The Past Week: Total Box Office Volume
All films in wide release playing between October 29 and November 4 grossed a solid $163 million, up 6% from the four-year average for the week and up 18% from the same week last year.
The past six weeks are now 9% above the four-year average box office average and a sizable 20% above the same six-week period last year.
Year to date box office (now almost $8.4 billion for wide-release films) continues to run 5% above both the average for the same period the last four years and last year at this time.
| Domestic Box Office Volume: All Wide-Release Films through November 4, 2012 | ($ millions) | 2012 vs 2011 | 2012 vs 4yr Avg | |||
| 2011 | 4-year Average | 2012 | ||||
| Week #44 | $138 | $154 | $163 | +18% | +6% | |
| Past Six Weeks | $758 | $830 | $906 | +20% | +9% | |
| Year to Date | $7,936 | $7,949 | $8,357 | +5% | +5% | |
Weekend Actuals versus Studio Estimate
Very accurate studio estimates Sunday morning for the two big openers, but Universal stretched on Man with the Iron Fists a bit to say it would end up above $8 million for the weekend. That was not meant to be.
Wreck-It Ralph came in officially at $49,038,712 for its opening weekend, within an amazing 0.1% of the Disney estimate Sunday.
Flight came in at $24,900,566 in its opening weekend, down only 0.4% from the Sunday estimate.
Man with the Iron Fists opened officially with $7,910,980, down a hefty 3.7% from the Universal estimate.
Updated Estimates of Final Grosses
The ShowbuzzDaily Domestic Grosses (the estimated North American gross when the film ends its run) are summarized below for films released the last six weeks. Pay attention to the final domestic grosses, which are much more important than individual weekend grosses and especially weekend rankings.
| Updated ShowbuzzDaily Domestic Final Estimates | Domestic Final Gross ($ millions) | percentile | |
| Wreck-It Ralph | 171 | 91 | |
| Hotel Transylvania | 150 | 89 | |
| Taken 2 | 139 | 87 | |
| Argo | 103 | 80 | |
| Flight | 78 | 68 | |
| Looper | 68 | 64 | |
| Pitch Perfect | 67 | 63 | |
| Paranormal Activity 4 | 53 | 53 | |
| Sinister | 51 | 51 | |
| Here Comes the Boom | 43 | 47 | |
| Frankenweenie | 36 | 37 | |
| Cloud Atlas | 32 | 32 | |
| Alex Cross | 24 | 22 | |
| Man with the Iron Fists | 21 | 16 | |
| Seven Psychopaths | 18 | 13 | |
| Silent Hill: Revelation 3D | 14 | 9 | |
| Fun Size | 10 | 4 | |
| Chasing Mavericks | 5 | 1 |
Weekend Predictions for November 9-11 should be posted Wednesday. This weekend features the wide opening of Skyfall (from Sony). Lincoln also opens but at very few theaters initially.
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