OPENINGS: The MCU-adjacent MORBIUS (Marvel/Columbia/Sony) was unable to pull off Venom‘s feat of opening big despite lousy reviews. Its $39.1M weekend was less than half of Venom‘s $80.3M, and negative word of mouth was evident in the 24% Friday-to-Saturday drop. It’s never a good sign when the best spin a studio can put on […]
OPENINGS: This was the weekend of AVATAR: THE WAY OF WATER (20th/Disney), and the epic’s launch was softer than widely expected at $134M in the US and $301M in all major overseas markets including China. Box office apologists, who at this point resemble political press secretaries, have rushed in to spin that Way of […]
OPENINGS: THE EQUALIZER 3 (Escape Artists/Columbia/Sony) performed both within expectations and at around the same level as its predecessors, with $34.5M for the 3-day weekend compared to $36M for Equalizer 2 and $34M for the first in the franchise. (The Monday holiday is projected to bring the total to $42M.) Also like the previous […]
OPENINGS: A QUIET PLACE: DAY ONE (Paramount) handily exceeded expectations with $53M in the US, better than its predecessors ($50.2M and $47.5M respectively, although Part II earned $57.1M over its 4-day holiday launch). It was particularly impressive because Day One featured a different cast and creative team for the most part, suggesting that A […]
> Green Lantern debuts on the Worldwide Ranking at #15, while Mr Popper’s Penguins appears outside the Top 20. Pirates of the Caribbean closes in on $1 billion worldwide. Green Lantern debuts at #15 on the Top 20 Worldwide list with a very limited overseas release so far, while Mr Popper’s Penguins finds itself way […]
Overseas box office for The Dark Knight Rises has risen to $248 million to date, up from $88 million at this time last week. The ultimate overseas number could hit $490 million, up somewhat from $469 million for The Dark Knight. If our projected domestic total for Rises is correct, the worldwide total will be around $930 million, somewhat behind […]
The Rock’s second-worst opening is second-best at the boxoffice this slow Oscar weekend. OPENINGS: Boosted by a 36% Saturday rise, SNITCH (Summit/Lionsgate) is projecting a $13M weekend, although like all round numbers, that one will likely come down, beginning with a “12” when final figures are released tomorrow. The best that can be said […]
OPENINGS: DESPICABLE ME 2 (Universal) had an even better weekend overseas than it did in the US, with $88.8M (in 45 markets, with plenty more major ones to come) vs $82.5M. (Of course, in the US it also had the benefit of a holiday week, giving it a huge $142.1M here so far.) The […]