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Behind the Weekend Box Office – 1/12/14

Posted January 12, 2014 by Mitch Salem

  OPENINGS:  A bit surprisingly, LONE SURVIVOR (Universal) had no Saturday bump to speak of (under 1%), giving it a more frontloaded weekend than a movie appealing to an older audience (which tends not to run out on opening night) with strong reviews might be expected to have.  American Hustle, by way of comparison, went […]

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Year to Date Box Office & Worldwide Studio Scorecard

Posted January 5, 2014 by Mitch Metcalf

Warner Brothers and Disney remain in a tight battle for the worldwide crown for 2013.  We will keep updating this over the next few weeks and declare a winner after the overseas grosses are fully counted.  The most significant films still grossing overseas are The Hobbit: Desolation of Smaug (for Warner Brothers) and Frozen (for Disney).  For a […]

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BEHIND THE WEEKEND BOX OFFICE – 1/5/13

Posted January 5, 2014 by Mitch Salem

  OPENINGS:  PARANORMAL ACTIVITY: THE MARKED ONES (Paramount), with its $18.2M weekend, made less at 2867 theatres than the first Paranormal made at 760, a little more than 4 years ago.  It was also well below the $29M weekend for the last Paranormal installment in 2012 (which had been the franchise low).  In other words, […]

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2013 International Box Office through January 5

Posted January 5, 2014 by Mitch Metcalf

International box office for 2013 releases through January 5, 2014. Click here for a summary of worldwide performance by studio.

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BEHIND THE WEEKEND BOX OFFICE – 12/29/13

Posted December 29, 2013 by Mitch Salem

  Truth be told, “weekend” box office doesn’t mean much in a week where Friday/Saturday/Sunday are no stronger than the weekdays that surround them, and virtually all the openings took place on Wednesday.  (Also, morning estimates aren’t very different from the preliminary numbers we posted last night.)  Nevertheless, a few thoughts. OPENINGS:  THE WOLF OF […]

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International Box Office through December 29

Posted December 29, 2013 by Mitch Metcalf

Updated worldwide box office chart for 2013 North American films.  The Hobbit: Desolation of Smaug (Warner Brothers) and Frozen (Disney) are the top American performers overseas by far this past week.  Also, click here for a summary of worldwide performance by studio.

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Year to Date Box Office & Worldwide Studio Scorecard

Posted December 29, 2013 by Mitch Metcalf

No changes in the studio rankings this week, the top two studios had enormous weeks (each around $250 million) from The Hobbit: Desolation of Smaug (Warner Brothers) and Frozen (Disney), with each film experiencing a significantly upgraded domestic total forecast and very big grosses overseas.  For a complete ranking of 2013 films individually by worldwide performance click here. TOTAL NORTH […]

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Year to Date Box Office & Worldwide Studio Scorecard

Posted December 22, 2013 by Mitch Metcalf

No changes in the studio rankings this week, but four studios had $100+ million weeks: Paramount (with the release of Anchorman 2), Disney (the release of Saving Mr. Banks and continued international strength of Frozen), Sony (the release of American Hustle) and Warner Brothers (continued overseas prowess of The Hobbit despite a reduction in the domestic projection for the film).  For a […]

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