The Past Week: Total Box Office Volume
All films in wide release playing between August 13 and August 19 grossed a decent $196 million, up 7% from the four-year average for the comparable week and up 3% from the same week in 2011. Year to date (now over $6.8 billion for wide-release films) is now running 5% ahead of last year.
| Domestic Box Office Volume: All Wide-Release Films through August 19, 2012 | ($ millions) | |||||
| 2011 | 4-year Average | 2012 | vs 2011 | vs 4yr Avg | ||
| Week #33 | $191 | $182 | $196 | +3% | +7% | |
| Year to Date | $6,525 | $6,488 | $6,868 | +5% | +6% | |
Weekend Actuals versus Studio Estimate
The major films this weekend (the top seven with weekends greater than $10 million) came in with actual weekend grosses within 1% of the studio estimates in all but two cases. The opening weekend number for The Expendables 2 ended up at $28,591,370 officially, down 0.6% from the studio estimate Sunday morning.
The Bourne Legacy came in with $17,057,385, up 0.2% from the Universal estimate Sunday morning, while ParaNorman opened with $14,087,050 officially, up 0.6% from the Focus (Universal) estimate. The Dark Knight Rises grossed an official $11,011,349 in its fifth weekend, down 1.2% from the Warner Brothers estimate. Finally, The Odd Life of Timothy Green opened with $10,822,903, down 0.8% from the Disney estimate.
The only films to significantly miss their studio estimate were Sparkle at $11,643,342 (down 3.0%) and The Campaign $13,127,289 (down 1.9%).
Updated Estimates of Final Grosses
The ShowbuzzDaily Domestic Grosses (the estimated North American gross when the film ends its run) are summarized below for films released the last six weeks. Pay attention to the final domestic grosses, which are much more important than individual weekend grosses and especially weekend rankings.
| Updated ShowbuzzDaily Domestic Final Estimates | Domestic Final Gross ($ millions) | percentile | |
| Dark Knight Rises | 442 | 99 | |
| Ice Age: Continental Drift | 160 | 89 | |
| Bourne Legacy | 110 | 82 | |
| Expendables 2 | 86 | 73 | |
| The Campaign | 85 | 73 | |
| ParaNorman | 69 | 67 | |
| Hope Springs | 61 | 62 | |
| Total Recall | 56 | 59 | |
| Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days | 51 | 56 | |
| Odd Life of Timothy Green | 37 | 44 | |
| Step Up Revolution | 36 | 43 | |
| The Watch | 34 | 42 | |
| Sparkle | 31 | 35 |
Weekend Predictions for the August 24-26 weekend should be posted Wednesday. This weekend features the openings of Hit & Run, Premium Rush and The Apparition.
Also, catch the latest update on the ShowbuzzDaily Summer Movie Fantasy Draft.
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