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US/Worldwide Weekend Box Office Report – 3.21.2021

Posted March 21, 2021 by Mitch Salem

  OPENINGS:  With the LA movie theatre market now open (at 25% capacity) and a general rise in vaccinations, the box office seems to be taking its first very tentative steps back to pre-pandemic life.  The one wide opening of the weekend THE COURIER (Roadside) wasn’t at all impressive at a $2M start, but the […]

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Behind the US/Worldwide Weekend Box Office – 3.6.2022

Posted March 6, 2022 by Mitch Salem

  OPENINGS:  THE BATMAN (DC/Warners) was the first event movie to open in 3 months, and the market responded with a $128.5M weekend, the 2nd-highest of the pandemic era (although not close to Spider-Man: No Way Home‘s $260.1M start).  About $4M of that number is attributable to AMC’s new “variable pricing” policy, hiking the ticket […]

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Behind the US/Worldwide Weekend Box Office – 2.26.2023

Posted February 26, 2023 by Mitch Salem

  OPENINGS:  The surprise isn’t so much that COCAINE BEAR (Universal) “overdelivered,” but that expectations were so low for a picture that had been the subject of pop culture fascination for months.  The $23.1M weekend seems like a realistic reflection of that fact, and although business is likely to drop quickly now that audiences have […]

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Behind the US/Worldwide Weekend Box Office – 11.12.2023

Posted November 12, 2023 by Mitch Salem

  OPENINGS:  THE MARVELS (Marvel/Disney) fulfilled the ghastliest projections assigned to it, setting a new low for the MCU with a $47M US opening, and it was similarly dismal overseas, with $63.3M from 51 territories.  The internet is already bursting with theories that include “No one liked Captain Marvel in the first place” and the […]

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Behind the US/Worldwide Weekend Box Office – 8.25.2024

Posted August 25, 2024 by Mitch Salem

  OPENINGS:  None of the weekend’s wide arrivals found much of an audience.  BLINK TWICE (MGM/Amazon) led the weak group with $7.3M, and given its relatively low $20M+ production costs, it might hit breakeven, depending on how much the studio spent on marketing.  It was equally slow overseas with $6.7M in 73 markets. The Christian […]

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INTERNATIONAL BOX OFFICE NUMBERS through February 26

Posted February 27, 2012 by Mitch Metcalf

>Four new films opened this weekend in North America and have joined our worldwide box office tracking chart.  Three of the four are toward the bottom of the chart and are destined to stay there.  The other film, Act of Valor, is currently in the middle of the pack but should rise as moderate overseas […]

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INTERNATIONAL BOX OFFICE NUMBERS July 17

Posted July 18, 2011 by Mitch Metcalf

>Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 debuts at #3 (with a projected domestic ultimate of $482 million and $307 million overseas to date).  When all its overseas grosses are tallied, Harry Potter will probably move past Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides into the #1 spot.  Transformers: Dark of the Moon will […]

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INTERNATIONAL BOX OFFICE NUMBERS through July 1

Posted July 1, 2012 by Mitch Metcalf

Madagascar 3 has ballooned to $244 million overseas to date (up from $157 million through last week).  The third Madagascar has now tied the overseas take for the first Madagascar ($244.2 million) and is now gunning for the $423.9 million overseas total for Madagascar 2. Meanwhile Snow White and the Huntsman had a nice weekly gain to $189 million overseas to date (from […]

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