Fantastic Appeal for Fantasy Movies

November 5, 2018

Fantasy movies releasing Q4 2018

From joining the quest of destroying that ‘One Ring’ – Lord of the Rings, drifting into the realm of ‘Narnia’- home to mythical beasts and talking animals – The Chronicles of Narnia, to learning the art of witchcraft and wizardry at ‘Hogwarts’ – Harry Potter and coexisting with the local tribe on the lush alien world of Pandora – Avatar, we can all agree that fantasy is fundamentally ridiculous. But, once in a while, the real world gets a tad boring, and good old fantasy is our best and cheapest bet!

Fantasy has the power to transport audiences from the bounds of reality into the world of escapism and incredulity – and what better medium than cinema to escape reality (larger than life image and surround sound with booming bass).

Over the years, the genre has gone from strength to strength, and today, we’re in the middle of an unprecedented fantasy boom.

2017 witnessed a myriad of fantasy movies, with three of them making it to the list of Top 10 Highest Grossing Hollywood Movies (worldwide) – Star Wars: The Last Jedi (over US$1.32B and the 9th highest grossing movie of all time), Beauty and the Beast (Over US$1.26B and the 11th highest grossing movie of all time) and Wonder Woman (over US$817M). Another notable fantasy movie of 2017 is The Shape of Water which won 4 Oscars, 2 Golden Globes and 2 BAFTA Awards.

 

UAE fantasy movie admissions stats:

 

2018

Avengers: Infinity War – Ranks 1st in UAE Top 10 Movies of 2018, ran for 23 weeks and did approximately 733K admissions

 

2017

Beauty and the Beast – Ranks 3rd in UAE Top 10 Movies of 2017, ran for 14 weeks and did approximately 499K admissions

Wonder Woman – Ranks 10th in UAE Top 10 Movies of 2017, ran for 13 weeks and did approximately 330K admissions

Justice League – Ran for 8 weeks and did approximately 322K admissions

Star Wars: The Last Jedi – Ran for 9 weeks and did approximately 178K admissions

 

2016

Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice – Ranks 2nd in UAE Top 10 Movies of 2016, ran for 13 weeks and did approximately 541K admissions

Suicide Squad – Ranks 5th in UAE Top 10 Movies of 2016, ran for 10 weeks and did approximately 339K admissions

Doctor Strange – Ran for 10 weeks and did approximately 245K admissions

Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them – Ran for 11 weeks and did approximately 234K admissions

Warcraft: The Beginning – Ran for 9 weeks and did approximately 182K admissions

 

2015

Avengers: Age of Ultron – Ranks 3rd in UAE Top 10 Movies of 2015, ran for 12 weeks and did approximately 530K admissions

Star Wars: The Force Awakens – Ranks 8th in UAE Top 10 Movies of 2015, ran for 15 weeks and did approximately 398K admissions

Cinderella – Ran for 12 weeks and did approximately 303K admissions

 

Upcoming fantasy movie releases in November  December 2018:

 

Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald 

Release Date: 15th November 2018

Starring: Jude Law, Johnny Depp and Eddie Redmayne

 

Mortal Engines 

Release Date: 13th December 2018

Starring: Hugo Weaving, Stephen Lang and Robert Sheehan

 

Aquaman

Release Date: 20th December 2018

Starring: Jason Mamoa, Amber Heard and Nicole Kidman

 

*Fantasy movies mentioned above are as per genre listings on IMDb.

 

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Sources: IMDb, Writing Cooperative, The Telegraph and YouTube