WORLDWIDE STUDIO SCORECARD. Here is an updated look at the 2019 film slates by studio. BOX OFFICE. Looking at North American box office, 2019 is still -5% below last year’s comparable span and still basically even with this point the past four years ($7.601 billion). Over the same period, Hollywood films have grossed almost […]
WORLDWIDE STUDIO SCORECARD. Here is an updated look at the 2019 film slates by studio. BOX OFFICE. Looking at North American box office, 2019 is still -5% below last year’s comparable span and still basically even with this point the past four years ($7.473 billion). Over the same period, Hollywood films have grossed almost […]
WORLDWIDE STUDIO SCORECARD. Here is an updated look at the 2019 film slates by studio. BOX OFFICE. Looking at North American box office, 2019 is now -5% below last year’s comparable span (1 point better than last week) and now basically even with this point the past four years ($7.325 billion). Over the […]
OPENINGS: Labor Day weekend is traditionally Hollywood’s graveyard, and no major studio touched the holiday with a fresh arrival. DON’T LET GO (Blumhouse Tilt/OTL) tried to take advantage of the quiet, with a $2.4M start in 922 theatres, which should go to $3M with Monday. Even considering its very low production/marketing budget, this will probably end […]
WORLDWIDE STUDIO SCORECARD. Here is an updated look at the 2019 film slates by studio. BOX OFFICE. Looking at North American box office, 2019 is still -6% below last year’s comparable span and still -1% below this point the past four years ($7.205 billion). Over the same period, Hollywood films have grossed $19.1 billion worldwide […]
OPENINGS: ANGEL HAS FALLEN (Millenium/Lionsgate) smartly picked a weekend to open that was far enough away from Hobbs & Shaw with its larger and overlapping audience, and near enough to the end of summer to keep the competition sparse The result was a solid $21.3M opening, almost the equal of the last franchise installment […]
WORLDWIDE STUDIO SCORECARD. Here is an updated look at the 2019 film slates by studio. BOX OFFICE. Looking at North American box office, 2019 is still -6% below last year’s comparable span and still -1% below this point the past four years ($7.077 billion). Over the same period, Hollywood films have grossed almost $18.8 billion […]
OPENINGS: GOOD BOYS (Good Universe/Universal) easily led the weekend with $21M, a solid start for a comedy that probably had production/marketing costs under $75M. It was somewhat frontloaded with a 12% Saturday drop, but summer Sundays have been running strong this year, so it should still have a fair weekend multiple. Good Boys has […]