OPENINGS: HOTEL TRANSYLVANIA 2 (Columbia/Sony) has set a new September record with a $47.5M opening (beating the first Hotel‘s $42.5M), and it barely missed becoming Adam Sandler’s biggest opening ever (The Longest Yard currently has a tiny lead at $47.6M, and kudos to Sony for not claiming the record and changing its mind tomorrow […]
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 +2% above the average for this point the past four years ($7.296 billion). Over the same period, Hollywood films have grossed over $19.4 billion worldwide when we add overseas box office (that’s still […]
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 +2% above the average for this point the past four years ($7.173 billion). Over the same period, Hollywood films have grossed just under $19.1 billion worldwide when we add overseas box office (that’s […]
WORLDWIDE STUDIO SCORECARD. YEAR TO DATE BOX OFFICE. Looking at North American box office, 2015 to date is now +6% above last year and now +2% above the average for this point the past four years ($7.066 billion). Over the same period, Hollywood films have grossed over $18.6 billion worldwide when we add overseas box office (that’s […]
Note: Because of the holiday weekend and consequent strong Sunday, weekend-to-weekend drops will look softer than usual. OPENINGS: It was a weak battle of newcomers, with A WALK IN THE WOODS (Broad Green) ahead at $8.4M ($10.5M with Wed-Thurs earnings) vs. THE TRANSPORTER REFUELED (Europa/RED) at $7.1M. Walk compares well to the $8.5M opening […]
WORLDWIDE STUDIO SCORECARD. YEAR TO DATE BOX OFFICE. Looking at North American box office, 2015 to date is now +5% above last year and now +1% above the average for this point the past four years ($6.833 billion). Over the same period, Hollywood films have grossed $18.4 billion worldwide when we add overseas box office (that’s +5% […]
OPENINGS: Every time a Christian movie sells some tickets, the pundits treat it as though they’ve seen… well, a miracle. But at this point there have been plenty of these “miracles,” and people should just accept that the films fill a sizable niche. (And that because of their narrow-yet-intense audience, they’re nearly always underestimated […]
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 +2% above the average for this point the past four years ($6.833 billion). Over the same period, Hollywood films have grossed $18.1 billion worldwide when we add overseas box office (that’s […]