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Behind the US/Worldwide Weekend Box Office – 3.24.2024

Posted March 24, 2024 by Mitch Salem

  OPENINGS:  GHOSTBUSTERS: FROZEN EMPIRE (Columbia/Sony) played as a family movie, with a Saturday afternoon bump, and that enabled it to match projections at $45.2M, slightly higher than the $44M start for 2021’s Ghostbusters: Afterlife.  However, Frozen Empire cost $25M more than Afterlife, so a 3% increase at the box office may not cover the […]

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INTERNATIONAL BOX OFFICE NUMBERS through April 22

Posted April 22, 2012 by Mitch Metcalf

>The Hunger Games has moved up to $216 million overseas (up from $194 million last week).  The film is probably headed for a worldwide total of $650 million, including the $388 million forecast domestic total.  Click “read more” to see the updated weekly worldwide table.      Titanic 3D is doing even better internationally, now […]

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INTERNATIONAL BOX OFFICE NUMBERS September 11

Posted September 11, 2011 by Mitch Metcalf

>The biggest gainer in the international box office this week was The Smurfs.  Now with an overseas total of $321 million, The Smurfs has moved past Thor into the #9 position.  Rise of the Planet of the Apes is starting to stall out overseas and will probably remain in 11th place, just behind Thor. The […]

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THE BIJOU: International Footnote

Posted August 1, 2011 by Mitch Salem

> There’s been quite a bit written in the last few years about the phenomenon of US films doing much better business overseas than domestically, sometimes more than making up for American disappointment or failure–and rightly so, as a glance at Mitch Metcalf’s chart today confirms.  Indications are that the latest Harry Potter and Transformers […]

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INTERNATIONAL BOX OFFICE through December 9

Posted December 9, 2012 by Mitch Metcalf

Life of Pi is gathering a lot of momentum overseas, with $45 million more internationally (bringing its overseas tally to $106 million to date).   Worldwide, the film is sitting at $188 million and 17th on our chart.  It could keep climbing to over $200 million, bringing it to 15th or maybe 14th on the chart. […]

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BEHIND THE WEEKEND BOXOFFICE – 4/28/13

Posted April 28, 2013 by Mitch Salem

  OPENINGS:  The biggest story of the weekend took place off American shores, as IRON MAN 3 (Disney) topped all expectations to open with a fantastic $195.3M in 42 territories (China and Russia are the notable ones still to come).  That’s higher than the $185.1M opening for The Avengers (in 39 territories that didn’t include […]

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International Box Office through August 18

Posted August 18, 2013 by Mitch Metcalf

Updated international box office chart:

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International Box Office through November 17

Posted November 17, 2013 by Mitch Metcalf

Updated worldwide box office chart for 2013 North American films.  Also, click here for a summary of worldwide performance by studio.

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