Bulgarian Box Office Update - Weekend 10 - 12 Aug

She was never going to tell the BO secrets

Just for a change for a Pixar movie, Brave remains strong in Bulgaria in its second week and slowing down just 21% already has BGN 418,303 in its accounts. This, coupled with the success of Rapunzel, means that Bulgarian little girls are a force to reckon in terms of ticket purchasing power.

The highest new entry of the week, Total Recall manages to hit the number 2 slot with a result of BGN 80,641 - a mediocre performance for its genre. Still, Colin Farrell was never much of a draw in this country. For comparison last year's summer bomb Freight Night debuted with the dismal BGN 16,300.

Ice Age 4 sticks to #3 and the worldwide hit already has the gigantic BGN 2,140,399.

At the same time, Ted shows a surprisingly okay result with BGN 49,623, and BGN 98,091 including previews. This is a good performance for an R-rated comedy and together with the excellent figures of The Dictator means that local movie-goers are hungry for such popcorn entertainment.

You can check the rest of the top 10 here: Box Office Mojo

This week the top ten is left by What To Expect When You're Expecting, with the awful movie making the more-than-welcome BGN 218,589 in its run. Another long runner, Safe is also out with the expectedly good for Jason Statham BGN 312,379. 

Compared with my projections, both Total Recall and Ted outperformed my BGN 65,000 and BGN 42,000 forecasts.

Next weekend's projections:

Step Up 4: 30,000

That's My Boy: 27,000

(1 BGN =  0.64 USD / EUR 0.51)