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Year to Date Box Office & Worldwide Studio Scorecard 5.1.2016

Posted May 1, 2016 by Mitch Metcalf

WORLDWIDE STUDIO SCORECARD.  Updated look at 2016 by studio.   YEAR TO DATE BOX OFFICE. Looking at North American box office, 2016 to date is now +2% above last year and now +6% above the average for this point the past four years ($2.948 billion).  Over the same period, Hollywood films have grossed $8.1 billion worldwide […]

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Year to Date Box Office & Worldwide Studio Scorecard 4.24.2016

Posted April 24, 2016 by Mitch Metcalf

WORLDWIDE STUDIO SCORECARD.  Updated look at 2016 by studio.   YEAR TO DATE BOX OFFICE. Looking at North American box office, 2016 to date is now +6% above last year and still +9% above the average for this point the past four years ($2.745 billion).  Over the same period, Hollywood films have grossed over $7.8 billion […]

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Year to Date Box Office & Worldwide Studio Scorecard 4.17.2016

Posted April 17, 2016 by Mitch Metcalf

WORLDWIDE STUDIO SCORECARD.  Updated look at 2016 by studio.   YEAR TO DATE BOX OFFICE. Looking at North American box office, 2016 to date is now +5% above last year and now +9% above the average for this point the past four years ($2.609 billion).  Over the same period, Hollywood films have grossed over $7.3 billion […]

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Inside the US/Worldwide Weekend Box Office – 4/10/16

Posted April 10, 2016 by Mitch Salem

  OPENINGS:  On such a razor-thin margin, the standings could change tomorrow with final numbers, but for now, THE BOSS (Universal) has the weekend edge with $23.48M, barely a nose ($45K) ahead of those creaky superheroes.  Bragging rights are nice, but even if it falls behind on Monday, this is still a win for The […]

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Year to Date Box Office & Worldwide Studio 4.10.2016

Posted April 10, 2016 by Mitch Metcalf

WORLDWIDE STUDIO SCORECARD.  Updated look at 2016 by studio.   YEAR TO DATE BOX OFFICE. Looking at North American box office, 2016 to date is now +3% above last year and now +8% above the average for this point the past four years ($2.455 billion).  Over the same period, Hollywood films have grossed $6.8 billion […]

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Behind the US/Worldwide Weekend Box Office – 4/3/16

Posted April 3, 2016 by Mitch Salem

  THE MAIN EVENT:  As the roof caved in on BATMAN V SUPERMAN:  DAWN OF JUSTICE (DC/RatPac/Warners), the studio had two last-ditch goals:  to avoid a Weekend 2 result that dropped 70% from last week or dipped below $50M in the US.  Pending tomorrow’s final numbers, it appears to have managed that, with a 68% […]

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Year to Date Box Office & Worldwide Studio Scorecard 4.3.2016

Posted April 3, 2016 by Mitch Metcalf

WORLDWIDE STUDIO SCORECARD.  Updated look at 2016 by studio.   YEAR TO DATE BOX OFFICE. Looking at North American box office, 2016 to date is now +7% above last year and now +10% above the average for this point the past four years ($2.279 billion).  Over the same period, Hollywood films have grossed $6.4 billion […]

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Behind the US/Worldwide Box Office – 3/27/16

Posted March 27, 2016 by Mitch Salem

  OPENINGS:  BATMAN V SUPERMAN: DAWN OF JUSTICE (DC/RatPac/Warners) weathered a 38% Saturday drop and is currently estimating a $170.1M weekend.  That would make it Warners’ #1 US opening ever, beating the final Harry Potter‘s $169.2M, but that includes an aggressive Easter Sunday estimate, so it may fall behind by tomorrow.  (Depending on how that […]

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