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Year to Date Box Office & Worldwide Studio Scorecard 7.15.2018

Posted July 15, 2018 by Mitch Metcalf

WORLDWIDE STUDIO SCORECARD.  Here is an updated look at the 2018 film slates by studio. The studio totals also include 2018 dollars for films released in late 2017. YEAR TO DATE BOX OFFICE. Looking at North American box office, 2018 to date is now +9% above last year and now +13% above the average for this point […]

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US/Worldwide Weekend Box Office Report – 11.22.2020

Posted November 22, 2020 by Mitch Salem

  OPENINGS:  With the pandemic raging throughout the country and about 20% fewer theatres open than last week, box office numbers plunged across the board.  There were no truly wide openings, but the Jackie Chan vehicle VANGUARD (Gravitas) opened at 1375 theatres with a low $400K start, a per-theatre weekend average of just $290. Similarly, […]

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Year to Date Box Office & Worldwide Studio Scorecard

Posted April 6, 2014 by Mitch Metcalf

WORLDWIDE STUDIO SCORECARD.  Year to date, Warner Brothers remains on top with $804 million worldwide, while Disney has vaulted to a competitive second place with $677 million (because of the arrival of Captain America: The Winter Soldier).  Sony and Universal remain in the next tier with about $530 million worldwide each.  Fox and Paramount are […]

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INTERNATIONAL BOX OFFICE through May 26

Posted May 26, 2013 by Mitch Metcalf

Scattered overseas results are in for the past week, mostly for the recent openers.Fast & Furious 6 is off to an impressive start outside of North America, as well as domestically.  In contrast, Epic is already slightly outshining The Hangover Part III worldwide (an early lead in overseas box office for Epic more than makes up for a slight estimated domestic advantage […]

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INTERNATIONAL BOX OFFICE NUMBERS through March 25

Posted March 25, 2012 by Mitch Metcalf

>Welcome to the big leagues, Hunger Games.  Our preliminary domestic total projection of $403 million and the overseas gross to date of $59 million instantly puts The Hunger Games in the stratosphere of worldwide revenue, already matching the big releases from the recent Christmas period.  Of course, much bigger numbers are ahead as the overseas […]

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Behind the US/Worldwide Weekend Box Office – 6/26/16

Posted June 26, 2016 by Mitch Salem

  OPENINGS:  INDEPENDENCE DAY: RESURGENCE (20th) is the latest indication that audiences may be tiring of massive CG spectacles–which is bad news for the major studios, since they’ve concentrated most of their line-ups into that genre.  ID:R‘s $41.6M weekend is mediocre at best for a would-be blockbuster with $300M+ in worldwide costs, suggesting a US […]

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Year to Date Box Office & Worldwide Studio Scorecard 3.1.2020

Posted March 1, 2020 by Mitch Metcalf

WORLDWIDE STUDIO SCORECARD.  Here is an updated look at the 2020 film slates by studios (films entering wide release in the 2020 calendar year). BOX OFFICE. Looking at North American box office, 2020 is now +5% above last year’s comparable span but -15% below this point averaged over the past four years ($1.497 billion).  Over […]

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Year to Date Box Office & Worldwide Studio Scorecard: 8.17.2014

Posted August 17, 2014 by Mitch Metcalf

WORLDWIDE STUDIO SCORECARD.  No change in the studio rankings this week with no studio increasing more than $100 million over the past 7 days worldwide.  Fox’s modest gain this week comes mostly from the domestic potential for Let’s Be Cops and continued overseas grosses for How to Train Your Dragon 2.  Disney’s weekly gain is mostly a function of […]

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