's "rival" Mission:Impossible - Rogue Nation, in its third week. The Man From UNCLE comes in third. The top ten: Top Box Office Title Weekend Gross Weeks Straight Outta Compton   (2015) $56.10M $56.10M 1 Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation   (2015) $17.00M $138.14M 3 The Man from U.N.C.L.E.   (2015) $13.54M $13.54M 1 Fantastic Four   (2015) $8.00M $41.96M 2 The Gift   (2015) $6.50M $23.58M 2 Ant-Man   (2015) $5.52M $157.57M 5 Vacation   (2015) $5.33M $46.85M 3 Minions   (2015) $5.20M $312.97M 6 Ricki and the Flash   (2015) $4.57M $14.66M 2 Trainwreck   (2015) $3.80M $97.92M 5 Click here to Open Channel D: The Man From UNCLE Affair

‘Man From U.N.C.L.E.’ Embraced By Russia As Offshore Rollout Begins – Intl B.O. Despite its lower-than-anticipated weekend take of $13.6M Stateside , Warner Bros pretty much built The Man From U.N.C.L.E. to succeed abroad complete with its British actors Henry Cavill and Hugh Grant, as well as Swedish burgeoning star Alicia Vikander, hot off Ex-Machina . It should be able to count on offshore for a healthier return if auds embrace those elements, and continue to demonstrate a taste for spy-themed movies that’s been evident in recent months. Big markets which U.N.C.L.E. invaded this weekend include Russia, the UK, Australia, Germany and Spain, in addition to various smaller territories for a total of about 25. We do not yet have a full cume for the first days in all markets, but initial figures show U.N.C.L.E. dominating Russian play with $1.2M on 1,804 screens and a 60% share after two days. Warner says that’s twice the No. 2 movie, Mission: Impossibl...