OPENINGS: CAPTAIN MARVEL (Marvel/Disney) launched with $455M worldwide, the highest superhero intro movie ever (although not all the titles in that category opened in China on their first weekend). In the US, its $153M total was #2 behind Black Panther, which had the advantage of a holiday weekend Sunday. Captain Marvel declined 14% on […]
Paranormal Activity 4 opened this weekend with $27 million overseas from 33 markets, on its way to an estimated $110 million total overseas and a weak $67 million total domestic (according to ShowbuzzDaily projections). That would give PA4 a worldwide total of $177 million, tied with PA2 as the lowest in the still-very-profitable franchise. The biggest gainer overseas this […]
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Two films had big very large gains overseas the past week: Resident Evil: Retribution (up $53 million to $103 million overseas to date) and Expendables 2 (up $28 million since last week to $186 million overseas to date). The fifth in the Resident Evil series now stands at an estimated $145 million worldwide, with at least another $100 million in upside […]
OPENINGS: The weekend’s awful weather is being given the blame for a subpar Christmas holiday box office, but the fact remains that audiences appeared unenthused (or worse) about the new offerings. PUSS IN BOOTS: THE LAST WISH (DreamWorks Animation/Universal) fared best, with $11.4M for the 3-day weekend, $17.8M with Monday, and $24.6M since its […]
STUDIO SCORECARD. No change in the studio worldwide box office rankings this week. Universal is extremely hot with the broad international appeal of Fast & Furious 6, but there is still about $500 million to go to catch #1 Disney. Fox, Paramount and Warner Brothers are very tightly bunched in the next tier. Looking at […]
OPENINGS: EVIL DEAD RISE (Warners) modestly exceeded expectations with $23.5M, although that was still below the franchise’s last reboot in 2013 at $25.8M (which only reached a $54.2M total in the US and didn’t spawn a sequel). Horror has become the most dependable genre in Hollywood, and Evil Dead Rise is the only one […]
OPENINGS: JIGSAW (Lionsgate) had a better Saturday hold than Saw VI (down 21% instead of 32%), and that saved it from having the lowest opening weekend of the franchise. However, its $16.3M start is still far below the $24.2M for the last installment Saw 3D, which killed off the series for 7 years. Jigsaw […]