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EARLY WEEKEND BOXOFFICE: Django Unstoppable

Posted December 30, 2012 by Mitch Salem

  It won’t be #1 for the full weekend, but the story on Saturday was DJANGO UNCHAINED (Weinstein/Sony), which–according to preliminary numbers at Deadline, at least–had its second straight day of splendid growth (+17%) and is challenging THE HOBBIT: AN UNEXPECTED JOURNEY (Warners/MGM) for the day’s lead with $11.2M.  It appears as though Django will […]

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EARLY WEEKEND BOX OFFICE: “The Force Awakens” Stays Colossal On Saturday

Posted December 20, 2015 by Mitch Salem

  After its history-making $120.5M opening day, there were two pre-existing Saturday models that STAR WARS: THE FORCE AWAKENS (Lucasfilm/Disney) could have followed.  The final Harry Potter was so front-loaded that it crashed by 53% from Friday to Saturday.  On the other hand, Jurassic World gently declined by 15%, similar to the 14% drop for […]

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EARLY FRIDAY BOX OFFICE: “Ralph,” “The Grinch,” Golden Globe Nominees Lead Holdover Weekend

Posted December 8, 2018 by Mitch Salem

  The lack of any new wide openings and the arrival of the year’s Golden Globe nominations are making for a strong holdover weekend, although for some titles more than others.  According to preliminary numbers at Deadline, RALPH BREAKS THE INTERNET (Disney) continued to decline rather swiftly, down 38% from last Friday to $3.5M, where Moana […]

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EARLY WEEKEND BOX OFFICE: “Apes” Keep Rising

Posted July 13, 2014 by Mitch Salem

  Good word of mouth kicked in for DAWN OF THE PLANET OF THE APES (20th) on Saturday, according to preliminary numbers at Deadline and elsewhere, giving the movie a 5-10% drop from its Thursday night/Friday numbers to $25-26M.  (Compare that to the 23% drop for Transformers 4 on its 2d day of release.)  That […]

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EARLY FRIDAY BOX OFFICE: “Jurassic World” Devours June Records

Posted June 13, 2015 by Mitch Salem

  JURASSIC WORLD (Legendary/Universal) is stomping past even the the highest expectations for its opening.  According to preliminary numbers at Deadline, its opening day was a stupendous $78.6M (including $18.5M from Thursday night), giving it the biggest June box office day ever by far, easily passing the $68.5M for Twilight: Eclipse, and in line for […]

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EARLY WEEKEND BOX OFFICE: “Need For Speed” Slows, “Single Moms” Flops

Posted March 16, 2014 by Mitch Salem

  Based on preliminary numbers at Deadline, the weekend box office will largely be in line with Friday’s results.  Both NEED FOR SPEED (DreamWorks/Disney) and SINGLE MOMS CLUB (Lionsgate) barely budged on Saturday from their Friday starts, with Speed up $300K and Moms up $100K.  That will push Speed down to 3d place for the […]

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SHOWBUZZDAILY EARLY WEEKEND BOXOFFICE REPORT – 7/14/12

Posted July 15, 2012 by Mitch Salem

  ICE AGE:  CONTINENTAL DRIFT (20th) continued with its underwhelming opening on Saturday, according to preliminary numbers at Deadline.   The 4th in the animated series had no Saturday matinee bump, holding at $16.5M for a 2d consecutive day (the previous Friday openings in the series had gone up 43% and 28% on their 2d days), […]

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EARLY “IRON MAN 3” WEEKEND BOXOFFICE – 5/4/13

Posted May 5, 2013 by Mitch Salem

  Preliminary numbers at Deadline have IRON MAN 3 (Disney) dropping just 6% on Saturday to $64M.  If that number holds, it’s quite a good hold for a blockbuster of this magnitude–in comparison, The Avengers fell 14% on its second day, and Iron Man 2 went down 11%.  (The original Iron Man actually rose 6% on its […]

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