> Oops. The weekend forecasts were way too high for the sequels Sherlock Holmes 2 and Alvin and the Chipmunks 3. The holiday season that was supposed to save 2011 (or at least make the year a little less embarrassing) is shaping up to be a major disappointment. This weekend (when the box office should […]
Based on Friday’s grosses, Weekend #8 of 2013 is another bad one: $86 million for the top 12 films Friday-Sunday (down 25% from the same weekend last year and down 15% from the average for the weekend the last few years). Identity Thief will hold on to the #1 spot for the weekend (but only […]
> The 16th weekend of 2012 is looking like $122 million for the Top 12 films, up 1% from this weekend last year but up 24% from the four-year average for the same weekend. The Hunger Games has finally been toppled by Think Like a Man and The Lucky One. However, down only 34% in […]
> As Hurricane Irene marches up the East Coast from North Carolina to Boston this weekend, the full impact on the weekend box office remains unclear, but there will be a significant impact. News reports say that 65 million Americans will be touched by the storm (about 20% of the population), and many theaters will […]
Based on Friday’s grosses, weekend #37 of 2015 looks like $82 million for the top 12 films Friday-Sunday, slightly above the norm for the first weekend after Labor Day (see track below). Opening at 2,221 theaters Friday, The Perfect Guy from Sony is on track for a $26.5 million opening three-day weekend (way above our $14.5 million ShowBuzzDaily forecast earlier this week). […]
It’s a busy but not particularly big weekend at the multiplex. The weekend’s winner will be BOO 2! A MADEA HALLOWEEN (Lionsgate), which did a fairly good job of holding the audience for last year’s original Boo. Deadline reports a preliminary $7.5M opening day, down 21% from Boo‘s start. If that percentage holds, the […]
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 […]
The phenomenon of It having had its day, weekend box office is starting to look more familiar, which is to say subdued. KINGSMAN: THE GOLDEN CIRCLE (MARV/20th) will take the weekend, but hardly in impressive fashion. Preliminary numbers at Deadline have opening day at $15.7M, which includes $3.4M from Thursday night. 2 years ago, […]