Behind the US/Worldwide Weekend Box Office – 8.6.2023

Posted August 6, 2023 by Mitch Salem

OPENINGS: The 3-day weekend in the US went narrowly to MEG 2: THE TRENCH (CMC/Warners) with $30M. That was down more than 1/3 from the $45.4M start for The Meg in 2018, which would ordinarily be concerning for a film with $250M in production/marketing costs, but Meg 2 overperformed internationally even more strongly than […]

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Behind the US/Worldwide Weekend Box Office – 6.9.2024

Posted June 9, 2024 by Mitch Salem

OPENINGS: Hollywood breathed a collective sign of relief as BAD BOYS: RIDE OR DIE (Columbia/Sony) arrived moderately above expectations with $56M. That was down just 10% from 2019’s Bad Boys For Life (although that film opened on a holiday weekend, totaling $73M in 4 days). Ride or Die faces no direct competition for weeks, […]

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INTERNATIONAL BOX OFFICE NUMBERS through February 19

Posted February 20, 2012 by Mitch Metcalf

>Three films join the worldwide box office tracking chart this weekend. With a profile similar to Tintin‘s (very good overseas appeal but limited domestic interest), The Secret World of Arrietty is just outside of the top 10 movies over the last three months. The anime import from Japan has grossed $126 million overseas, but we […]

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INTERNATIONAL BOX OFFICE NUMBERS through July 8

Posted July 8, 2012 by Mitch Metcalf

The Amazing Spider-Man pulled its overseas total to $202 million to date (up from $50 million at this time last week). We’ll give The Amazing Spider-Man an initial overseas target of $510 million, toward the high end of the overseas totals for the previous trilogy with Tobey Maguire (Spider-Man 3 May 2007 $554 million overseas total, Spider-Man May 2002 $418 million, Spider-Man […]

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INTERNATIONAL BOX OFFICE through February 3

Posted February 3, 2013 by Mitch Metcalf

Django Unchained (up $47 million overseas since last week) is starting to gain on Les Miserables (up $23 million overseas). Django is now only $29 million behind Les Miz in our worldwide projection. (Django leads domestically, while Les Miz holds a shrinking lead overseas). A wide variety of films has grossed over $20 million this past week. Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters is up $26 […]

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