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INTERNATIONAL BOX OFFICE NUMBERS through February 5

Posted February 6, 2012 by Mitch Metcalf

>The latest worldwide box office rankings are charted below.  Among the new releases this weekend, Chronicle sits in the middle of the list with $78 million worldwide to date ($65 million estimated final domestic and an early total to date overseas of $13 million).  The movie will probably work its way to just over $100 […]

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INTERNATIONAL BOX OFFICE NUMBERS through JULY 3

Posted July 4, 2011 by Mitch Metcalf

> Transformers: Dark of the Moon debuts on the Worldwide Ranking chart at #3, probably destined to hit #2 in a few weeks (between Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides and Fast Five). Read more and see the updated Top 20 chart by clicking below. Hangover Part II and Kung Fu Panda 2 continue […]

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INTERNATIONAL BOX OFFICE through July 15: The World to Save Ice Age 4 from American Indifference

Posted July 15, 2012 by Mitch Metcalf

Ice Age: Continental Drift enters the worldwide box office chart in 5th place among the movie released the last four months.  Our projected $177 million domestic total is at the low end of the franchise (the original Ice Age grossed a similar $176 million domestic, far below the $197 million for Ice Age 3 and $195 million for Ice Age 2). […]

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INTERNATIONAL BOX OFFICE through February 10

Posted February 10, 2013 by Mitch Metcalf

Django Unchained continues to gain on Les Miserables (also released Christmas Day).  Quentin Tarantino’s Django collected $29 million overseas since last week, compared to $17 million for Les Miserables.  With a projected $350 million worldwide, Django is within striking distance of Les Miserables ($366 million). Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters also had a strong week, up $22 million overseas last week to $84 million overseas to […]

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INTERNATIONAL Box Office through June 23

Posted June 23, 2013 by Mitch Metcalf

Updated international box office chart:

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Year to Date Box Office & Worldwide Studio Scorecard

Posted September 8, 2013 by Mitch Metcalf

STUDIO SCORECARD. In the worldwide studio rankings for 2013 to date, Warner Brothers has moved back ahead of Universal in a very tight race for second place. Reminder: the chart below has been reformatted and expanded to include a look at all releases from each studio, divided into three buckets: worldwide grosses of over $300 […]

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Year to Date Box Office & Worldwide Studio Scorecard

Posted December 8, 2013 by Mitch Metcalf

The year-to-date rankings are very similar to last week, with some studios showing small negative changes versus last week’s totals (as the final domestic estimates for some films have been adjusted downward).  For a complete ranking of 2013 films individually by worldwide performance click here. TOTAL NORTH AMERICAN BOX OFFICE. Looking at wide-release films in North […]

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BEHIND THE WEEKEND BOX OFFICE – 3/2/14

Posted March 2, 2014 by Mitch Salem

  OPENINGS:  NON-STOP (Universal) had a very solid Saturday, rising 22% from Friday, and even though Oscar Sunday may push it below the $30M weekend it’s currently projecting, it should comfortably take the weekend.  This will be the highest non-Taken opening of Liam Neeson’s late-in-life action star career, and the movie should clean up overseas […]

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