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Year to Date Box Office & Worldwide Studio Scorecard 5.29.2016

Posted May 29, 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 +1% above last year and now +2% above the average for this point the past four years ($3.837 billion).  Over the same period, Hollywood films have grossed $10.4 billion worldwide […]

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Behind the US/Worldwide Weekend Box Office – 5/22/16

Posted May 22, 2016 by Mitch Salem

  OPENINGS:  Studios are increasingly starting their global launches of franchise blockbusters overseas, and once again, the weekend’s biggest box office news occurred outside the US.  X-MEN: APOCALYPSE (20th) has opened in 75 overseas territories that cover about 2/3 of the world (but not yet China) and had a $103.3M weekend.  That’s much lower than […]

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Year to Date Box Office & Worldwide Studio 5.22.2016

Posted May 22, 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 +4% above the average for this point the past four years ($3.605 billion).  Over the same period, Hollywood films have grossed $9.8 billion worldwide […]

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Behind the US/Worldwide Weekend Box Office – 5/15/16

Posted May 15, 2016 by Mitch Salem

  OPENINGS:  MONEY MONSTER (TriStar/LStar/Sony) held up well over the course of the weekend, thanks to an older audience that doesn’t rush out on Friday nights, and tripled its opening day to a $15M weekend total.  Not that many years ago, that would have seemed like a crazy low number for a thriller starring George […]

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Year to Date Box Office & Worldwide Studio Scorecard 5.15.2016

Posted May 15, 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 +6% above the average for this point the past four years ($3.372 billion).  Over the same period, Hollywood films have grossed $9.4 billion worldwide […]

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Year to Date Box Office & Worldwide Studio Scorecard 5.8.2016

Posted May 8, 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 still +4% above last year and now +7% above the average for this point the past four years ($3.158 billion).  Over the same period, Hollywood films have grossed just over $9.0 billion worldwide […]

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Behind the US/Worldwide Weekend Box Office – 5/8/16

Posted May 8, 2016 by Mitch Salem

  OPENINGS:  Word of mouth kicked in on Saturday for CAPTAIN AMERICA: CIVIL WAR (Marvel/Disney), which fell a mild 19% from opening day, much better than the 38% drop for Batman v Superman and the 33% for The Avengers: Age Of Ultron (although not quite as good as the 10% for Iron Man 3, 14% for The Avengers […]

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Behind the US/Worldwide Weekend Box Office – 5/1/16

Posted May 1, 2016 by Mitch Salem

  OPENINGS:  The biggest noise of the weekend by far was made outside the US, where CAPTAIN AMERICA: CIVIL WAR (Marvel/Disney) began its global campaign, and earned $200.2M in 63 territories comprising about two-thirds of the international terrain (not including China and Russia, among others).  Disney has made it clear that that this is an […]

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