OPENINGS: Nothing improved for the weekend’s newcomers after Friday’s dim numbers. THE LAST WITCH HUNTER (QED/Summit/Lionsgate) led with a soft $10.8M, and whether or not Lionsgate is being entirely frank when it claims to have little exposure, someone is going to be feeling a tug on their wallet. The results overseas, not unexpectedly, were […]
WORLDWIDE STUDIO SCORECARD. YEAR TO DATE BOX OFFICE. Looking at North American box office, 2015 to date is now +5% above last year and still +3% above the average for this point the past four years ($7.878 billion). Over the same period, Hollywood films have grossed almost $21.1 billion worldwide when we add overseas box office (that’s […]
OPENINGS: Considering that it’s based on a series of novels, GOOSEBUMPS (Columbia/Sony) was certainly intended to be the launch of a new franchise for Sony. It took the weekend in the US with $23.5M and should hold well next week with no new family competition (things get tougher after that with Halloween and The […]
WORLDWIDE STUDIO SCORECARD. Universal’s year to date versus last week is negative despite the addition of Crimson Peak this weekend. The overseas total for Everest was over-stated last week and has been corrected in the studio table below and the individual film ranking at the bottom of the post. Still, Universal remains a dominant #1, with a lead of […]
OPENINGS: PAN (RatPac-Dune/Warners) now owns a dubious place in box office history, as one of Hollywood’s biggest flops ever. On a production/worldwide marketing cost that will exceed $300M, its $15.5M US opening makes John Carter ($30.2M), Battleship ($25.5M), The Lone Ranger ($29.2M), and this year’s Tomorrowland ($33M), Fantastic Four ($25.7M) and even Jupiter Ascending ($18.4M) […]
WORLDWIDE STUDIO SCORECARD. YEAR TO DATE BOX OFFICE. Looking at North American box office, 2015 to date is still +6% above last year and still +3% above the average for this point the past four years ($7.588 billion). Over the same period, Hollywood films have grossed almost $20.3 billion worldwide when we add overseas box office (that’s now […]
OPENINGS: THE MARTIAN (20th) barely missed setting a new October opening record at $55M, just $800K behind Gravity (which had a much shorter running time and the advantage of IMAX ticket prices). Gravity made it all the way to $274.1M in the US, and although Martian may have a tough time getting near that […]
WORLDWIDE STUDIO SCORECARD. YEAR TO DATE BOX OFFICE. Looking at North American box office, 2015 to date is still +6% above last year and now +3% above the average for this point the past four years ($7.438 billion). Over the same period, Hollywood films have grossed over $19.9 billion worldwide when we add overseas box office (that’s […]